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February 08, 2010
Featured Book Review

Shared Life

Author: Donald Macleod
Reviewer: Mark Tubbs

Amazon.com is awash with books on the Trinity, and no wonder: it has been a hot topic since the dawn of the Christian era. Naturally, the nature and personhood of God should dominate the attention of Christians, but many of these books have been highly philosophical and academic. In Shared Life, Donald Macleod, Principal of the Free Church College of Edinburgh, Scotland, has brought clarity and perspective to a subject that often overwhelms its writers, let alone its readers.
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News & Notes

Hampton Writes History

We here at DR don't tend to tip our hands as to the books we are reading before we post reviews of them, but I can't help but crow about the 2008 Oxford University Press release Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Hampton, Dean of Peterhouse in Cambridge.

"Soul Physicians" chapter-by-chapter treatment

Pastor Mark Kelly at Grace Dependent only started blogging in January of this year, but his informative, prolific blog has already made a splash in the Christian blogosphere. Kelly usually focuses on summary book reviews, but recently began to blog through Bob Kellemen's Soul Physicians on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Doc K is one of DR's reliable, discerning reviewers, so we are happy to point you to a blog that is giving Doc's book some much-deserved exposure.

100 Recommended Books

Colin Adams has provided an excellent list of 100 Recommended Books. The suggestions run from books to unbelievers, to books for new believers to classics and apologetics and just about everything else. Give it a look!

February 08, 2010
Book Review
"Shared Life" by Donald Macleod

Amazon.com is awash with books on the Trinity, and no wonder: it has been a hot topic since the dawn of the Christian era. Naturally, the nature and personhood of God should dominate the attention of Christians, but many of these books have been highly philosophical and academic. In Shared Life, Donald Macleod, Principal of the Free Church College of Edinburgh, Scotland, has brought clarity and perspective to a subject that often overwhelms its writers, let alone its readers.

January 28, 2010
Book Review
"In the First Circle" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I’m a fan of long Russian novels. Whenever I peruse the literature section of a bookstore, I cannot resist the urge to dive into big books by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, or Solzhenitsyn. Over the Christmas holidays, I spent some time with Solzhenitsyn’s book In the First Circle, now available uncensored in English for the first time.

January 27, 2010
Book Review
"Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle" by Kent Annan

A review copy of this book on life and ministry in Haiti, penned by storyteller and activist Kent Annan, arrived unsolicited in my mailbox the selfsame week that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake leveled the impoverished nation.  I may or may not have read it had the earthquake not happened, but the confluence of events conspired to convince me that I ought to. I’m glad I did. Any western Christian unaware of his or her blessed state in life – that is to say, 99.9% of us – ought to read it, ingest it, and act on it, for the alleviation of suffering in the world and for the glory of God.

January 26, 2010
Book Review
"The Masculine Mandate" by Richard Phillips

If you have read Rev. Richard Phillips’ earlier book, Jesus the Evangelist, you know that instead of developing his own theories, passing on worldly wisdom, or even quoting great theologians, he teaches straight from the Bible. His new book is no exception. There is almost enough Scripture in The Masculine Mandate for it to be called a commentary.

January 25, 2010
Book Review
"Introverts in the Church" by Adam McHugh

I have never been a fan of personality tests. Every time I take one, I feel like I am being forced to decide between false choices. For example: "Which sounds more appealing to you? Reading a book at home alone or attending a party with lots of people?" I could spend a long time debating that one. Sometimes, I need a break from people and find refuge in solitude with a good book. Other times, I crave being with other people in social settings. Does that make me an introvert, an extrovert, or someone with tendencies that vascillate?

January 22, 2010
Book Review
"Committed" by Elizabeth Gilbert

At the end of her bestselling book Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe. Four years later she returns to tell their story. Having fallen in love with this Brazilian man, Gilbert began to build a life with him. But before long the Department of Homeland Security intervened, deporting Felipe for spending too much time in the United States despite not being a citizen. The only solution, the only way to gain his citizenship, was for the two of them to marry. Yet both of them, scarred from prior divorces, had no desire at all to marry. In fact, they had both sworn off marriage, vowing to remain together, but unfettered by that age-old institution.

January 21, 2010
Book Review
"Choosing Gratitude" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Perhaps your mother trained you to show gratitude by sitting you down at the table with a stack of cards, envelopes, and a pencil as soon as the last birthday party guest walked out the door.  "Write your thank you notes," she might have said. Mom understood something that it seems we've forgotten: it is not enough to feel grateful. Gratitude comes to fruition when it is expressed. Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Christian author, speaker, mentor, and host of Revive Our Hearts, would say that writing your thank-you notes is a good place to start, but an attitude of gratitude is the goal and encompasses more than saying, "Thank you" for our gifts.

January 20, 2010
Book Review
"Biblical Freedom from Religious Oppression" by K. Scott Schaeffer

There are times when I am sent a book for review and I get really excited by the title. I have to admit, my expectations were pretty high as I peeled back the wrapping around this book and caught a glimpse of the title. Unfortunately, Biblical Freedom from Religious Oppression by K. Scott Schaeffer fell far short of those expectations and I do not recommend it.

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