Review: Blink
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell. New York, New York: Back Bay Books, 2005. 296 pages. Malcolm Gladwell is the author of the #1 international bestseller The Tipping Point. He is a staff writer for The New ...
Review: The Real Luther
The Real Luther: A Friar at Erfurt & Wittenberg: Exploring Luther’s Life with Melanchthon as Guide, by Franz Posset. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 195 pages. Dr. Franz Posset is an independent researcher ...
Review: The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque
The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque by Sidney H. Griffith, Princeton University Press, 2008; xiii + 220. Sidney H. Griffith is a professor at the Catholic University of America, where he teaches Syriac ...
Review: I Trust When Dark My Road
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression, by Todd A. Peperkorn. LC-MS World Relief and Human Care, 2009. 95 pages. Todd Peperkorn served as an LC-MS Pastor of Messiah Ev. Lutheran ...
Review: Church from Age to Age
The Church from Age to Age: A History from Galilee to Global Christianity, Edited by Edward A. Engelbrecht and Laura L. Lane. St. Louis: Concordia, 2011. 1,048 pages. Rev. Edward Engelbrecht serves as General Editor ...
Review: Broken
Broken: 7 “Christian” Rules That Every Christian Ought to Break as Often as Possible, by Jonathan Fisk. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2012. 280 pages. Pastor Jonathan Fisk is one of the associate pastors ...
Review: Teaching the Faith
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church, by Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009. 461 pages. Dr. Gary Parrett is professor ...
Review: Jesus and Scripture
Jesus and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, by Steve Moyise. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010. 147 pages. Steve Moyise is Professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester. He ...
Review: Preaching to a Post-Everything World
Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons that Connect with our Culture, by Zack Eswine, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. 288 pages. Zack Eswine serves the Riverside Community (Saint Louis, MO) as Senior Pastor. His ...
Review: Bearing the Cross
Bearing the Cross: Devotions on Albrecht Dürer’s Small Passion, by Carolyn S. Brinkley. St. Louis MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2012. 167 pages. Carolyn Brinkley is trained as a deaconess in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. This ...