John Piper. Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure. Multnomah, 2007. 176 pp.
Battling Impatience
In God’s Place, At God’s Pace, By Future Grace
Impatience is a form of unbelief. It’s what we begin to feel when we start to doubt the wisdom of God’s timing or the goodness of God’s guidance. It springs up in our hearts when our plan is interrupted or shattered. It may be prompted by a long wait in a checkout line or a sudden blow that knocks out half our dreams. The opposite of impatience is not a glib denial of loss. It’s a deepening, ripening, peaceful willingness to wait for God in the unplanned place of obedience, and to walk with God at the unplanned pace of obedience—to wait in his place, and go at his pace. And the key is faith in future grace. . . .
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D. A. Carson. New Testament Commentary Survey. Baker, 2007. 160 pp.
The purpose of this short book is to provide theological students and ministers with a handy survey of the resources, especially commentaries, that are available in English to facilitate an understanding of the NT. The mature scholar is not in view. On the other hand, commentaries that are written at the popular level are generally given less attention than more substantive works. Theologically I am an evangelical, but many of the positive assessments offered in these notes are in connection with books written from the vantage point of some other theological tradition: the usefulness of a commentary sometimes turns on something other than the theological stance of its author—assuming, of course, that commentaries are read critically, as they should be whatever one’s theological heritage.
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Brian Bailey & Terry Storch. The Blogging Church. Jossey-Bass, 2007. 199 pp.
Why Blog?
During the past decade, churches have faced ever more decisions about the role technology should play in the local church. Should we have a website? Can technology help us measure the growth of your church? Can it help us decide who we are reaching and make sure no one falls through the cracks? Should we start a blog?
How does a church make these decisions? How does it decide whether to embrace a new piece of technology?
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Dutch Sheets. Authority in Prayer: Praying with Power and Purpose. Bethany House, 2007. 192 pp.
Are you ready to use your God-given authority to further His kingdom?
A few years ago I was given a double-billed cap with one bill pointing to the left, the other to the right. The words on the front of the cap, “I’m the leader, which way did they go?” are intended to prompt the obvious question, “Who, really, is in charge?” I loved the humor in spite of the not-so-subtle and obviously asinine aspersion it cast on my leadership skills.
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Brian McLaren. The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals. Thomas Nelson, 2007. 224 pp.
Luke 1
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD
What are your assumptions as you begin this amazing document? What do you assume about Luke as an author-his motives, his agenda, his assumptions? Any constructive experience of reading involves an amazing interaction so complex that it’s a wonder it ever works at all.
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