I ordered this book with the express purpose of giving it to a couple who are currently not following Jesus or involved in church anywhere here in the Jefferson City area.  Before I gave it to them, I wanted to peruse it myself and I’m glad I did.
This is from the “A Book You Will [...]

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My wife picked up a copy of this book for me at the True Woman Conference a couple of months ago and I’m extremely glad she did.  Ever since I was first exposed to Piper’s theology of suffering at the 2005 Desiring God National Conference - Suffering and the Sovereignty of God - I have [...]

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If you haven’t read Tim Keller’s previous book “The Reason For God” or listened to any of Keller’s sermons, you are robbing yourself of a valuable perspective and unique insight.
In much the same vein as his first book, Keller takes a very familiar parable from the Bible and provides a very different take on it [...]

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This book was recommended (and given for free) to me by a pastoral friend here in the Jefferson City area and he is much much smarter than I.  I had heard about it previously and I know CJ Mahaney is a huge fan of Paul David Tripp.  So I graciously accepted the gift and with [...]

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For those who know me, you’re seeing that I’m reading this book and thinking to yourselves “Boy that was a long time coming”.
And you would be right.  The thing that I was pleased to learn reading this book was that I had been exposed to a great deal of its content already through various sermons [...]

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review.  Actually, the last one was back on the old blog so this is a refreshing change for me.  Several weeks ago, David Putman sent out an email asking bloggers if they would be willing to receive a copy of his book, review it, and post [...]

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