M. Kuiper, Through Many Dangers (Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2021) Through Many Dangers is a work of Christian, historical fiction that has just been released this summer by the RFPA. The book is written especially for young people and details the story of a group of Dutch Reformed boys who serve in the […]
Hughes’ key verse is 1 Timothy 4:7–8, “Exercise (discipline or train) thyself rather unto godliness.” Rev. Hughes is convinced that godliness and discipline are intrinsically linked. His opening chapter is entitled “Discipline for godliness.” Thereafter the book chapters include the topics of discipline in relationships, discipline of self (soul and character) and discipline in church […]
Book Review: Veith, Gene Edward. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2011. A tired ear bends to yet another wail from the bassinet, the dryer buzzes, the full sink beckons to be emptied, boiling water awaits added ingredients, bedspreads lay wrinkled and forlorn, the phone rings, […]
At only six chapters long, Flourish by Lydia Brownback may be one of the shortest Christian living books I have ever read, and yet it took me about three weeks to finish it. This was not because the book dragged or was boring, believe it or not. In fact, the reason it took me so […]
Book Review: Learning to Love the Psalms, by W. Robert Godfrey. Sanford, FL: Reformation Trust Publishing, 2017. $14.42. 257 pp (hardcover). One hundred fifty psalms. Have you ever thought that when the time came to organize this book, they were just randomly put in order based on when they were discovered or when they […]
Book Review: 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You, by Tony Reinke. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017. $11.99. 211 pp. (paperback). The data is in, and it isn’t pretty. The average teen spends around 7 ½ hours per day on his or her smartphone. That means over seventeen years of your life could be spent […]
What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission, Kevin DeYoung, Greg Gilbert, Crossway, 2011, paperback, 288 pp. There is confusion among young people today about the mission of the church. This confusion is being spread by “Reformed” colleges and universities who are presenting cultural redemption, […]
Book Review: Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men Derek Kuiper The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men, by Richard D. Phillips. Sanford, FL: Reformation Trust Publishing. Pp. xi + 220. $12.53 (softcover). What is your mandate as a man? Is it to spend endless amounts of time on your electronic devices? Is it […]
Erik Raymond. Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age. Crossway, 2017. 166 pp. $14.99, cloth Contentment is a virtue that is much easier to discuss than to practice. Whether in the back of church or on social media, the definitions roll easily off our tongues. “It is being satisfied with everything that God […]
David. J Engelsma. The Belgic Confession: A Commentary. Vols. I-II. Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2019. Reviewed by H. David Schuringa Although at this moment you may not sense an inner call to become a minister, or the wife of a minister, you have a calling to be an “armchair theologian.” That endearing term […]