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Messiology by George Verwer (2015)

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Founder, Operation MobilizationThe Mystery of How God Works, Even When It Doesn’t Make Sense to Us This little book from Moody Publishers is another one that sort of fell into my lap. I’d never heard of George Verwer before and … Continue reading

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The Path to Being a Pastor by Bobby Jamieson (2021)

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A Guide for the Aspiring. My pastor purchased this book for a young man in our church and gave me a copy as well, and boy, what a gift it was! I ate it up quickly and am only now … Continue reading

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Mea Culpa by Kyle McClellan (2015)

Learning from Mistakes in the Ministry My dad (a Baptist pastor in the Midwest) joined a reading club that I’d never heard of before, Ten Things, I believe it’s called, which focuses on ministry-related literature for men in the ministry. … Continue reading

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Stories I Couldn’t Tell While I Was a Pastor by Bruce McIver (1991)

For my church’s Summer Reading Challenge, I chose as my final book this anecdotal memoir from 30 years past, Stories I Couldn’t Tell While I Was a Pastor by Bruce McIver. Now, I have to admit from the get-go that … Continue reading

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Just Show Up By Cal Ripken Jr. and James Dale (2019)

And other enduring values from baseball’s Iron Man Probably five or so years before Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s record of most-consecutive games in baseball history, I was one of his youngest fans. My brothers and I all collected … Continue reading

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Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris (2001)

On September 6, 1901, anarchist Leon Csolgosz shot William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States. When McKinley died thirteen days later, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the youngest President in American history, stating in his single-sentence inauguration … Continue reading

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Raising Modern-Day Knights by Robert Lewis (1997)

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My son is nine years old, and this very week, he became a child of God! He came into our bedroom on Sunday night and told us, “I believe everything that God says. Should I tell Him that?” We were … Continue reading

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Lead by James A. Scudder Sr. (2019)

A Pastor’s Experience in the Trenches Whenever I review a book that I’ve stopped reading, for whatever reason, I feel the urge to explain why I feel it’s important to share my opinions. I don’t always start this way, but … Continue reading

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Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babin (2015)

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babin (2015) I read and reviewed this book for course I took recently in Principles of Leadership, so this review is a bit more engaging than … Continue reading

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What is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever (2005)

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Mark Dever re-introduces his 9 Marks of a healthy church in this book, What Is a Healthy Church (2005). Specifically, he focuses on those people who think they need to leave their unhealthy church in search of something more healthy—without realizing they have a responsibility first to try and change their own. Continue reading

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