Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everythingby: Jeremy Treat1.  Would you recommend this book? Absolutely.  It is an easy read but more than that it illuminated for me things about the Kingdom of God that I hadn't realized I was overlooking or disregarding.  Without realizing it I was focusing more on the Kingdom of God as a future coming event to be prayed for and brought about by God wh...  Read More

As gospel-believing parents, the greatest desire we have for our children is that they would be saved. We long for them to be confronted with their own sinfulness, to hear and understand the gospel, and then to respond to it in repentance and belief. But how do we know when they are truly saved and ready to be baptized?The Parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1-20 offers insight into who is inside and o...  Read More

“Women likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.”If you haven’t yet, I would stop now and go read the other helpful essay just titled “Why Deacons?”We are strongly complementarian.What this means is that we believe that men and women are, though entirely equal in value and worth and earthly dominion (Gen 1:26-28), different and meant to play different ro...  Read More

Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian Westby Andrew Wilson1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely.2. What is the Main Point?Wilson argues convincingly that the modern Western world has been built on top of Christian truths, but then has made efforts to keep the fruit while removing the roots. Wilson uses the year 1776 both as a lens and display of this reality. He takes Josep...  Read More

Cultural Christians in the Early Churchby Nadya Williams1. Would you Recommend this Book?I don’t believe I would, in most circumstances.2. What is the Main Point?The main argument Williams is making is that the problem of “cultural” or nominal Christians in the church is not a new problem, but is instead a problem that has always been present, particularly from the very beginning of the church. He...  Read More

Paul's Vision for the Deacons: Assisting the Elders with the Care of God's Churchby Alexander Strauch1. Would you Recommend this Book?Yes. It’s a good read for current or aspiring deacons, elders, or members who want a clear, biblical understanding of the deacon’s role.2. What is the Main Point?Deacons are biblically qualified assistants to elders, helping care for the congregation so elders can f...  Read More

The Holiness of Godby R.C. Sproul1. Would you Recommend this Book?As highly as possible, I’m not sure any book has brought me to tears and made me stop readingto worship and pray as much as this one did.2. What is the Main Point?God’s Holiness is his defining attribute; God is utterly and entirely unique and different andOther. The goal of this book is simply a properly high view of God, and he ac...  Read More

The Mortification of Sinby John Owen1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely, this is a classic.2. What is the Main Point?The main point is that Christians MUST put sin to death in their lives, both initially andcontinually, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Sin is never eradicated in this life, but its powercan and should be weakened as we grow in holiness and follow Christ, and this is no...  Read More

The Screwtape Lettersby C.S. Lewis1. Would you Recommend this Book?I’m not sure there’s anything by C.S. Lewis that I wouldn’t highly recommend, but this one maybe my favorite.2. What is the Main Point?The main point of this book is Lewis trying to illustrate the subtle and often unexpected waysthat the devil attacks and tempts us. The author is Screwtape, a more experienced demon,writing to a dem...  Read More

The Air We Breatheby Glen Scrivener1. Would you Recommend this Book?Highly recommend, this is probably the book I have referenced most in conversations over thepast year.2. What is the Main Point?The subtitle of the book is, “How we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, andequality.” Scrivener’s main point is that the core values that we all in Western society take forgranted as good...  Read More

Prayerby Tim Keller1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely, as for my personal prayer life, this book has been more impactful for me than anyother by a fair margin.2. What is the Main Point?The main point and goal of the book is simply to get you to see what prayer is and can be and topray more as a result. Keller dives deeply into scripture along with Christian thinkers throughouthistory to d...  Read More

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern SelfBy Carl Trueman1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely, there is no more insightful book about our current world than this one; Truemanmakes sense of a world that is hard to make sense of. This book has been one of the mostimpactful books written in the past 20 years.2. What is the Main Point?Trueman argues convincingly that the modern conception of the s...  Read More