New Website Featuring Spurgeon’s Recommended Commentaries

I just learned today of a great new website designed by Satch Chikhlia which features links to downloadable editions of many of the commentaries recommended Charles Haddon Spurgeon in his Commenting and Commentaries.  The site, which is titled simply “Book-Academy“, features a mother-lode of links to downloadable resources now available through the efforts of GOOGLE [...]

The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley

I began to read John R. Tyson’s new biography of Charles Wesley last night. It is excellent! The title, Assist Me to Proclaim, is a line from Wesley’s great hymn “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing“. In addition to this famous hymn, Charles Wesley also authored “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”, [...]

The “Floodlight Ministry” of the Holy Spirit

In Michael Haykin’s recent book on biblical spirituality, The God Who Draws Near, he elaborates on J.I. Packer’s description of the Holy Spirit’s ministry as “a floodlight ministry”:
Since 1985 I have had the privilege nearly every year of teaching at Seminaire Baptiste Evangelique du Quebec, in Montreal, Canada (SEMBEQ), the French Fellowship Baptist seminary in [...]

Book Recommendation: The God Who Draws Near

Dr. Haykin’s newest release “is an attempt to recapture an understanding of true biblical spirituality and what that means for daily living” (back cover). Subtitled “An Introduction to Biblical Spirituality,” The God Who Draws Near explores nine key aspects of Biblical spirituality. Focusing throughout on the role of the Holy Spirit, Haykin looks [...]

My Eleven Favorite Christian Biographies

Whereas Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin and Dr. Sean Michael Lucas have already given a list of their nine favorite/most influential biographies and whereas biographies are my favorite genre of books to read, I have also provided a list, albeit of eleven, of my favorite Christian biographies. These biographies are not only my favorites [...]

Russell Moore on the “The Pastor and His Preparation”

I was looking at a copy of The New Guidebook for Pastors by James W. Bryant and Mac Brunson this morning. I found it full of practical advice on all things related to pastoral ministry. One great feature is a short one page testimony by various Christian leaders before each chapter dealing with [...]

Purchase Devoted to the Service of the Temple at Amazon Auctions

You can now bid on a copy of Devoted to the Service of the Temple: Persecution, Piety, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins beginning at $5.00 at Amazon.com Auctions. Or, you can buy it now for $7.50.  If this one gets gone, I’ll put another one up for auction.  So, don’t [...]

Last Chance to Order Family Worship for the Christmas Season Book

You must order by Monday, November 26th in order to receive Ray Rhode’s new book Family Worship for the Christmas Season by December 1st.  To order click here.

Hercules Collins Lives . . . Again

Along with the mention of Devoted to the Service of the Temple in Preaching Magazine’s 2007 Bible Reference survey article by Dr. Ray Van Neste, a couple of other reviews of the book have also been written recently. My friend, Scott Lamb, has written a review of the recent volume on Hercules Collins for [...]

2007 Bibles and Bible Reference Survey Article

Dr. Ray Van Neste’s article providing a helpful survey of current reference material for pastors is now available online. This article is an annual feature in the Preaching Magazine. It includes features on study materials published during the past year in the categories of Bibles, Reference, Language Studies/Helps, Old Testament, New Testament, Church [...]