Book Review - The Upside Down Church (07/05/03 - 2 Comments)
Before I began to read The Upside Down Church I had already decided I was not going to like it. I'm not sure if it was the picture of Greg Laurie sitting on his Harley that turned me off (to my shame) or if it was that I had just read The Purpose Driven Church and I didn't much want to hear another theory on church growth. My first two minutes of reading only confirmed...
Book Review - The Purpose Driven Church (06/23/03 - 2 Comments)
There is little doubt that many modern churches are failing to grow and flourish. New churches are planted only to wither and die while established churches are stagnant, growing only from within. Rick Warren, pastor and founder of one of America's largest churches, Saddleback Valley Community Church, wrote The Purpose Driven Church to address the failures of today's churches. The book outlines the principles he used to establish his church and seeks to apply these...
Book Review - The Battle For The Beginning (06/22/03 - 0 Comments)
John MacArthur wrote Battle For The Beginning primarily to address the world's origins from a Biblical viewpoint. The book is aimed at a Christian audience and is not so much a defense of creationism as it is a defense of a literal six-day creation. This is not a book that primarily focuses on convincing unbelieving evolutionists of creationism, but rather it focuses on convincing Christians who believe that in some form of evolution (such as...
