by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 24, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Chester, Tim. Titus for You. The Good Book Company, 2014. Hardcover, 121 pages. ISBN 978-1-90991-961-7.Mostly, this book is very good. It is doctrinally reformed (“The Spirit gives the desire and the ability to respond to the gospel. Because God has made us...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 28, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Berding, Kenneth. Bible Revival: Recommitting Ourselves To One Book. Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2013. 121 pages, paperback. ISBN 978-0-9891671-3-0. Correcting deficiencies of the contemporary church has been the focus of a number of recent texts. Deficiencies...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 23, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Washer, Paul. Gospel Assurance & Warnings. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-60178-294-6. Overview & Recommendation Some years ago, perhaps, a man asked you, “If you died tonight, are you sure you’d go to heaven?” You...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 16, 2013 | Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary, Trinity Foundation Reviews
Image: Foggy Foothpath © Copyright Dave Smethurst and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons License. One seminary I attended, Bethel Seminary San Diego, hosted lectures this week by a C. S. Lewis scholar. Though I did not attend the lectures, notice of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 29, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Yesterday (Saturday 28 September 2013), the creation museum in my area held its yearly “Museum Day.” Though the event ran from 9 AM to 6 PM, with presentations by a range of speakers from Gary Parker to John Morris to Ray Comfort, I only managed to attend...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 22, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Brauns, Chris. Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 208 pages. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-310-49511-6.On balance, this is an excellent book: well organized, theologically Reformed (in Baptist mode), engaging....
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Mar 12, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Frazee, Randy. The Connecting Church 2.0: Beyond Small Groups to Authentic Community. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 978-0-310-49435-5. Cover price $16.99. Something is wrong with the contemporary church in America. But what? Where did the church go wrong and how can...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 24, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
J. I. Packer. Puritan Portraits: J. I. Packer on Selected Classic Pastors and Pastoral Classics . Ross-shire, Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications, 2012. Kindle (Mobi) Format. ISBN 978-1-78191-076-4. (Location numbers in the review are sometimes...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 19, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
John Crotts. Loving the Church: God’s People Flourishing in God’s Family. Wapwallopen, PA: Shepherd Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9824387-4-9. No price on cover. In Loving the Church, John Crotts, a pastor-teacher (Faith Bible Church, Sharpsburg, GA), university...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 28, 2012 | In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Image: 2009 Christian participant in anti-Obama “March on Washington” calls for “Less Government More Jesus,” quoting 2 Chronicles 7:14. Courtesy Will Kuhns (Creative Commons license).One of my former seminary professors, Glen Scorgie, recently...