Dept. of judging a book (and assorted Christian lifestyle paraphenalia) by its cover (and blurb). So, I know that they come in multiple mailings but there have now been 32 catalogues so far and I received these before the end of October. Someone clearly purchases a truckload of material based on these catalogues because they …
Ted Kluck loves Jesus. Ted Kluck loves the Church. Ted Kluck also loves sport. The Reason For Sports (2009, Moody Press, 154pgs) enjoys the subtitle ‘A Christian Fanifesto’. Very cleverly it disguises the fact it is series of twelve largely unrelated essays, some adapted from columns that Kluck has written for magazines. Kluck seeks to …
I’ve started reading Michael Horton’s Christless Christianity. In some ways it is an unremarkable book. Horton lays a charge that the US church is at risk of embracing what is termed ‘Moralistic, Theistic Deism’. In this climate the invitation to come to God is based on the desire for improvement in the individual and its …
With ‘Christ-Centered Worship’ Bryan Chapell has produced a great contribution to the worship of the Christian Church, particularly those churches in the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition. Chapell encourages us to ‘think of worship in gospel terms’ and to do this in distinction of thinking ‘only in evangelistic terms.’ As we meet together as the people …
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