The Believer's Bookshelf

John Piper’s Finally Alive addresses a very important topic for today’s church. The title finally alive stresses the biblical inherent result of salvation. Scripture terms this as “born alive.” Piper introduces this work with some strong statements against the Barna association’s recent statistical findings regarding the state of the evangelical church in America. The survey compares divorce rates and other similar demoralizing trends within the church and outside the church. The problem, as [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrinestands as an excellent resource on Biblical doctrine for both the layman and the theologian. Written in a manner that is plainly understandable and yet doctrinally rich is a fine balance; a balance that Grudem weighs with much scholarship. Regarding his educational background, Wayne Grudem holds a BA from Harvard, a MD from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a [Read the rest of this entry...]

Moody Classics brings Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret (Moody Classics)in a newly published edition to continue spreading the story of Hudson Taylor’s work for God in China (Taylor started the China Inland Mission, today known as OMF: A Heart for Asia). To some, the story of Hudson Taylor may be a familiar one. To others, however, time has a way of causing us to forget some of these great men of God from the past. Taylor lived a life gripped by God’s power and infused with [Read the rest of this entry...]

What Do You Do With Your Wait is another Bible study by Lifeway’s Threads. In our past and partially in our present, we are learning to trust God regarding finances, jobs, housing, family issues, contacts, ministry opportunities, timing, and general leading throughout life. I am sure that you too can track ways that God is teaching you to trust and wait on His provision. Life often involves a series of waits, whereby we must learn patience to acquire the desired result. I recently read through this small-group study booklet on the subject of life’s waits. Through this study, the author develops the [Read the rest of this entry...]

Safe Eyes by Internet Safety is one of the premier internet filtering software programs available today. Since it’s inception a few years back, it has continued growing in popularity and in features. Safe Eyes can monitor internet usage through the use of usage history reports. You can even set the usage monitoring to email specified reports and/or violated visits on a specified schedule. The latest feature of Safe Eyes is an automatic filtering disabling that occurs when logging on to a temporary hotspot (like a coffee shop). This feature automatically [Read the rest of this entry...]

Get Uncomfortable is another Bible study by Lifeway’s Threads. Having been introduced to the Threads study curriculum, I wanted to check out another one of their works. The title, “Get Uncomfortable” and the caption on the back of the book caught my attention. The study really follows the revelation of a Washington D.C area pastor. What do I mean by revelation? Well, Todd Phillips’ (the author) eyes were [Read the rest of this entry...]

Lifeway, the publisher for Southern Baptist Covention, is continuing its growth in publishing Bible study resources. Published through Lifeway, Beth Moore’s women’s Bible studies are very popular. Well, they also have several different publications for various small group Bible study applications. One of these such studies is done through Lifeway’s “Threads” department. “Threads,” as Lifeway calls it, is a ministry aiming at producing study resources for 20 to 30 something age groups. These studies [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Barna Institute’s unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and Why It Matterssingles out the diminishing trend of the American church. The Barna Institute is well known for their unique ministry of gathering Christian related statistics and then advocating for a change accordingly. This book [Read the rest of this entry...]

Joshua Harris’ Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated Worldaddresses a critical area for our world today. While there have always been sexual sins and struggles throughout history, it does seem increasingly prevalent and even acceptable in our world today. Harris adds his book to the list of other Christian books on sexual issues. His, however, is one of the best I’ve ever read. Others too have [Read the rest of this entry...]

Follow the below link to access logos’ own website, where they market and sell their exclusive Bible study products. Logos is the premier Bible study software for all levels of students. I have used the program in their previous versions and just recently acquired my own copy of the latest edition! The current version is Logos 4, complete with many user-friendly updates. The current version even works in portable iPhone/iPod touch/iPad versions! I tried to locate Logos on Amazon for discounted prices, but it appears the company tries to limit the approved sellers. Still though, I would highly recommend Logos over any other current Bible study software! After I experience it for a while, I’ll post another update with my full review. So far, though, I love it!

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