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Review of A History of Contemporary Praise and Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church, 2021

Lester Ruth, Lim Swee Hong.  A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5409-6753-4 By Christine Longhurst, DWS In A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: … Continue reading

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Review of Hope in Addiction: Understanding and Helping Those Caught in Its Grip, 2023

Partington, Andy. (2023). Hope in Addiction: Understanding and Helping Those Caught in the Grip, Moody Publishers, Chicago. By Estera Boldut, PsyD What does it mean to be the church in a world where addiction reaches epidemic proportions? How can loved … Continue reading

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Review of The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission, 2023

Christopher J.H. Wright, The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023. ISBN:   9781540966162. $31.99. By Blayne A. Banting, DMin, PhD The Great Story and the Great Commission is … Continue reading

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Review of Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations, 2023

Irving, Justin A., Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023. 242 pp. ISBN 9781540964809 By Grant McMillan, MA Justin A. Irving, Professor of Christian Leadership at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and coauthor of Leadership in Christian … Continue reading

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Review Essay: A Christian Theology of Science, 2020

Tyson, Paul. A Christian Theology of Science, Baker Academic, 2020. ISBN 9781540965516 By Howard Andersen, PhD  Introduction  The title, A Christian Theology of Science is, to this reviewer, a very promising undertaking and a serious potential contribution to the entire … Continue reading

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Review Essay: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Change, 2022

Britt Wray, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis.  New York: Morgan James Publishing, 2023. ISBN: 9780735280724 Brian M. Rapske, PhD  Britt Wray’s award-winning Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis[1] is written for readers experiencing … Continue reading

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Review of Sam D. Kim, A Holy Haunting: Why Faith Isn’t a Leap but a Series of Staggers from One Safe Place to Another, 2023.

Sam D. Kim, A Holy Haunting: Why Faith Isn’t a Leap but a Series of Staggers from One Safe Place to Another.  New York: Morgan James Publishing, 2023. ISBN 978-1631959905 By Paul Chamberlain, PhD Why are so many people who … Continue reading

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Review of Hiemstra, Rick and Lindsay Callaway, “Significant Church: Understanding the Value of the Small Evangelical Church in Canada,” 2023 (Research Study)

Hiemstra, Rick and Lindsay Callaway.  “Significant Church: Understanding the Value of the Small Evangelical Church in Canada,” 2023. (Research Study)  By Tim Stewart, MDiv “Is it ok for a church to be small?” Rick Hiemstra and Lindsay Callaway, authors of … Continue reading

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Review of Rory Noland, Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered, 2022

Rory Noland. Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2022. By Herbert H. Tsang, PEng, PhD, DWS Most Christians who plan and lead worship tend to focus on the expressive dimension, … Continue reading

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Review of Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, 2021

Jones, Peyton. Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches. Grand Rapids, Michigan:  Zondervan, 2021. 415 pp. ISBN 9780310135883 By Bernard Mukwavi, DMin Peyton Jones, the author of Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, is a … Continue reading

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Review of The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services, 2nd. ed., 2021

Constance M. Cherry. The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services. 2nd edition, 2021. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 340 pp. ISBN 978-1-5409-6388-8 ‌By Jay Dyrland, DWS With the rise of the church growth movement … Continue reading

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Review of Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics, 2022

Fredrico Alfredo Roth, Justin Marc Smith, Kirsten Sonkyo Oh, Alice Yafeh-Deigh, and Kay Higuera Smith. Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics. Downers Grove: IVP Press Academic, 2022. 151 pages. By Mark Naylor, DTh Overview … Continue reading

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Review of Elias Hofer, Weltanschauung and Apologia: A Study in C.S. Lewis , 2022

Hofer, Elias. Weltanschauung and Apologia: A Study in C.S. Lewis. Wipf and Stock, 2022. ISBN 9781666739527 By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Elias Hofer lives in Victoria, BC, and took an opportunity for early retirement from his financial sector career to pursue … Continue reading

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Review of Sandra Maria Van Opstal, The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, 2016

Van Opstal, Sandra Maria. The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8308-4705-1 By Melissa Davis, DMA Sandra Maria Van Opstal’s book, The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, urges ministry … Continue reading

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Review of Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith, 2021

Sillimon, Daniel, Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith. Grand Rapids: Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. ISBN 9780802879356 By Elsie Froment, PhD What tied together the identity of American evangelicalism in the latter half of … Continue reading

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