A list of every book I read last year.

A few reasons you need to read Ivan Mesa’s new book Before You Lose Your Faith (and Gavin Ortlund’s book Finding the Right Hills to Die On).

A list of every book I read last year.

A book review of Ajith Fernando’s Jesus Driven Ministry.

A book review of Jay Kim’s Analog Church.

A book to remind you of the beauty of faithfulness.

A great book to help us embrace the lasting joy found in Jesus.

A great book to remind you of God’s faithfulness across the difficulties of history.

I’m giving away one copy of Chuck DeGroat’s new book When Narcissism Comes to Church.

A list of every book I read last year.

A book review of Mark Vroegop’s excellent book, Dark Clouds Deep Mercy.

A great book by one of my favorite authors.

An accessible and punchy book about how knowing God’s initiative in salvation should keep his children humble.

An enjoyable book to help you understand why self-control is often so hard to come by and how to get more of it.

A helpful book for new believers to understand the gospel and discipleship. 

A few reflections on Martin Luther King’s famous letter.

A list of every book I read last year, and some notes on my favorites.

A great book about rest and Sabbath from a guy who didn’t used to be any good at it.

A video about 8 helpful “How-To” books from Sojourn Network for local church ministry.

A book review of Lewis Allen’s new book The Preacher’s Catechism.

Author and pastor Dave Harvey offers thoughtful questions to evaluate the health of an elder team.

A new edition of The Joy Project by Tony Reinke is now available.

Two friends of mine have recently published books. Love to tell you about them . . .

An honest book about the collision of affliction and faith.

An appreciative review of the humorous and serious book Blessed are the Misfits by Brant Hansen.

A great book to explain what is wrong with the world and what God is doing about it.

A list of every book I read last year, and some notes on my favorites.

How is your phone changing you? I know it’s changing me.

Some reflections on each book by one of my favorite authors.

I recently did an interview with Jeremy Linneman about how churches can grow effective small groups.

Sojourn Network has recently published several helpful ebooks for Christians and church leaders.

In the book Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch, we learn that God made us to flourish, to live “the life that is really life.” (A book review)

Dating can be a beautiful, mysterious thing, like a ship sailing across the sea (Prov. 30:18–19). Here’s my review of Not Yet Married, a great book to help you sail this sea.

The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine is a great book to help you throw off the yoke of perfectionism and find joy in your dependence upon Jesus, the only perfect pastor and the only one with shoulders of steel and a gospel of grace.

The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words by Chris Bruno is a great book to familiarize you with the most important themes and the overarching story of the Bible.

A short (but stout) book on the divine romance between The Groom and The Bride, and how the ultimate marriage should shape all marriages.

I’m not sure if readers love them, but I read enough blogs to know that bloggers love to create them: End-of-the-Year Lists. This is my contribution: The list of books I read in 2016.

Professors Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson wrote this book to prepare us for the apocalypse. Their approach, however, is less Swiss Army Knife and more Encyclopedia Britannica. 

My book review of Rooted: Theology for Growing Christians by J.A. Medders and Brandon D. Smith. A great, accessible book to help Christians both know God and live for him.

A book review of Brant Hansen’s book Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better.

If you’ve been to a Christian bookstore recently, then you might have been overwhelmed by the amount of stuff there. That’s why two weeks ago our church launched our own bookstore. We filled it with 25-30 Christian books that were handpicked by our elders and staff. Here’s our list. 

On the whole, Your Best Life Now has so many troubling aspects that, to be honest, I don’t think we should even call it a “Christian book.”

Speaking gossip comes easy; it’s resisting gossip that’s hard. But, by the grace of God and for the glory of God, we have to do it. Matthew C. Mitchell’s book Resisting Gossip is a good book to help us recognize and resist this common sin.

At times, my family has struggled to have consistent family devotions. I’m sure there are several reasons for this, but lately we have had great success using Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by Jago. Here is one of my favorite entries from the book. In it, Lloyd-Jones explains what it means to glorify God.

In 1940, Mortimer J. Adler published How to Read a Book. Since the original publication, it’s become a classic. Here are a few of the questions Adler gives to help readers understand what they read.

Nabeel Qureshi (former Muslim, now Christian) answers eighteen questions about Islam and jihad. Qureshi is also the New York Times bestselling author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus. I think many readers, especially Christians, will find Answering Jihad accessible, thoughtful, and a help as we seek to “love God and love people” in a complex and sometimes violent world. 

A book review of The Owlings by D.A. DeWitt. It’s an engaging children’s story about talking owls, the struggles of a young boy without a father, and whether or not “nature is all that there is.”

I want to do more—better. Don’t you? Tim Challies has written a short, practical book to help us steward our gifts for the good of others and the glory of God.

A book review of The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones . . . well, it’s not really a book review; it’s probably better, but you’ll see that as you read.