Gospel Center Discipleship
Late last week Jonathan Dodson announced the launch of gospelcenterdisciplship.com – a website devoted to discipleship resources. While there will be other books and resources added, the site currently features Jonathan’s book, Fight Clubs, “a way to promote grace-driven discipleship in your life and church.”
Al Mohler Suggests Ten Titles for Summer Reading
“Heavily weighted in history”, Al Mohler offers his recommendation for ten books that, in his opinion, “make for great summer reading.” “This year’s list also proves that boys never grow up.” Among the ten recommended books this year “are books dealing with cowboys, Indians, gangsters, lawmen, trains, spies, and battles.”
Ten Books Every Preacher Should Read in 2010
In the March/April issue of Preaching Magazine, Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. offers his annual suggestions of the top 10 books every preacher should read in 2010. The list doesn’t contain links, so I’ve added them below. (The books are in alphabetical order of the authors’ names.)
- Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, by Bryan Chapell (Baker Academic)
- The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future, by Robert Darnton (Public Affairs)
- Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion, by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck (Moody Publishers) [on sale for 60% off—i.e., $6—at Amazon]
- Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church, by Michael Horton (Baker Books)
- The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift that Changes Everything, by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne (Matthias Media)
- Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches, by Russell D. Moore (Crossway)
- Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age, by Stephen J. Nichols and Eric T. Brandt (Crossway)
- Perspectives on Christian Worship: 5 Views, edited by J. Matthew Pinson (B&H Academic)
- Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults, by Christian Smith with Patricia Snell (Oxford Univ. Press)
- The Young and the Digital: What Migration to Social-Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future, by S. Craig Watkins (Beacon Press)
A Few Notable Posts from the Blogsphere:
- Discerning God’s Call by Darrin Patrick
- The Future of American Cities by Tim Keller
