In a high-tech information age, the path to upward mobility is dependent on a high level of education both social and intellectual. Those who are left behind in these areas will have an increasingly difficult time not only with upward mobility but making it in general, Review of Mitch Pearlstein’s From Family Collapse to America’s... Continue Reading

The aim of this book is to pry inside the motivations of the man who gave us The Pilgrim’s Progress. As such, a 54-page biographical essay, which includes the main aspects of Bunyan’s piety, is followed by selections from Bunyan’s other writings. SEBTS doctoral student Phil Newton is on a publishing binge, having recently published... Continue Reading

Every time you hear the Word of God preached, you are training yourself to either obey or disobey God (98). Expository Listening, Ken Ramey (Kress Biblical Resources, 2010) Unfortunately, our generation is full of lazy listeners. The information age has bombarded us with a cacophony of informative interruptions. Information is packaged as entertainment now. Heck,... Continue Reading

Dwight and Margaret Kim Peterson’s book, Are You Waiting For ‘The One’, offers advice for a realistic and positive marriage. On the shelf of your church’s bookstore, Are You Waiting for ‘The One’? (InterVarsity), by Dwight N. and Margaret Kim Peterson, might look like any other Christian book on dating and marriage. Look a little... Continue Reading

The concern arises when that grace is discussed to the exclusion of the reality of Christian effort and obedience, the Christian walk, and in identifying sanctification as something that is at its core passive and dependent on our imputed legal status. Even before the book came out, Jesus + Nothing = Everything had the perfect... Continue Reading

In order to become truly proficient at something, you have to invest ten thousand hours. Galdwell mentions the Beatles as an example Review: Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers; The Story of Success (Little, Brown, 2008; Reprint Back Bay Books, 2011) What does it take to be successful? For many in the church the assumption is that great... Continue Reading

The Driscolls teach that there are six legitimate grounds for divorce: 1) Death (Rom. 7:2-4; 1 Cor. 7:39); 2) Adultery (Deut. 22:22; Matt. 5:32); 3) Non-Christian files for divorce and leaves (1 Cor. 7:10-24) 4) Sexual immorality/porneia (Matt. 5:32; 19:9); 5) Treachery or treasonous betrayal (Mal. 2:14-16); 6) Hardness of heart (Matt. 19:8; Mark 10:5).... Continue Reading

(C)hapter 1 and 2 address the importance of Sabbath keeping in Scripture. I contend that the importance of the question has largely been underestimated by the modern Reformed community. Editor’s Note: The following is the introduction to a new book by Katekōmen contributor Ryan M. McGraw. The author offers this article as a preview to... Continue Reading

…but the research indicates that those who have gone on missions trips and whose lives have been changed return to their same values, patterns, and behaviors within six to eight weeks after their return….we spend money for our vacationaries to go into developing places to build houses at the cost of $30,000 a piece that... Continue Reading

This coming semester I’ll be teaching two courses on eschatology at Southern Seminary. Several folks beyond students at the seminary have asked me via email and Twitter what books I assign for these, so I decided I would post these reading lists for each of my courses here. Doctoral Seminar · Alan F. Segal, Life... Continue Reading