Books

“Almost every parent looks back on their experience of parenting and thinks they could have done better. Help your friend to understand this…. But when we are vulnerable because of the grief caused by prodigal children, the devil will whisper in our ear that it is all our fault.” - Challies

“It’s fitting that in recent years a number of books have drawn evangelicals back to the creeds. I’ve highlighted six volumes that I hope serve readers well.” - TGC

“I believe some commentary sets are worth owning in full. Among them is the ESV Expository Commentary, which is now complete at 12 volumes that cover the whole Old Testament and New Testament. I think it is the best series for any Christian to own, whether it is to be used to study for sermons, to prepare Bible studies, or for personal devotion, growth, and learning.” - Challies

“In a Western culture where institutions generally and the church particularly have fallen out of favor, we’re delighted to award the Book of the Year spot to Brad Edwards’s debut book, The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism.” - CToday

“While Dr. Carson’s voice still predominates in the third edition, I have updated Exegetical Fallacies in three ways…. 1. I have removed some less relevant examples and added new ones, including some new fallacies. This third edition is about 30% longer than the second edition.” - Andy Naselli

“The irony of Kautsky’s own story turns his book on its head when read from today. Karl Kautsky was wrong about Christianity, but his analysis, shifted to Marxism itself, rings true.” - Providence

“There’s nothing wrong with being intrigued by lost gospels…. But we always have to make sure we aren’t studying any gospel—including the canonical gospels—merely to satisfy or justify our preexisting preferences about the way we want Jesus to be. We don’t simply get to create the Jesus we like or the Jesus we prefer.” - TGC

“Amid this flood of solid resources, these six recently published books on apologetics can help renew and unify the contemporary church in the ancient gospel.” - TGC