“John” is in church leadership in a neighboring congregation. Some time ago the two of us were discussing how hurtful people in our flocks can…Read More!
Review of Books
Abiding in Jesus Christ
Abiding in Jesus Christ is a book on prayer and the spiritual life, published by the Light and Life Publishing Company in Minneapolis, and written by John D. Mummert, pastor of the Pleasant View Church of the Brethren in Elida, Ohio. At a number of places one finds an awkward order of words, and sometimes…Read More!
Glimpses of the Past: A Study of Brethren Heritage
By Harold S. Martin
“The need for a simple, systematic, yet reasonably thorough instruction tool on the subject of Brethren Life and Thought has long been felt and often voiced,” Harold S. Martin begins in the Foreword to his latest project. This thirteen lesson study manual on the history of the Brethren movement is a welcome…Read More!
Simple Messages on Matthew
by Harold S. Martin
Brethren Revival Fellowship, 2000,
265 pages
It is always a challenge for the serious Bible teacher to communicate the eternal truths of God’s Word in a way that respects the authority of that Word and transmits the essential meaning of the Word without being trite. In this new book, Harold S. Martin brings his…Read More!
Fruit of the Vine: A History of the Brethren 1708-1995
by Donald F. Durnbaugh
A welcome survey of Brethren history comes now from the able pen of Donald Durnbaugh, who has invested his life in researching and chronicling the history of the group which began at Schwarzenau, Germany in 1708. This is the first general Brethren history since Floyd Mallot’s Studies in Brethren History, but aims…Read More!
Moving Toward The Mainstream: 20th Century Change Among the Brethren of Eastern Pennsylvania
By Donald R. Fitzkee,
Good Books (Intercourse, PA)
348 pages, 1995, $9.95
It is obvious to those who have studied Brethren history that the Church of the Brethren today is very different from the Church of the Brethren of yesterday. Don Fitzkee’s recent book is a kind of end-of-the-century look at what took place in Church of the…Read More!
Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a “Peculiar People”
By Carl F. Bowman
The John Hopkins University Press
(Baltimore); 491 pages, 1995.
It is obvious to those who have studied Brethren history that the Church of the Brethren today is very different from the Church of the Brethren of our parents’ day. Carl Bowman’s recent book is a thorough historical and social study of the rapid transition…Read More!
Ashamed of the Gospel
by John F. MacArthur, Jr.
Crossway Books, 1993
In this book, pastor John MacArthur sounds off against what he views as deviations from the eternal truths. He warns that evangelical churches are on the “down-grade,” or slippery slope of pragmatism. Instead of holding fast to the pattern of sound words (2 Timothy 1:13), these churches are doing…Read More!
Love is Like Fire: The Confession of An Anabaptist Prisoner
by Peter Riedemann
This early confession of faith explains Biblical teachings on the basic doctrines, Christian living, and the nature of the church. Reidemann quotes and paraphrases many Scriptures in a concise, clear style. The introduction is by the Hutterian Brethren, who translated this edition, and tells us of Reidemann’s background, later writings, and leadership role…Read More!
Selling Jesus: What’s Wrong With Marketing the Church?
by Douglas D. Webster,
InterVarsity Press, 1992
For several years, books promoting the “seeker-oriented” model of church growth have dominated pastor’s shelves in Christian bookstores. Here, though, is an excellent book which offers a serious critique of the seeker model.
Webster accurately explains the philosophy and methods used in churches targeting “baby-boomers” with the seeker model, using seeker…Read More!
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