http://www.christianbooklounge.com Discover & Discuss Great Christian Books / Read Book Reviews Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:42:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I finish up my piping hot bowl of gumbo on this cold wintry day I was reminded of my first encounter with Mark Dever. In my seminary program I was given 9 Marks of a Healthy Church along with an audio interview with Dever. As far as first ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/9-marks-of-a-healthy-church/ I highly endorse this book as the authoritative source to navigate and filter all of your personal and business financial decisions through. It has received high acclaim and consumer acceptance since its release in 2005. The book features over 90 simple to use electronic calculators to assist in maximizing the ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/making-money-work-a-christian-guide-for-personal-finance/ Like about a couple of million people, I'm curious to see if Harry Potter actually dies in the last book of the legandary series. If you're as anxious (or just curious) as I was to see what happens, the Daily Telegraph has a synopsis of the final book here.  I found this ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/who-dies-harry-potter-or-voldemort/ After hearing much about this book over the last year I finally picked it up and I am glad I did. Often for me there are books that I read where the author puts words to things I have intuitively sensed or thought about myself or what I see ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/why-men-hate-going-to-church/ I have been reading Godin's blog for some time now, having seen so many references his work and thought. But before The Dip I had yet to read one of his books. I have seen a lot of positive feedback on this book, though many are saying it ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/the-dip/ After finishing up The Art of Innovation: Lesson in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm I must say this might have been the best book, of its kind, that I have read this year. I was truly blown away about the process of innovation described that comes directly ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/the-art-of-innovation/ This little book is a quick read but has a lot of great insights about developing a customer base that ultimately is comprised of "Raving Fans." Raving Fans is a unique book on customer service that provides some good insights for ministry. The book is set up in a narratival ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/raving-fans/ I found my reading of John Moore's Tribal Knowledge extremely rewarding. There were so many good thoughts in the book that seem to apply directly to ministry applications (find some of those here). So many in fact, it's almost hard to know where to begin. The book is broken ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/tribal-knowledge-business-wisdom-from-the-grounds-of-starbucks-corporate-culture-2/ I was sent an email a month or two ago from John Shore about reading and reviewing his book I'm Ok - You're Not. Not being one who ever gets approached about reading and writing reviews and not being one to turn his nose up to a free book ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/im-ok-youre-not-the-message-were-sending-nonbelievers-and-why-we-should-stop/ I just finished Randy Newman's Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People's Hearts the Way Jesus Did. The book's title isn't a question, as if Newman is somehow questioning whether followers of Jesus should take part in evangelism. It's, in a sense, a type of evangelism or a kind of way ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/questioning-evangelism/ I just finished up Kevin Vanhoozer's Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. Vanhoozer, in my mind, is one of the most important theologians of this generation. His theological work is probing how to contend for the faith once delivered (Jude 3) in a postmodern ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/everyday-theology-how-to-read-cultural-texts-and-interpret-trends/ I am a big fan of the Counterpoints by Zondervan. I find it interesting and challenging to read viewpoints of people I see eye to eye with as well as people I respect, but do not agree with. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives is a book ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/listening-to-the-beliefs-of-emerging-churches/ I realized last week if I am going to hit my goal of 50 books in 2007 I'm going to have to get on it (let's face it, I probably won't get to 50). So I put some concerted effort to finishing up Marcus Buckingham's Go Put Your ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/go-put-your-strengths-to-work/ It is never easy for me to select textbooks for a class that I am teaching. No book ever seems to be perfect for the task at hand. Unless one has written the text oneself the forensic orientation always seems a bit skewed from the manner ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/textbooks-for-the-words-of-jesus/ In The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice, pastor Mark Labberton discusses the implications true worship - not just songs - has on a body of believers. This book is a treatise on what the author defines as that which matters most - worship. Dr. Labberton writes ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/the-dangerous-act-of-worship/ Change is an extremely difficult pill to swallow for many churches. Some churches change too quickly and alienate people, some change too slow and simply die off. Aubrey Malphurs in one his best books, A New Kind of Church, writes on the theology of change. Dr. Malphurs ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/a-new-kind-of-church/ I finished up Guy Kawasaki's book The Art of the Start earlier this week. I have really enjoyed reading Guy's blog over the last 6 months or so and have really grown to appreciate his insight, wit, and wisdom. Guy was an "evangelist" for Apple in the 80's and in ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/the-art-of-the-start/ Staffing, whether in a business or church, is no easy task. I have been a staff member in both scenarios and both as tricky in various ways. I have found that churches are generally more tentative in hiring (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not) and that in both ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/how-to-treat-a-staff-infection/ In 2003, George Barna wrote a book called Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions. That book has been a favorite among children's ministry workers ever since. In Mr. Barna's new book, Revolutionary Parenting, he looks at parents who have raised up spiritual champions and what the research showed they ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/revolutionary-parenting/ Eugene Peterson believes that the end does not justify the means. The Jesus Way is a treatise for pilgrims who follow Jesus. We are on the way, and the "ways and means" of following Jesus matter as much as the end product or destination. This Spiritual Theology series (including Christ ... http://www.christianbooklounge.com/bookreviews/the-jesus-way/