Book Reviews by title of book
Church Planting Primer
Faith Promise Giving
Heroes of the Faith - Charles Spurgeon
Heroes of the Faith - Martin Luther
John Gill and the Cause of God and
Truth
Is Today's Christian Music Sacred
More than Conquerors
Myth of Early Revisions
Soul Winner, the
Spurgeon - Prince of Preachers
Tribulation Force
The Weeping Church
Church Planting Primer
Author: Grant G. Rice
Publisher: Tabernacle Press
#_of_pages: ?
rating: 8
Category: Church
Review: very good book to use in starting a new church. Even young churches could be
benefited by this book. He does put to much emphasis on the church teaching. we are to
study ourselves and the church is an equipter. The church teaching seemed to over shadow
the personal study of the Word of God. But this is for Church's and not a complete
study of Bible Studying or Personal Studying. That needs to be kept in mind.
P64 + 65 very good intro into giving.
don't have the book any more, and don't remember how many pages where in it.
Title: Faith Promise Giving
Author: John Halsey
#_of_pages: 89
rating: 8
purchase: BIMI
Category: Evangelism
dewey: 266
Review: This book is divided up into 2 parts.
P. 1-36 explain Faith Promise Giving
P. 37-89 are for the Pastor to do Faith Promise Giving.
It is a well written book. There are different Faith Promise giving techniques out there.
This book deals with giving for missions. He does a great job explaining the scriptures
that he uses and sets forth his interpretation. I agree completely on his interpretation
but his application we slightly disagree. I think that the Great Commission does not allow
you the choice of supporting missions or not, it is commanded. He uses 2Cor. 8, 9, 10, and
some other verses for the discussion. He keeps saying that it was a special offering. I
agree totally - in 2Cor 8-10 this is a special offering not a regular missionary support.
It was for a special need. I am not able to say it was a special need then apply it to
regular month support of a missionary. I gave this book a rating of 8 yet I wrote all this
to say I disagree. It boils down to this, I don't think with this books application enough
is giving to God's work. If you would follow this book, your Church most likely would
double or more their missionary giving, but that in and of it self is not necessarily all
good. There is more to Church finances then just giving more to missions. If the Great
Commission is a command, then perhaps our idea of the Church budget should change. There
are only a few things that God has said to give to, but have we added something's thereby
taking money away from what the Word of God has said to give to. I have not spent a great
deal of time on this subject and am sure not even a 10th of the time that He has given to
this study, as well as the time my Pastor has spent studing this. I highly recommend
this book and my Pastor I think would say no Pastor should be without it. .
Title: Heroes of the Faith - Charles Spurgeon
Author: J.C. Carlilie
#_of_pages: 205
rating: 8
Category: Biography
dewey: 286.1
Review: Nice Starter book for Biographies. For Home education I would say at 5th
grade this book would be good to read. It is not nearly as detailed as Spurgeon Prince of
Preachers book but it is not suppose to be. It treated Spurgeon well, and I found no
conflicting statements between this and other Spurgeon biographies I have read. Casual
reading and enjoyable. If your not familiar with Spurgeon, you should read this to get a
glimpse of the man.
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Title: Heroes of the Faith - Martin Luther
submitted_by: Michael Litza
Email: mike@aztil.com
Author: Edwin Booth
#_of_pages: 206
rating: 6
Category: Biography
dewey: 280
Review: It is as good a book at the others in the Heroes of the Faith collection. It is
favorable of Luther and makes known some of his beliefs. In this you see where he error.
He was Catholic but didn't like indulgences - there is so much more wrong with the
Catholic Church then indulgences and Papacy Authority. He missed totally that the Church
teaches another gospel - works! The book puts him as a reformer, not necessarily a
defender of the faith. It ends even saying that Luther was guided by conscience more than
by the Word of God. I don't know much about Luther, and being an ex-catholic I am not
impressed with Luther after reading this book. He missed so much and this book shows it. I
don't think they wanted to make Luther look bad, but the way the book goes, he wasn't all
that great, just the Catholic Church was just that bad so the comparison made him look
great. All men have faults, no one is perfect that is living on this earth right now. This
book does put Luther as a common persons preacher.
His heart was humble, gentle, and honestly searching for God's direction. He as all of us
though sometimes mess up.
It is a good book about Luther but I would not suggest it till the 9th grade or so because
it puts forth some teachings that are contrary to the Word of God and younger children may
not as easily see the errors since they are praised (per-say) in the book.
Title: John Gill and the cause of
God and Truth
Author: George M. Ella
Publisher: Go Publications
#_of_pages: 295 before references
rating: 6
purchase: Local book store
Category: Biography
dewey: 286.1
ISBN: 0-9527074-0-3
Review: This book seemed that the reader needed a good knowledge about gill's time to
understand and keep tract of things. He bounces around alot.
It appears the Mr. Ella is mostly concerned with showing John Gill as not being
'hyper-Calvinist'.
Title: Is Today's Christian Music Sacard?
Author: Gordon E. Sears
Publisher: ?
#_of_pages: 32
rating: 6
purchase: Way of Life Literature
Category: Music
dewey: 783
isbn: none
Review: Not a good pounding of Scripture but just laid it on the line.
I can see some of his arguments being easily dismissed by those that promot un-Godly
music, for it was based on tradition + man not scripture.
There are better books on this subject - but this is a great attention getter at only 37
pages.
Title: More than Conquerors
submitted by: mike litza
Email: mike@aztil.com
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Moody Bible Institute
#_of_pages: 360
rating: 7
purchase: ?
Category: Biography
dewey: 209.22
isbn: 0-8024-9054-9
Review: Good book to get you interested in reading biographies on people.
The write up on Elizabeth Dole was to liberated written, it was like they had to put this
in the book or something might have been said because it wasn't there.
It just didn't fit when compared to what was written of the other people and what they
have done.
The rest of the people have been great men + women of the Lord. Short 1 - 2 pages on each
person.
Includes people from now to early church history.
Title: Myth of Early Revisions
Author: David F. Reagan
Publisher: Way of Life Literature
#_of_pages: 17
rating: 8
purchase: Way of Life literature -internet
Category: OTHER
dewey: 220.520 3
isbn: none
Review: great book dealing with the lies about the KJV being revised 4 times since its 1st
publishing
Title: The Soul Winner
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Publisher: Pilgrim publications
#_of_pages: 213
rating: 6
purchase: ?
Category: Evangelism
Dewey: 269.2
ISBN: n/a
Review: This book is a compilation of different lectures he gave to his students and at
other occasions. It is generally written for the Pastor and not the layperson for alot is
about how to do soul winning in the church, not your personal life.
I disagree on about 5 points he tried to make but the book is good in giving ideas and to
see what he believed in certain areas. I would not recommended for the average layperson,
the money spent on this would be wiser used on other evangelism books.
He covers on P.14 decline in church membership.
P.21 feelings in Salvation, we must be people of emotion equal to sound doctrine - not one
over another; unregenerate man does not have a spirit.
P.30-34 Lordship Salvation - you aren't saved unless you live Godly. I don't think
Spurgeon believes in a back slidden Christian.
P34-36 Spurgeon warns of taking in a newly professed Christian - until you see a change -
I totally disagree - this is opposite of what God did in Acts not to mention the one that
needs the protection of the church most is a new born baby.
P. 74-75 evident earnestness - I think is the key to Spurgeons great success.
p. 95+96 preach in common terms not theological "lingo".
P.123 he seems to argue that you must be so good already to be saved - awareness of one's
sins are a necessity to salvation, but not everyone of our sins (as it seems he thinks).
P. 127 Sort of sounds like anything goes when it comes to trying to get someone saved?
P. 137-139 the common Wednesday night service I have seen - Spurgeon was against.
Title: Spurgeon - Prince of
Preachers
Author: Lewis Drummond
Publisher: Kregel
#_of_pages: 877
rating: 9
purchase: local book store
Category: Biography
dewey: 286.1
isbn: 0-8254-2473-9
Review: GREAT BOOK on the preacher.
The first 102 pages are alittle dry if you just want to know about Spurgeon, but they are
needed to really get a good back ground on what it was like coming up to Spurgeon. Long
reading but defiantly worth it, if you want to know about Charles Spurgeon.
Title: Tribulation Force
Author: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale
#_of_pages: audio 2 cassettes
rating: 6
purchase: local book store
Category: Non-Fiction
dewey: 236.9
Review: Must remember that this is just fake - but it is interesting. There are a
few points that I believe they are wrong in - as far as prophecy - they say the
tribulation doesn't start until the Isreal peace agreement is signed, I believe it starts
right at the Rapture. The rest is an interesting portrail of what might be happening
on the earth while we are in Heaven.
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Title: The Weeping Church
date submitted: 12/29/97
Author: Clayton Nuttal
Publisher: RBP
#_of_pages: ?
rating: 5
purchase: RBP
Category: Church
Review: The Author does not believe that in Acts chapter 1 that this was the 12th Apostle;
I disagree - the other 11 apostles were picked before Pentecost why not the 12th. He likes
to quote men but doesn't do a lot with scripture - It's like by the way Rom. ?:? backs this
up.
He has put out much better material.