“This book identifies the skills we need to help one another.” We are all needy people, and the Lord uses people who see their neediness, to help others who are needy. While we would all agree with this truth, sometimes how that is worked out can be a bit difficult or daunting, so this book serves […]
Shepherding a Child’s Heart is a wonderful resource for parents with children of any age. This book is premised upon the idea that our responsibility as parents, to bring our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, is to shepherd their hearts, which is to help them understand themselves, and the world […]
After studying through Romans 1, where Paul details the grotesque sins of a culture given over to the wrath of God, Christians could be tempted to think that some sins are of greater or lessor seriousness in the eyes of God. In Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges helps us see that all sin is serious in the […]
Our book of the month for October is Erwin Lutzer’s book, Rescuing the Gospel. This book is a very accessible, easy to read introduction to the key figures in the Reformation and the doctrines that defined the Reformers.The majority of the book discusses the life and ministry of Martin Luther, and then spends a chapter each on other key […]
Our book of the month for January is D.A. Carson’s book, Praying with Paul.“Praying with Paul calls believers to reject superficiality and revolutionize their lives by embracing a God-guided approach to prayer. By following Paul’s life-shaping principles, we can hear God speak to us today.”
Historically, next to the Bible, no book has been read by Christians more than Pilgrim’s progress. First published in 1678, it has never been out of print. Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegory, written by an imprisoned pastor, depicting the Christian life as a journey, with many dangers, and something that is not undertaken carelessly. As […]
In her book, None Like Him, Jen Wilkin teaches about Gods unique attributes. That is, the attributes God does not and cannot share with us. Wilkin does an excellent job at describing those attributes, but then explains why those very attributes should be encouraging to us in our daily lives. Originally written as a book […]
John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace, was a pastoral theologian who loved both the Lord and His people. Newton wrote many letters to Christian friends over the years and in those letters he gave gracious and godly counsel. In Tony Reinke’s Newton on the Christian Life to Live is Christ, Reinke presents much of […]
If CBC is going to be a congregation that engages global missions then our motives will matter. In his book, Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper gives us the primary motive for missions, namely, our passion for God’s glory. We would like our congregation to read this book so that our church can with […]
Our book of the month for November is, Lessons from the Upper Room, by Sinclair Ferguson. If you’re not familiar with the ministry of Sinclair Ferguson, this book will be a wonderful introduction to him. This book is born out of a teaching series Dr. Ferguson did through the upper room discourse in John 13-17.From the Publisher: […]