Book Reviews

A review of "Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Awarded 5th place in the “Critical Review” category by the Evangelical Press Association 2010

Leadership book review of Mixed Ministry: Working Together as Brothers and Sisters in an Oversexed Society.

Comparing the latest books by Andy Stanley and Tim Keel: Even their book titles reveal their divergent views of leadership. Stanley's title, Making Vision Stick, communicates the pragmatic, how-to nature of his book. Keel, in contrast, declares, "This book is not a manual." Instead, Intuitive Leadership is all…

Simple Church book review: Simple Church, which is thicker than the title suggests, makes the case for a simplified approach to ministry based on the discipleship methods of Jesus. Instead of multi-level outreach strategies and programs, Rainer and Geiger propose a leaner process based on…

Every church holds the key that will unlock the door to a rich spiritual inheritance. That key is the church's unique internal culture, the characteristics that make it unique, according to Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro, authors of Culture Shift. The key to understanding and changing…

Reviews of books by Mark Driscoll, Peter Wagner, and more: Like a familiar tune rendered in three different musical styles, three new books offer unique perspectives but a unified challenge on the relationship between church and culture. In poetic terms, it's not the road less…