Category Parchment Reviews

Review: The Last Christian

The Last Christian: A Novel by David Gregory Imagine a world in 2088 where everyone has neural implants enabling them to enter VR (virtual reality) and access the Grid (internet on steroids) at any moment. Because of the implants, a…

Review: A Good & Beautiful God

The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love With the God Jesus Knows (The Apprentice Series) by James Bryan Smith Let’s be real clear at the outset. My three stars out of five are not for our good and beautiful…

Review: In Plain Sight

I was contacted by the publisher of In Plain Sight and asked whether I’d be willing to review the book if they supplied a copy. A free book? Of course. I was not familiar with the book or author though,…

Review: Tea with Hezbollah

Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting Down with Our “Enemies” and Seeking the Good Samaritan by Ted Dekker In a world that denounces terrorism and too often uses incendiary language of condemnation to describe one another, it’s rare to find voices of…

Review: A Model for Making Disciples

A Model for Making Disciples: John Wesley’s Class Meeting by D. Michael Henderson It’s amazing the power of what’s been done before. I believe I first heard the term “chronological snobbery” from John Piper. He used it in an effort…

Review: Courageous Leadership

Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels So… Bill Hybels is the founding and lead pastor of Willowcreek Church in Barrington, Illinois. His church averages 23,000 attendees on the weekends, and its the 4th largest church in the U.S. He founded the…