Brothers, We are NOT Professionals. By John Piper. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2002. 286 pp. Paper. $14.99. In an age when megachurches are marketed as the ministry model and pastors plaster their faces on billboards and books, it is helpful to be reminded that pastoral ministry and the CEO mindset do not mix. John Piper

Heaven. By Randy Alcorn. Wheaton , IL : Tyndale House Publishers, 2004. 516 pp. Cloth, $22.99. The book’s 476 pages are distributed over 46 chapters and two appendices. The depth of Alcorn’s study is attested in 363 footnotes, a thirteen page subject index, and a helpful six page scripture index. A lengthy bibliography with 140

The Assurance of Things Hoped for: A Theology of Christian Faith. By Avery Dulles. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. 299 pp. Paper. $14.95. What a fascinating book this is. Avery Dulles, a well-known and highly respected Roman Catholic theologian, presents a Catholic view of saving faith that is in places quite similar to

How Firm a Foundation: The Dispensations in the Light of the Divine Covenants. By Hal Harless. New York : Peter Lang Publishing, 2004. 318 pp. $73.95 Hal Harless has done a nice piece of work by making an original contribution to the current scholarly debate between covenantal and dispensational theologians. As a dispensationalist Harless’ main

The Five Points of Calvinism Defined, Defended, and Documented. By David N. Steele; Curtis C. Thomas; S. Lance Quinn. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2004. 247 pp. Paper, $12.99. I’ll admit it—I’ve been corrected by the Calvinists. As I read this book, I made notes and prepared my review, and was planning to blast the book. But