The Gospel Coalition

 

Latest Reviews

How the West Really Lost God

Mary Eberstadt | Review by: Greg Forster

Has family decline resulted from—or caused—religious decline?

Firsthand

Ryan and Josh Shook | Review by: Daniel Darling

This book will challenge many children of the church to own their faith, to tend honestly to their doubts, and to stand for the ancient gospel of truth.

Sexual Sanity for Women

Ellen Dykas, ed. | Review by: Amber Walsh

Resources that point struggling women to Jesus, pulling no punches yet speaking with great compassion, are greatly needed in our sex-saturated culture.

What Happens After I Die?

Michael Allen Rogers | Review by: Matt Capps

With the force of theological insight wrapped in the warmth of pastoral care, Rogers provides a much-needed survey of the vast landscape of death and eternity.

Jesus Is

Judah Smith | Review by: Gavin Ortlund

Bieber-approved 'Jesus Is' captures much of Christ’s character but falls short of yielding a reliable, rounded portrait of who he is.

The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis

Alister E. McGrath | Review by: Leland Ryken

A wonderful companion to McGrath’s biography of C. S. Lewis, this is a completely satisfying and engaging book all by itself.

Glimpses of Grace

Gloria Furman | Review by: Christine Hoover

Furman helps us see glimpses of gospel grace and feel the profound significance of the daily routines of homemaking.

Birmingham: A Novel

Tim Stafford | Review by: Richard Doster

This novel serves fiction’s prophetic purpose: to tell a gripping story, and with it, to reveal the distance between “what is” and “what ought to be.”

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg | Review by: Kathleen Nielson

Though we can learn much from Sandberg, what stands out in her values is a dramatic lack of transcendence.

The Psalter Reclaimed

Gordon Wenham | Review by: Samuel Emadi

This book will not just provide fresh insights into the psalms; it will make you love them, long for them, even worship through them.

The Evangelicals You Don’t Know

Tom Krattenmaker | Review by: Mike McKinley

Turns out what social activist progressives can find to like about Christianity is when Christians act like social activist progressives.

Echoes of Eden

Jerram Barrs | Review by: John Perritt

This work untangles the knotty subject of Christianity and the arts.

Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics

Joel B. Green, ed. | Review by: Ray Van Neste

As cultural pressure increases to accommodate the spirit of the age rather than hold fast to Scripture, we must decide where we stand. This volume has made its choice. Let us make ours.

Sound Doctrine

Bobby Jamieson | Review by: Aaron Armstrong

Read this book for your own well-being, work through it as a leadership team, and discuss it in your community groups.

The Roots of the Reformation

G. R. Evans | Review by: Chris Castaldo

This learned, humane, and vibrant book deserves a place among your favorite church history texts.

Princeton Seminary in American Religion and Culture

James H. Moorhead | Review by: Andrew Hoffecker

Both Princetons—Old and New—propounded a dogmatism. What’s ironic is that the new dogmatism borrows from—all the while rendering equivocal—the language of the old.

Gods at War

Kyle Idleman | Review by: Ted Cockle

Despite a couple of concerns, Idleman forces us to interact with many facets of our idolatry—a reality we all need to face.

Humble Orthodoxy

Joshua Harris | Review by: Derek Brown

Humble orthodoxy begins with you, not others.

The Just Church

Jim Martin | Review by: Justin Holcomb

A valuable resource offering believers vision and concrete guidance for getting involved in the fight against violence and oppression on any scale.

Blood Work

Anthony J. Carter | Review by: David Murray

This is a center-of-the-gospel book for the gospel-centered.

Older Reviews