Book Notes

Book Note: Tim Challies. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms (Stories of Women Who Shaped Christian Leaders, Featuring the Mothers of John Newton, Hudson Taylor, John Piper, Charles Spurgeon, D.L. Moody, Timothy, & More)

Tim Challies. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms (Stories of Women Who Shaped Christian Leaders, Featuring the Mothers of John Newton, Hudson Taylor, John Piper, Charles Spurgeon, D.L. Moody, Timothy, & More) This book contains 11 concise biographies of mothers who made a difference in their son’s ministries. They were different women with different […]

Book Note: Christian Standard Bible Connecting Scripture New Testament: A Study Bible of Biblical Allusions and Quotations.

Christian Standard Bible Connecting Scripture New Testament: A Study Bible of Biblical Allusions and Quotations. CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament–hardcover How I Obtained this Book This book was published on October 15. 2025. I read early reviews and articles about the book and was impressed. I knew I would want this research tool. I looked […]

Book Note: Ken Isaacs. Running to the Fire: Helping in Jesus’ Name 

Ken Isaacs. Running to the Fire: Helping in Jesus’ Name  On February 7, 2026, this book has 168 reviews on Amazon.com. 167 of them gave it a perfect 5 out of 5 rating. One gave a 3 start rating but gave no reason. Comments from some of the reviews are at the end of this […]

Book Note: James Clear. Atomic Habits. What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Even more important, Who are you?

James Clear. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones  Step 1: From why to how Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’ Book Note: Viktor E. Frankl. Man’s Search for Meaning. A few months ago I wrote this review of an […]

Book Note: My Current Reading List

Introduction After looking at all of the 2025 best book lists, I have decided to read the following books. This is a dynamic list. I will be adding books as I find them in reviews, articles and posts I read. I will remove books when I finish them. Today, January 15, 2026, there are 160 […]

Book Note: The 2025 End of Year Lists. The 2026 Reading Plans.

Book Lists Clearly Reformed. Top 10 Books of 2025 Olive Fellows. 26 Nonfiction Books to Read in 2026 The Gospel Coalition 2025 Book Awards The Gospel Coalition Editorial Staff: Books We Enjoyed in 2025 Tim Challies. The Collected Best Books of 2025 Tim Challies. My Top Ten Books from 2025 (+ a Bonus) Tim Challies. […]

Book Note: Michael Rydelnik. How Should Christians Think About Israel?: A Quick Guide to God’s Covenants, Biblical Prophecy, and the Jewish People 

Michael Rydelnik. How Should Christians Think About Israel?: A Quick Guide to God’s Covenants, Biblical Prophecy, and the Jewish People  Michael Rydelnik Michael Rydelnik grew up in a devout Jewish home and is the son of two Holocaust survivors. His father lost his first wife and five children to the Nazis at Auschwitz. He also […]

Book Note: Gerda Weissmann Klein. All But My Life: A Memoir

Gerda Weissmann Klein. All But My Life: A Memoir Gerda Weissmann was born in Poland in 1924. She was living with her parents and older brother when the Nazis invaded on September 1, 1939. Soon after invasion her uncle sent a telegram to her family telling them to evacuate immediately. They stayed because her father […]

Book Note: James Como. C. S. Lewis. A Very Short Introduction. James Como, editor. Remembering C.S. Lewis: Recollections of Those Who Knew Him

On November 7-8, 2025 I attended a series of lectures by James Como on C. S. Lewis at the Shell Point Retirement Community. I have been aware of Como’s Lewis scholarship since the 1980s. Most of the content of his lectures is contained in the following book. James Como. C. S. Lewis. A Very Short […]