Non-Fiction
The Strain of Other Blood – Patricia Allen
This is one of those books that came to me unsolicited from the publisher and I will admit that, even had I known about the book, it’s not one that I would’ve actively sought to […]
Genre: Biography
Non-Fiction
Everything in Color – Stephanie Stalvey
This book absolutely wrecked me. It’s not my story. It’s Stephanie’s. But as a pastor, it’s a story that I’ve heard time and time again. As someone who grew up within the evangelical-industrial complex—married to […]
Non-Fiction
Five Mere Christians: Binge-Worthy Biographies That Show You How to Glorify God in Your Work – Jordan Raynor and Kaleigh Cox
There are lots of books that pontificate about the relationship between faith and work, but this book dramatizes it. Instead of exploring the subject from an intellectual angle, Jordan Raynor and his co-writer Kaleigh Cox […]
JRR Tolkien
JRR Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy – Don Marshall
Over fifty years after his death, JRR Tolkien continues to capture the imagination with his intricate fantasy worlds. Tolkien has been the subject of numerous biographies and literary analyses. Tolkien Studies is a university level […]
Non-Fiction
Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir – Tony Campolo
I received a copy of Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir about a week before I made an international move from the US to Australia and I was left in a quandary: Do I pack this book […]
Academic
The Church Must Grow Or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity – Gerardo Marti and Mark T. Mulder
The books in the Library of Religious Biography have a habit of taking an individual that I did not really like – be it their personality, morality, or methodology – and making me if not […]
Academic
Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist
John the Baptist is often seen an apertif, an amuse-bouche, a prelude, or an entry into the story of Jesus. He whets our appetite for the Kingdom of God by dancing in his mother’s womb […]
Academic
One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation – Daniel Silliman
It’s hard to feel empathy for Richard Nixon, but in One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation, Daniel Silliman manages to paint a complex portrait of a lost and troubled man whose search for […]
Academic
Machen’s Hope – Richard Burnett
Biographies tend to be written by folks who align with their subjects in some fashion—socially, politically, religiously. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large those who are interested in chronicling an individual’s life […]
Non-Fiction
Bread and Bibles: D.L. Moody’s Evangelism and Social Action – Gregg Quiggle
This unique study of D. L. Moody’s life combines biographical elements with a focus on specific themes from his ministry. Gregg Quiggle explores how this well-known nineteenth-century pastor and evangelist served others throughout his ministry, […]