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It\u2019s time for a new BookNotes list.\u00a0 This being the list where we list a few recent noteworthy books.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got four for you today.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>You\u2019ve likely heard talk about the Great Commission Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention, but until now, there has been no small, easy-to-read introduction to it.\u00a0 Jedidiah Coppenger of B&H Publishing has just edited a little volume entitled Retreat or Risk: A Call for a Great Commission Resurgence<\/em><\/a> (B&H, 2010).\u00a0 I\u2019ve looked through it, and it has some great material.\u00a0 Jed contributes a helpful chapter on the SBC,\u00a0 David Platt challenges readers to take the gospel to the nations, and Al Mohler writes on the future of the SBC.\u00a0 All well worth reading.\u00a0 Pick it up\u2013it\u2019s cheap and accessible.<\/p>\n

Kevin DeYoung recently released his interaction with the Heidelberg Catechism, entitled The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism<\/a> <\/em>(Moody, 2010).\u00a0 The Heidelberg Catechism is perhaps best known for its question, \u201cWhat is your only comfort in life and in death?,\u201d and its answer, \u201cThat I am not my own, but belong\u2013body and soul, in life and in death\u2013to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.\u201d\u00a0 This is a book worth picking up, one filled with stout commentary on Scripture and the need for holy living before the Lord.\u00a0 Plus, it\u2019s got Kevin\u2019s trademark wit and insight, and will be a fun read besides.<\/p>\n

Thabiti Anyabwile, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, has just published The Gospel for Muslims: An Encouragement to Share Christ with Confidence<\/em><\/a> (Moody, 2010).\u00a0 This pastoral work is a helpful primer on the sometimes fearsome task of Muslim evangelism.\u00a0 In part one of the text, Anyabwile walks through differences between Christian and Muslim theology.\u00a0 In part two, he offers practical evangelistic suggestions.\u00a0 I found Thabiti\u2019s own testimony about his conversion from Islam encouraging.\u00a0 This little book will help to equip those of us who want to share the gospel with Muslims to do so with confidence and hope.<\/p>\n

Finally, M. David Sills has written Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience<\/em><\/a> (Moody, 2010).\u00a0 This book offers a holistic look at missiology.\u00a0 Danny Akin of Southeastern Seminary says the following about this new text: \u201cDavid Sills makes the argument that a holistic and biblical methodology for missions must include both search and harvest strategies.\u00a0 It must include evangelism and discipleship, church planting and theological training\u2026.This book is long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you are looking for further book reading recommendations, see Collin Hansen\u2019s summer reading list<\/a>, which was commented on<\/a> in a prominent USA Today<\/em> blog run by Cathy Lynn Grossman of that paper.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"