6 Great Reviews

In an effort to be more productive and efficient, I have many website and blog feeds in Google Reader. One of the feeds I subscribe to is Discerning Reader. "Discerning Reader is a site dedicated to promoting good books--books that bring honor to God. At the same time, we hope to help Christians avoid being unduly influenced by books and teachers that are not honoring to God."
I came across this site by a tip from Matt Mitchell, pastor of the Lanse Evangelical Free Church and fellow blog-writer at Hot Orthodoxy. Matt also posts book reviews on Discerning Reader, and has let me post his review of Uprooting Anger on this site.
Recently, 6 newer books were reviewed, and I was impressed with the quality of these reviews. The books cover a wide variety of audiences and are sure to be quite popular titles to their respective audiences. to see the review of each book, simply click on the title. You can also go directly to the Discerning Reader website by following this link.
3:16, by Max Lucado
Get Out of that Pit, by Beth Moore
Simple Church, by Thom Rainer
Quiet Strength, by Tony Dungy
Foundations of Grace, by Steven Lawson
A Taste of Heaven, by R.C. Sproul

WikiSummaries

Interested in knowing what the premise of some great books is, but not wanting to take the time away from studying and preparing for preaching? I have just come across a website which might interest you. From the family of Wikipedia, is WikiSummaries. On this site are 125 book summaries (51 in English). These summaries are chapter by chapter descriptions of the book. Some of the best sellers of the past year are on here:
The World is Flat
Freakonomics
Blink
The Tipping Point
Good to Great
The Kite Runner

I have read all these except Good to Great. After reading through the summaries, I feel they represent the best of what the book has to offer. This site is a Cliff Notes type website. For busy pastors who need to keep up with theology, commentaries, and other ministry related books, this site has the potential to help keep you informed about some of the other books you wish you had time to read, but cannot find the time, or justify. I would add that all of them are worth the read (that is, all the ones I mentioned above), and would recommend each of them.