Poolesville Baptist Church | 2023

Blog: Recent Books, Daily Worship, and the Bookstore

By Joel Gilbert It’s been a little while since we’ve pulled together a blog post/book review. While we all as elders have been continuing to read a variety of books, I’ve been remiss in encouraging us to put some things together. Here in this first post of the new year, I thought I’d share with[…]

Praying the Bible
by Donald S. Whitney There are some people who seem to have a gift for prayer. They don’t have any problems keeping focused or keeping their requests fresh. These people enjoy their times of prayer with the Lord. It’s like they are having an enriching conversation with a dear friend. There are other people, like me, who find prayer to be challenging at times. Some might even call their[...]
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Road Map to Jesus
By Alistair Chalmers Reviewed by Joel Gilbert On the day that Jesus resurrected from the dead, Luke records an interesting encounter that has often puzzled me. In Luke 24:13-35 we find two individuals walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Jesus catches up to them and begins to walk with them. While they are believers, they don’t recognize Him. Over the course of their conversation, Luke reports “beginning with Moses and all[...]
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Book Review: Church Membership – How the world knows who represents Jesus
Author: Jonathan Leeman Reviewer: Joel Gilbert What’s the big deal with church membership? Is it even biblical? Why do we have the membership processes that we do? Why would I want to be accountable to a church? All of these questions are frequently asked and good questions. These are all things that Jonathan Leeman addresses in his book Church Membership: How the world knows who represents Jesus. Published as[...]
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Book Review: Gender Ideology: What do Christians need to know?
Author: Sharon James Reviewed by: Carl Adema Sometimes the world seems like a confusing place. Terminology changes, definitions change and sometimes it is hard to know what is being said. Sharon James, in her little book on Gender Ideology, takes you into this world of shifting sand and not only provides a roadmap of sex and gender in our modern culture, but explains it in the light of God’s[...]
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Book Review: Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion
Author: Rebecca McLaughlin Review by: Joel Gilbert Have you ever been faced with a difficult question about your faith? Have you wondered if there is any way to respond to questions without sounding foolish or driving your friend away? Being a person who likes to listen, I am sometimes slow to process things in order to have an appropriate response. I don’t feel like I always have the right[...]
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