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Category Archives: Media Review

Elijah Men Eat Meat [review]
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Elijah Men Eat Meat [review]

Posted on February 5, 2018 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Joshua D Jones, pastor of Therfield Chapel, Cambridge, UK, blogger at Sanity’s Cove,  vlogger at Counterfeit Vlog, has written a great devotional for our times. The title is a bit strange but the content is spot on – punchy, Reformation-style preaching in 80 short chapters like a volley of flaming arrows. Elijah The focus of … Continue reading →

You Can Pray [Review]
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You Can Pray [Review]

Posted on June 14, 2016 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

It might seem a very strange title, but for those who have glimpsed something of the awesome holiness of our God and tasted something of his goodness, the possibility that we can indeed talk to this God as our Father is utterly amazing. Eric Onyango reviews You Can Pray by Tim Chester. You can be … Continue reading →

Christian Youth Work [Review]
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Christian Youth Work [Review]

Posted on May 10, 2016 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

The next issue of Conversation Magazine will be looking at youth ministry. As a teaser, here’s a review from Mary Njeri of what many would say is the best book around on the subject: The book is written by Mark Ashton and Phil Moon who were exposed to youth work with Church Pastoral Aid Society and Church … Continue reading →

Dangerous desires and a contentment that can eclipse them
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Dangerous desires and a contentment that can eclipse them

Posted on April 28, 2016 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

John Piper has often quoted Thomas Chalmers on “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” A false joy is driven out by a greater joy. In his most recent book, Living in the Light, soon to be released by our friends at the Good Book Company, Piper uses the metaphor of planets and orbits, darkness … Continue reading →

[Review] Don’t Waste Your Life
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[Review] Don’t Waste Your Life

Posted on March 25, 2016 by iServe Africa Webmaster • 1 Comment

John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life, Crossway, 189 pages. A great book for Good Friday reviewed by Barnabas Omenda:  John Piper’s Don’t Waste your Life is a worthy additional to the shelves of any young person whether a Christian or a non-Christian, who would like to know the essence of his/her life. He begins his … Continue reading →

Enjoy Your Prayer Life [Review]
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Enjoy Your Prayer Life [Review]

Posted on October 5, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Peter Muturi reviews a new book on prayer that doesn’t whip us with guilt or whip us up with false expectations but actually calls us to enjoy a relationship… In this small book (only 48 pages) Michael Reeves identifies with the many Christians who struggle with prayer. Nevertheless, he expounds the need to work on this very … Continue reading →

Crazy Busy [Review]
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Crazy Busy [Review]

Posted on September 28, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Book review by Peter Kamau: Crazy Busy, with just 118 pages, is intended for busy people indeed. With a sense of humor, Kevin DeYoung (senior pastor at University Reformed Church in Michigan as well as author blogger) dissects the hard topic of busyness in a way that particularly identifies with the leader and ‘busy’ people. … Continue reading →

Killjoys [Review]
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Killjoys [Review]

Posted on March 25, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Marshall Segal (ed) Killjoys: The Seven Deadly Sins, Desiring God, 2015 Reviewed by Njeri Maina: The book ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ has been authored by a number of theologians from the Christian organization DesiringGod.org: Johnathon Bowers, Ryan Griffith, David Mathis, Jason Meyer, Jonathan Panel, John Piper, Tony Reinke, Joe Rigney and Marshall Segal. They are … Continue reading →

One forever [Review]
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One forever [Review]

Posted on March 24, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

  Rory Shiner, One Forever: The transforming power of being in Christ, Matthias Media, 2013. Fantastic little book. The most accessible, clear, helpful stuff I’ve read on union with Christ. Practical, punchy, brilliant illustrations. Can’t recommend it highly enough. If you can get your hands on a copy get one. Or get twenty to give away. … Continue reading →

Married for God [Review]
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Married for God [Review]

Posted on March 2, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • 2 Comments

Reviewed by Rahab Nyambura: Married for God is written by Christopher Ash who works for the Proclamation Trust as Director of the Cornhill Training Course. He is also the author of ‘Marriage’ and ‘Out of the Storm’. In days when sex and marital issues are so screaming in all manner of ways and places which … Continue reading →

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