Richard Hovey

On Waiting Well

Christian Living

“In On Waiting Well, Dr. Brad Baurain provides a timely challenge or even a call for those of us who find ourselves in a culture of busyness to learn what it is to wait. Our busyness comes out of a value for productivity; Brad raises the question of the potential of what waiting can and does produce in our lives. Rather than being a people who can't wait for the waiting to be done, perhaps in just such a time as this there is something to be learned in the waiting. An insightful encouragement, which Brad draws our attention to, is where our waiting takes place—God's presence! And this waiting is not just a side note but rather compared in importance with love and justice (see Hos. 12:6). With a combination of examples from his own life, church history, and Scripture, Brad provides a wonderful invitation to see waiting with new eyes; he challenges us to look beyond our cultural presumptions to see that true faith waits. This book is a call to faith in the triune God, who is faithful.”

Taking Up Preaching

Preaching & Worship

“In the cultural malaise in which we find ourselves, what are we preachers to do? Remember God is good. Remain faithful. And preach—because God still speaks. Captured by the heart of God revealed in Holy Scripture, communicate the heart of God through proclamation. In Taking Up Preaching, Blayne Banting cleverly presents the reader (the called) with the challenge to not only preach information, but be a preacher who seeks formation.”