Church History is our family history. Simonetta Carr’s books “Christian Biographies for Young Readers” are a great tool to help us teach our children this family history.

In this episode Tom spoke to Simonetta about this series as well as her latest book “Questions Women Asked”.

What is the point of reading? What should we read? What is the point of imaginative literature like poetry, novels and stories?

In this Bookcast episode we explore these questions and more as we discuss the book “Recovering the Lost Art of Reading” with author Leland Ryken.

John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion is one of the most famous books from the Reformation with many copies still being sold today. However, at the time the Institutes was published there was a similar book that out-sold Calvin’s work in England: The Decades of Henry Bullinger. In this episode, Tom was joined by Dr Joel Beeke to discuss The Decades and the man behind the book, Henry Bullinger.

R. C. Sproul (1939–2017) was a renowned theologian, teacher and pastor. Stephen Nichols was a close friend of R.C. Sproul and is the author of a new biography, R. C. Sproul: A Life. In this episode, Tom spoke to Stephen Nichols about all things R.C. Sproul.

The question of suffering is one that all Christian’s need to grapple with at some point. Why does God allow suffering in our life? What is God doing through suffering? Tom and Cameron Clausing (Lecturer at Christ College, Sydney) discussed two books that present answers to these questions: The Crook in the Lot: Living with that thorn in your side by Thomas Boston and Notes from The Tilt-a-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World by N.D. Wilson

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self is the latest work from Carl Trueman exploring the history of the philosophy of 'self'. In this episode of the Reformers Bookcast, Tom and Carl discuss identity, the sexual revolution, how ideas travel and what the church can do in the face of the cultural challenges we are facing.

This week on Reformers Bookcast, James Eglinton calls in by video to talk about his book "Bavinck: A Critical Biography". Tune in and hear about Bavinck, his work and influence.

Colin Buchanan, popularly known for his music ministry to kids, joined Tom on the Bookcast to talk about books that have have benefitted him, like "Humble Calvinism" by J. A. Medders (The Good Book Company) and "A Quest for Godliness" by J. I. Packer (Crossway Books).

For a Reformers Bookcast first, with special guest Stephen McAlpine from Western Australia, we produced this episode as a video call. Stephen McAlpine released his book "Being the Bad Guys" with The Good Book Company, offering an analysis of how our culture ended up this way and explains key points of tension between biblical Christianity and secular culture.

Mark Powell is an associate pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Sydney, and hosts AP's "Profiles in Christian Living" podcast at Reformers Bookshop. He joined Tom to share his thoughts, and praise, for Paul David Tripp's book "Lead" from Crossway.