Reviews & Endorsements

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Reviews
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Tom Nelson’s review at The Gospel Coalition: “In her stellar book Kingdom Calling, Amy Sherman calls the body of Christ to embrace a more robust theology of vocation in its gospel mission by erecting persuasive scaffolding around Proverbs 11:10, ‘When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices.'” Read More

Mark Eckel’s review at Englewood Review of Books: “As a reviewer, I decided to put my money where my mouth is: I ordered a box of Amy Sherman’s books and am giving them away. Amy L. Sherman’s latest volume, Kingdom Calling, is a catalyst for generational change.” Read More

Johan Mostert’s review in Encounter: “My late father was an entrepreneurial businessman his entire adult life, but he was vocationally (and passionately) devoted to kingdom agendas.  He had aKingdom Calling, and he lived out that calling as he conducted business on three continents.” Read More

See Ken Camp’s comments on Kingdom Calling from The Baptist Standard

Brandon Rhodes tells ESA readers that ”Grounding her claims in the fertile soil of the biblical vision of shalom and justice, Sherman shows that every part of our life can express righteousness and offer healing to the world.” Read the full review

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Endorsements
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“Sherman is a Comment contributor, and her new book is very important. The clever double entendre of the title and the mature insight laden in the subtitle make it clear that this is a book informed by some of the deepest convictions of Cardus: we are all called to holy work; notions of vocation are central (not incidental as Cardus friend Steve Garber puts it) to the mission of God in the world; we are called to care for the common good. Indeed, it is this last notion, that we can use “the work of our hands” (as the epigram of Psalm 90:17 puts it) for “the common good,” that is such a great strength of this study of our work lives. Sherman says she wrote this mostly for pastors and Christian leaders (and there are practical suggestions on how to get “vocational stewardship” on the agenda of a church or ministry), but it will be helpful for anyone.

Her insights deserve much further elaboration, but she offers a unique take on notions of calling and career: she reminds us that we are to honour God by caring about the city, the public square, and that God will bless our efforts to relate work and service, personal meaning, and the hope for an improvement of the state of the common good. She explains how such people are called in Scripture tsaddiqim, and she explores four different avenues, or levels, of living into the promises of Proverbs 11:10, which states, “When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices.” Does the success or flourishing of your work cause your neighbours to be glad? Does our own prosperity come by way of making a contribution to the world? Can we go beyond a “bloom where you are planted” faithfulness to a more robust, missional perspective that sees our work as service to others? This is a remarkable book, full of statistics and stories, analysis and reflection, insight and application, reassurance and challenge. It is missional, passionate, inspiring. One of the best books on this subject yet written, it is made all the better by a well-written, profound afterword by Steve Garber.”