The Perspective is the monthly journal of Mount Vernon. It includes an article, book recommendations, and more.


Resting for the Lord

Jun 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business by Wayne Grudem

Book Highlight: Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture by David Murray

Take Up & Read: June 2024

New Members

What If I Don’t Love My Job?

May 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Teach Them to Work: Building a Positive Work Ethic in Our Children by Mary Beeke

Book Highlight: Work and Our Labor in the Lord by James M. Hamilton

Take Up & Read: May 2024

New Members

Working for the Lord

Apr 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work & Leisure by Leland Ryken

Book Highlight: Called to Cultivate: A Gospel Vision for Women and Work by Chelsea P. Sobolik

Take Up & Read: April 2024

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Work, Ambition, and the Local Church

Mar 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Rescuing Ambition by Dave Harvey

Book Highlight: God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life by Gene E. Veith, Jr.

Take Up & Read: March 2024

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All Work Is Ministry

Feb 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Do More Better by Tim Challies

Book Highlight: Don’t Waste Your Sports by C.J. Mahaney

Take Up & Read: February 2024

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Introducing Work & Leisure

Jan 01, 2024

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Grace at Work: Redeeming the Grind and Glory of  Your Job by Bryan Chapell

Book Highlight: Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guide from God for Engaging Our Aging by J.I. Packer

Book Highlight: Rethinking Retirement: Finishing Life for the Glory of Christ by John Piper

Take Up & Read: January 2024

New Members

25 Promises of the Messiah

Dec 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns by T. David Gordon

Take Up & Read: December 2023

New Members

Welcoming Children in Worship

Nov 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship by Jonathan Gibson

Book Highlight: With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship by D.G. Hart and John R. Muether

Take Up & Read: November 2023

New Members

Giving without the Offering Plate: A Guide to Generosity and Corporate Worship

Oct 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Reading the Bible and Praying in Public by Stuart Olyott

Book Highlight: The Creedal Imperative by Carl R. Trueman

Take Up & Read: October 2023

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The Need for Creeds

Sep 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential by Collin Hansen & Jonathan Leeman

Book Highlight: The Lord’s Supper: Remembering and Proclaiming Christ until He Comes by Thomas R. Schreiner & Matthew R. Crawford

Take Up & Read: September 2023

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