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


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

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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

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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

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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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The What and Why of Corporate Worship

Aug 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Our Hymn Writers and Their Hymns by Faith Cook

Book Highlight: Expository Listening: A Handbook for Hearing and Doing God’s Word by Ken Ramey

Take Up & Read: August 2023

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The Need to Read: On the Public Reading of Scripture

Jul 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant by Thomas R. Schreiner & Shawn D. Wright

Book Highlight: Let the Children Worship by Jason Helopoulos

Take Up & Read: July 2023

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The Lord’s Supper—A Bigger Deal Than You May Think!

Jun 01, 2023

Also featured in this edition:

Book Highlight: Worship by the Book by D.A. Carson

Book Highlight: Children and the Worship Service by David & Salley Michael

Take Up & Read: June 2023

New Members