Archive Spotlight – December 27, 2024

ENCOUNTERING GOD TOGETHER: Leading Worship Services that Honor God, Minister to His People, and Build His Church, by David G. Peterson

About the Author David G. Peterson is an emeritus faculty member of Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia, where he teaches a course on worship. He served as principal of Oak Hill College in London from 1996 to 2007 and…

ACTIVE SPIRITUALITY: GRACE AND EFFORT IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, by Brian G. Hedges

Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille   Last month, Shepherd Press sent me Brian Hedges’ Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life. I read it in one sitting (while waiting for a flight – yes, delayed). The book made…

STRANGELY WARMED: WHITEFIELD, TOPLADY, SIMEON, AND WESLEY'S ARMINIAN CAMPAIGN, by Lee Gatiss

It is always delightful to read behind Lee Gatiss, and this new booklet (The St. Antholin Lecture, 2014) is certainly no exception. As the title cleverly implies, Strangely Warmed focuses on the sometimes rather heated controversy over Arminianism in the…

Book Notice: THOMAS AQUINAS: PHILOSOPHER THEOLOGIAN, by K. Scott Oliphint

The Prince and Master of all Scholastic Doctors Thomas Aquinas has profoundly impacted thinkers both inside and outside the Roman Catholic Church for more than eight hundred years. Scott Oliphint's unique study focuses on Aquinas's dualistic approach to the natural…

Book Notice: ESV SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY STUDY BIBLE, by Crossway

Theology should, first and foremost, be rooted in God’s Word. The goal of the ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible is to demonstrate how all Christian doctrine arises from the pages of the Bible. Created to help readers understand how Scripture forms the…

Kristin Stiles' Review of GOD'S ATTRIBUTES, by Jill Nelson

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Kristin Stiles   In the preface to his classic book, The Attributes of God, A.W. Pink says, “An unknown God can neither be trusted, served, nor worshipped.” This is not only…