Archive Spotlight – February 19, 2021

FALLEN: A THEOLOGY OF SIN, Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds.

About the Editors Christopher W. Morgan is professor of theology and dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University. Robert A. Peterson is professor of systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary. Overview Fallen is the fifth in…

CHANCE AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD: A GOD-CENTERED APPROACH TO PROBABILITY AND RANDOM EVENTS, by Vern Poythress

Reviewed by Mark Farnham Anyone who has ever contemplated the sovereignty of God and human choice has wrestled with the seeming contradictions of joining these two together. If God knows and ordains all that happens, doesn’t that make the universe…

GALATIANS: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Douglas J. Moo

The name Douglas Moo is a familiar one to student of the New Testament everywhere, and just as the arrival of his famous NIC commentary on Romans was a landmark event, so now we expect the same with the arrival…

ONE SIMPLE IDEA: HOW POSITIVE THINKING SHAPED MODERN LIFE, by Mitch Horowitz

“It is a new morning in America.” “Nothing is impossible.” “Be all you can be.” “Just do it.” “Yes we can.” “You are your own potential.” “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” “I’m ok,…

Kristin Stiles' Review of WHY DO WE SAY GOOD NIGHT?, by Champ Thornton

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles   Nighttime can be a scary time for kids. They are left alone in their bedrooms with little if any light. Sounds that are drowned out by the busyness…