Archive Spotlight – March 1, 2024

READING BACKWARDS: FIGURAL CHRISTOLOGY AND THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL WITNESS, by Richard B. Hays

A Brief Book Summary from Books at a Glance By Todd Scacewater   About the Author Richard B. Hays is George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of NT   Table of Contents Chapter 1: “The Manger in Which Christ Lies”: Figural…

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…

Carl Trueman, THE CREEDAL IMPERATIVE

Dr. Carl Trueman is Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and he serves on our Board of Reference here at Books At a Glance. We appreciate his work in historical theology, and his 2012 The Creedal…

Book Notice: WORK: ITS PURPOSE, DIGNITY, AND TRANSFORMATION, by Daniel M. Doriani

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Whether you're teaching children in a preschool, operating a cash register at a fast-food restaurant, or performing complex surgeries in emergency situations, you have the power to change the world.…

Commentary Series Recommendation: Reformed Expository Commentary Series

Have a Look at the Reformed Expository Commentary Series! [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://booksataglance.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_5023.mp4"][/video] Product Description of Bryan Chapell's Ephesians: The apostle Paul wrote to the house churches of the ancient metropolis of Ephesus with this amazing truth: through such as you…

THE BIBLE'S BIG STORY: SALVATION HISTORY FOR KIDS, by James M. Hamilton Jr.

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Our friend Jim Hamilton (professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is not content teaching the Bible to seminarians. He wants to teach your children too. Hamilton, himself…