Archive Spotlight – October 18, 2024

THE AMERICAN SOUL RUSH: ESALEN AND THE RISE OF SPIRITUAL PRIVILEGE

*Note: This is a bonus Review-Summary for members of Books At a Glance! Historical Context Among the strongest defining features of religion in America are its experimentalism and its utopianism. Often the combination of the two has led to the…

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN OR A DISCIPLE? Rediscovering and Renewing New Testament Discipleship, by Edward N. Gross

Reviewed by Matthew Pieters Ed Gross’ new book Are You a Christian or a Disciple? Rediscovering & Renewing New Testament Discipleship addresses a question that is of the highest importance. Much of western Christianity, and consequently global Christianity, has been so influenced…

ANTINOMIANISM: REFORMED THEOLOGY'S UNWELCOME GUEST? by Mark Jones (Interview Part 1)

In a brief book notice here at Books At a Glance we mentioned the important new work by Dr. Mark Jones on antinomianism. We were happy to catch up with Dr. Jones to ask him to share some thoughts about…

Interview with Mark Jones (Part 2), author of ANTINOMIANISM: REFORMED THEOLOGY'S UNWELCOME GUEST?

Today we continue our interview with Mark Jones, as he talks to us about his book Antinomianism: Reformed Theology’s Unwelcome Guest? If you missed Part 1 yesterday, you can catch up here. Books At a Glance (Fred Zaspel):   You…

Book Notice: HOW CAN JUSTIFICATION MAKE ME JOYFUL? By Daniel R. Hyde

A delightful little booklet designed to gladden the heart of every Christian. Hyde expounds the nature of justification with application to Christian experience. The Joy of Being In Jesus The Joy of Loss (a wonderful irony!) The Joy of Gain…

Book Notice: JESUS AND THE FUTURE: WHAT HE TAUGHT ABOUT THE END TIMES, by Andreas Köstenberger, Alexander Stewart, Apollo Makara

It is the task of Systematic Theology to gather the doctrinal teaching of the entire Bible and organize it into a comprehensive whole. And to complete our work we must scour every last corner of Scripture to make sure we…

Kristin Stiles' Review of POLLY AND THE SCREEN TIME OVERLOAD, by Betsy Childs Howard

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Kristin Stiles   Everywhere you go there seems to be a child with his or her eyes glued to a screen. You see it in the stores, in restaurants, in cars,…