Weekly Recap, Feb. 16
Don’t miss this week’s book notice, LOVE THY BODY by Nancy Pearcy, whom The Economist has hailed “America’s preeminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.”
Book Notice: LOVE THY BODY: ANSWERING HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AND SEXUALITY, by Nancy R. Pearcey
Why the Call to Love Thy Body? To counter the hostility toward the human body and biological facts of life driving many of today's headline stories. Many people absorb pre-packaged media mantras on watershed moral issues without being aware of their hurtful…
Two New Booklets from P&R
Two practical and very helpful works on two very common areas of concern, each in bitesize length. In Prodigal Children Jones addresses Christian parents who grieve with concern over their wayward children who have left the faith. He offers specific…
Book Notice: KISS THE WAVE, by Dave Furman
“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” What does it mean to “kiss the wave?” These words, attributed to nineteenth-century British preacher Charles Spurgeon, speak to the Christian’s only hope for perseverance…
Weekly Recap, Feb. 10
This week: theology from a former slave, an excellent interview with Fred Sanders and Scott Swain, and a summary of sanctification and holiness.
First Update to Divine Simplicity: A Bibliography of Reviews of and Responses to Reviews of James Dolezal’s ALL THAT IS IN GOD: EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGE OF CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN THEISM
Introduction James Dolezal, Assistant Professor in Cairn University’s School of Divinity, published a previous work on this area of theology, God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011), his 2011 Ph.D. dissertation at…
Book Notice: THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE: THE 19TH CENTURY DEBATE OVER THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION, by J.V. Fesko
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Presbyterians at the turn of the twentieth century, both in American and abroad, were in theological turmoil, and demands for revision of the Westminster Confession were increasing. Voices such as…
Weekly Recap Feb. 3
Biblical theologies, a lesson in graciousness, and being an adult in America today. . .all this week from Books at a Glance.
Book Notice: THE STORY OF SCRIPTURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL THEOLOGY, by Matthew Y. Emerson
Our generation is learning afresh that the Bible is a single book with a very focused subject. “Biblical Theology,” we call it, and most sides acknowledge the pioneering influence of Old Princeton’s Geerhardus Vos. In reality it is just taking…
Weekly Recap, Jan. 27
A unique set of reviews this week, with the same book reviewed by two different reviewers, plus our final installment in the summaries of Augustine’s CITY OF GOD.
WHAT IS THE TRINITY?, by David F. Wells
On several occasions we’ve mentioned our appreciation for P&R’s Basics of the Faith series. The series is a great idea, providing excellent doctrinal summaries in bite-size pieces. We recommend these booklets enthusiastically. Today’s feature is from David Wells’ booklet, What…
Weekly Recap, Jan. 20
Book Notice: ZONDERVAN HANDBOOK TO THE BIBLE: FIFTH EDITION, edited by David and Pat Alexander
Continuously in print since 1973, this fifth edition of the classic Zondervan Handbook to the Bible has been updated with new imagery. From the history and design of the temple in Jerusalem to God's relationship with the universe, you'll find it here.…
BETWEEN THE CROSS AND THE THRONE: THE BOOK OF REVELATION, by Matthew Emerson
I just recently read this book and have already recommended it to others who are looking for an introductory study of the book of Revelation. Emerson provides an overview of the book and a survey of some of its leading…
Weekly Recap, Jan. 13
We have Part 2 of our summary series on Augustine’s CITY OF GOD, along with some exciting book notices, including a new massive work by Sinclair Ferguson entitled SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS.
Book Notice: KNOW WHY YOU BELIEVE, by K. Scott Oliphint
The Christian life depends upon faith, but there are good reasons for that faith. In Know Why You Believe professor and author K. Scott Oliphint answers the "why" questions both Christians and non-Christians often ask, laying out a simple and…
RETRIEVING ETERNAL GENERATION, edited by Fred Sanders and Scott Swain
I recently gave a brief notice of this important new book over on TGC, but it deserves further mention. After reading it again, more carefully, I’m even more impressed! The book is designed to explore the doctrine of eternal generation…
Book Notice: SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS, by Sinclair B Ferguson
Some Pastors and Teachers is a volume for every minister’s study and indeed for the bookshelves and bedside tables of everyone who has a concern for the ministry of the gospel and the well-being of the church in the twenty-first century.…