Weekly Recap April 16, 2016
This week we posted a bonus summary, giving you two total, both explicating on the work of the cross. We interviewed Vern Poythress on hermeneutics and reviewed a new work on lament and progressive covenantalism.
Weekly Recap April 9, 2016
Our summary this week comes in the midst of much cultural confusion about the roles of male and female. Check out this biblical-theological survey is what God intended for male and female. There’s also a new study Bible you’ll want…
A PURITAN THEOLOGY: DOCTRINE FOR LIFE
The Puritans were nothing if not prolific authors, and keeping up with the hundreds of their works republished over the past generation is a daunting task to say the least. Some have made the specialized attempt, and various “Introductions” and…
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS: REDISCOVERING THE GLORY OF PENAL SUBSTITUTION, by Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach – Excerpt 2
We want to draw your attention again to this wonderful book on the substitutionary nature of the death of Christ. In chapter 2 the authors examined a number of passages that present the death of Christ as that of a…
Weekly Recap April 1, 2016
What a great week to brush up on your understanding of the Trinity with our summary of Bruce Ware’s work. We finished up our interview on the unchanging witness of the church on homosexuality, reviewed a new NSBT volume, and…
THE INERRANT WORD: BIBLICAL, HISTORICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND PASTORAL PERSPECTIVES, edited by John MacArthur
John MacArthur continues to be a leading voice in the defense and exposition of biblical inerrancy. Throughout his ministry in preaching and writing he has kept this doctrine in the headlines, and just last year (2015) we welcomed his Scripture…
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS: REDISCOVERING THE GLORY OF PENAL SUBSTITUTION, by Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach – Excerpt
From chapter 2 What is penal substitution? If we are to determine whether penal substitution has a place within Christian theology, we must first sketch its basic contours. We began chapter 1 with the following definition: The doctrine of penal…
THE ENDURING AUTHORITY OF THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES, edited by D.A. Carson – Part 2
The definitive evangelical reference work on the nature and authority of the Bible. In this volume thirty-seven first-rate scholars present a thorough study of biblical authority and a full range of issues connected to it. Recognizing that Scripture and its…
Weekly Recap March 26, 2016
In honor of Jerry Bridges’ life and ministry, we posted summaries of two of his books this week. We also posted part one of our interview with the authors of Unchanging Witness, a book arguing that the church always and everywhere…
GOING PUBLIC: WHY BAPTISM IS REQUIRED FOR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, by Bobby Jamieson
Bobby Jamieson has given us two new books on baptism. One brief, one book-length; both popular level. Understanding Baptism, as the title says, introduces the doctrine and practice of baptism in brief overview. Going Public covers some of the same…
Two Summaries of Jerry Bridges Books in His Honor
Jerry Bridges was well known, not only for writing The Pursuit of Holiness among other popular books, but also for his lifelong personal pursuit of holiness. He served with the Navigators for 60 years discipling others. On Sunday March 6, he died and…
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS: REDISCOVERING THE GLORY OF PENAL SUBSTITUTION, by Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach
In this wonderful book the authors seek to present the case for the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death with a focus on the biblical teaching but also on its subsequent historical expression throughout the history of the church and also…
Weekly Recap, March 19, 2016
UNDERSTANDING BAPTISM, by Bobby Jamieson
In this latest book in B&H’s Church Basics series (Jonathan Leeman, ed.) Bobby Jamieson presents the biblical teaching about baptism in brief, crisp overview. Chapter 1 What Is Baptism? Baptism is a church’s act of affirming and portraying a…
Weekly Recap March 12, 2016
This week’s summary was Grudem’s Business for the Glory of God, a crucial topic for everyone in the marketplace. We reviewed an important book on Catholic doctrine of Scripture, interviewed Kostenberger on his Women in the Church, and much more. Check…
PSALMS BY THE DAY: A NEW DEVOTIONAL TRANSLATION, by Alec Motyer
This wonderful new book from renowned Old Testament scholar – preacher Alec Motyer is sure to become your first “go-to” book on the Psalms! Foreword By Mark Dever One of the first – and still perhaps the best –…
Weekly Recap March 5, 2016
This week we summarized Daniel Strange’s Their Rock is Not Like Our Rock, which focuses on the variety of religions in the world from an OT perspective. It is truly an important book for thinking through the similarities between Israel’s religion…
IN MY PLACE CONDEMNED HE STOOD: CELEBRATING THE GLORY OF THE ATONEMENT, by J. I. Packer and Mark Dever
The following is taken from the Introduction by J.I. Packer, “Penal Substitution Revisited.” As Galatians 2:20 declares, his life of responsive faith was wholly formed and driven by the knowledge that his Savior had revealed divine love to him by…