THE WHOLE STORY OF THE BIBLE IN 16 VERSES, by Chris Bruno
Our generation is learning (again) that the Bible is a story. It is more than that, of course, but it is at least that. And we cannot understand the Bible well unless we know its story – where it started,…
DID GOD REALLY SAY? AFFIRMING THE TRUTHFULNESS AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SCRIPTURE, edited by David Garner
Our Lord’s declaration that God’s Word is truth (John 17:17) demands the reaffirmation of each next generation of Christians. Yet more is required than just that: the inspiration, trustworthiness, and clarity of Scripture also deserve restatement in light of new…
UNDERSTANDING GENDER DYSPHORIA: NAVIGATING TRANSGENDER ISSUES IN A CHANGING CULTURE, by Mark Yarhouse
Our grandparents might never have imagined the issues that are up for debate today, but the fact is our world is marked by confusion at the deepest, most foundational levels. Christians have always found themselves in a “culture war” of…
OPENNESS UNHINDERED: FURTHER THOUGHTS OF AN UNLIKELY CONVERT ON SEXUAL IDENTITY AND UNION WITH CHRIST, by Rosaria Butterfield
If you have not read Rosaria Butterfield, you probably should. It would be difficult to find a more important contemporary subject than hers, and the clarity she gives it is both impressive and refreshing. In her new book the well-known…
Colossians Greek Reading Videos from Exegetical Tools
Exegetical Tools has created a new resource for those of you wanting to retain and improve your Greek. We posted a blog last week about their Basic Greek for the Week e-mail they are launching in conjunction with a huge Greek…
THE SON OF GOD AND THE NEW CREATION, by Graeme Goldsworthy
If you’ve read the New Testament much at all you’ve probably puzzled at times, at least briefly, over the significance of Jesus’ title, “The Son of God.” Does God have a son? What does that mean? You may have heard…
Enter to Win Over $100 in Greek Resources and Improve Your Greek Weekly
Retaining your Greek after seminary is hard. Family, career, and life fill your schedule and working on Greek paradigms and vocabulary easily fall to the background. But ideally, many of us would like to work on our Greek daily and…
ENGENDERED: GOD’S GIFT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONSHIP, by Sam Andreades
Who would have imagined that we’d see the day when society cannot recognize the difference between male and female? And given our inability to recognize the difference between male and female, we have no category at all for recognizing difference…
THE KOREAN PENTECOST AND THE SUFFERINGS WHICH FOLLOWED, by William Blair and Bruce Hunt
Odds are you have never heard of the “Korean Pentecost” – the powerful workings of the Spirit of God in sweeping many Koreans into the Kingdom of Christ in the early 20th century and the faithful persecution and even martyrdom…
Weekly Recap — June 20, 2015
Greetings from Books At a Glance! Our resources this week are across the spectrum, but all serve to advance your thinking on topics such as sanctification, aesthetics, the soul, evangelism, and leadership.
THE CONVICTION TO LEAD: 25 PRINCIPLES FOR LEADERSHIP THAT MATTERS, by Albert Mohler
Quote & Unquote “Let me warn you right up front—my goal is to change the way you think about leadership. I do not aim merely to add one more voice to the conversation; I want to fundamentally change the way…
Weekly Recap — June 13, 2015
Greetings from Books At a Glance! No theme united our posts this week except the quality of the books and their capacity for equipping you for further ministry. Our summary covered another C. S. Lewis classic, Miracles, which is still…
BAPTIST FOUNDATIONS: CHURCH GOVERNMENT FOR AN ANTI-INSTITUTIONAL AGE, eds. Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
Foreword The doctrine of the church, or ecclesiology, has always been a major concern for the people called Baptists. This statement is neither pure speculation nor pious denominational rhetoric. Rather it can be established by incontrovertible evidence. First, Baptist confessions…
BEGINNING BIBLICAL HEBREW, by John A. Cook and Robert D. Holmstedt
Distinctives This textbook has seven (often interrelated) distinctives that justify its creation amid the mass of currently available textbooks. 1. Learning an Ancient Language and Second-Language Acquisition We have sought to incorporate more recent ideas about pedagogy into the shaping…
THE FORGOTTEN CROSS, by Lee Gatiss
What a delightful gem this little book is. Choose your expression – Christ-focused, cross-shaped, gospel-centered – if you ever wondered what that kind of life looks like so that you could live more like Christ, then this is a book…
Weekly Recap — May 30, 2015
We published a bit of everything this week, from our weekly summary, to reviews, to interviews, to our blog. The summary is especially tantalizing, since Nancy Pearcey’s new work looks to impress as much as her first award winning work, Total…
IVP BIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTARIES: OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT, by Walton, Matthews, Chavalas, and Keener
The New Testament volume in this Bible Background series has enjoyed a long history of successful sales and use in pastoral and student libraries. Craig Keener first wrote this volume in 1994 and over half a million volumes have been…
TRACES OF THE TRINITY: SIGNS OF GOD IN CREATION AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE, by Peter Leithart
Concerning Peter Leithart’s new book, Traces of the Trinity John Frame writes: This is the most delightful book I have read in a long time. One of its delights is its clear, gracefully written prose, which easily engages the reader.…