URBAN LEGENDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: 40 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS, by David A. Croteau
I’ll admit it if you will: we don’t always understand the Bible correctly. And the really frightening thing is that, by the nature of the case, it happens more than we realize. David Croteau (PhD, SEBTS; Professor of New Testament…
Concluding Excerpt from CHANCE AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD: A GOD-CENTERED APPROACH TO PROBABILITY AND RANDOM EVENTS, by Vern Poythress
The following is an excerpt from Vern Poythress’s Chance and the Sovereignty of God: A God- Centered Approach to Probability and Random Events, reprinted here with the kind permission of Crossway. CHAPTER 28 CONCLUSION Regularities and unpredictable events go together.…
GOSPEL OF GLORY: MAJOR THEMES IN JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, by Richard Bauckham
The distinctiveness of John’s Gospel has been recognized by Christians since the beginning, and its various emphases and theological themes have been eagerly explored. In his new Gospel of Glory noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham (senior scholar at Ridley…
IN CHRIST: IN HIM TOGETHER FOR THE WORLD, by Steve Timmis and Christopher de la Hoyde
Our generation is learning afresh the rich significance of the doctrine of union with Christ. Our union with Christ through faith by the Spirit is the hub of every saving blessing. Our regeneration, adoption, justification, sanctification, preservation, perseverance, resurrection, glorification…
GOD’S LOVE COMPELS US: TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, eds. D. A. Carson and Kathleen Nielson
Table of Contents Preface D. A. Carson 1 The Biblical Basis for Missions Treasure in Jars of Clay (2 Corinthians 4:1–12) D. A. Carson 2 Why the Great Commission Is Great Reaching More and More…
HOW SHOULD WE DEVELOP BIBLICAL FRIENDSHIP? By Joel Beeke and Michael Haykin
Contemporary life is crowded, and we probably do not consider friendship as seriously as we ought or value it as highly as it deserves. It was important enough for men such as Plato and Aristotle to address it in depth,…
Weekly Recap — August 1, 2015
Greetings from Books At a Glance! Our summary for the week was on the problem of good (that’s right, not the problem of evil). We have a storehouse of other great resources in case you missed them, including a big…
Colossians Greek Reading Videos on Sale 50% Off
We highlighted before a great Greek resource from Exegetical Tools, their Colossians Greek Reading Videos. You can find a full description of them here, but essentially they walk you through translating the entire book of Colossians in videos that cover…
DESIGNED FOR JOY: HOW THE GOSPEL IMPACTS MEN AND WOMEN, IDENTITY AND PRACTICE, eds. Jonathan Parnell and Owen Strachan
As our culture rushes away from its traditional – not to mention Christian – moorings with regard to all things gender-related it becomes increasingly important for us to have a clear understanding of God’s intentions in creating humanity male and…
FOR THE LEAST OF THESE: A BIBLICAL ANSWER TO POVERTY, ed. Anne Bradley and Arthur Lindsley
About the Authors Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics (IFWE), where she develops and commissions research toward a systematic biblical theology of economic freedom. Rev. Dr. Art Lindsley is…
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…