Books At a Glance Weekly Recap
Greetings from Books At a Glance! Here’s a breakdown of all the articles that we published for you this week. Enjoy!
The ESV STUDY BIBLE
First published in 2008, the ESV Study Bible received both the ECPA and the World Magazine “Book of the Year” awards. Created to “help people understand the Bible in a deeper way,” the ESV Study Bible combines the most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with…
ONE SIMPLE IDEA: HOW POSITIVE THINKING SHAPED MODERN LIFE, by Mitch Horowitz
“It is a new morning in America.” “Nothing is impossible.” “Be all you can be.” “Just do it.” “Yes we can.” “You are your own potential.” “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” “I’m ok,…
Informed and Of Interest
Michael Haykin’s “Remembering Matthew Henry” Al Mohler has a helpful piece on Biblical Theology and the Sexual Crisis Sam Storms on the Christian and Money Joe Carter’s 9 Things You Should Know about Anglicanism Thoughts from Al Mohler and Russell…
Crossway’s Summer Sale!
Crossway’s Summer Sale: “Hear the Word” Audio ESV Old Testament New Testament Gospels Psalms & Proverbs More Knowing the Bible study guides from Crossway Ruth & Esther – booklet or Kindle Psalms – booklet or Kindle Acts – booklet or…
WHY WE BELONG: EVANGELICAL UNITY AND DENOMINATIONAL DIVERSITY, Anthony Chute, Christopher Morgan, and Robert Peterson
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance If you don’t expect a book about inter-denominational unity and denominational distinctives and history to hold your interest, then I suggest you pick up a copy of Why We Belong: Evangelical…
Books At a Glance Weekly Recap 06-21-2014
Greetings from Books At a Glance! Here’s a breakdown of all the articles that we published for you this week. Enjoy!
Items of Interest
Baptism Leon Brown’s helpful bibliography on baptism Tributes to Wm. Lane Tributes to William Lane on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of his commentary on the Gospel of Mark – from Ardel Caneday and J. Ramsey Michaels. Trinity Fred…
WAS JESUS REALLY BORN OF A VIRGIN? by Brandon D. Crowe
We have already made mention (here and here) of P&R’s Christian Answers to Hard Questions series. As the title implies, each booklet takes up a single question of fundamental significance to the Christian faith that faces challenges in today’s public…
Worth Reading
25 Facts on the Importance of Fathers Eugene Merrill speaks about Jesus and Atonement in the Old Testament Andy Naselli provides a nice overview of John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings Some moving thoughts from Tim Challies, Setting Up My Kids…
Weekly Recap 06-15-2014
Happy Fathers’ Day! “And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” — 2 Cor. 6:18 ESV
Good Reading on the Web!
Excellent interview with Jim Hamilton on his new Ezra-Nehemiah commentary, Exalting Jesus in Ezra-Nehemiah (Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series from B&H) Michael Kruger’s review of Bart Eherman’s new book Part 1. Bart Ehrman’s Worldview Problem Part 2. Did the Early Christians…
Resources on the Web
Check out these helpful resources ... Andy Naselli has a good post on John MacArthur and David Platt’s comments on the “died-and-went-to-heaven-and-back” books. Matthew Claridge at Credo has a nice interview with Vern Poythress on his new…
ESV Reader’s Bible
Crossway has released the new ESV Reader's Bible with the biblical text in reader-friendly paragraph format. It's available both in Hardcover and Leather editions. Here is their 10 page PDF sampler And for our Kindle friends, here are some special Kindle offerings…
Crossway’s new KNOWING THE BIBLE series
Crossway has just introduced a new series of 12-week Bible studies for individuals and study groups ... Available in Kindle ... Genesis, by Mitchell Kim Isaiah, by Drew Hunter Romans, by Jared Wilson James, by Greg Gilbert Or if you prefer…
THE AMERICAL SOUL RUSH: Esalen and the Rise of Spiritual Privilege, by Marion Goldman
Yoga, transcendental meditation, Jungian psychology, The Secret, The Celestine Prophecy, The Alchemist, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Oprah … Esalen. For anyone living in America, most of this list is probably pretty familiar. These are the well-known practices, books and names…
Check it out!
Items of interest … C.E.B. Cranfield’s On Romans -- free giveaway from Logos. There is No ‘Third Way’ – Al Mohler comments on the homosexual issue now in the SBC. A Summary of Henry Scougal’s classic, “The Life of God in…
SOUND DOCTRINE by Bobby Jamieson
Ours is not the first generation to express distaste for doctrine. That’s an old problem. Warfield lamented the “doctrinal indifferentism” of his day, and the apostle Paul warned of it long before him. I will be the first to admit…