Weekly Recap, April 28

DEFENDING YOUR FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS, by R.C. Sproul

A Brief Book Summary from TGC Learn By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Introduction Section I: The Apologetic Task The Task of Apologetics Apologetics and Saving Faith Section II: The Four Essential Principles of Knowledge Introducing the Four…

Interview with Gregg R. Allison, author of 50 CORE TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND TEACHING THEOLOGY

Dr. Gregg Allison is professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He has been teaching theology for a good many years, and now he’s put some of it in print in his new 50…

THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS, by Karl Barth

Reviewed by Scott A. Corbin   It’s always a profitable exercise to avail oneself of the exegetical writings of the dogmaticians of the church. The reason is not simply to entertain an historical curiosity, but rather to see the relation…

EASTER ENIGMA: ARE THE RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS IN CONFLICT?, by John Wenham

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Five New Testament writers provide details of the narrative of Jesus’ resurrection: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. Harmonizing the various details each provides is enormously challenging, and Wenham gives…

Book Notice: BAPTIST HISTORY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA: PERSONALITIES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES, by David Beale

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   We plan to feature this book more fully soon, but we wanted to give our readers a quick heads up on this new resource for Baptist history. David Beale, retired…

Book Notice: DIVINE WILL AND HUMAN CHOICE: FREEDOM, CONTINGENCY, AND NECESSITY IN EARLY MODERN REFORMED THOUGHT, by Richard A. Muller

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance The relationship between divine providence and human freedom remains one of the most vexing topics in Christian theology. Many gravitate to extreme ends of the spectrum, with a version of hyper…

Book Notice: BIG PICTURE CRAFTS: 101 SIMPLE AND AMAZING CRAFTS TO HELP TEACH CHILDREN THE BIBLE, by Gail Schoonmaker

Easy-to-Make Crafts to Help Children See the Big Picture of the Bible This book is filled with 101 reproducible crafts suitable for children ages 3–10, each depicting a character, event, or object connected directly to a story in the Bible.…