Weekly Recap Dec. 23

HEAVEN, edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   Introduction This book is part of the Theology in Community series. It assembles a body of scholars to examine the subject of heaven from the vantage point…

Interview with Thomas J. Nettles, author of TEACHING TRUTH, TRAINING HEARTS: THE STUDY OF CATECHISMS IN BAPTIST LIFE (REVISED EDITION)

Just how important is it that our children learn the teaching of the Scriptures? It’s a question Christians dare not take lightly, and it’s a question the church collectively in fact has taken seriously. The catechism has long been the…

HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE NEW TESTAMENT: TWELVE STEPS FROM EXEGESIS TO THEOLOGY, by Andrew David Naselli

Reviewed by David B. W. Phillips How to Understand and Apply the New Testament, along with its companion volume How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament by Jason DeRouchie, are new entries to the growing list of recent works…

POSSESSED BY GOD: A NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY OF SANCTIFICATION AND HOLINESS, by David G. Peterson

I have just had occasion again to read through this landmark study of the New Testament teaching on sanctification, and I have found it as delightful this time as I did the previous reads. It is for many reasons a…