Weekly Recap, July 7

CHRISTIAN ETHICS: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES & OPTIONS (2nd Edition), by Norman L. Geisler

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   Introduction This second edition of Christian Ethics is an updated and expanded version of Geisler’s widely used text on ethics. Geisler examines different ethical systems and then…

Interview with Michael J. Kruger, author of CHRISTIANITY AT THE CROSSROADS: HOW THE SECOND CENTURY SHAPED THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH

An Author Interview from Books At a Glance   It was so very long ago that we might wonder how the second century could possibly have shaped the Christian church of today, but Michael Kruger writes to explore just that…

IT'S OK TO BE NOT OK: PREACHING THE LAMENT PSALMS, by Federico G. Villanueva

Reviewed by Caleb Valentine   How should Christians understand and use the lament psalms? Frederico Villanueva seeks to answer those questions in It’s OK to Be Not OK. Villanueva is no stranger to loss, grief, and injustice. As a pastor…

Book Notice: BRIEF INSIGHTS Series, by Michael S. Heiser

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   This little series of books was a good idea. Each book attempts just what the titles describe and consist of brief comments on basic subjects and themes aimed at guiding…

Sinclair Ferguson on the New Perspective

Sinclair Ferguson on the New Perspective This piece is from Sinclair Ferguson’s “Introduction” to Justified in Christ (Scott Oliphint, ed.) Mentor, 2007, pages xiii-xxi, and is used here with permission.   The more specific background to this whole book—as will…