Weekly Recap, June 3

LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN CLASSICS: CALVIN: INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, VOLUMES 1 & 2

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance – Part 3 Editor’s Note:  This is Part 3 of our six-part summary of John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. To catch up see Part 1 and Part 2.  …

Interview with Craig Blomberg, co-author of INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: THIRD EDITION

  The question is not, “What does this Scripture verse mean to you?” The question is, simply, “What does it mean?” But to interpret the Bible as it was intended to be understood requires responsible effort. Hi, I’m Fred Zaspel,…

REFORMATION WOMEN: SIXTEENTH-CENTURY FIGURES WHO SHAPED CHRISTIANITY'S REBIRTH, by Rebecca VanDoodewaard

“Women are an essential element in church history” (p.ix). VanDoodewaard’s affirmation of this oft-neglected aspect of the history of Christianity provides more than adequate justification for this updated version of James I. Good’s Famous Women of the Reformed Church (1901).…

THE BAKER BOOK OF BIBLE CHARTS, MAPS, AND TIME LINES, edited by John A. Beck

  Reviewed by Anna C. Rask   John A. Beck received his Doctorate of Philosophy from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For over twenty years, he has taught Hebrew and Old Testament courses at a variety of higher education institutions. Beck…

CONTROVERSY OF THE AGES: WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT DIVIDE OVER THE AGE OF THE EARTH, by Theodore J. Cabal and Peter J. Rasor II

  “Who in the world cares how old the rocks are?!” That brief outburst from an old man in our congregation years ago was good for me to hear. I was a young pastor, and several of the other men…

WORD-CENTERED CHURCH: HOW SCRIPTURE BRINGS LIFE AND GROWTH TO GOD'S PEOPLE (SECOND EDITION), by Jonathan Leeman

  I am very happy to see this book released now in its second edition. I have happily recommended the first edition (Reverberation)—even made it required reading in some courses—since its initial release in 2011. One thing is necessary in…