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Ozzy Wei's Review of RIGHT WITH GOD, by Michael Reeves

A Book Review from Books At a Glance  by Ozzy Wei   Acts 16:25-34 contains a story about the Philippian jailer who cries out, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (ESV). Paul and Silas respond, “Believe in the…

Osbert B. Wei‘s Review of CHRIST CRUCIFIED: A THEOLOGY OF GALATIANS, by Thomas R. Schreiner

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Osbert B. Wei   As a young Christian, I struggled to understand the interplay between God’s divine work and my responsibility in spiritual growth. I knew that faith in Christ and…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of OPUSCULA I TREATISES, by Thomas Aquinas

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   Emmaus Academic and the Aquinas Institute have begun publishing all the extant works of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine in parallel language versions. Having reviewed several of the…

Jeremy A. Menicucci's Review of LAMENTATIONS: A MENTOR COMMENTARY, by John L. Mackay

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Jeremy A. Menicucci   More work has been done on Lamentations since John Mackay (1948–2018) published his commentary on Lamentations in 2008, yet his commentary remains one of the top contributions…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of GOD, VOLUME 1 (THEOLOGY FOR EVERY PERSON), by Malcolm B. Yarnell III

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Far from being a dry arid landscape, theology should make us flourish as a fruit bearing (Ps. 92:14). Theology is fundamentally about knowing God and, to echo…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of LIGHT UNAPPROACHABLE: DIVINE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY AND THE TASK OF THEOLOGY, by Ronni Kurtz

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   We are made in God’s image, he is not made in ours. Using language that we can understand, God reveals himself to us through analogies. In fact,…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of TO GAZE UPON GOD: THE BEATIFIC VISION IN DOCTRINE, TRADITION, AND PRACTICE, by Samuel G. Parkison

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Union with God is life, and seeing God in Christ is life’s goal. Historically, the beatific vision factored heavily in the foundation of the study of theology…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of THE TRINITY IN THE CANON: A BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND PRACTICAL PROPOSAL, edited by Brandon D. Smith

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Thankfully, the recent growing appetite for Trinitarian theology appears unabated. However, Trinitarian dogma is the church’s attempt to express who the God of Scripture is. While deep…

Jacob C. Boyd's Review of GOD SHINES FORTH: HOW THE NATURE OF GOD SHAPES AND DRIVES THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, by Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Jacob C. Boyd   In God Shines Forth, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves offer a refreshing and deeply theological meditation on the nature of God as the motivating center of Christian…

Osbert B. Wei's Review of REVIVAL: SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IN THE REFORMED TRADITION, by Michael A. G. Azad Haykin

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Osbert B. Wei   As a PhD student preparing to write my dissertation, I was privileged to read Revival by Michael A. G. Azad Haykin. Haykin’s book is suitable for academics,…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of REFORMED CONFESSIONALISM, by D. Blair Smith

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   The time is ripe for recovering Christian creeds, confessions, and catechisms. In light of the wreckage and confusion caused by evangelical cries of “no creed but the…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of ESSENTIALS OF REFORMED SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, by Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Telling the Bible’s story of God and the world can take a lot of space. Explaining what this story means by arranging its parts into logical segments…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of ESV HEIRLOOM BIBLE, ALPHA: PERSONAL SIZE EDITION

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts was formed in 2002 by Daniel Wallace in Plano, Texas. The Center has a mission of taking digital…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of THE STORY OF THE TRINITY: CONTROVERSY, CRISIS, AND THE CREATION OF THE NICENE CREED, by Bryan M. Litfin

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Marking seventeen-hundred years after the Council of Nicaea in 325, a proliferation of books and articles have appeared on the Trinity this year. As Donald Fairbairn says…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of REFORMED SOCIAL ETHICS: PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIETY, CULTURE, STATE, CHURCH, AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD, by Herman Bavinck

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   Anyone familiar with Herman Bavinck will likely know of his four volume Reformed Dogmatics. John Bolt undertook translation of Bavinck’s monumental work, and the set was released…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of A HANDBOOK OF THEOLOGY, edited by Daniel L. Akin, David S. Dockery, and Nathan A. Finn

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   The importance of theology in the life of the church cannot be understated. As the new Handbook of Theology says, “once a believer reads more than one…