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Mark Baker's Review of HOPE FOR THE NATIONS: PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS: A CORPORATE THEOLOGICAL READING, by Tom Holland

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Mark Baker   I used to teach English grammar to middle schoolers. I found that a student could know a grammatical rule backwards and forwards and still accidentally break that rule…

Andrew Ballitch's Review of THE PASTOR'S LIFE: PRACTICAL WISDOM FROM THE PURITANS, by Matthew D. Haste and Shane W. Parker

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Andrew Ballitch   Summary and Review Matthew Haste and Shane Parker write from “a perspective of genuine appreciation” for the Puritans, from “the conviction that today’s pastors could learn much from…

Jarrett Ford's Review of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: WHAT THEY MEAN, WHY THEY MATTER, AND WHY WE SHOULD OBEY THEM, by Kevin DeYoung

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Jarrett Ford   With a flair for the straightforward, Kevin DeYoung sums up the contents of his book before he even makes it past the title page. The 10 Commandments: What…

Ryan McGraw's Review of TRUTH WE CAN TOUCH: HOW BAPTISM AND COMMUNION SHAPE OUR LIVES, by Tim Chester

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Ryan McGraw   Our entire theology can tie together or unravel with the doctrine of the sacraments. We need union and communion with Christ in grace and in glory in order…

Paul Wilkinson's Review of THE WORLD IN HIS HANDS: A CHRISTIAN ACCOUNT OF SCIENTIFIC LAW AND ITS ANTITHETICAL COMPETITORS, by Christopher Lee Bolt

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Paul Wilkinson   A turf war has ensued on both the scholarly and popular levels between science and religion on the heels of the European Enlightenment. Whether this conflict is objectively…

Bennett W. Roger's Review of INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW: PURSUING GOD'S PERSPECTIVE IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD, by Tawa J. Anderson, W. Michael Clark, and David K. Naugle

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Bennett W. Rogers   A few years ago, I found myself teaching a course on the Christian worldview. I was unhappy with the curriculum I inherited, so I started to build…

Mark Baker's Review of HANDBOOK ON ACTS AND PAUL'S LETTERS, by Thomas R. Schreiner

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Mark Baker   Thomas Schreiner’s Handbook on Acts and Paul’s Letters is the inaugural volume of the Handbooks on the New Testament series published by Baker Academic and edited by Benjamin…

Gary Steward's Review of MASTER ROBERT BRUCE: MINISTER IN THE KIRK OF EDINBURGH, by D. C. Macnicol

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Gary Steward   Biographical reading is some of the most inspiring and encouraging reading that one can do. Banner of Truth has put out another carefully produced and well-bound reprint of…

Donald Wang's Review of ECCLESIASTES: AN INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY, by Knut Martin Heim

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Donald Wang   Ecclesiastes: An Introduction and Commentary is Book 18 in the series Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries.  These volumes are complete revisions since the initial volumes which were released in…

Andrew J. Spencer's Review of BECOMING C. S. LEWIS: A BIOGRAPHY OF YOUNG JACK LEWIS (1898–1918), by Harry Lee Poe

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Andrew J. Spencer   There are many biographies of C. S. Lewis on the market. For those doing research on Lewis’ life and legacy, the volume of literature can be overwhelming,…

Justin Powell's Review of ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA: HIS LIFE & IMPACT, by Peter Barnes

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Justin Powell   Peter Barnes presents Athanasius with a style one expects in a quality lecture hall of academia. Each chapter is filled with historical data and a well-organized narrative. Barnes’…

Corey M. Marsh's Review of HOW TO READ A BOOK: THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO INTELLIGENT READING, by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Corey M. Marsh   Introduction Deceased since 2001, Mortimer J. Adler (Ph.D., Philosophy, Columbia University) taught briefly at his alma mater before accepting a professorship at the University of Chicago in…

Ryan Speck's Review of REDEMPTIVE REVERSALS: AND THE IRONIC OVERTURNING OF HUMAN WISDOM, by G. K. Beale

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Ryan Speck   Context Redemptive Reversals is part of the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series, printed by Crossway, which is intended “to connect the resurgence of biblical theology at the…

Andre A. Gazal's Review of IN THEIR OWN WORDS: THE TESTIMONIES OF MARTIN LUTHER, JOHN CALVIN, JOHN KNOX, AND JOHN BUNYAN, by David B. Calhoun

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Andre A. Gazal   When one thinks of the permanent written record of a Christian’s testimony of God’s transformative grace, Augustine’s Confessions immediately come to mind. Yet, even a perusal of…

Abeneazer Urga's Review of LEVITICUS IN HEBREWS: A TRANSTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE TABERNACLE THEME IN THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS, by Mayjee Philip

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Abeneazer Urga   In this monograph, Mayjee Philip attempts to demonstrate that the author of Hebrews relies heavily on the Old Testament, specifically on the book of Leviticus, in the discussion…

Andrew Ballitch's Review of WILLIAM PERKINS: ARCHITECT OF PURITANISM, by Joel R. Beeke and Greg Salazar, eds.

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Andrew Ballitch   Summary and Review This little edited volume came out of the conference in May 2017 commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The commemoration was unique not…