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SEVEN LEADERS: PREACHERS AND PASTORS, by Iain H. Murray

A Book Review from Books At a Glance Anthony Chute   Seven Leaders is a compilation of biographical studies of preachers past and present with lessons to be learned from their respective ministries. Iain Murray aimed for young men called…

A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE, by Michael Shepherd

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Francesco Grassi   Kregel has published yet another fine exegetical commentary in the Kregel Exegetical Library series, now by a scholar with consolidated expertise on The Book of the Twelve (the…

THE CHARACTER GAP: HOW GOOD ARE WE?, by Christian B. Miller

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Mark Coppenger   I’m glad I read this book, but I have to admit I’d hoped and thought I’d appreciate it more. I ended up feeling the way I do about…

AM I JUST A BRAIN, by Sharon Dirckx

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Fred Zaspel   Questions about why or how we think, what thinking is, and why or how we have such things as consciousness, self-awareness, emotions, and memory, are not the kinds…

PREACHING OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVES, by Benjamin H. Walton

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Steven D. Mathewson   Old Testament narrative texts often intimidate preachers—especially preachers who spend most of their time in the New Testament letters. So I am grateful for Benjamin H. Walton’s…

A BASKET OF FRAGMENTS: NOTES FOR REVIVAL, by Robert Murray McCheyne

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Gary Steward   Robert Murray McCheyne died in 1843 from typhus at the age of twenty-nine. Even with the shortness of his life, his legacy of inspiring spirituality lives on. McCheyne…

BAPTIST HISTORY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA: PERSONALITIES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES, by David Beale

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Anthony Chute   David Beale has provided a helpful contribution to the many historical studies of Baptists in England and America. Beginning with a series of introductory essays, Beale cites the…

BEHOLD MY SERVANT: THE SERVANT SONGS OF ISAIAH, by Brian A. Russell

A Book Review from Books At a Glance Reviewed by Justin Denney   Like an impressive art gallery, the Servant Songs of Isaiah provide an endless source of wonder, and for Christian readers throughout history, they have served as some…

A LITTLE BOOK FOR NEW HISTORIANS: WHY AND HOW TO STUDY HISTORY, by Robert Tracy McKenzie

A Book Review from Books At a Glance Ryan McGraw   History is an endangered discipline in the United States. History is underplayed and downplayed, if not wholly excised in contemporary American education. Yet history is part of what constitutes…

A LITTLE BOOK FOR NEW BIBLE SCHOLARS, by Randolph E. Richards and Joseph R. Dodson

A Book Review from Books At a Glance Reviewed by Jeff Block   Introduction While Scripture readily speaks wisdom into the life of even a young child who is open to hearing from God, the fact is that no matter…

BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS, by Jonathan S. Greer, John W. Hilber, and John H. Walton, eds.

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Anthony Lipscomb   The Bible took shape millennia ago in the ancient Middle East, but for many readers of the Bible this fact—let alone its implications for interpretation—goes unrecognized. Many other…

THE CHARACTER GAP: HOW GOOD ARE WE?, by Christian B. Miller

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Mark Coppenger   I’m glad I read this book, but I have to admit I’d hoped and thought I’d appreciate it more. I ended up feeling the way I do about…

PSALMS, VOLUME 2 (THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY), by W. Dennis Tucker Jr. & Jamie A. Grant

A Book Review from Books at a Glance by Wade W. Weeldreyer.   In 2002, Gerald H. Wilson published Psalms, Volume 1 for the NIV Application Commentary series. He was expected to complete its counterpart; however, his untimely death in…

HUMBLE CALVINISM, by J.A. Medders

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Jeff Mooney   In our culture, people often decide on the appropriateness or truthfulness of an idea based upon the demeanor of those holding the idea. Calvinists have provided ample reasons…

HERMENEUTICS AS APPRENTICESHIP: HOW THE BIBLE SHAPES OUR INTERPRETIVE HABITS AND PRACTICES, by David I. Starling

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Jonathan Atkinson   In Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship, David Starling argues that the interpretive methods of the Christian ought to be shaped fundamentally by the interpretive practices of the biblical authors themselves.…

CREATION CARE: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF THE NATURAL WORLD, by Douglas J. Moo and Jonathan A. Moo

A Book Review from Books At a Glance   Anyone familiar with New Testament studies will recognize the contribution that Doug Moo has made to evangelical scholarship. Not everyone, however, is equally aware that Doug’s son Jonathan is also a…