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Reviewed by Mark Baker Tom Holland is Senior Research Fellow of Union School of Theology, Oxford. His forty years of scholarship have produced fruit in many fields, especially in new exodus theology. The Search for Truth is, as the subtitle…
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Reviewed by Chad Hardy Richard A. Taylor is Senior Professor of Old Testament Studies and Director of the PhD Program at Dallas Theological Seminary. This book is part of Kregel’s series Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis. As set out in…
Reviewed by Steve West Theology of My Life is a rich account of the life of one of contemporary evangelicalism’s premier theological and philosophical thinkers. If you enjoy the work of John Frame, you will enjoy this book. If you…
Reviewed by Kirk Wellum For some time now 9Marks has been making available to the Christian public timely and helpful books in the under-appreciated area of biblical ecclesiology. Going Public, by Bobby Jamieson, on the relationship between baptism and church…
Reviewed by Andrew Ballitch Summary and Review The Puritans who assembled in the Jerusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey, during one of the most tumultuous decades of England’s history, had a favorite metaphor they used for preachers: ambassadors. They found the…
Reviewed by Markus Klausli Story has it that a former Greek professor of mine would begin his third semester Greek class with the words, “You’re forgiven!” The gesture was a kind of preemptive absolution offered to course participants with guilty…
Reviewed by M. David Sills Much has been written in recent years on the mission of the church and helping churches to be on mission in North America, but in Missions: How the Local Church goes Global, Andy Johnson and…
Reviewed by Geoff Chang Introduction When reading the biographies of the heroes of the faith, it’s easy to picture their lives as filled with historically significant moments of adventure and courage. However, in reality, the lives of these saints…
Reviewed by Terry Mortenson Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.…
Reviewed by Mark Baker Anyone who tries to engage with Paul’s letters seriously must engage with the question that Michael Bird seeks to answer in An Anomalous Jew: How does Paul relate to Judaism? If, as some scholars claim, the…
Reviewed by Greg Cochran How many pages would it take to write a book discussing the Old Testament references to human sexuality? Apparently, it takes about 844. That is the number of pages Richard Davidson commits to the subject in…
Reviewed by Mark Farnham Voddie Baucham’s foray into writing on apologetics arose from a friend’s interest in Baucham’s preaching methodology. He tells readers that when he preaches, he argues with himself, stating common objections and then answering them in the…
NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Reviewed by Anthony Lipscomb According to a 2013 CNN story entitled, “You stole what? 7 bizarre items thieves love,” the Bible is “the most commonly stolen book,” at least in the US. The Bible makes…
Reviewed by C. Scott Shidemantle A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters is the first of eight volumes in the Biblical Theology of the New Testament (BTNT) series. Köstenberger’s contribution is a massive volume of 652 pages, which includes a…
Reviewed by Mitch Chase The “New Studies in Biblical Theology” series continues to confirm my conviction that its volumes offer some of the best scholarship available on some of the most varied topics of interest, and with the body of…
Reviewed by Justin Powell Named a Puritan Giant by J. I. Packer and the “prince of divines” by C. H. Spurgeon, John Owen stands among the theological greats throughout church history, but especially among the Reformers. In his introduction,…
