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Reviewed by Aimee Byrd This is a great topic for a book. Most of us go through seasons of waiting for something, but do we wait well? The answer to that question often depends on what we are waiting for,…
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Reviewed by Steve West For thousands of years people have debated fatalism, determinism, freedom, and responsibility. In the Christian church, these discussions have basically settled into predictable patterns. Arminians and Calvinists talk to each other (and over each other and…
Reviewed by Mark Farnham Introduction The number of well-written Christian books on the subject of homosexuality, sexual identity, sexual orientation, gender confusion, and related topics is thankfully keeping up with the sudden and radical changes taking place in American society.…
Reviewed by Andrew Spencer Introduction Vern Poythress is deep into his academic career and he seems to be hitting a peak in productivity. In one of his recent books, Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God: A…
Reviewed by Greg Cochran Introduction Most pastors and scholars I know have a favorite Bible—that one copy of the Sacred Scriptures in which the needed verse always seems to leap from the page for him. I have such a Bible.…
Reviewed by Mark Baker John Barclay’s ten-year project Paul and the Gift is a significant contribution to Pauline studies. If Paul is sometimes hard to understand, which even the apostle Peter claimed to be the case (2 Peter 3:16), then…
Reviewed by Kirk Wellum Introduction For the past few years, Brian Croft, with the help of some co-authors, has turned out a number of books on pastoral ministry as defined and shaped by the Bible, and I have had the…
Reviewed by Gene Haas James Brownson’s recent book, Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships, joins the list of revisionist works on the topic of same-sex relations (SSR), extending back to D. Sherwin Bailey’s Homosexuality and the Western…
Reviewed by Edgar Johnston The commentary is another exciting new work by Eugene Merrill, professor emeritus of Dallas Theological Seminary. In addition to the commentary proper and the introductory section, Merrill has given us a whole list of useful charts:…
Reviewed by Eric Nelson Introduction Daniel Hawk’s Apollos Old Testament Commentary on Ruth is unlike most other commentaries. Whereas most of my commentaries never leave the shelf until I run into a question while reading their titular biblical book, over the…
Reviewed by Edgar Johnston Introduction Robertson’s fine book is one of many treatments of a growing issue: the shape of the Psalter and the interpretive implications of that shaping. Until the work of Gerald Wilson (1981 Yale dissertation) scholars interpreted…
Reviewed by Ingrid Faro About the Author Daniel I. Block is Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, Illinois. He has written commentaries on Deuteronomy, Judges, Ezekiel, Obadiah, and numerous other volumes. Ruth is the first…
Reviewed by Matt Emadi The New Testament authors quote Psalm 110 more than any other Old Testament passage. Of the entire New Testament corpus, the epistle to the Hebrews relies most heavily on this psalm to shape and inform the…
Reviewed by Nathan A. Finn Introduction For the most part, evangelicals see the value of systematic theology. Many evangelicals also appreciate historical theology, especially the Church Fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans, evangelical pioneers such as Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley,…
Reviewed by Brandon Myers Summary How should Christians approach and understand the Old Testament? Not only have there been thousands of years of separation from when the ancient text was written to today, there are massive cultural gaps, laws that…
Reviewed by Greg Cochran Introduction Many good resources concerning the Bible and homosexuality have emerged over the past five years. Two of the more popular volumes are Kevin DeYoung’s What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? (Crossway 2015) and…
