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Reviewed by Johnson Pang Introduction The Old Testament is often overlooked in the pastorate. How much more so the prophets! Their ecstatic utterances, symbolic actions, and perplexing visions can lead the frazzled duty-laden pastor toward the lower hanging…
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Reviewed by Andrew Spencer Kenneth Briggs has recently attempted a diagnosis of American culture in The Invisible Bestseller: Searching for the Bible in America. The book sets out to explore the growing trend of Biblical illiteracy among the American…
Reviewed by Aimee Byrd This is one of those books that got me making noises while I read it. Like a good meal, where you are just compelled to express “mmm’s,” and comments about the flavors and combinations of food,…
Reviewed by Wyatt Graham David Barshinger has written a comprehensive historical study of Jonathan Edwards’ interpretation of the Psalms. His work aims to correct wrong assumptions about Edwards as an exegete and to exhibit Edwards’ love of the Bible.…
Reviewed by Joshua T. Benadum Joshua, A 12 Week Study by Trent Hunter is an excellent guided study through the Book of Joshua and all its major themes. Hunter brilliantly balances inductive exposition with thematic analysis and always leaves…
Reviewed by Jeff Waddington Thomas Oden has been a prodigious and prolific scholar and author. While Oden is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, he has traveled the road from liberalism to a relatively conservative position within the…
Reviewed by Nathan Finn Introduction Jesus prayed for the unity of all believers in his High Priestly Prayer of John 17. And yet, we live in a world where dates such as 1054 and 1517 stand…
Reviewed by Jeremiah Zuo Author Mark J. Boda is Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, where he has taught for the past thirteen years. He is the author of nine books, the editor of 17 more,…
A Review and a Response Reviewed by John D. Meade Ellis Brotzman’s first edition of Old Testament Textual Criticism was published in 1994 as a practical entree into the field of textual criticism of the Old Testament. The book…
Reviewed by Kirk Miller In February of this year, Crossway released Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines, by David Mathis, pastor at Cities Church in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, executive director at Desiring God, and adjunct…
Reviewed by Ben Rogers Introduction Most evangelicals, even extremely non-musical evangelicals, are familiar with the music of J. S. Bach. It’s almost impossible not to be. After Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March,” no piece of wedding music is more popular…
Reviewed by Matthew David Searles Introduction The goal of the book may be seen in two things that the authors deplore: ‘We deplore the confessional reductionism in much contemporary Biblical scholarship, which overlooks two thousand years of Christian devotion…
Reviewed by Matthew David Searles Introduction The Psalter Reclaimed is a collection of lectures on the Psalms given by Gordon Wenham between 1997 and 2010. Wenham is a respected scholar of the Old Testament who has authored numerous…
Reviewed by John D. Harvey About the Author Richard N. Longenecker is professor emeritus of New Testament at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. His other books include Paul, Apostle of Liberty, The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity, Biblical Exegesis in…
Reviewed by Kirk M. Wellum Every once in a while one comes across a little gem of a book that is short and to the point, but very helpful precisely for those reasons. This is what the reader will find…
Reviewed by Micah McCormick Summary Mind the Gaps is a book about missions. Many books have been written about missions, but this book occupies quite a small shelf in the library of missions books. Specifically, the authors seek to “show…
