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Reviewed by Andrew Abernethy Introduction Prophetic Lament is a difficult book to classify. Though based upon Lamentation, it is not purely an exercise in biblical exegesis. Although it challenges believers with the implications of lament, it is not simply a…
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Reviewed by Edgar Johnston Summary Are you a believer in Christ who is 65 plus? Are you a vet (you’ve been in the battle against the flesh, the world and the devil for a while)? This helpful book by J.…
Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Waddington Introduction Craig Biehl’s Infinite Merit of Christ is a delight to read and leads one to praise the Triune God of Scripture. With the plethora of books about various facets of the life and theology…
Reviewed by Micah McCormick Bound for the Promised Land takes a spot in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series edited by D.A. Carson. This series generally takes a major theme and traces that theme through its development in Scripture…
Reviewed by Mark Ro You don’t have to be a biblical scholar to know that the Old Testament is replete with perverted examples of sexuality, and the provocative title of David Lamb’s book gets right to a couple of them.…
Reviewed by Bradley G. Green Like many readers I try to turn to biographies and autobiographies at least periodically. Last Christmas (2014) it was Thomas Oden’s wonderful autobiography, A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir (IVP, 2014). This…
A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel Is justification by grace through faith alone a new doctrine? Did the Reformers invent it? Did the early church have such a doctrine? Did the church fathers teach…
Reviewed by Bradley G. Green Roger Scruton is a philosopher of the first rank, and is known as a leader of sorts of a kind of high-brow British conservatism (and of conservatism more generally). Fools, Frauds and Firebrands is a…
Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer One of the biggest divides between Roman Catholics and Protestants continues to be the authority of the Church and Scripture. Roman Catholics tend to have a high view of both sources of authority, allowing for…
Reviewed by Andrew Spencer Augustine is a perpetual topic of study among theologians and philosophers. As such, the field of literature on the life and thought of Augustine of Hippo is crowded. Peter Brown’s book, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography…
Reviewed by James Adcock James D. Nogalski is currently Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He joined the faculty of the Religion Department at Baylor in 2007. Previously, he received a Doctorate…
Reviewed by Anna C. Rask Victor H. Matthews received his Doctorate of Philosophy from Brandeis University. He is currently dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and professor of religious studies at Missouri State University. Along with the…
Review by William C. Pohl IV Introduction Adding to his numerous articles on the book of Job as well as other scholarly monographs, Lindsay Wilson, academic dean and senior lecturer in Old Testament at Ridley Melbourne Mission and College in…
Reviewed by Todd Scacewater Anderson’s work is an attempt to use Alvin Plantinga’s proper functionalist epistemology in order to evaluate the epistemic status of paradoxical Christian doctrines. Is it rational to believe in a doctrine that is truly a paradox?…
Reviewed by Kyle R. Beshears Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought by Terryl L. Givens is the first of two volumes that explore the historical development and contemporary status of Mormon belief and practice. Despite the author’s preface…
Reviewed by James M. Hamilton, Jr. Andrew Streett’s published dissertation argues for the important influence of Psalm 80 in the Old Testament’s development of the connection between the vine and the son of man. This very technical book from an…
