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Cory Carwile's Review of IMPOSSIBLE CHRISTIANITY: WHY FOLLOWING JESUS DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BE AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING, ACCEPT SPIRITUAL FAILURE, AND FEEL MISERABLE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME, by Kevin DeYoung

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Cory Carwile   Kevin DeYoung’s premise in Impossible Christianity is an engaging one: that a fulfilling, God-pleasing Christian life is not only possible for believers, but expected by God, and Christians…

Jacob Banks' Review of COURAGE: HOW THE GOSPEL CREATES CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE, by Joe Rigney

A Book Review from Books at a Glance by Jacob Banks   Joe Rigney breaks down his discussion on courage by defining what courage is as a virtue. Then courage with a biblical background, how others have failed at biblical…

Brendan Bollinger's Review of CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE, by Herman Bavinck

A Book Review for Books at a Glance by Brendan Bollinger   Introduction Although written in 1904, Herman Bavinck’s Christianity and Science is, in many ways, just as prescient and applicable over one hundred years later. In it, he makes…

Jeff Erickson's Review of 50 ETHICAL QUESTIONS: BIBLICAL WISDOM FOR CONFUSING TIMES, by J. Alan Branch

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Jeff Erickson   Dr. Branch, a professor of Ethics at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote this book as a guide to help modern Christians think through many of the questions of…

Michael D. Mock's Review of IS HELL REAL?, by Dane Ortlund

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Michael D. Mock   Dane Ortlund has contributed to the helpful series, Church Questions, by 9Marks. The books in this series are intentionally brief. They are intended to pack a punch…

Patrick Sawyer's Review of FUNDAMENTALISTS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE: EVOLUTION, ALCOHOL, AND CULTURE WARS AFTER THE SCOPES TRIAL, by Madison Trammel

A Book Review from Books at a Glance by Patrick Sawyer    According to Trammel, there are some scholars, such as George Marsden and Joel Carpenter, who believed the evangelical fundamentalists withdrew from public engagement following the 1925 Scope Trail…

Brendan Bollinger's Review of STRANGE NEW WORLD: HOW THINKERS AND ACTIVISTS REDEFINED IDENTITY AND SPARKED THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, by Carl R. Trueman

A Book Review From Books at a Glance by Brendan Bollinger   Introduction It is easy to see that Western culture has changed drastically in the last several decades. Many things that were once taboo have become not merely acceptable,…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of 1 & 2 THESSALONIANS, 2ND EDITION (WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY), by Seyoon Kim and F. F. Bruce

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   One classic trope sometimes adopted when a book is to be critiqued says, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We might increase specificity of this saying…

G. T. Tran's Review of HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE PSALMS, by Bruce K. Waltke and Fred G. Zaspel

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by G. T. Tran   Summary of Content A few years ago, I made an ambiguous goal to read everything Bruce Waltke had written. Having acquainted myself with some of Waltke’s major…

A. C. Carter’s Review of WHAT DID THE CROSS ACHIEVE? by J. I. Packer

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by A. C. Carter   Jude, the brother of our Lord Jesus, wrote in his epistle, “Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found…

Ryan Speck’s Review of THE DEACON: BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR TODAY’S MINISTRY OF MERCY, by Cornelius Van Dam

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan Speck   Introduction So, what do deacons actually do? We become members of a church by speaking to the elders and pastors. We see elders and pastors standing in front…

Chad Chauvin's Review of ASSURANCE: RESTING IN GOD'S SALVATION (31-DAY DEVOTIONALS FOR LIFE), by William P. Smith

A Book Review from Books At a Glance   by Chad Chauvin   The doctrine of assurance can be tricky. Every person should diligently search Scripture to know where they stand before God. A solid grasp of the doctrine of justification…

Darren Bradley's Review of JUST THINKING: ABOUT THE STATE, by Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Darren Bradley   Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker are cohosts of the Just Thinking podcast. What can two podcasters say about the biblical role of government and how believers should engage…

Gary Steward's Review of REFORMED STANDARDS OF UNITY: THE HISTORIC STATEMENTS OF FAITH CONFESSED BY THE PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHURCHES, edited by Peter A. Lillback and Bernard Aubert

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Gary Steward   This book very simply presents a collection of early church creedal statements and Reformed confessional documents in one attractive volume. From the early church period, it contains four…

Gary Steward's Review of 2000 YEARS OF CHRIST’S POWER, VOLUME 5: THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND AWAKENING, by Nick Needham

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Gary Steward   Nick Needham, minister of Inverness Reformed Baptist Church from 2004 to 2021 and lecturer of Church History at Highland Theological Seminary in Dingwall, Scotland, has recently published volume…

Peter J. Gentry's Review of ANSWERING THE PSALMIST’S PERPLEXITY: NEW-COVENANT NEWNESS IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS, by James Hely Hutchinson

A Book Review from Books at a Glance by Peter J. Gentry   James Hely Hutchinson has given us another excellent treatment of biblical theology in the series NSBT edited by D. A. Carson and Benjamin L. Gladd. The focus…