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Review of READING BACKWARDS: FIGURATIVE CHRISTOLOGY AND THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL WITNESS, by Richard Hays

Reviewed by Sam Emadi Introduction In many ways the publication of Richard Hays’ Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (1989) breathed new life into the modern scholarly discussion of the NT use of the OT. Borrowing (and slightly…

INTERPRETING THE PROPHETS: READING, UNDERSTANDING AND PREACHING FROM THE WORLDS OF THE PROPHETS, by Aaron Chalmers

Reviewed by Alex Gowler For many students of the Bible, the world of Old Testament prophecy feels like a vast and unfamiliar landscape. Not only does our uncertainty of the prophets’ historical context frustrate our attempts at interpretation, but the…

INTRODUCING EVANGELICAL ECOTHEOLOGY: FOUNDATIONS IN SCRIPTURE, THEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND PRAXIS, by Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, and A. J. Swoboda

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Since Lynn White’s 1967 essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis,” was published evangelicals have been seeking to define their relationship to creation. Nearly 50 years after that seminal essay and there still is…

A CHRISTIAN'S POCKET GUIDE TO LOVING THE OLD TESTAMENT, by Alec Motyer

Reviewed by Jeffrey Pallansch Packed within this small pocket guide is a love for the Old Testament cultivated over nearly ninety years. It presents the insight of a seasoned scholar in a way that is both pastorally warm and intellectually accessible.…

MAKING GOOD: CREATION, CREATIVITY, AND ARTISTRY, by Trevor Hart

Reviewed by Stephen Jenks Summary What is the extent of the image of God in humans? In particular, to what extent might humans share in that most quintessential feature of the divine identity, that of Creator? And what boundaries might…

FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: ESSAYS ON REVIVAL, EVANGELISM, AND DISCIPLESHIP IN HONOR OF DR. ROBERT E. COLEMAN, eds. Lyle Dorsett and Ajith Fernando

Reviewed by Jeff Reynolds Purpose, Occasion, and Background Although he would eschew such a description, Dr. Robert E. Coleman is unquestionably a contemporary evangelical giant. Throughout the course of a teaching career that has spanned now more than six decades,…

JOURNIBLES: REVELATION, by Rob Wynalda

Reviewed by Aimee Byrd One afternoon while I was innocently getting my mail, I pulled a Reformation Heritage Books catalogue out of the mailbox.  As I walked up the driveway, flipping through the pages, it happened. You know, it was…

READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE, by Ben Witherington III

Reviewed by Andy Naselli    Few New Testament scholars today have published as prolifically as Ben Witherington. He has authored over forty books, nearly half of them detailed commentaries on the New Testament. He is unusually gifted at communicating well…

1-2 THESSALONIANS, by Jeffrey Weima

Reviewed by Allen Mickle We seem to live in an unprecedented era of abundance of exceptional commentaries on the Bible. Among the myriad of commentary series being issued from publishers, the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament is probably,…

REJOICING IN CHRIST, by Michael Reeves

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel There is a real difference between preaching about Christ and preaching Christ. The latter entails the former, of course, but it is much, much more. Preaching about Christ may be informative, but preaching Christ is…

DEFENDING SUBSTITUTION: AN ESSAY ON ATONEMENT IN PAUL, by Simon Gathercole

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel The doctrine of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ has come under suspicion again in recent years, but this important new essay by the noted New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole will demand answer from those…

THEOLOGICAL METHOD: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED, by Paul Allen

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Theological Method: A Guide for the Perplexed is part of an ongoing series by T&T Clark designed to help people make sense of complex topics by presenting them in an introductory manner. Paul Allen, Associate…

ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON CHRISTIANS AND MARKETS, by Alistair Young

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer This recent volume by Alistair Young is an attempt to tie together the issues of environment, economics, and Christian ethics. Young is a retired economist, with experience teaching economics in several countries. His extensive experience…

READING BACKWARDS: FIGURATIVE CHRISTOLOGY AND THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL WITNESS, by Richard Hays

Reviewed by Edward W. Klink III Summary In a book that is manageable in size, Richard Hays raises some hermeneutical issues that are much less manageable, especially for a large majority of evangelicals for whom interpretation is directly and probably…

HIDDEN BUT NOW REVEALED: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF MYSTERY, by G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd

Reviewed by Jonny Atkinson   Hidden But Now Revealed is the combined work of G. K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd which further builds upon both of their doctoral studies, namely, The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in…

PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING SERIES, by Brian Croft

Reviewed by Kirk Wellum When I took my first church as a young pastor in my mid-twenties, I knew next to nothing about the matters that Brian Croft and Phil Newton discuss in their three books that make up the…