Filter by date added:
Filter by author:
Reviewed by David Knierim Over the last several years, the doctrine of union with Christ has experienced renewed interest in Evangelical scholarship. Several contemporary treatments on union with Christ have been published such as Paul and Union with Christ: An…
Continue reading
Reviewed by Ian Hugh Clary In that other justly famous Table Talk, Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said: “Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order.” It is thus fitting that praises to…
Reviewed by Micah McCormick Dispatches from the Front is a book about missions. But unlike many missions books that focus on the theological underpinnings for missions, or (what is probably more common) books that offer pragmatic tips as you head…
Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage is the second edition of a 1976 book, published by Donald Dayton. The book in its original form was drawn from a series of essays for the periodical Post American, which…
Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille Several decades ago, John Piper coined a phrase that has become the impetus for many churches and ministries throughout the world. It’s simply this: “God is most glorified in us when we are most…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Each generation of Christians is called to be faithful, and it seems that each generation has its own issues where that faithfulness will be tested. The issue for our day – a genuinely defining…
Reviewed by Eric J. Tully I have heard D. A. Carson say that a budding preacher who listens to fifty sermons by one person will become a bad clone; listening to fifty sermons by two people will produce confusion. Rather,…
Reviewed by Joshua T. Benadum Bound for the Promised Land is written by Oren R. Martin, assistant professor of Christian theology at Boyce College at Southern Seminary. This volume represents his contribution to the New Studies in Biblical Theology series…
Reviewed by Wyatt Graham Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford’s purpose in The Shape and Shaping of the Book of Psalms, which comprises sixteen articles from different authors, is to explore the current state of canonical scholarship on the Psalms. Specifically, this work…
Reviewed by Anthony Lipscomb Introduction Biblical commentaries come in all shapes and sizes, so to speak, all seeking to explain in one way or another the biblical text. Some commentaries may primarily exposit the biblical text with the preacher…
Reviewed by Aimee Byrd I love reading biographies of strong women in the faith. Ian Murray provides this in his biography, Amy Carmichael, ‘Beauty for Ashes.’ Some women in the church are truly magnetic. It appears that Carmichael had…
Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer The sub-discipline of environmental ethics has seen a torrent of publications in the past few years, with volumes that claim to present an authentically Christian version of environmentalism. Most of the books have juxtaposed…
Reviewed by Wyatt Graham Death confronted Todd Billings in 2012. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer, multiple myeloma, causing him emotional and physical turmoil, but it gave him an opportunity to serve the church. From diagnosis, through each stage of…
Reviewed by Tom Nettles The book is divided into eight sections, an introduction, six chapters and a bibliography. Summary The introduction demonstrates the need for the book in light of the importance of the doctrine for Wesleyanism and the…
Reviewed by Michael A.G. Haykin The discovery of this bundle of letters written in the years 1935 and 1936 from the justly-famous German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) to a then-young Anglo-German by the name of Ernst Cromwell (1921–), now in…
Reviewed by Ian Clary Los Angeles might not be the first place one would think of when looking for a source of creative dogmatic formulation, but thanks to Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders exciting theology is being done in…
