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Reviewed by Michael Haykin “Belle: an 18th-century triumph of humanity” A painting now hanging in Scone Palace near Perth in Scotland, once entitled in 1904 as “Lady Elizabeth Finch-Hatton with a Negress Attendant,” provides biographer Paula Byrne with the…
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Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Many Christians have puzzled over the fact that interpretations of Scripture differ so widely among equally devoted Christians, but few have pursued the question with the tenacity of Christian Smith in his The Bible…
Jesus himself told us that he is the grand subject — the hero, if you will — of the Old Testament Scriptures, and it is the delight of every Christian who takes the time to investigate to see just how…
Reviewed by Jeff K. Walters In the face of increasing secularism and bad news, as well as the decline of churches and baptisms, evangelical leaders, especially in the United States, are calling for intense prayer for revival and spiritual awakening.…
Reviewed by Thomas Middlebrook This stand-alone commentary, initially to be published for the discontinued Eerdmans Critical Commentary series, provides the expert rhetorical criticism and the moderate historical conclusions of a seasoned scholar. Lundbom’s prior contributions to OT studies lie…
Reviewed by Chris Bruno Sigurd Grindheim’s Introducing Biblical Theology has a certain Scandavian efficiency to it. In it, the author summarizes the storyline of Scripture in very accessible and succinct way, highlighting key points and discussing important debates in biblical…
Reviewed by Jacob Shatzer Brent Waters’s Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture creates a critical and constructive theological engagement with modern technology (especially communications technology). Waters refuses to call technology “neutral” because he rightly notes the way technology…
Review-Summary by Michael John Plato The Guru Next Door Probably the most famous person to live in my home town was a Tibetan lama by the name of Tuesday. It’s a fairly small town in rural Canada, with strong…
Reviewed by David Murray Why read Ezra and Nehemiah? Jim Hamilton takes that often-whispered question by the scruff of the neck right at the beginning of his new commentary on these books in the Christ-Centered Exposition series in order to…
Reviewed by Wyatt Graham Introduction & Overview R. W. L. Moberly’s book contributes to the burgeoning field of the Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS). Hence, Moberly’s Old Testament theology focuses not only on what the text meant to its original…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Rich Robinson (M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; PhD., Westminster Theological Seminary) is a Jewish believer in Jesus and the senior researcher with Jews for Jesus. Throughout his Christ in the Sabbath his fond interest in…
Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille Last month, Shepherd Press sent me Brian Hedges’ Active Spirituality: Grace and Effort in the Christian Life. I read it in one sitting (while waiting for a flight – yes, delayed). The book made…
Reviewed by Jarvis J. Williams Introduction Douglas J. Moo serves as the Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton, IL. He is an established Pauline scholar, who has written several monographs — including…
Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Ronald Sider’s book, Just Politics: A Guide for Christian Engagement is a second edition of his 2008 book, published by Baker under the title The Scandal of Evangelical Politics: Why are Christians Missing the…
Reviewed by Jacob Shatzer O’Donovan begins a planned three-part work on “ethics as theology” by treating the themes of agency, world, and time as an “induction” to pave the way for future “explorations.” (The forthcoming volumes are entitled Finding and…
Reviewed by Trent Hunter I’ve read excellent books in recent years on church life and polity. I’ve read excellent books on evangelism. I’ve read excellent books on strategizing for Christian compassion through ministries of mercy. Along the way, I’ve read…
