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SPIRITUAL WARFARE: A BIBLICAL AND BALANCED PERSPECTIVE, by Brian Borgman and Rob Ventura

Reviewed by Dr. J. Stephen Yuille Many years ago, I waded through the depths of William Gurnall’s The Christian in Complete Armor – an exhaustive exposition and application of Ephesians 6:10–20 (almost 1,200 pages of minuscule script). Since then, I’ve…

BLOODLINES: RACE, CROSS, AND THE CHRISTIAN, by John Piper

Reviewed by Carl Muller John Piper is a man who has been wonderfully used of God to bless our generation. Even if you are not comfortable with the phrase “Christian hedonism” and find its mantra reductionistic (“God is most glorified…

WOMEN OF THE WORD: HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH BOTH OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS, by Jen Wilkin

Reviewed by Aimee Byrd “The Bible does not want to be neatly packaged into three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day-increments” (75). No, no it doesn’t. But too often we think this is the only way to spending personal time in God’s Word. While we all…

GOSPEL TREASON: BETRAYING THE GOSPEL WITH HIDDEN IDOLS, by Brad Bigney

Overview Brad Bigney writes a book in the area of practical theology examining idolatry in the Christian life and its relationship to the gospel. He argues that idolatry is the root issue, which causes Christians to apostatize from the gospel.…

ONE WITH CHRIST: AN EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY OF SALVATION, by Marcus Peter Johnson

Reviewed by Stephen Weaver Marcus Peter Johnson is perhaps uniquely qualified to pen this work pleading for a more robust understanding of the doctrine of union with Christ in evangelical theology. He is a Lutheran who authored a doctoral dissertation…

UNDERSTANDING BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: A COMPARISON OF THEORY AND PRACTICE, Edward W. Kink III and Darian R. Lockett

Reviewed by Mitch Chase A traveler to a new land would benefit from a compass and a map, and anyone broaching the subject of biblical theology would be helped by Klink and Lockett’s work Understanding Biblical Theology. They know the…

PAUL AND THE LAW: KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, Brian S. Rosner

Reviewed by David Morris Focus and Approach The relationship of the Law of Moses to the whole of Scripture and to God’s saving purpose revealed in it has been the focus of study for its readers for millennia. Lutheran, Reformed,…

FIVE VIEWS ON BIBLICAL INERRANCY, J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett, eds.

Reviewed by Micah McCormick Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy adds a volume to the growing body of counterpoint books that take a given topic and bring together various contributors to offer their perspective. Often the views presented are to some…

CHRISTIAN POLITICAL WITNESS, by George Kalantzis

Reviewed by Jacob Shatzer Approaching the question of Christian political witness requires more than traditional experience and qualifications in formal politics. In fact, many avenues of Christian inquiry shed light on what it means to be Christ’s witnesses in politics.…

AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL ETHICS by David W. Jones

Reviewed by Timothy A. Gabrielson David W. Jones, associate professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, offers the third installment in the new series B&H Studies in Biblical Ethics, edited by Daniel R. Heimback, also at Southeastern. Jones’s…

RIGHT REASON AND THE PRINCETON MIND by Paul Kjoss Helseth

Reviewed by David Smith Paul Kjoss Helseth’s, “Right Reason” and the Princeton Mind analyzes the view of knowledge articulated and practiced at Old Princeton Seminary (1812-1929) and challenges the prevailing consensus of it in American evangelical historiography. Since some current…

MADE FOR MORE: AN INVITATION TO LIVE IN GOD'S IMAGE, by Hannah Anderson

Reviewed by Aimee Byrd As much as I love to read Dorothy Sayers, her book Are Women Human? was a bit of a disappointment to me. I was left frustrated because the two essays contained in it housed some very…

THE CRUCIFIED KING: ATONEMENT AND KINGDOM IN BIBLICAL AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, by Jeremy R. Treat

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel In his new The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology, Dr. Jeremy Treat (Pastor at Reality LA in Hollywood and adjunct professor at Biola University) explores perhaps more fully than anyone…

GOOD NEWS FOR ANXIOUS CHRISTIANS: TEN THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO by Phillip Cary

Reviewed by Stephen Yuille Christian Mysticism? The term mysticism is used in multiple ways. In this review, I use it to describe those who affirm that they can attain an immediate knowledge of God in this life through personal experience.…

EXEGETICAL GUIDE TO THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Different commentaries come with different strengths, of course, but certainly none can be more profitable to the preacher or the teacher than those which help us gain a closer understanding of the biblical text itself.…

GOD'S SOLUTIONS TO LIFE'S PROBLEMS

Review by Paul Tautges Wayne Mack has been a household name in the biblical counseling world for as long as I can remember. Here, in his latest book, he teams up with his son Joshua Mack to produce a really…