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Ryan Kucera's Review of SURPRISED BY JESUS: SUBVERSIVE GRACE IN THE FOUR GOSPELS, by Dane Ortlund

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Ryan Kucera   Summary of Content Robert Murray M’Cheyne famously said, “For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” In Surprised by Jesus, Dane Ortlund takes four distinct looks…

Mark Coppenger's Review of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TRADITION?: HISTORY, BELONGING AND THE FUTURE OF THE WEST, by Tim Stanley

A Book Review from Books At a Glance  by Mark Coppenger   This is an alternatively gratifying and exasperating book which I could scarcely put down. It’s all over the place, with a cornucopia of striking quotations, illustrations, defamations, salutations,…

Bennett W. Rogers' Review of HOW THEN SHOULD WE WORSHIP? THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE AND REQUIRED PARTS OF THE CHURCH’S CORPORATE WORSHIP, by Sam Waldron

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Bennett W. Rogers   How then should we worship? That is an important question, which makes this an important book. Planning corporate worship services is one of the pastor’s most important…

Jacob Hercamp's Review of OLD MADE NEW: A GUIDE TO THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, by Greg Lanier

A Book Review from Books at a Glance by Jacob Hercamp   Greg Lanier, in his book Old Made New: A Guide to the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, sets out to introduce novice Bible readers to the…

Brendan Bollinger's Review of MERE CALVINISM, by Jim Scott Orrick

A Book Review from Books At a Glance  by Brendan Bollinger   Overview The “five points” of Calvinism—total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints (referred to collectively by the acronym TULIP)—have been the topic…

Brendan Bollinger's Review of 40 QUESTIONS ABOUT CALVINISM, by Shawn D. Wright

A Book Review from Books At a Glance  by Brendan Bollinger   General Overview Shawn Wright, Professor of Church History at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and pastor at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has provided the church with…

B. Jason Epps' Review of GENESIS: VOLUME 1 & 2 (EP STUDY COMMENTARY), by John D. Currid

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by B. Jason Epps   Dr. John D. Currid received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He is the Carl McMurray Professor of Old Testament at the Reformed Theological Seminary in…

Trevor James Cartwright's Review of THE SHAPE OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY: CONTINUITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE GLOBAL CHURCH, by Scott W. Sunquist

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Trevor James Cartwright   As a budding historian, I did not know what to expect when I opened this book. I have read several works, historical and otherwise, about the Church,…

Ryan Speck's Review of 70 HEBREW WORDS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW, by Matthew Richard Schlimm

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan Speck   Introduction This book is not what you expect. It is more. The impression of the title is that Schlimm, a professor of OT at the University of Dubuque…

B. Jason Epps' Review of FORSAKING ISRAEL: HOW IT HAPPENED AND WHY IT MATTERS, edited by Larry D. Pettegrew

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by B. Jason Epps   Forsaking Israel is an anthology created by the faculty members of Shepherd’s Seminary, which is a lay seminary with the goal to better equip the church. Chapters…

Jacob C. Boyd's Review of PIERCING HEAVEN: PRAYERS OF THE PURITANS, edited by Robert Elmer

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Jacob C. Boyd   The Puritans of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries dedicated themselves to prayer. Piercing Heaven by Robert Elmer is a collection of devotional prayers by these Puritans. The…

B. Jason Epps' Review of THE SEPTUAGINT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS, by Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by B. Jason Epps   Dr. Gregory Lanier is a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is an associate professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, focusing…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of COME, LORD JESUS: MEDITATIONS ON THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, by John Piper

A Book Review from Books at a Glace by Ryan M. McGraw   Christians are saved to wait for God’s Son to return from heaven (1 Thess. 1:10). Though this is a description of believers rather than a prescription for…

Zachary Horn's Review of ROMANS: A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE GREATEST LETTER EVER WRITTEN, by Andrew David Naselli

A Book Review for Books at a Glance by Zachary Horn   For Christians, there is a unique sense of joy and wonder associated with studying the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. The soul-stirring articulation of the gospel, the…

Fred G. Zaspel's Review of THE REAL SCANDAL OF THE EVANGELICAL MIND, by Carl Trueman

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel   It’s been more than fifteen years now since Mark Noll published his successful The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind in which the (then) Wheaton professor criticized evangelicals…

Tim Moss' Review of CALVINISM: A BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE, edited by David L. Allen and Steve W. Lemke

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Tim Moss   The great debate over Calvinism is not on the decline but on the rise. Allen and Lemke commissioned a group of theologians of divergent backgrounds to pen essays…