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INERRANCY AND THE GOSPELS: A GOD-CENTERED APPROACH TO THE CHALLENGES OF HARMONIZATION, by Vern Sheridan Poythress

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Part One The Challenge of Harmonization 1 Difficulties in the Gospels 2 An Example: The Centurion’s Servant Part Two Principles for Harmonization 3 Initial…

THE COMPROMISED CHURCH, edited by John H. Armstrong

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction – David Wells 1 Authority: The Church and the Bible – Edmund Clowney 2 Evangelicals Losing Their Way: The Doctrine of the Trinity…

LECTURES TO MY STUDENTS, by C. H. Spurgeon

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Note: There are numerous editions available of Lectures to My Students, and it is also public domain and readily available online. The following summary is not exhaustive…

FULL-TIME WORK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, by David L. Bahnsen

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Joshua K. Smith   Table of Contents Forward Introduction 1 A Crisis of Despair 2 The Current Pandemic 3 Created for What? 4 The Sermon You’ll Never Hear 5 Money…

MARRIAGE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, by Ray Ortlund

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 Marriage in Genesis 2 Marriage in the Law, Wisdom, and Prophets 3 Marriage in the New Testament 4 Marriage in the World Today…

BEYOND THE WAGER: THE CHRISTIAN BRILLIANCE OF BLAISE PASCAL, by Douglas Groothuis

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 Blaise Pascal: Known and Unknown 2 A Short Life of Pascal 3 Scientist and Philosopher of Science 4 Theological Controversy 5 The Character…

BAD THERAPY: WHY THE KIDS AREN’T GROWING UP, by Abigail Shrier

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Benjamin J. Montoya, PhD   About the Author Abigail Shrier received the Barbara Olson Award for Excellence and Independence in Journalism in 2021. Her bestselling book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze…

THE WAR ON MEN: WHY SOCIETY HATES THEM AND WHY WE NEED THEM, by Owen Strachan

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Benjamin J. Montoya, PhD   Introduction   Our culture speaks of men and masculinity as being “toxic.” Instead, men who pretend to behave like women are honored, whereas more conventional manhood…

DEALING WITH DAWKINS, by John Blanchard

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 The man and the mission 2 Science: the answer to everything? 3 Morality: rights and wrongs 4 Religion: the root of all evil?…

THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, by George Smeaton

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents First Division: The Biblical Testimony Second Division: Dogmatic Lectures Third Division: History of the Doctrine   Summary   First Division: The Biblical Testimony Many…

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION, by A. W. Pink

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   About the Author Arthur W. Pink was the author of numerous books on biblical and theological issues. He was well-known for teaching and defending Calvinism.   Table…

FIVE LIES OF OUR ANTI-CHRISTIAN AGE, by Rosaria Butterfield

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Kirsten Birkett    About the Author  Rosaria Champagne Butterfield is an American writer, speaker, homemaker, and former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University.   Contents Foreword by Kevin DeYoung…

REFORMED DOGMATICS, VOLUME 4: HOLY SPIRIT, CHURCH, AND NEW CREATION (Parts II-III), by Herman Bavinck

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Part I: The Spirit Gives New Life to Believers 1. Calling and Regeneration 2. Conversion 3. Justification 4. Sanctification and Perseverance Part II: The…

THE HISTORY OF SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM, by Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Benjamin J. Montoya, PhD   About the Authors Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior fellow of the…

REFORMED DOGMATICS, VOLUME 4: HOLY SPIRIT, CHURCH, AND NEW CREATION (Parts I-II), by Herman Bavinck

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Part I: The Spirit Gives New Life to Believers 1. Calling and Regeneration 2. Conversion 3. Justification 4. Sanctification and Perseverance Part II: The…

THE FUTURE OF REFORMED APOLOGETICS: COLLECTED ESSAYS ON APPLYING VAN TIL’S APOLOGETIC METHOD TO A NEW GENERATION, edited by K. Scott Oliphint

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   Editor’s Note: In his Foreword to this book, William Edgar provides a very brief summary overview of the book and each essay. We offer it here for our members with…