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DELIGHTING IN THE TRINITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, by Michael Reeves

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Introduction: Here Be Dragons? 1. What Was God Doing Before Creation? 2. Creation: The Father’s Love Overflows 3. Salvation: The Son Shares What…

RIGHT WITH GOD: JUSTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE AND THE WORLD, by D. A. Carson

Selected Chapter Summaries from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya     Chapter 2 The Biblical Doctrine of Justification by Faith Edmund P. Clowney The doctrine of justification by faith alone is a biblical doctrine. Martin Luther spoke…

"JUSTIFICATION," by John Murray

A “Bonus” Chapter Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   Justification plays such a key role in the application of redemption in God’s work of salvation. Apart from justification, we have no way to be freed…

TOTAL TRUTH: LIBERATING CHRISTIANITY FROM ITS CULTURAL CAPTIVITY (STUDY GUIDE EDITION), by Nancy Pearcey

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Nathan Sundt   About the Author Nancy R. Pearcey is editor-at-large for the Pearcey Report and the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute. She earned an M.A.…

THE UNEASY CONSCIENCE OF MODERN FUNDAMENTALISM, by Carl F. H. Henry

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Preface Introduction by Harold J. Ockenga The Evaporation of Fundamentalist Humanitarianism The Protest Against Foredoomed Failure The Most Embarrassing Evangelical Divorce The Apprehension…

NO OTHER GOD: A RESPONSE TO OPEN THEISM, by John M. Frame

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Daniel Scheiderer   Overview This book is a response to the rising adoption of the theology of open theism. It should be read alongside Frame’s The Doctrine of God, as…

WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY?, by Dinesh D’Souza

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   About the Author Dinesh D’Souza, a former White House domestic policy analyst, is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. He is a prominent public intellectual for Christianity.  …

THE GOSPEL WORTHY OF ALL ACCEPTANCE: OR, THE DUTY OF SINNERS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, by Andrew Fuller

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   About the Author Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) was an indefatigable Baptist theologian and pastor, an outstanding figure with qualities that make him one of the most attractive…

OUR SECULAR AGE: TEN YEARS OF READING AND APPLYING CHARLES TAYLOR, by Colin Hansen, ed.

A “Bonus” Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Matthew Claridge   Table of Contents Hope in Our Secular Age, Colin Hansen Taylor’s Complex, Incomplete Historical Narrative, Carl Truman The Enduring Power of the Christian Story: Reformation Theology for…

THE IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S SIN, by John Murray

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Chapter 1 1. Syntactical Construction 2. The Sin Contemplated Chapter 2 3. The Union Involved Chapter 3 4. The Nature of Imputation Chapter…

GOD'S COUNTRY: FAITH, HOPE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE RURAL CHURCH, by Brad Roth

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Joshua K. Smith   Author Brad Roth (Harvard Divinity School) serves as the pastor of West Zion Mennonite Church, a small congregation in Mound-ridge, Kansas. He has served small congregations…

GOD AND THE TRANSGENDER DEBATE: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT GENDER AND IDENTITY?, by Andrew T. Walker

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   About the Author Andrew T. Walker (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Director of Policy Studies for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern…

THE CROSS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, by Leon Morris

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   About the Author Leon Morris was the principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia. He was one of the finest NT scholars of his generation, producing numerous commentaries…

THE DOCTRINE OF ENDLESS PUNISHMENT, by William G. T. Shedd

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Mitch Chase   About the Author William G. T. Shedd was an American theologian in the 1800s. In addition to a stint in pastoral ministry, Shedd was a professor at…

A TREATISE ON THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER, by St. Augustine

A Brief “Bonus” Summary from Books At a Glance By Todd Scacewater   You read the works, Marcellinus, that I recently wrote about the baptism of infants and the perfection of human righteousness. You were concerned that I wrote that…

THE COURAGE TO BE PROTESTANT (2ND ED.), by David F. Wells

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   About the Author David F. Wells is the Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.   Introduction Our culture has…