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ETHICS AND MORAL REASONING: A STUDENT'S GUIDE, by C. Ben Mitchell

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   By Greg Cochran   Table of Contents Chapter One: The Challenges of a Relativist World Chapter Two: The History of Moral Reasoning, Part 1 Chapter Three: The History of Moral…

CONQUESTS AND CULTURES: AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY, by Thomas Sowell

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   Editor’s Note: With this “Bonus” Book Summary we continue our series on culture-related issues that are of interest.   About the Author Thomas Sowell has taught economics…

REVOLUTIONS IN WORLDVIEW: UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW OF WESTERN THOUGHT, edited by W. Andrew Hoffecker

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   Introduction This book covers the story of Western thought from the Presocratics to the end of the 20th Century. It compares the biblical worldview with the worldviews and philosophies that…

"TRICKLE DOWN THEORY" AND "TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH," by Thomas Sowell

A Brief “Bonus” Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   About the Author Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.   Summary of Essay There…

MELTDOWN: MAKING SENSE OF A CULTURE IN CRISIS, by Marcus Honeysett

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   About the Author Marcus Honeysett worked with university ministries in the UK. He studied English, Theatre, and Postmodern culture and theory.   Introduction This book examines five…

SIDE BY SIDE: WALKING WITH OTHERS IN LOVE AND WISDOM, by Edward T. Welch

A “Bonus” Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Clay Werner   God uses ordinary lives, ordinary conversations, and extraordinary love to do most of the heavy lifting in his kingdom. Extraordinary love that helps others first recognizes its…

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, by Paul Helm

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   About the Author Paul Helm is a teaching fellow at Regent College, and the author of numerous works of philosophical theology.   Introduction This contribution to the…

ECONOMIC FACTS AND FALLACIES, by Thomas Sowell

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   Editor’s Note: With this “Bonus” Book Summary we continue our series on culture-related issues.   About the Author Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges…

"WAS PAUL A COVENANTAL NOMIST?" in JUSTIFICATION AND VARIEGATED NOMISM: VOLUME 2–THE PARADOXES OF PAUL by Peter O’Brien

A “Bonus” Chapter Summary from Books At a Glance By Nathan Sundt   About the Author Peter O’Brien is Senior Research Fellow in New Testament, Moore Theological College.   Overview Peter O’Brien begins his chapter by rehearsing conceptually Sanders’s Covenantal…

GOD IN THE WASTELAND: THE REALITY OF TRUTH IN A WORLD OF FADING DREAMS, by David G. Wells

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   About the Author David F. Wells (PhD, University of Manchester) is the Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.   Introduction…

"ISRAEL AND THE LAW IN ROMANS 5–11: INTERACTION WITH THE NEW PERSPECTIVE" in JUSTIFICATION AND VARIEGATED NOMISM: VOLUME 2–THE PARADOXES OF PAUL by Douglas Moo

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Nathan Sundt   About the Author Douglas Moo is Blanchard Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College Graduate School   Summary Douglas Moo notes at the beginning of the essay how…

NO PLACE FOR TRUTH: OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY, David F. Wells

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   About the Author David F. Wells (PhD, University of Manchester) is the Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.   Introduction…

THE QUEST FOR COSMIC JUSTICE, by Thomas Sowell

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   Editor’s Note: With this “Bonus” Book Summary we continue our series on culturally- and Politically-oriented studies that are of contemporary relevance. We hope you enjoy!   About…

40 QUESTIONS ABOUT SALVATION, by Matthew Barrett

A Brief Book Summary from Books at a Glance By Mark Baker   About the Author Matthew Barrett is associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the executive editor of Credo Magazine and has…

THE BLACK BOOK OF THE AMERICAN LEFT: THE COLLECTED CONSERVATIVE WRITINGS OF DAVID HOROWITZ, by David Horowitz

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin Montoya   Editor’s Note:  Today we offer another “Bonus Book Summary” to our readers with a culture-related book that has received wide acclaim for its analysis of the agenda…

SANCTIFICATION, Michael Allen

A Brief Book Summary from Books at a Glance By Mark Baker   About the Author Michael Allen (PhD, Wheaton College) is the John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He has authored…