A Summary of GOSPEL TREASON: BETRAYING THE GOSPEL WITH HIDDEN IDOLS, by Brad Bigney
About the Author Brad Bigney is the senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Evangelical Free Church in Florence, Kentucky. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Free Church of America. He is also a member and certified counselor of the…
Summary of LOVING YOUR WIFE AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH, by Larry McCall
About the Author Larry E. McCall has pastored Christ’s Covenant Church, Winona Lake, Indiana, since 1981. Pastor McCall and his wife, Gladine, have three married children. Overview Christ calls husbands to love their wives the way that he loves the…
THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF SKEPTICISM, by Timothy Keller
About the Author Timothy Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. He is the author of numerous books and is Vice-President of the Gospel Coalition. Overview As a pastor in Manhattan, Tim Keller has discussed the…
HOW (NOT) TO BE SECULAR: READING CHARLES TAYLOR, by James K. A. Smith
About the Author James K.A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College, where he also holds the Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is the award-winning author of a number of books, including Who’s Afraid of…
FOUR VIEWS ON THE APOSTLE PAUL, by Michael Bird (ed.)
About the Editors: Michael F. Bird (PhD, University of Queensland) is lecturer in theology at Ridley Melbourne College of Mission and Ministry in Melbourne, Australia. Stanley N. Gundry (Series Editor) is executive vice president and editor-in-chief for the Zondervan Corporation.…
ATHEISM REMIX: A CHRISTIAN CONFRONTS THE NEW ATHEISTS, R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
About the Author R. Albert Mohler, Jr (PhD) is the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is recognized as a leading thinker in evangelicalism. He is frequently consulted in the media and is the author of a number of…
FOUR VIEWS ON THE ROLE OF WORKS AT THE FINAL JUDGMENT, Alan P. Stanley, ed.
About the Editor Alan P. Stanley is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Brisbane School of Theology, Brisbane Australia. He has published two books on the subject of salvation, faith, and works. Introduction This addition to the Counterpoints series considers the…
Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson, THE GLORY OF GOD (Theology in Community)
About the Editors Christopher W. Morgan (PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of theology and associate dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University. Robert A. Peterson (PhD, Drew University) is professor of systematic theology at…
TRUTH IN A CULTURE OF DOUBT: ENGAGING SKEPTICAL CHALLENGES TO THE BIBLE, by Andreas J. Kostenberger, Darrell L. Bock, and Josh Chatraw
About the Authors Andreas J. Köstenberger is senior professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC and director of acquisitions, B&H Academic. Darrell L. Bock (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is executive director of Cultural Engagement…
PAUL AND THE LAW: KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, by Brian S. Rosner
About the Author Brian S. Rosner is Principal of Ridley Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. He formerly taught at Moore Theological College, Macquarie University and the University of Aberdeen. Introduction In Paul and the Law, Brian Rosner tackles one of the…
POPCULTURED: THINKING CHRISTIANLY ABOUT STYLE, MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT, by Steve Turner
A “bonus” summary for members of Books At a Glance A Summary – Review by Michael Plato It is perhaps necessary to begin with a small confession. I am something of a fan of the Roman Catholic YouTube commentator Father…
FALLEN: A THEOLOGY OF SIN, Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds.
About the Editors Christopher W. Morgan is professor of theology and dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University. Robert A. Peterson is professor of systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary. Overview Fallen is the fifth in…
CHRISTOLOGY, ANCIENT AND MODERN: EXPLORATIONS IN CONSTRUCTIVE DOGMATICS, Oliver Crisp and Fred Sanders, ed.
About the Editors Oliver D. Crisp (PhD, King’s College, London) is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is associate professor of theology in the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola…
SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE BIBLE: A SURVEY OF EXPLICIT CONTENT IN THE HOLY BOOK, Joseph W. Smith III
About the Author Joseph W. Smith III has been a high school English teacher in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for over twenty years. Before that he worked at Simon & Schuster and has written over a thousand articles for the Williamsport Sun-Gazette…
REDEMPTIVE HISTORY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, by Herman N. Ridderbos
Editor’s Note: Only occasionally we select an older work, as we have here, because of its significance and contribution to biblical understanding. This small book by Herman Ridderbos, originally published in Dutch in 1955 and first appearing in English…
WEAKNESS IS THE WAY: LIFE WITH CHRIST OUR STRENGTH, by J. I. Packer
About the Author J. I. Packer (DPhil, Oxford University) serves as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He is the author of over 40 books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Overview This book represents the reflections…