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  • New Books of Note: Revelation, God’s Glory, and Pastoral Ministry

    Thanks to Baker Books, I was able to get a copy of William Hendriksen’s More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of The Book of Revelation. Right now I’m looking at launching a Revelation Bible study in January for college and high school students. I’ve read a few shorter works on Revelation (Poythress and Gorman), as well…

  • #ETS2015 Books of Note: Biblical Studies

    While I might not be at ETS this year, if you are, I thought I’d share some books you should check out. Obviously, even if you’re not at ETS, you can still check these out. You’ll just miss out on whatever deals publishers are offering at their booths. And you’ll miss out on meeting people…

  • Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World – and Why It Matters

    Every now and then a book comes along that blows your mind. I feel pretty comfortable saying that this is one of those books. I was somewhat prepared for the ideas that Michael Heiser unpacks in Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World – and Why It Matters but it was still a game changer.…

  • New Books of Note

    In the course of teaching Old Testament to high school freshman for the past few years, several questions will predictably emerge. More often than not these have to do with God’s character and actions, particularly when it comes to the familiar Old Testament stories. I feel fairly comfortable addressing most of these, but I’m always…

  • Summer Reviews: Scripture and Hermeneutics Series

    If you read widely in biblical studies, you may have already one or more of the volumes in this stack. At the very least, you’ve probably seen frequent footnotes to a few key volumes, particularly Out of Egypt and Renewing Biblical Interpretation. What you might not be aware of is that Zondervan recently re-released these…

  • Bound For The Promised Land: The Land Promise in God’s Redemptive Plan (NSBT)

    Once again, I had the pleasure of reading a volume in the IVP Academic’s New Studies in Biblical Theology series and telling you about it. This time, it’s Oren Martin’s lightly revised doctoral dissertation from SBTS, Bound For The Promised Land: The Land Promise in God’s Redemptive Plan. As someone who went to three different dispensational schools, this…

  • God With Us: Exploring God’s Personal Interactions with His People throughout the Bible

    The last actual class I took as part of my Th.M was an independent study on how to review books. The fruit of that class was these four reviews: In the Beginning Was The Word The Christian Faith The Doctrine of The Word of God Raised With Christ The professor for that study (which was…

  • Covenant and Commandment: Works, Obedience, and Faithfulness in the Christian Life

    It seems like every few months or so, another title is released in IVP Academic’s New Studies in Biblical Theology series. Even as I work on this review, I’ve already started a more recent work in the series and just noticed that another title is coming this summer. None of this should be construed as…

  • New Books of Note

    When it comes to teaching or preaching a book of the Bible, there are plenty of resource and commentaries one could choose from. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity check out several volumes from Baker Books‘ Teach The Text series. If you’re not familiar, each of the volumes in the series offers the following units for each…

  • With the Clouds of Heaven: The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology

    Let me quote in the full the opening paragraph of James Hamilton’s preface to With the Clouds of Heaven: The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology: I don’t deserve to read the Bible, much less write about it. What a privilege to have God reveal himself to us in his word. What a great God,…