Category: Book Bites
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The Descent Into Pastoral Disaster
In many ways, Paul Tripp’s Dangerous Calling is a book for people who like lists. I’m fond of lists and Paul Tripp, so it’s only natural I’d love this book. It also helps that it provided a good wake up call for me that changed some negative trajectories I had in my life. Over the…
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Pauline Theology Vs. A Theology of Paul
Last week, Eerdmans was kind enough to send along Frank J. Matera’s God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology. Usually when I get a book in the mail, I try to sit down and work through the introduction right off the bat. If it just immediately catches my attention (more so than it already did to…
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1-2 Kings as Gospel
Recently, I finished reading my way through Peter Leithart’s A Son to Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel. Over the summer, I thoroughly enjoyed his Deep Exegesis: The Mystery and Art of Reading Scripture, so much so that I plan to read it again sooner rather than later. That, and I hope to…
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Are You An Implied Reader of The New Testament?
In Markus Bockmuehl’s Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study (the inaugural volume in Baker’s (Studies in Theological Interpretation), he presents a proposal for an implied reader of the New Testament. This is in order to facilitate a better understanding of how to approach New Testament studies. I’ve yet to see how he fleshes out this picture…
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12 Reasons Jesus Had To Become A Man
Over this past weekend, I was able to sit down and read Bruce Ware’s latest book The Man Jesus Christ: Theological Reflections on The Humanity of Christ. I’ll post a full review sometime next week maybe, but in the meantime, here’s some food for thought. In response to a claim by some that Jesus’ male gender…
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Read The Fathers: An Online Reading Group
Recently, I stumbled upon this opportunity to join a reading group for the church fathers. Why would I want to do that? you might ask yourself. Well, for one, Patristic theology is for everyone. Two, it is a very reasonable pace, as you can see in the first year calendar. Three, even if you don’t already…
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A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life is 83% Off
Joel Beeke and Mark Jones’ A Puritan Theology is sold on Amazon for $60 Over at Westminster’s bookstore, you can get it for $45 But today at least, you can get the Kindle edition for only $9.99 Better jump on this deal before it goes back up!
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Have You Heard of Classic Christianity?
This may at first glance seem like an odd Black Friday post, but bear with me. When I was at Dallas, I remember seeing several students carrying around Thomas Oden’s 3 volume systematic theology. He even came for a lectureship about the early African origins of Christianity (which you can read more about here). I…
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Why You Should Read Dangerous Calling
Thanks to Mathew Sims over at Grace For Sinners, I was able to get a free copy of Dangerous Calling in exchange for a guest post. Yesterday I was able to finish it. Talk about a reality check. Basically, everyone who is in seminary, been to seminary, or thinking about seminary probably ought to read this book.…
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Books Awaiting Review: You Pick What’s Next
Every now and then I find myself with a short stack of books ready for review. Usually I’ve got some kind of plan for the sequence, but today, I decided to deviate from the plan. Part of this is because I didn’t feel like putting together the review I had slated for today, and part…