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  • Since The Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2 through the Ages

    This collection of essays, edited by Kyle Greenwood offers readers historical perspective on how the early chapters of Genesis have been understood. This is no small task, and almost certainly needed to be a group effort. Very few individuals would be qualified to discuss in detail the history of interpretation of a given passage, much…

  • Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation

    In Early Christian Readings of Genesis One, which I was able to read thanks to IVP Academic, Craig Allert explores whether or not one can use the early church fathers to support a certain literal interpretation of Genesis 1. That certain literal interpretation is the one that supports at young earth creationist reading of Genesis…

  • Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

    While I was taking Hebrew classes, I stumbled upon an unusual commentary. It was only over 4 chapters, but it happened to be 4 chapters I was intently interested in understanding better. The book, by C. John Collins, was Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary. You can read the fruits of that paradigm…

  • Scripture as Music and Genesis 1 as Overture

    In their book, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption Through Scripture, Alastair Roberts and Andrew Wilson employ a musical metaphor to organize the material. “Scripture is music,” they say, and the variety of genres in Scripture call to mind the variety among musical genres as well. The authors go beyond this though, and highlight…

  • Understanding Genesis: A Review Series

    Since October, I’ve been organizing my thoughts on Genesis. At this point, I’ve read enough books on understanding Genesis that I thought a review series was in order. In my first post back in October, I laid out some the issues related to reading and understanding Genesis well. This is a kind of re-up on…

  • Advent: The Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ

    Last year, one of the best books I read was The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ. So, when I saw that the author, Fleming Rutledge had an advent book come out back in the fall, I decided it would be a good read for mid-December. The book, Advent: The Once and Future Coming…

  • Christmas Book List: John Piper’s Trilogy

    John Piper is a gateway drug. Maybe less so in recent years, but when I was in college, he was many people’s first introduction to heavy theological lifting. One of my more formative experiences was reading both Desiring God and The Pleasures of God. But, one does not merely read John Piper books. Rather, one…

  • Christmas Book List: Theology

    It’s been six years since Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum’s Kingdom Through Covenant first came out. In the interim, an abridged version was released (God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants), and now there’s an updated second edition of the original. That might seem rather quick, but I’m not particularly surprised. When the original came out, I…

  • Christmas Book List: Philosophy

    Intro to Philosophy was one of the most mind altering classes I took in undergrad. After Word of Life, it was one of the first classes I took at Liberty, and I’ve been interested in philosophy ever since. When I was at Dallas, I ended up using my electives to take philosophy classes, and the…

  • Christmas Book List: Science

    For this week, I wanted to focus on larger volumes that might make good last minute Christmas gifts. Or, if you prefer, books you should keep in mind for when you get that Amazon Gift Card. I decided to work through them in pairs, and we’ll start with the science books. Some might take offense…