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  • God’s Battle Plan For The Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation

    One thing that struck me after reading Tim Keller’s book on prayer was how much importance he placed on meditation. Not just meditation in the abstract, or even the secular benefits of it, but the practice of meditating specifically on Scripture as a prelude to prayer. He spent a good portion on the topic, but I…

  • Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation

    “Can Christians and churches be catholic and Reformed?” That may well be your first question after reading the title of this book. Thankfully, it’s also the opening lines of the book written by RTS Orlando theology profs Michael Allen and Scott Swain. Along with Puritan William Perkins, Allen and Swain suggest that “to be Reformed…

  • Exploring Christian Doctrine: A Guide to What Christians Believe

    Tony Lane is professor of historical theology at the London School of Theology. He is a world-class Calvin scholar and author of several books, most recently Exploring Christian Doctrine: A Guide to What Christian Should Believe. The book is part of the Exploring Topics in Christianity series (includes one other volume at the present) which complements…

  • Exploring Christian Theology: The Church, Spiritual Growth, and The End Times

    It’s probably no secret that I’m a fan of systematic theology. Not everyone shares my enthusiasm, but luckily, part of my job is to figure out how to pass on the excitement. One of the roadblocks that crowds the path is how inaccessible many systematic theologies are. Especially if they are multi-volume works. Usually, you…

  • Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith: An Introductory Guide

    For this past year, I’ve been teaching a psychology elective at the Christian school that employs me. Knowing roughly this time last year I’d be teaching it, I began looking for potential textbooks. Because it is a class that meets just once a week and is for a half credit, a standard college psychology textbook…

  • 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…

  • Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives

    On the one hand, I’m kind of tired of the whole “gospel-centered” usage. On the other hand, I believe in the gospel and am generally for the things that the adjective gets attached to. Counseling is one of those things and I am all for counseling that is gospel-centered, or Christ-centered. I’m also all for…

  • Scripture and Counseling: God’s Word for Life in a Broken World

    When it comes to counseling and the local church, the role of the Bible figures prominently. For some people, Scripture is sufficient for many problems in life, but not necessarily some of the major issues counselors face. For others, Scripture’s sufficiency is applied more broadly, but questions remain. Addressing many of those questions is Scripture and Counseling:…

  • 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,…

  • Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery

    G. K. Beale holds the J. Gresham Machen Chair of New Testament and is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. Benjamin Gladd is both a former Ph.D student of Beale’s and now assistant professor of New Testament at RTS Jackson. Together, they have authored Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical…