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  • Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships

    James V. Brownson, Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Reframing The Church’s Debate on Same Sex Relationships. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, February, 2013. 312 pp. Paperback, $29.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! James Brownson is the James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. He is also an ordained minister in the Reformed Church…

  • Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul

    C. Marvin Pate, Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, November, 2013. 320 pp. Paperback, $22.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Kregel Academic for the review copy! Today’s review is by Jennifer Guo. She is a bean counter by day and a book eater by night. She is passionate…

  • Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope

    John E. Phelan Jr., Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October, 2013. 203 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Eschatology can be a divisive subject in some circles. I say “some” because in other circles, it’s not even a topic of conversation. It almost seems as…

  • Loving God With Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J. P. Moreland

    Paul M. Gould & Richard Brian Davis, eds., Loving God With Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J. P. Moreland. Chicago: Moody, December 2013. 272 pp. Paperback, $19.99. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Moody for the review copy! I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love a good festschrift. If…

  • Pastoral Reflections on The Historical Adam: Greg Boyd and Phil Ryken

    Today we finish up our journey through Four Views on The Historical Adam. Yesterday we looked William Barrick’s young-earth perspective on the historical Adam, and on Tuesday we looked at C. John Collins’ view. For the full table of contents, click here. Rather than closing with additional editorial comments (like Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy did), this…

  • A Historical Adam: Young-Earth Creation View

    Yesterday, we resumed the series review of Four Views on The Historical Adam. C. John Collins provided an alternate old-earth perspective on a historical Adam to go alongside John Walton’s. Today, we’ll look at the final view, which is William Barrick’s young earth creationist perspective on the historical Adam. Barrick opens with a section on the…

  • A Historical Adam: Old-Earth Creation View

    If you were anxiously waiting on the next post from the Four Views on The Historical Adam series last week, I apologize. I decided to take a mini-blogging break and didn’t post from any scheduled series. Because of that, we’ll actually finish the series this week with three posts in a row (today, tomorrow, Thursday). You can…

  • The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views

    James Beilby and Paul R. Eddy, eds., The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October 2006. 208 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! In a rare turn of events, I’m reviewing a book I finished reading earlier this morning. Given that it is Holy Week,…

  • The Final Days of Jesus

    Andreas J. Kostenberger & Justin Taylor, The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of The Most Important Person Who Ever Lived. Wheaton: Crossway, January 2014. 217 pp. Paperback, $17.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Download a study guide, 40-day reading plan, or excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! During this holy week, I’m going to be reading…

  • A Historical Adam: Archetypal Creation View

    Last week, we started a play by play through Four Views on The Historical Adam. The opening position by Denis Lamoureux denied Adam as a historical figure. The remaining three all affirm the historicity of Adam in one way or another. Today we’ll look at John Walton’s view. Walton’s position is called the “archetypal creation view.” He…