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  • Five Points: Towards A Deeper Experience of God’s Grace

    When this book came in the mail, I didn’t really remember requesting it, or signing up for a blog tour, but hey, free John Piper book. I later found out Shaun Tabatt over at CrossFocused Reviews picked his 25 favorite bloggers/reviewers and had them sent a copy. Guess that means I’m doing something right! Anyway,…

  • Covenantal Apologetics: Principles & Practice in Defense of Our Faith

    K. Scott Oliphint, Covenantal Apologetics: Principles & Practice in Defense of Our Faith. Wheaton: Crossway, July 2013. 288 pp. Paperback, $19.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! K. Scott Oliphint is professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. If you’ve been reading for a while, you might remember me reviewing his…

  • The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in The Old Testament

    Edmund Clowney, The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in The Old Testament (2nd ed.). Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishers, August, 2013. 224 pp. Paperback, $12.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to P&R Publishers for the review copy! For the most part, I have been reviewing new books since I started posting book reviews online. Even if not a new release per se,…

  • Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail

    Larry Osborne, Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, October 2013. 176 pp. Hardcover, $18.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! Larry Osborne is senior pastor at North Coast Church in northern San Diego County. His church is widely recognized as one of the most…

  • What The Old Testament Authors Really Cared About

    Jason S. DeRouchie ed., What The Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible. Grand Rapids: Kregel, October 2013. 496 pp. Hardcover, $45.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Jason S. DeRouchie is associate professor of Old Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary. In addition to this volume, he…

  • Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching

    Alec Motyer, Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching. Fearn, Ross-Shire: Christian Focus, September 2013. 192 pp. Paperback, $14.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Christian Focus for the review copy! Alec Motyer was formerly principal of Trinity College and is a well-known author and Bible expositor. He’s written volumes in both…

  • Awakening Faith: Daily Devotions From The Early Church

    James Stuart Bell, with Patrick J. Kelly, Awakening Faith: Daily Devotions From The Early Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, October 2013. 400 pp. Hardcover, $24.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! I think I’ve mentioned on here before that I’m not usually a huge fan of devotionals. I am however willing to…

  • Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013

    N. T. Wright, Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013. Minneapolis: Fortress, November 2013. 640 pp. Paperback, $69.00 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Fortress Press for the review copy! If you don’t know who N. T. Wright is, I foresee a Google search in your future. If you read this blog regularly, I’m assuming Wright needs no formal…

  • Can You Believe It’s True? Christian Apologetics In A Modern & Postmodern Era

    John Feinberg is professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been teaching apologetics at the graduate level for more than 30 years. He is the editor of Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series and has written several books on apologetics and ethics. Now, with Can You Believe It’s True? Christian…

  • Evangelical Theology: An Introduction to A Biblical and Systematic Introduction

    Last week when I came home from Virginia, I was greeted with several packages. One of them had arrived shortly before me (and hence had eluded our faithful mail gatherer) and was none other than Michael F. Bird’s anticipated Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction. As if I did not have enough systematics, now this…