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  • How To Review A Book Triperspectivally

    In addition to providing weekly book reviews, I’ve also had my share of “meta-discussions” on the subject. Sometimes it’s not enough to just review books, we have to also talk about reviewing books and in an inceptionesque sort of way “review the reviewing of books.” So, once upon a time, I explained to you how…

  • Genesis And Christian Theology

    Genesis has almost always been fascinating to me. Part of it I’m sure is its mysterious nature, reaching back to the dawn of time like it does. I’ve just always found the early chapters of Genesis intriguing. Now that I’m up and running with Eerdmans, I noticed they released a collection of essays earlier this…

  • The Eternal Generation of The Son: Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology

    In the midst of all the book reviews I’ve been offering you related to biblical interpretation, I thought it might be nice for a break and revive another longstanding interest. Going back to my second semester in seminary, I’ve had a fairly strong interest in Trinitarian studies. I mean, I’m no Nick Norelli, but still.…

  • Canon Revisited: Establishing The Origins and Authority of The NT Books

    While there are many books out there (and more to be published) that deal with new problems, this book is not one of them. In fact, this book may deal with the oldest problem of all. That issue, “at the very center of how biblical authority is established” is the problem of canon (16). Working…

  • James (ZECNT)

    On Easter at our church, we ended our series on Mark and the following Sunday, jumped right into a series on James. Since the Easter sermon was on the resurrection, it helps that James provides an interesting apologetic for the historicity of that event. Typically, if a Jewish leader who was hailed as the Messiah…

  • 7 Reasons You Might Like Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on The New Testament

    If you’re like me, you may not recognize many of the authors you routinely read. This isn’t always the case, but I think it might be in biblical studies more than other genres. Unless the author is a famous pastor or one of your personal professors, you might not recognize him in a police lineup…

  • All Roads Lead To The Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry Into The Bible

    As promised, today I’m not only reviewing All Roads Lead To The Text, but also offering an opportunity to get a free copy for yourself! If you’d like to be entered into the drawing, simply (1) share this post on Facebook or Twitter (tagging me so I can track it) and then (2) leave a…

  • Reading The Bible With The Dead

    Whether or not you’ve noticed, we’re kind of in the midst of a collection of reviews on biblical interpretation. This is an on-going interest for me as both a seminary graduate and Bible teacher. I think it may draw my attention so much because it is a nexus point of biblical studies, philosophical inquiry, and…

  • Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views

    Originally, I thought I would review this Spectrum Multiviews book the way I went through Justification: Five Views. However, for two reasons I decided to just condense it to a single post. First, the essays in this book were shorter, and the work as a whole also lacked the longer editorial background chapters of the…

  • A Shot of Faith To The Head: Be A Confident Believer In the Age of Cranky Atheists

    You’re reading this book review because of John Piper, believe it or not. If John Piper hadn’t have invited Doug Wilson to the 2009 Desiring God National Conference, I might not have ended up subscribed to his blog (cleverly titled Blog and Mablog). Having not done that, I probably wouldn’t have seen his blurb about…