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  • Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives

    [This review is part of the What Is Theological Interpretation? series] On a couple of recent occasions, Justin Taylor has highlighted an article by D. A. Carson that is featured in Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives. Thanks to T & T Clark, I received copy of it to review, and I thought I’d tell you about the rest of the book.…

  • Five Views on Justification

    IVP Academic was kind enough to send along Justification: Five Views for review, and over the next several weeks, I’m going to split up my review of it. I’ve decided the weeks leading up to Easter would be a good time to focus on this subject, which has ramifications for my reading plan, but that will wait for…

  • Doing Philosophy as a Christian

    Garrett J. DeWeese, Doing Philosophy as a Christian, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, August 2011, 352 pp. Paperback, $22.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! As I said a few weeks ago when I reviewed Education For Human Flourishing, so far, I’ve been pretty impressed with IVP’s Christian Worldview Integration Series. Though I didn’t…

  • The Acts of The Risen Lord Jesus

    Alan J. Thompson, The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account of God’s Unfolding Plan. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October, 2011. 232 pp. Paperback, $24.00. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Earlier this week I mentioned my interest in Baker’s Studies in Theological Interpretation series. In the series preface of…

  • What Am I Reading For Lent?

    The short answer is that I’m aiming to finish Robert Peterson’s Salvation Accomplished By The Son: The Work Of Christ. I’ll have a more extensive review when I’m done, but in the meantime, here’s a short overview. Peterson divides his study into two sections: Events Pictures Overall though, the whole book is really about the…

  • Why I Don’t Recommend Real Marriage

    When it comes to Mark Driscoll, the internet is never short on things to say. Plenty of reviewers have taken the time to present a thorough overview of Mark and Grace Driscoll’s Real Marriage (e.g. Challies, Burk, and Anderson Pt. 1 and Pt. 2). That being the case, I thought it might be helpful to just explain…

  • 10 Books on Writing

    [This post is part of the 10 Books On… series] Sometimes, I think I was a better writer before seminary. Though it would be hard to prove it, I think you could easily see that before being immersed in academic reading for years on end, my voice came through my writing more clearly, and I…

  • Education For Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective

    Paul D. Spear & Steven R. Loomis, Education For Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, September, 2009. 251 pp. Paperback, $22.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! So far, I’ve been pretty impressed with IVP’s Christian Worldview Integration Series. I’ve read the book on communication, and here on the blog…

  • Book of the Month: The Revelation of God

    As I mentioned in the reading schedule, there will often be a book of the month. I might read it in the course of a week, or I might spread it out over the whole month. Just depends on how life goes. This month, I’m turning the corner from a metaphysical/scientific focus to a focus…

  • The Evolution of Adam: A Review

    Yesterday, I offered you some important preliminaries, so today we’ll dive into an actual review of The Evolution of Adam. Peter Enns considers his primary audience to be first Christians, and second people who think evolution needs to be taken seriously. Because of that, his aim “is to speak to those who feel that a synthesis between a…