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  • The Evolution of Adam: Preliminary Issues

    Yesterday, we looked at C. John Collins’ Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? and as promised today we’ll begin the discussion of Peter Enns newest book The Evolution of Adam as part of a Brazos Blog Tour. Given that the book is mostly focused on biblical studies and hermeneutical issues, it is really more concerned with…

  • Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?

    Though I didn’t particularly plan it this way, it works out this week to offer you two reviews of books roughly covering the same subject. Today, I’ve got C. John Collins perspective in Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? and tomorrow, I’ll have Peter Enns perspective in The Evolution of Adam. The two perspectives are…

  • My Personal Reading Schedule

    Or, how do I plan to getting all those books read? Some of you have asked this, either in the comments or via Twitter, so here’s what the reading schedule looks like. I haven’t assimilated everything into an Excel spreadsheet at this point, so I’m really giving you the philosophy behind the scheduling. Basically, books…

  • God With Us: Divine Condescension and The Attributes of God

    If you’re looking to do some heavy lifting this year in your personal reading, this book might be a great place to start. I was actually surprised and the density of God With Us, but then again I should have been surprised since it’s written by K. Scott Oliphint. It’s heavy plodding pretty much all…

  • 9Marks Titles on Sale at Westminster

    I’ve reviewed and interacted with a couple of 9Marks titles on here (Am I Really A Christian? and Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church). I’m thinking about requesting the newest release as well (Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons) once I’ve got another available from Crossway. Westminster though is running a sale on all…

  • Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice

    In Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice, professor of philosophy Kent Dunnington takes the traditional ways of thinking about addiction and flips the paradigm. That probably tells you little about what the book really talks about, but as the subtitle bears out, people typically conceive of addictions as either the result…

  • Westminster Sale: Jerry Bridges’ Top 5 Best Sellers

    One of the very influential books that I read early on at bible school was Jerry Bridges’ Pursuit of Holiness (which I’m probably due for a re-read this year). Recently, Bridges’ newest book was released and is on sale at Westminster: In addition to that, his top 5 best sellers are also on sale: The Discipline…

  • Trinitarian Spirituality: John Owen and The Doctrine of God in Western Devotion

    Few theologians have impacted me personally more than John Owen. I stumbled upon his writings early in my time at Dallas, and probably learned more about soteriology and sanctification in reading his Glory of Christ and The Holy Spirit: His Gifts and Power than I did in my classes. That’s not to talk down about…

  • 12 Books I’m Looking Forward to Tackling in 2012

    There’s certainly going to be more than 12 books I read in 2012, but these are by far the biggest books I’ll be reading and wrestling with. Some of these will be spanned across the entire year and read at slow pace of a few pages each week. Others will be finished between now and…

  • A Marturo Collective Reading Schedule: Frame, Calvin, and Horton

    If you’re part of our reading group, (which I decided to call The Marturo Collective) here’s the rundown for reading through John Frame’s Doctrine of the Knowledge of God: Week of 1/2: xv-29 Week of 1/9: 30-61 Week of 1/16: 62-100 Week of 1/23: 101-164 Week of 1/30: 169-214 Week of 2/6: 215-241 Week of…