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  • Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views

    As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the multi-view books. I think this is my fifth one to review, but it’s my first one to offer a giveaway for. Keep reading for detail on that. Overview Understanding Spiritual Warfare opens with a substantial introductory essay. Editors James Beilby and Paul Eddy have done…

  • Recovering Classic Evangelicalism

    Usually, I work off of a loose queue line for my review oriented reading. Big volumes are an exception, but in general, I try to work in a loose order of arrival. However, I always try to give each book a good initial perusal when it first comes in the mail. This involves judging the…

  • Kermit Gosnell: High Priest of Molech

    I saw this tweet this morning, so that makes tomorrow today: Tomorrow, speak up for the unborn using hastag #GosnellMurders. If no one speaks (like our national media), who will? Us! #GosnellMurders — Andrew Walker (@AndrewWalkerDC) April 12, 2013 Just to catch you up to speed on what this is all about, here are some…

  • The Unrelieved Paradox

    I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a completely green seminary student sitting in a class on research methods. It was being taught by the seminary librarian, and he happened to mention a theologian I hadn’t heard much, if anything about. His name (the theologian, not the librarian) was Franz Bibfeldt, and the…

  • [Obligatory Blog Post About Gay Marriage]

    Yesterday afternoon, I drafted out a long blog post detailing why I’m for marriage inequality (on inequality in general, see this). Last night, I engaged in a little Facebook dialoguing on a friend’s status update. I decided two things after doing so: I want to re-frame my argument in light of the objections the atheist brought…

  • Everything You Need To Know About Rob Bell

    Maybe the title is a little overstated, but if you keep reading I will give an accurate synopsis of every Rob Bell book ever (past, present, and future). Not to overgeneralize, nor to stereotype Bell, but he is pretty predictable. And if he is faithfully living up to the predictions of wiser observers, it is…

  • Why (I Think) People Like Awful Christian Books

    Let’s be honest. There are some really awful Christian books out there (as pictured above). That’s probably not news to you. It’s probably not news to you either that many of those books end up being best sellers. And the reason that’s not news is because when that happens, someone you know reads the book,…

  • God & Morality: Four Views

    I think I’ve made it pretty clear, but just in case, I’m a big fan of the multiple views books in theological and biblical studies. Generally speaking, I think they do a great job of both presenting the various positions on an issue and allowing readers to see how the positions would critique each other.…

  • Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men To Love and Lead Their Families

    Douglas Wilson, Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men To Love and Lead Their Families. Nashville, Thomas Nelson, May, 2012. 272 pp. Paperback, $15.99. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Thomas Nelson for the review copy! Douglas Wilson is senior pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho and senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. He’s a fairly prolific author,…

  • The Descent Into Pastoral Disaster

    In many ways, Paul Tripp’s Dangerous Calling is a book for people who like lists. I’m fond of lists and Paul Tripp, so it’s only natural I’d love this book. It also helps that it provided a good wake up call for me that changed some negative trajectories I had in my life. Over the…