Category: How-To
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The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously
Marc Brettler, Daniel Harrington, S.J., Peter Enns, The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously. New York: Oxford University Press, September 2012. 224 pp. Hardcover, $27.95. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Oxford University Press for the review copy! A Jew, a Protestant, and a Catholic walk into a bar… …to talk…
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Reading for Preaching: The Preacher In Conversation With Storyteller, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Reading for Preaching: The Preacher In Conversation With Storyteller, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, November, 2013. 136 pp. Paperback, $14.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! Cornelius Plantinga Jr. is president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary, as well as senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.…
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What’s Best Next: How The Gospel Transforms The Way You Get Things Done
Matt Perman, What’s Best Next: How The Gospel Transforms The Way You Get Things Done. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, March, 2014. 352 pp. Hardcover, $19.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy and Matt Perman for letting me be part of the street team! Every now and then, a book comes long that is actually life…
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Take The 12 Myths About Productivity Quiz
Yesterday, I posted this picture of Matt Perman’s just released book, What’s Best Next: How The Gospel Transforms The Way You Get Things Done. I’ve been looking forward to reading it for a while, and now it’s finally arrived (You can read a sample here). In the preface of the book, Matt lays out 12…
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3 Ways To Fight “Book Lust”
It’s been about 3 years since I started regularly reviewing books on my blog. I’ve read a good many books in that time span. Along the way, I’ve had to make several course corrections and still continue to do so. When it comes down to it though, most of the course corrections can be boiled…
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An Opportunity To Get Into Book Reviewing
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I review a few books here and there. It wasn’t always this way, but at least the mid-point of seminary, it’s been a pretty regular (if not the only) feature of my blogging activities. For me, it all started because I…
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One Resolution to Rule Them All
Looking back at last year’s resolutions, I would say I did a fair job of realizing them. If you’re curious, here’s what they were: I say all this as a setup for for my list, which as it stands, is just a bunch of abstractions: Be more thankful Pray more Spend less $$ on books…
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How I Organize My Reading
I’m very overdue for a post on reading and reviewing books. I spent most of December reviewing books, so that’s probably why. If you’re keeping score at home, the last post was on the bibliographic details. Before that, I explained the three types of book reviews I typically do. For other posts, you can check…
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Basics of Ancient Ugaritic: A Concise Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon
Michael Williams, Basics of Ancient Ugaritic: A Concise Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, November 2012. 144 pp. Paperback, $49.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! Michael Williams is Professor of Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary and a member of the NIV Committe on Bible Translation. He has written several books,[ref]How To…
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Horizons In Hermeneutics and The Future of Biblical Interpretation
Stanley E. Porter & Matthew R. Malcolm, Horizons In Hermeneutics: A Festschrift In Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, April 2013. 317 pp. Paperback, $40.00 Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! If you wondering what a “festschrift” is, it is a fancy German word for a collection essays presented to a scholar usually…