Category: Interpreting The New Testament
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Christmas Book List: John Piper’s Trilogy
John Piper is a gateway drug. Maybe less so in recent years, but when I was in college, he was many people’s first introduction to heavy theological lifting. One of my more formative experiences was reading both Desiring God and The Pleasures of God. But, one does not merely read John Piper books. Rather, one…
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Christmas Book List: New Studies in Biblical Theology
As we continue the great Christmas book list series, I want to spotlight several volumes in IVP Academic’s New Studies in Biblical Theology series. This is one of my favorite series, and if you search a bit on the blog, you can find longer reviews of most of the volumes. Thanks to IVP Academic for sending me…
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NIV Faithlife Study Bible: Intriguing Insights to Inform Your Faith
If you’re keeping score at home, I’ve now posted on 3 consecutive NIV Study Bibles from Zondervan. First, it was the new NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Then it was the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. Now, it’s the Faithlife Study Bible. If you’re not familiar (and even if you are), Faithlife is the parent company of…
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New Perspectives on Paul: Reconciling Wright, Schreiner, and Thielman on Justification (ETS Paper)
It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since I last made it to an ETS regional. Actually, looking at the timeline, I think I go every three years because my first one was in 2011. I also have presented at each one (you can read the previous papers here), and continue that tradition this…
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ESV Reader’s Bible Six-Volume Set
You may have noticed over the last week I kept posting pictures of the new ESV Reader’s Bible Six-Volume Set from Crossway. They were gracious enough to send a review set my way, and pictures seemed more apt to capture this Bible than my descriptions. I implied in my posts that I was working through…
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NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC) Sale This Week
Zondervan has historically done a pretty stellar job of sending me various books for review. Although it has never involved a volume in their NIV Application Commentary series, those volumes are on sale in ebook format, this week only. You can see the deals here. The volumes in this series that I use are mainly…
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A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness
Crossway let me get a hold of an eBook version of John Piper’s latest, A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness (see this sample). If you’ve ever read a book by John Piper, I’m not sure this much here that would surprise you. However, if you happen to be looking for an accessible…
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A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works
I am frequently asked about book recommendations. Mostly these are for friends who want to read a good theology book or two. Occasionally I am asked about commentaries by the more adventurous readers (and you can read a response to that here). If you’re not aware (and even if you are), there are a plethora…
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Calling on The Name of The Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new title in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series is in want of a place on my bookshelf. On first glance, today might seem better suited for a different kind of post. But, as I read recent events, it’s a call to start taking prayer seriously.…
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Miracles, Reformation Readings of Paul, How to Preach and Teach the OT, and Revelation
Vern Poythress can’t seem to stop publishing books. Since In The Beginning Was The Word came out in 2009, he’s published 10 books, with an 11th coming out later this year (making it the third this calendar year). On the upside, he’s applying his unique triperspectivalistic vantage point to variety of topics (math, philosophy, biblical…