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  • Understanding Genesis: A Review Series

    Since October, I’ve been organizing my thoughts on Genesis. At this point, I’ve read enough books on understanding Genesis that I thought a review series was in order. In my first post back in October, I laid out some the issues related to reading and understanding Genesis well. This is a kind of re-up on…

  • 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…

  • Christmas Book List: Theology

    It’s been six years since Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum’s Kingdom Through Covenant first came out. In the interim, an abridged version was released (God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants), and now there’s an updated second edition of the original. That might seem rather quick, but I’m not particularly surprised. When the original came out, I…

  • Christmas Book List: Science

    For this week, I wanted to focus on larger volumes that might make good last minute Christmas gifts. Or, if you prefer, books you should keep in mind for when you get that Amazon Gift Card. I decided to work through them in pairs, and we’ll start with the science books. Some might take offense…

  • 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…

  • Christmas Book List: Academic Christology

    [Update: I totally forgot to add a proper intro to this post, and to also note that these titles were mine to read and peruse thanks to Zondervan Academic and IVP Academic.] Christ Alone I’ve written about the Five Solas series elsewhere (see this review of Faith Alone). Stephen Wellum’s contribution on Jesus rounds out the…

  • The Spirituality of Wine

    I can count on one hand the number of books I’ve read about wine. Actually, I don’t even need fingers because it’s only this one. This is in part because I’m not a big fan of wine. But, it’s also because there aren’t exactly a whole shelf of books out on there on wine and…

  • None Like Him and In His Image

    Last week, I began a series featuring brief reviews of books by authors who are women. I wanted to spotlight the quality works in theology, biblical studies, and practical theology that I’ve read recently. The books this week, by Jen Wilkin, are companion volumes and actually hit all three genres. None Like Him and In…

  • 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…

  • Reformation Reading Roundup: Theologians, Scripture, Revelation, and The Solas

    With Reformation Day upon us, I thought I’d do a reading roundup on several relevant books. As promised, I’m keeping to 7 at a time. For more explanation, see last week’s post. Unlike last week, 2 of these books (the bottom two pictured) are my purchases. The rest, I have to thank Zondervan, IVP Academic,…