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  • Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul

    C. Marvin Pate, Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, November, 2013. 320 pp. Paperback, $22.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Kregel Academic for the review copy! Today’s review is by Jennifer Guo. She is a bean counter by day and a book eater by night. She is passionate…

  • Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope

    John E. Phelan Jr., Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October, 2013. 203 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Eschatology can be a divisive subject in some circles. I say “some” because in other circles, it’s not even a topic of conversation. It almost seems as…

  • The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views

    James Beilby and Paul R. Eddy, eds., The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October 2006. 208 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! In a rare turn of events, I’m reviewing a book I finished reading earlier this morning. Given that it is Holy Week,…

  • Five Views of Biblical Inerrancy: Summary

    J. Merrick & Stephen J. Garrett eds. Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, December, 2013. 336 pp. Paperback, $19.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! If you were following along last week, you saw most of the posts in the series review. Here is the entire table of contents: When The Bible Speaks,…

  • Recasting Inerrancy: The Bible As Witness to Missional Plurality

    We come now too John Franke’s contribution to Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. If you’ve missed any posts, see the introduction. I just got into Birmingham and found an aesthetically pleasing Starbucks near Beeson Divinity School. I’m here for the Southeast Regional ETS meeting, and I’ll be presenting a paper tomorrow on the theological interpretation of…

  • Augustinian Inerrancy: Literary Meaning, Literal Truth, and Literate Interpreation

    A few things happened yesterday. First, I drove from Orlando to Knoxville. Second, Kevin Vanhoozer was actually at RTS Orlando delivering the annual Kistemaker Lectures. Third, I accidentally auto-posted this installment of the review series with no content other than a book pic and bibliographic info. Today, I’ll actually tell you about Vanhoozer’s entry in Five…

  • Inerrancy Is Not Necessary For Evangelicalism Outside The USA

    Yesterday, we examined Peter Enns view in Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. Today, we start a new section in the book, although it only includes Michael Bird’s contribution. The section is titled “Inerrancy in International Perspective.” While Bird is international, he is still a white male academic (nothing wrong with that). But he has the added virtue…

  • Systematic Theology: The Biblical Story

    A couple of months back, I introduced the review series for John Frame’s Systematic Theology. Then, a few weeks ago, we looked at the first part, Introduction to Systematic Theology. Today, we’re looking at the second section, “The Biblical Story.” Much like Bird’s placement of eschatology in his systematic, Frame puts his discussion of the kingdom…

  • Evangelical Theology: The Gospel of The Kingdom

    We’re continuing on our journey through Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction. You can refer back to the introduction to see the table of contents for the upcoming review sections. Today we’re looking at his section on eschatology. § 3.1 Gospel and Kingdom In an interesting turn, Bird places his section on eschatology…

  • Introduction to Systematic Theology

    A few weeks back, I introduced the review series for John Frame’s Systematic Theology. Today, we’ll get started in the review proper with the first section, “Introduction to Systematic Theology.” As far as sections go, it’s one of the shorter ones, clocking in at just under 50 pages. Much of that is because Frame deals…