As we finish out this first week of Christmas book list recommendations, this post will be a bit shorter. The stack you see is smaller, so maybe that is a propos.
Recently, Lexham Press starting sending me titles. I didn’t initiate this process, but I’m not mad at it. Hopefully, I can figure out who to properly thank because I’ll need to give them a new address in a few months!
If you’re not familiar, and even if you are, Lexham Press is the publishing wing of Faithlife, which is who makes Logos Bible Software. As a result, I’ve had numerous titles from them in my ever growing Logos library. But, now they’ve started offering print volumes, and they tend to combine cutting edge book design and fresh voices in theology and biblical studies.
I haven’t read everything you see pictured, but I’ve perused them. I did read both books by John Frame and they are worth your attention. Nature’s Case for God complements earlier books by filling out a situational and existential case for God’s existence. If you don’t get that terminology, you need to read more John Frame. I do wish this volume had been bundled with Christianity Considered into a single book. Even still, it is nice to sit down and read a Frame book in one sitting.
A promising new series is represented by Ben Myers’ The Apostle’s Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism. This volume, beautifully illustrated and packaged, guides readers phrase by phrase through the catechism. If you haven’t read any of Myers’ work, you’re really missing out, and this could be a good place to start. I am very much looking forward to future volumes.
Another already developing series is Lexham’s Methods Series. They sent me Textual Criticism of The Bible (rev ed.). From what I can tell, looks like a good standard refresher of things we studies in seminary. It is handy to have it in a single volume, and I imagine other volumes in the series fill similar needs.
I haven’t given too much time to the other titles you see, but on my own I picked up a copy of The Beauty of The Lord and Revelation and Reason in Christian Theology which are volumes in their Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology series. As I was collecting links just now, I downloaded The Star of Bethlehem: Science, History, and Meaning. If I spend more time poking around the search results, I’m sure I’ll come away with more titles. You should do yourself a favor and go check it out for yourself!