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March Mid-Month Mailbag
I meant to post this yesterday, but other matters were more pressing (like teaching of course, and then speaking at Shift). I recently earned a Westminster Bookstore gift certificate, and here’s how I spent it: The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising the Psalms by Gordon Wenham Faithmapping: A Gospel Atlas For Your Spiritual Journey…
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Mini Review: Simon Peter In Scripture and Memory
If you remember back in late fall, I was reading through Markus Bockmuehl’s Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study. This book was the first volume in the Studies In Theological Interpretation series by Baker Academic (which I would recommend to you). He mentioned toward the end of the book that he would be making a specific application…
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Why (I Think) People Like Awful Christian Books
Let’s be honest. There are some really awful Christian books out there (as pictured above). That’s probably not news to you. It’s probably not news to you either that many of those books end up being best sellers. And the reason that’s not news is because when that happens, someone you know reads the book,…
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God & Morality: Four Views
I think I’ve made it pretty clear, but just in case, I’m a big fan of the multiple views books in theological and biblical studies. Generally speaking, I think they do a great job of both presenting the various positions on an issue and allowing readers to see how the positions would critique each other.…
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Doctrine: The Image, Fall, and Homosexuality
If you’re interested in my thoughts on the two chapters in Doctrine, you can read them here and here. In the latter link, you can also read an interesting dialogue I had with an atheist. It is probably the most respectful internet comment thread you will ever read, and if anyone was kind of jerk,…
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Resolutions Review: 2 Month Report Card
If you remember way back in the beginning of the year, I posted about my first quarter 90-day challenge. Ideally, it would be better to review every month or so, but the beginning of February was unusually hectic, so here I am 2 months in doing some re-evaluation. I thought I’d reproduce by challenge below,…
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Mini-Reviews: Center Church and Gospel Treason
If you haven’t heard yet, Tim Keller published a book back in the fall that is basically a synopsis of his approach to ministry. I was able to get a hold of a NetGalley copy, which was a nightmare to read, but I also picked up the eBook when it was on sale. I have…
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Mapping The Origins Debate: 6 Models of The Beginning of Everything
Gerald Rau is founder and chief editor at Professional English International, Inc. Before that, he was an adjunct professor of biology at Wheaton and Trinity Christian College in Illinois. He has a doctorate in plant breeding from Cornell (12), and a master’s degree in science education focused on philosophy of science (13). With that background,…
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February Mailbag
Though I had originally intended to abstain from book requests this first quarter, that only last about a month. I am though more targeted in my requests and don’t feel the burden to turn a book into a review so quickly. Hopefully this will improve the quality of my reviews and streamline the process. This…
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Doctrine: Creation
As part of the on-going review series of Doctrine, here are my thoughts on this particular chapter: Creation: God Makes. Way back when I was studying all this in seminary, I did a blog series on Genesis. It’s very detailed, and as you can see, I didn’t get past chapter 2: Thoughts on Genesis Genesis:…
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