Book Notice: DESTROYER OF THE GODS: EARLY CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS IN THE ROMAN WORLD, by Larry W. Hurtado
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance If you think Christianity seems odd in today’s world, imagine how odd it seemed in the ancient world in which it was born. And yet, as Hurtado writes, Christianity “destroyed…
Book Notice: SUFFERING AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD, edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Table of Contents Introduction (Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson) 1 Christ and the Crocodiles: Suffering and the Goodness of God in Contemporary Perspective (Robert Yarbrough) 2 Suffering and the Goodness…
Weekly Recap, November 15, 2025
Can science and God co-exist? Tune into our interview with Hans Madueme as we discuss his book, Does Science Make God Irrelevant?
Archive Spotlight – November 14, 2025
Book Notice: THE FOUR LOVES, by C. S. Lewis
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human 3 Affection 4 Friendship 5 Eros 6 Charity Selected Quotes St. John’s saying that God is love…
Book Notice: THE NEW TESTAMENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO ITS LITERATURE AND HISTORY, by J. Gresham Machen
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance J. Gresham Machen (1881-193&) scarcely needs an introduction to our readers, but this book, now in a new edition, is one that you may have missed. Machen, professor of New…
Weekly Recap, November 8, 2025
How vital is prayer to and for the church? See our summary of The Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World, by Paul. E. Miller.
Archive Spotlight – November 7, 2025
Book Notice: SEVEN EVENTS THAT CHANGED THE NEW TESTAMENT WORLD, by Warren Carter
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance This book helpfully highlights seven events essential to understanding the New Testament. Table of Contents The Death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) The Process of Translating Hebrew Scriptures into…
Book Notice: DEFENDING SIN: A RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES OF EVOLUTION AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES, by Hans Madueme
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel We’ve seen countless books interacting with the theory of evolution from a Christian standpoint, but Hans Madueme examines the question from an uncommon yet massively important…
Archive Spotlight – October 31, 2025
Book Notice: DOES SCIENCE MAKE GOD IRRELEVANT?, by Hans Madueme
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel We’ve all seen views of “science” change over the years – with regard to health sciences, nutrition, climate issues, and so on. We’ve seen declarations of…
Book Notice: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO APOLOGETICS, edited by Joseph M. Holden
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel God has commanded us to engage in a defense of the faith, and thus defending the faith must be something God, in his wisdom, can equip…
Weekly Recap, October 25, 2025
Does the Old Testament have you stumped? Walter Kaiser to the rescue! See our Book Notice on Walter Kaiser’s book Tough Questions about God and His Actions in the Old Testament.
Archive Spotlight – October 24, 2025
Book Notice: TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD AND HIS ACTIONS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel In the second century AD, Marcion explicitly rejected the Old Testament, and although the church repudiated his teaching, for many Christians there is a lingering uneasiness…
Book Notice: THE MESSIANIC HOPE: IS THE HEBREW BIBLE REALLY MESSIANIC? by Michael Rydelnik
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel The messianic hope / messianic prophecy has long been an area of interest for me and so many others. Michael Rydelnik’s The Messianic Hope: Is the…
Weekly Recap, October 18, 2025
What is evangelicalism? See our summary of John Wolffe’s The Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers and Finney.