Archive Spotlight – August 14, 2026

Summary of DEFENDING SUBSTITUTION: AN ESSAY ON ATONEMENT IN PAUL, by Simon Gathercole

A Brief Book Summary from Books at a Glance About the Author Simon Gathercole (PhD, University of Durham) is senior lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of…

INTRODUCING EVANGELICAL ECOTHEOLOGY: FOUNDATIONS IN SCRIPTURE, THEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND PRAXIS, by Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, and A. J. Swoboda

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Since Lynn White’s 1967 essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis,” was published evangelicals have been seeking to define their relationship to creation. Nearly 50 years after that seminal essay and there still is…

Interview with Mark Coppenger, author of MORAL APOLOGETICS FOR CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANS

You’ve heard of apologetics, but “moral apologetics” just may be a new category of thought for you. But that’s the title of the book we’re talking about today: Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians: Pushing Back Against Cultural and Religious Critics.…

Book Notice: THE ESSENTIAL JONATHAN EDWARDS, by Owen Strachan and Douglas A. Sweeney

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Fred Zaspel   This little series of books has been out for nearly ten years, but this is my first acquaintance with it. I just read Strachan’s and Sweeney’s 2010 book,…

Book Notice: HOW CHRISTMAS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE: ANSWERS TO THE TEN MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTMAS, by Josh Moody

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Christmas – it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Films, TV shows and commercials tell us that everything is great, everyone is happy, even the weather is obliging. But…

Kristin Stiles' Review of THE LORD'S GARDEN SERIES, by Diana Kleyn

A Book Series Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles   There is a wide selection of devotional books for children on the market. This series, however, takes a unique approach by focusing on three aspects of the…