Archive Spotlight – May 29, 2026

PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH: 4 VIEWS, edited by Chad O. Brand

About the Editor Chad O. Brand has served as a pastor and has taught theology and church history for more than twenty years at three Baptist colleges and seminaries. Introduction This book presents four perspectives on the relationship between Israel…

READING BACKWARDS: FIGURATIVE CHRISTOLOGY AND THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL WITNESS, by Richard Hays

Reviewed by Edward W. Klink III Summary In a book that is manageable in size, Richard Hays raises some hermeneutical issues that are much less manageable, especially for a large majority of evangelicals for whom interpretation is directly and probably…

Interview with Benjamin L. Gladd and Matthew S. Harmon, authors of MAKING ALL THINGS NEW: INAUGURATED ESCHATOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

Eschatology – the study of last things – seems always a hot topic of interest. But what does it have to do with life today and church and ministry? Hi, I’m Fred Zaspel, editor here at Books At a Glance,…

Book Notice: THE PROMISES OF GOD: A NEW EDITION OF THE CLASSIC DEVOTIONAL BASED ON THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION, by Charles H. Spurgeon

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   God has given no pledge that he will not redeem and encouraged no hope that he will not fulfill. —Charles Spurgeon For over 150 years, Charles Spurgeon’s classic daily devotional…

Book Notice: THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL THEOLOGY, VOL. 2, by Petrus Van Mastricht

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic,…

Kristin Stiles' Review of BIBLE HISTORY ABCS: GOD'S STORY FROM A TO Z, by Stephen J. Nichols

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles   I seriously have a new favorite category of authors: Christian college professors who write children’s books. These men and women have a depth of biblical understanding that is…