Archive Spotlight – September 25, 2026

CHRIST AND CULTURE REVISITED, by D. A. Carson

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance About the Author D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He has written or edited more than fifty other books, including The…

THE PRESENCE OF GOD: ITS PLACE IN THE STORYLINE OF SCRIPTURE AND THE STORY OF OUR LIVES, by J. Ryan Lister

Reviewed by Jonny Atkinson At times within the discipline of Biblical Theology people can get enticed (and distracted?) by subtle and tenuous thematic links and connections throughout Scripture that have no real practical pay-off. Not so with J. Ryan Lister’s…

Interview with Owen Strachan, co-author of THE GRAND DESIGN: MALE AND FEMALE HE MADE THEM, Part 1

Should men and women have identical roles? Or is there something distinctive about men and women that reflects correspondingly distinct roles? Surely if ever we could come up with a question of contemporary relevance and significance this is it! Hi,…

Interview with Owen Strachan, co-author of THE GRAND DESIGN: MALE AND FEMALE HE MADE THEM, Part 2

What is the difference between men and women? What does it mean to be a man or to be a woman? Hi, I’m Fred Zaspel, executive editor here at Books At a Glance, and we’re talking to Owen Strachan again,…

Book Notice: EIKON: A JOURNAL FOR BIBLICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, edited by Denny Burk and Andrew T. Walker

A Book Notice from Books At a Glance By Jonathan Ahlgren   Considering recent worldview changes within the culture and the need for Christian clarity and engagement regarding anthropology, Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology is a must-read. This Journal…

Book Notice: THE FORGOTTEN FEAR: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOD-FEARERS GONE?, by Albert N. Martin

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Not enough has been written on this topic that is so massively dominant in Scripture, but Albert Martin’s relatively brief book makes a wonderful contribution. He analyzes and expounds the…

Hannah Ahlgren's Review of THE STORM THAT STOPPED: A TRUE STORY ABOUT WHO JESUS REALLY IS, by Allison Mitchell

A Kids & Moms Book Review from Books At a Glance By Hannah Ahlgren   The disciples of Jesus were taught about His deity multiple times during His ministry on earth. Jesus calming the wind and waves is an important…