WTS BOOKS SALE:
MAKING SENSE TRIOLOGY, by Vern S. Poythress
Vern Poythress’ Making Sense Trilogy is on sale at WTS Books for 50% off. Poythress’ highly acclaimed works address the topics of (1) Creation and Fall; (2) Man; (3) The World. The offer ends August 10, 2026.
Endorsements
“Can anything new be said about the early chapters of Genesis? The beauty of this book, part of P&R’s welcome Making Sense series, is in its application. No one could better combine exegesis with clarity than Dr. Poythress. As if we needed to be reminded (but we do!), the early chapters of Genesis are an essential key to making sense of who we are and where we are. Seasoned Christians as well as beginners will be deeply edified by this must-read study.”
William Edgar, Professor Emeritus of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary
“Among in-depth treatments of biblical anthropology, this volume makes a fresh and impressive contribution by utilizing a lex Christi framework–the Ten Commandments with their implications, positive as well as negative, taken as providing a comprehensive grid of perspectives for exploring the truth of Scripture on a given topic. One need not be fully conversant with this framework to benefit from the fruitful way in which Dr. Poythress considers multiple issues such as the image of God, body and soul, the intermediate state, sexuality, and total inability, to mention just several. While the approach of the book as a whole is novel, it is knowledgeable about, interacts with, and often builds on past treatments. In its deepest concern to be true to the teaching of Scripture, it is consciously and appreciatively tethered throughout to the Westminster Standards’ relevance for today. All told, readers will find that the book’s contents make good on the promise implicit in its title.”
Richard B. Gaffin, Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
“I have had the privilege of knowing Dr. Poythress for many years and can attest that any personal sense of being daunted by his intellect is both well matched and relieved by the sense of his personal humility, his love for his Lord, and his devotion to his students. His goal in writing extensively is not to daunt but to lead and to feed. He is, in essence, a shepherd-theologian. Thus, new readers, even those who are unaccustomed to large works of theology, may well be surprised at how understandable a theologian can be! Making Sense of Man will enable pastors and teachers to equip the coming generation of Christians to shine as lights in a dark place. And it will help equip our churches to become cities set on a hill, shining the light of life renewed as it was meant to be—the light of the new creation and the restoration of the image of God in Christ, a light that cannot be hidden.”
Sinclair Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary
“Vern Poythress is one of the most important theological voices of our time, and in this book, Dr. Poythress confronts one of the great intellectual and apologetic challenges of our age—the development of a faithful theology of humanity. The apocalyptic warnings of the twentieth century have turned into the very real threats to human dignity that we face in our own times. Christians need the conviction and scholarship that Dr. Poythress brings to this book. One of the most important aspects of this volume is the author’s willingness to take on so many of the most vexing questions of our age, and to respond very clearly with biblical truth.”
R. Albert Mohler Jr., President and Centennial Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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MAKING SENSE TRIOLOGY, by Vern S. Poythress (WTS)