Weekly Recap, Jan. 19

This week, we gave you two summaries instead of one!

Book Notice: THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH: HOW THE WEST WAS LOST, by Melvin Tinker

 A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   C S Lewis readers will identify the main title of this new book. Melvin Tinker uses Lewis' prescient fiction work as a launchpad for a fascinating look at the rapidly…

Book Notice: PSALMS, VOLUME 2 (THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY), by W. Dennis Tucker, Jr. and Jamie A. Grant

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Our generation is blessed to have more excellent resources on the Psalms than we can possibly read. Only the “Psalms specialist” could keep up with them all. As the title…

Weekly Recap, Jan. 12

Our first full week back in the New Year had a whole lot of history in it: the evangelical view of war in the mid-twentieth century, a look back at the Reformation, and a summary of Charnock’s classic, THE EXISTENCE AND…

THE BEAUTY AND GLORY OF THE REFORMATION, edited by Joel Beeke

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Twelve addresses from the 2017 Puritan Reformed Seminary conference commemorating the five hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Biographical, theological, experiential, and practical themes. The essays in The Beauty and…

Book Notice: SWORDS AND PLOWSHARES: AMERICAN EVANGELICALS ON WAR, 1937-1973, by Timothy D. Padgett

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   What did American evangelical writers have to say about World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and American foreign policy? Probably not what you think. In fact, you will probably be quite…

Weekly Recap, Jan. 5

Book Notice: THE CHRISTIAN WRITER’S MANUAL OF STYLE: 4TH EDITION, by Robert Hudson

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Simply put: if you write for publication, this is the book you need. It’s the standard style guide of the Christian publishing industry, compiled by veteran Zondervan editor and senior…

Weekly Recap, Dec. 29

As we finish up the year, everyone at Books at a Glance extends a heartfelt thank you to each of our readers and subscribers. Thank you for readership! We wouldn’t be here without you.

Book Notice: GALATIANS: NO LONGER SLAVES BUT SONS, by Mark Johnston

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Galatians: a letter that had great importance for the magisterial Reformers (Luther on Galatians is always in print) and in recent years has been at the heart of the the…

Weekly Recap, Dec. 22

All of us here at Books at a Glance wish a very blessed and happy Christmas to you and yours!

Book Notice: BANNER MINI-GUIDES, from Banner of Truth

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   The Banner of Truth is excited to introduce a new series on the Christian Faith: Banner Mini-Guides. The series is divided into five sections: Key Truths, Christian History, Christian Living,…

Book Notice: BIBLICAL GREEK MADE SIMPLE: ALL THE BASICS IN ONE SEMESTER, by H. Daniel Zacharias

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Why and How This Grammar is Different (from the Introduction, pp.xiv-xv) The approach of Biblical Greek Made Simple is unique. It is different from other grammars not only in layout,…

Weekly Recap, Dec. 15

As a part of your meditations this Advent season, consider this week’s Summary of THE VIRGIN BIRTH: A BIBLICAL STUDY OF THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST, by Robert Gromacki.

Book Notice: WHAT IS MAN?: ADAM, ALIEN, OR APE?, by Edgar Andrews

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   In 1906, American humorist Mark Twain published a sixty-page essay entitled “What is man?” Consisting of an interminable dialogue between a senior citizen (who believes that man is just a…

Book Notice: LOGOS – A HANDBOOK ON THE PSALMS, by Robert G. Bratcher and William D. Reyburn

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance By Fred Zaspel   If you preach from the Psalms, this is perhaps the best $15.00 you could spend for a close understanding of the biblical text. The print version is…

Weekly Recap, Dec. 08

Book Notice: PSYCHOLOGY, by Stanton L. Jones

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   In this accessible student’s guide, an experienced professor examines the study of psychology from a distinctly Christian perspective, introducing readers to key issues such as the origins of morality, nature…