Book Notice: THEOPHANY: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF GOD’S APPEARING, by Vern S. Poythress

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Each time God appears to his people throughout the Bible—in the form of a thunderstorm, a man, a warrior, a chariot, etc.—he comes to a specific person for a specific…

First Update: MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC. A Bibliography.

MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC ~ A Bibliography ~ Editor’s Note: Many thanks again to our good friend Jack Jeffery – our favorite bibliographer! – for helping us track yet another online discussion. We hope…

Book Notice: THE BIBLICAL GREEK COMPANION FOR BIBLE SOFTWARE USERS: GRAMMATICAL TERMS EXPLAINED FOR EXEGESIS, by Mark L. Strauss

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Biblical language software has caused an explosion in the original language study that can be maintained beyond seminary, graduate, and post-graduate work. But just as no amount of parsing can…

Third Update to Divine Simplicity: A Bibliography of Reviews of and Responses to Reviews of James Dolezal’s ALL THAT IS IN GOD: EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGE OF CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN THEISM

Introduction James Dolezal, Assistant Professor in Cairn University’s School of Divinity, published a previous work on this area of theology, God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011), his 2011 Ph.D. dissertation at…

Book Notice: PHILIPPIANS FOR YOU: SHINE WITH JOY AS YOU LIVE BY FAITH, by Steven Lawson

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Steve Lawson is a gifted expositor if you’ve ever heard one, and here he works his way through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Lawson – as usual – sticks close…

Weekly Recap, April 14

Is Spring in full swing for you, or are you still snowed under? Either way, we’ve some great reads for you this week, including two new Bibliographies on trending online discussions.

S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. — A Bibliography

S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. — A Bibliography[1]   Editor’s Note: We are very pleased today to provide a complete bibliography of the works of Dr. S. Lewis Johnson (1915-2004). Many thanks with great appreciation to our good friend Jack Jeffery,…

MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC. A Bibliography.

MLK50: Thabiti Anyabwile, TGC, and the ERLC of the SBC ~ A Bibliography ~ Editor’s Note: Many thanks again to our good friend Jack Jeffery – our favorite bibliographer! – for helping us track yet another online discussion. We hope…

Book Notice: THEOLOGY MADE PRACTICAL: NEW STUDIES ON JOHN CALVIN AND HIS LEGACY, by Joel Beeke, David Hall, and Michael Haykin

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   In Theology Made Practical, Joel R. Beeke, David W. Hall, and Michael A. G. Haykin declare the significance of John Calvin’s life and ideas—particularly his contributions to systematic theology, pastoral…

Board Books for Children by Rebecca VanDoodewaard

Board Books for Children Reviewed by Kristin Stiles   Rebecca VanDoodewaard’s new set of board books based on the lives of men and women of the faith is such a refreshing offering in the area of children’s Christian literature. Her…

Weekly Recap, April 7

This week, in an extensive review by Professor Tim Miller of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, we compare and contrast several exegetical guides on the New Testament. We’ve also an excellent interview with Joel Beeke on Christian assurance.

Book Notice: SPURGEON ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: ALIVE IN CHRIST, by Michael Reeves

Charles Spurgeon, widely hailed as the “Prince of Preachers,” is well known for his powerful preaching, gifted mind, and compelling personality. Over the course of nearly four decades at London’s famous New Park Street Chapel and Metropolitan Tabernacle, Spurgeon preached…

Book Notice: ONLY ONE WAY: CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN AN AGE OF INCLUSION (BEST OF PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE ON REFORMED THEOLOGY), edited by Richard D. Phillips and Michael L. Johnson

In our increasingly rootless culture, many people prefer questions over answers, hazy spirituality over concrete belief, and pluralism over the ultimate truth. Even some believers express this uncertainty—hesitant to assert that the gospel of Christ is the only true Good…

Book Notice: CHRIST FROM BEGINNING TO END: HOW THE FULL STORY OF SCRIPTURE REVEALS THE FULL GLORY OF CHRIST, by Stephen Wellum and Trent Hunter

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance By Fred Zaspel   Steve Wellum has for some time been endeavoring to show us how the Bible hangs together – that it is a story about Jesus driven by the…

Crossway on Proverbs

Crossway Publishers wants you to become wise. And they want the book of Proverbs to get you there. Below are the excellent resources they provide.   ESV Proverbs: Daily Wisdom TruTone Imitation Leather Proverbs are meant to be read slowly…

Weekly Recap March 31

Praying you all enjoy a blessed and happy Easter. He is risen!

Book Notice: GOD’S GRACE IN YOUR SUFFERING, by David Powlison

Where Is God? There are never quick fixes or easy answers when it comes to suffering. But even when we can’t immediately see God’s hand—when the struggle is hard and painful—he is working. Weaving together Scripture, personal stories, and the…

UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES: NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF D.A. CARSON, edited by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Okay, this goes back a few years, but somehow we have not yet noted it here on Books At a Glance, and we wanted to point our readers to it for…