Book Notice: HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY AND THE FEDERAL VISION: A THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND PRACTICAL EVALUATION, by Dewey Roberts

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Historic Christianity and the Federal Vision by Dewey Roberts is a response to a new twist on the old problem of legalism and a defense of the unchanging gospel. The Federal Vision teaches salvation…

Weekly Recap, May 19

Book Notice: REDEEMING MONEY: HOW GOD REVEALS AND REORIENTS OUR HEARTS, by Paul David Tripp

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Money. The thought of it can be overwhelming, and the pursuit of it can be addicting. Our society constantly promises us that money will provide what we want—success, comfort, peace,…

Book Notice: HOW SHOULD WE PRAY AT PRAYER MEETINGS?, by Ryan M. McGraw

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Here’s a little booklet that needed to be written – helpful, informed direction for making our corporate prayer meetings more what they ought to be. I often wonder if the…

Book Notice: SAMUEL DAVIES: APOSTLE TO VIRGINIA, by Dewey Roberts

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Samuel Davies: Apostle to Virginia by Dewey Roberts is the first full-scale biography ever produced on Samuel Davies, America’s greatest ever preacher. It is a meticulously researched work which presents the story…

Weekly Recap, May 12

Book Notice: IN HIS IMAGE: 10 WAYS GOD CALLS US TO REFLECT HIS CHARACTER, by Jen Wilkin

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Sometimes we ask What is God’s will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? The Bible has an answer: Be like the very image of God. By exploring ten…

Book Notice: EXODUS (APOLLOS OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY), by T. Desmond Alexander

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Alexander displays a thorough acquaintance with the text of Exodus itself as well as its theological bearing on the rest of Scripture. Deeply informed yet, despite its size, easily accessible…

Book Notice: FREE IN CHRIST: THE MESSAGE OF GALATIANS FOR TODAY, by Edgar Andrews

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   From the Back Cover Paul’s epistle to the Galatians can be summarized by one simple question: What is the gospel? What is the real gospel, as opposed to false gospels…

Weekly Recap, May 5

This week’s summary is a John Owen classic, and we’ve an excellent interview with T. Desmond Alexander. We also updated the MLK Bibliography we’ve been following and our previous review of Exegetical Guides to the New Testament.

Book Notice: PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, by Vern S. Poythress

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   This book has been out for a while now, but its topic is important enough that we want to recall your attention to it. We live in an atmosphere in which…

Third 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 LAST ADAM: A THEOLOGY OF THE OBEDIENT LIFE OF JESUS IN THE GOSPELS, by Brandon D. Crowe

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   Adam Christology, the doctrine of imputation, and studies in the active obedience of Christ are generally considered Pauline territory – and they are indeed! But Brandon Crowe doesn’t want you…

Book Notice: UNIVERSE: TIME, SPACE, LIFE, GOD: HOW THINGS FIT TOGETHER, by Nigel T. Faithfull

A New Book Notice from Books At a Glance   From the Back Cover We inhabit a divinely created world which has been planned, tested, spoken to and visited by God’s angels—and by God the Son. God designed the universe…

Book Notice: BIG PICTURE CRAFTS: 101 SIMPLE AND AMAZING CRAFTS TO HELP TEACH CHILDREN THE BIBLE, by Gail Schoonmaker

Easy-to-Make Crafts to Help Children See the Big Picture of the Bible This book is filled with 101 reproducible crafts suitable for children ages 3–10, each depicting a character, event, or object connected directly to a story in the Bible.…

Weekly Recap, April 28

We had a very exciting week with excellent content!

Book Notice: DIVINE WILL AND HUMAN CHOICE: FREEDOM, CONTINGENCY, AND NECESSITY IN EARLY MODERN REFORMED THOUGHT, by Richard A. Muller

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance The relationship between divine providence and human freedom remains one of the most vexing topics in Christian theology. Many gravitate to extreme ends of the spectrum, with a version of hyper…

Book Notice: BAPTIST HISTORY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA: PERSONALITIES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES, by David Beale

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   We plan to feature this book more fully soon, but we wanted to give our readers a quick heads up on this new resource for Baptist history. David Beale, retired…