Weekly Recap, Jan. 27
A unique set of reviews this week, with the same book reviewed by two different reviewers, plus our final installment in the summaries of Augustine’s CITY OF GOD.
WHAT IS THE TRINITY?, by David F. Wells
On several occasions we’ve mentioned our appreciation for P&R’s Basics of the Faith series. The series is a great idea, providing excellent doctrinal summaries in bite-size pieces. We recommend these booklets enthusiastically. Today’s feature is from David Wells’ booklet, What…
Weekly Recap, Jan. 20
Book Notice: ZONDERVAN HANDBOOK TO THE BIBLE: FIFTH EDITION, edited by David and Pat Alexander
Continuously in print since 1973, this fifth edition of the classic Zondervan Handbook to the Bible has been updated with new imagery. From the history and design of the temple in Jerusalem to God's relationship with the universe, you'll find it here.…
BETWEEN THE CROSS AND THE THRONE: THE BOOK OF REVELATION, by Matthew Emerson
I just recently read this book and have already recommended it to others who are looking for an introductory study of the book of Revelation. Emerson provides an overview of the book and a survey of some of its leading…
Weekly Recap, Jan. 13
We have Part 2 of our summary series on Augustine’s CITY OF GOD, along with some exciting book notices, including a new massive work by Sinclair Ferguson entitled SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS.
Book Notice: KNOW WHY YOU BELIEVE, by K. Scott Oliphint
The Christian life depends upon faith, but there are good reasons for that faith. In Know Why You Believe professor and author K. Scott Oliphint answers the "why" questions both Christians and non-Christians often ask, laying out a simple and…
RETRIEVING ETERNAL GENERATION, edited by Fred Sanders and Scott Swain
I recently gave a brief notice of this important new book over on TGC, but it deserves further mention. After reading it again, more carefully, I’m even more impressed! The book is designed to explore the doctrine of eternal generation…
Book Notice: SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS, by Sinclair B Ferguson
Some Pastors and Teachers is a volume for every minister’s study and indeed for the bookshelves and bedside tables of everyone who has a concern for the ministry of the gospel and the well-being of the church in the twenty-first century.…
HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE NEW TESTAMENT: TWELVE STEPS FROM EXEGESIS TO THEOLOGY, by Andrew David Naselli
Few responsibilities are more basic to Christian ministry than interpreting God’s Word rightly (2 Tim. 1:13; 2:15), and doing so responsibly requires much prayerful brain sweat – presuming to speak for God is serious business, after all. But what a…
Weekly Recap Jan. 6
This week, we began a four-part series summarizing Augustine’s CITY OF GOD and it’s the perfect way to start your new year.
Weekly Recap Dec. 30
All of us here at Books at a Glance thank you for spending time with us this year and pray you have a blessed and safe New Year!
THE ENEMY WITHIN: STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE POWER AND DEFEAT OF SIN, by Kris Lundgaard
A Book Notice from Books At a Glance Okay, so you’ve never read Puritan John Owen. I get it. Despite his profound insights, he’s not the easiest read in the world. But there is no excuse for missing his famous…
Weekly Recap Dec. 23
We at Books at a Glance wish you each and all a blessed and Merry Christmas!
POSSESSED BY GOD: A NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY OF SANCTIFICATION AND HOLINESS, by David G. Peterson
I have just had occasion again to read through this landmark study of the New Testament teaching on sanctification, and I have found it as delightful this time as I did the previous reads. It is for many reasons a…
Weekly Recap Dec. 16
Take a close look at all of our Book Notices this week. Each book could arrive before Christmas if you order them soon! Also, we’ve begun a running bibliography of the current discussion of Divine Simplicity sparked by James Dolezal’s book.
Book Notice: KARL MARX (Great Thinkers), by William D. Dennison
Karl Marx is the most influential political philosopher of the past 150 years. Understanding him is essential to understanding post-WWII Europe, American foreign policy, contemporary China and North Korea, and much of the rhetoric in today's colleges and political circles…
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…