Weekly Recap — June 13, 2015
Greetings from Books At a Glance! No theme united our posts this week except the quality of the books and their capacity for equipping you for further ministry. Our summary covered another C. S. Lewis classic, Miracles, which is still…
BAPTIST FOUNDATIONS: CHURCH GOVERNMENT FOR AN ANTI-INSTITUTIONAL AGE, eds. Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
Foreword The doctrine of the church, or ecclesiology, has always been a major concern for the people called Baptists. This statement is neither pure speculation nor pious denominational rhetoric. Rather it can be established by incontrovertible evidence. First, Baptist confessions…
BEGINNING BIBLICAL HEBREW, by John A. Cook and Robert D. Holmstedt
Distinctives This textbook has seven (often interrelated) distinctives that justify its creation amid the mass of currently available textbooks. 1. Learning an Ancient Language and Second-Language Acquisition We have sought to incorporate more recent ideas about pedagogy into the shaping…
THE FORGOTTEN CROSS, by Lee Gatiss
What a delightful gem this little book is. Choose your expression – Christ-focused, cross-shaped, gospel-centered – if you ever wondered what that kind of life looks like so that you could live more like Christ, then this is a book…
Weekly Recap — May 30, 2015
We published a bit of everything this week, from our weekly summary, to reviews, to interviews, to our blog. The summary is especially tantalizing, since Nancy Pearcey’s new work looks to impress as much as her first award winning work, Total…
IVP BIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTARIES: OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT, by Walton, Matthews, Chavalas, and Keener
The New Testament volume in this Bible Background series has enjoyed a long history of successful sales and use in pastoral and student libraries. Craig Keener first wrote this volume in 1994 and over half a million volumes have been…
TRACES OF THE TRINITY: SIGNS OF GOD IN CREATION AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE, by Peter Leithart
Concerning Peter Leithart’s new book, Traces of the Trinity John Frame writes: This is the most delightful book I have read in a long time. One of its delights is its clear, gracefully written prose, which easily engages the reader.…
THE ACCIDENTAL FEMINIST: RESTORING OUR DELIGHT IN GOD’S GOOD DESIGN, by Courtney Reissig
Are you an “accidental feminist”? Do you understand and pursue your created role as a woman? Or do you just default to the changing norms of society? Courtney Reissig writes to help think through some of the issues involved. Quote…
Weekly Recap — May 23, 2015
Greetings from Books At a Glance! Our blog was particularly busy this week, tipping you off to a load of good, new books. Our summary for the week reached back to Lewis’ Mere Christianity, so if you’ve never gotten around…
A CHRISTIAN’S GUIDE TO THE PAPACY, by Leonardo De Chirico
This book attempts to answer the following introductory questions: Who are the Popes and how does the Roman Catholic Church define their role? How could a leadership position in the Christian church come to have such an ‘imperial’ shape? Why…
HIS MISSION: JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, edited by D. A. Carson and Kathleen Nielson
For a fuller review and to enter to win a FREE copy of His Mission from Crossway, visit here. This new work is a truly pleasure to read and an excellent source of pastoral exposition and application of Luke’s Gospel.…
NO ADAM, NO GOSPEL: ADAM AND THE HISTORY OF REDEMPTION, by Richard Gaffin
Brief Book Notice I have been wondering when Westminster Seminary’s well-known theologian, Richard Gaffin, would publish something on the question of the historicity of Adam, and it has finally come. In his No Adam, No Gospel he addresses this increasingly…
THE THEOLOGY OF B.B. WARFIELD: A SYSTEMATIC SUMMARY, by Fred G. Zaspel
Foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson It is a high privilege to write a few words of introduction and commendation to this important survey of the theology of B.B. Warfield. Many (including myself) have expressed disappointment that, for a variety of…
The Committee on Bible Translation and Its Work
Have you ever wondered how the New International Version (NIV) Bible came to be? In 1965 the Committee on Bible Translation took on the most massive translation project of modern times: to prepare a contemporary English translation of the Bible from…
YOU MUST READ: BOOKS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR LIVES, by Various Authors
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel This is an unusual book. There is no single author or editor mentioned. The thirty-plus chapters are each from a different author. And the subject of each chapter is different from all the others. The…
AN ABSOLUTE SORT OF CERTAINTY: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE APOLOGETICS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS, by Stephen J. Nichols
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) continues to speak and hold our interest. He was perhaps America’s greatest theologian, one of those rare figures whose thinking and passion ran deeper than most any other. In his An Absolute Sort of Certainty: The Holy…
Announcing the New NIV ZONDERVAN STUDY BIBLE
Not all study Bibles are created equal. Our generation has seen a proliferation of study Bibles, each with its own distinctive and many with wonderful advantages, but the new NIV Zondervan Study Bible edited by D.A. Carson is in a…
Introducing the New – and Free! – ESV Bible App for iPhone and iPad from Crossway
The New – and Free! – ESV Bible App for iPhone and iPad from Crossway I love the ministry of Crossway, and once again they are making their newest and best digital Bible resource available – free for iPhone…