Weekly Recap, August 1, 2026

EMBODIED: LIVING AS WHOLE PEOPLE IN A FRACTURED WORLD, by Gregg R. Allison

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction 1 The Created Body 2 The Gendered Body 3 The Particular Body 4 The Social Body 5 The Sexual Body 6 The Son’s…

Mason Pell's Review of UNDERSTANDING PRAYER: BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR SEEKING GOD, by Sam Storms

A Book Review from Books At a Glance  by Mason Pell   “The only thing easy about Prayer is giving up.” This is the reality that all Christians face, and this is where Sam Storms begins his book Understanding Prayer:…

Video Interview with Denny Burk, author of MERE COMPLEMENTARIANISM: MALE AND FEMALE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, PART II

An Author Interview from Books At a Glance    Fred Zaspel and Denny Burk continue their discussion of the biblical teaching regarding the roles of men and women, as well as Burk’s new book, Mere Complementarianism: Male and Female in…

On Manhood and Masculinity

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance by Fred G. Zaspel   For some years now the very idea of manhood has become increasingly held under suspicion. Worse yet, masculinity itself has been vilified as toxic and harmful…

Book Notice: ‘YOU SHALL BE CLEAN’: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF DEFILEMENT AND CLEANSING, by G. Geoffrey Harper

A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance   What do ‘clean’ and ‘unclean’ really mean in the Bible? Biblical purity categories are often misconstrued either as hygienic terms or as a straightforward synonym for sin. Geoffrey Harper's stimulating…