Weekly Recap — August 2, 2014

HE IS NOT SILENT: PREACHING IN A POSTMODERN WORLD, by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

A “bonus” summary for members of Books At a Glance! In case you haven’t noticed it yet, preaching faces certain challenges in a postmodern world that it did not face (at least in the same measure) in Christendom. It is…

GOD IN THE WHIRLWIND: How the Holy Love of God Reorients Our World, by David Wells

About the Author David F. Wells (PhD, University of Manchester) is distinguished senior research professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the author of numerous books and articles. Overview This book explores the theme of Christ and culture, with a focus…

Interview with Bruce Ware, author of THE MAN CHRIST JESUS: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST

All Christians confess their faith in a savior who is fully human as well as fully divine. Saying this is one thing, and the Scriptures are emphatically clear on this fundamental of our faith. But of course explaining it is…

Interview with Jerry Bridges, on his autobiography, GOD TOOK ME BY THE HAND, Part 1

Ever since his 1978 best-selling The Pursuit of Holiness in the name Jerry Bridges has been a familiar favorite among a wide spectrum of evangelicals, and in recent years his ministry of writing and speaking in Reformed circles has been…

Interview with Jerry Bridges, on his autobiography, GOD TOOK ME BY THE HAND, Part 2

Today we continue our interview with Jerry Bridges, talking with him about his new autobiography, God Took Me By the Hand: A Story of God's Unusual Providence. If you missed the first part of this interview, you can view it…

GALATIANS, by A. Andrew Das

Reviewed by Jarvis J. Williams   Introduction A. Andrew Das is the Donald W. and Betty J. Buik Endowed Chair-holder and Professor of Religious Studies at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, IL. With his recent commentary on Galatians, he has made…

KNOWING THE BIBLE, Crossway's New Bible Study Series

Confession Reading through this series of books has brought about a conversion, of sorts, in my thinking. I confess, I have never much cared for the Bible “study guide” books that have become so common in the last generation or…

A CHRISTIAN'S POCKET GUIDE TO JESUS CHRIST: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, by Mark Jones

Bite-Size Bite-size introductions to essential Christian doctrines fill a distinct need in our generation, and insofar as the mystery of the incarnation and its attending implications can be adequately explained with both brevity and simplicity, Mark Jones has done it.…