Weekly Recap, March 30

THE MISSION OF GOD: UNLOCKING THE BIBLE'S GRAND NARRATIVE, by Christopher J. H. Wright

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   Introduction The Mission of God is regarded as a magisterial work. Wright carefully reads the Bible’s narrative through the lens of missiology, demonstrating how the idea of…

Interview with Matthew Barrett, author of NONE GREATER: THE UNDOMESTICATED ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

An Author Interview from Books At a Glance   Okay, if we’re going to explore the question, “What is God like?” we must be prepared to go in way over our heads. And once we do, we find our hearts…

HENRY CHADWICK: SELECTED WRITINGS, edited by William G. Rusch

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Michael A. G. Haykin   When I was studying early Christianity at the University of Toronto in the late seventies and early eighties, the doyen of Anglophone Patristic studies was undoubtedly…

GOD IS BETTER THAN PRINCESSES, by Sarah Reju

A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles   Disney has inundated us with princesses. They capture the imagination of young girls who aspire to be just like these fairy tale icons. Sarah Reju makes a bold…

Book Notice: IF GOD IS SO GOOD, WHY ARE THINGS SO BAD?, by Melvin Tinker

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   As Tim Chester says in the Foreword: Melvin Tinker invites us to walk with Job through the confusion sufferings creates. If God is so good why are things so Bad…

Book Notice: THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM, by Kevin Bidwell

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   The Westminster Standards are more than 370 years old, and yet they are undiminished in their importance for the people of God. Why this separate issue of the Shorter Catechism? It…

Book Notice: REMAINING FAITHFUL IN MINISTRY: 9 ESSENTIAL CONVICTIONS FOR EVERY PASTOR, by John MacArthur

A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance   Perhaps no one else has ever faced as much hardship, opposition, or relentless suffering as the apostle Paul. And yet, through it all, Paul stood firm in Christ and remained…