Weekly Recap Nov. 4

DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY: BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE IN TENSION, by D.A. Carson

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Mitch Chase   About the Author D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and serves as president of The…

Interview with Tom Holland, author of TOM WRIGHT AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH: A THEOLOGICAL EVALUATION

Very few writers attain the popularity and influence of N.T. Wright, and yet with the various areas of concern that have surrounded him it was inevitable that someone would write to provide an overall critique. Tom Holland is the most…

Interview with Stephen J. Nichols, President of Reformation Bible College, on the Spread of the Reformation in Europe

Welcome to Books At a Glance as we continue our brief discussions about the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. I’m Fred Zaspel, and we have with us again Dr. Stephen Nichols, President of Reformation Bible College and the well-known…

Interview with Carl Trueman, author of GRACE ALONE–SALVATION AS A GIFT OF GOD: WHAT THE REFORMERS TAUGHT... AND WHY IT STILL MATTERS

“Grace alone!” Few words are more important or more precious to the gospel and to the Christian. That’s the title of the new book by Carl Trueman: Grace Alone—Salvation as a Gift of God: What the Reformers Taught…and Why It…

Interview with Dr. Andre Gazal on William Tyndale

Greetings! I’m Fred Zaspel, executive editor here at Books At a Glance, and today we continue our discussion with Dr. Andre Gazal about the English Reformation. Andre, welcome back! Gazal: Thank you, Fred; good to be back with you again.…

THE OLD TESTAMENT: A HISTORICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND CRITICAL INTRODUCTION, by Richard Hess

Reviewed by Michelle Knight   Introduction The discipline of biblical studies has exploded over the last century. Especially considering the tremendous impact that advances in archaeology, ancient Near Eastern historiography, and hermeneutics have had upon Old Testament studies, the shape…

Book Notice: MARTIN LUTHER: A SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY, by Herman Selderhuis

Famous for setting in motion the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther is often lifted high as a hero or condemned as a rebel. But underneath it all, he was a man of flesh and blood, with a deep longing to live…

Book Notice: THE DOCTRINE OF THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE ECCLESIOLOGY OF CHARLES HODGE, by Alan D. Strange

Charles Hodge (1797–1878) was arguably the leading Old School Presbyterian of the nineteenth century. He was involved with all the great ecclesiastical controversies of his day, including the question of the spirituality of the church. In Hodge's hands the spirituality…