Your Weekly Recap from Books At a Glance! 10.4.14

REDEMPTIVE HISTORY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, by Herman N. Ridderbos

Editor’s Note:  Only occasionally we select an older work, as we have here, because of its significance and contribution to biblical understanding. This small book by Herman Ridderbos, originally published in Dutch in 1955 and first appearing in English in…

SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE BIBLE: A SURVEY OF EXPLICIT CONTENT IN THE HOLY BOOK, Joseph W. Smith III

About the Author Joseph W. Smith III has been a high school English teacher in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for over twenty years. Before that he worked at Simon & Schuster and has written over a thousand articles for the Williamsport Sun-Gazette…

Interview with Matthew Barrett, author of THE GRACE OF GODLINESS: An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort, part 2

Today we continue our interview with Dr. Matthew Barrett concerning his new book, The Grace of Godliness. If you missed part one, you can catch up here. Books At a Glance (Fred Zaspel): Let’s talk about Assurance. The Calvinist will…

JESUS ON EVERY PAGE: Ten Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament, by David Murray

Jesus himself told us that he is the grand subject — the hero, if you will — of the Old Testament Scriptures, and it is the delight of every Christian who takes the time to investigate to see just how…

FIREFALL 2.0: HOW GOD HAS SHAPED HISTORY THROUGH REVIVALS, by Malcolm McDow and Alvin Reid

Reviewed by Jeff K. Walters In the face of increasing secularism and bad news, as well as the decline of churches and baptisms, evangelical leaders, especially in the United States, are calling for intense prayer for revival and spiritual awakening.…