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Ryan M. McGraw's Review of ESSENTIALS OF REFORMED SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, by Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Telling the Bible’s story of God and the world can take a lot of space. Explaining what this story means by arranging its parts into logical segments…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of ESV HEIRLOOM BIBLE, ALPHA: PERSONAL SIZE EDITION

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts was formed in 2002 by Daniel Wallace in Plano, Texas. The Center has a mission of taking digital…

Ryan M. McGraw's Review of THE STORY OF THE TRINITY: CONTROVERSY, CRISIS, AND THE CREATION OF THE NICENE CREED, by Bryan M. Litfin

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Ryan M. McGraw   Marking seventeen-hundred years after the Council of Nicaea in 325, a proliferation of books and articles have appeared on the Trinity this year. As Donald Fairbairn says…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of REFORMED SOCIAL ETHICS: PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIETY, CULTURE, STATE, CHURCH, AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD, by Herman Bavinck

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   Anyone familiar with Herman Bavinck will likely know of his four volume Reformed Dogmatics. John Bolt undertook translation of Bavinck’s monumental work, and the set was released…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of A HANDBOOK OF THEOLOGY, edited by Daniel L. Akin, David S. Dockery, and Nathan A. Finn

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   The importance of theology in the life of the church cannot be understated. As the new Handbook of Theology says, “once a believer reads more than one…

Thomas Haviland-Pabst's Review of THE NICENE CREED: A SCRIPTURAL, HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARY, by Jared Ortiz and Daniel A. Keating

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Thomas Haviland-Pabst   The authors Jared Ortiz, professor of religion at Hope College, and Daniel Keating, professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, have provided a rich feast on one…

Michael D. Mock's Review of APPROACHING GOD: LESSONS FROM LEVITICUS, by Michael A. Milton

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Michael D. Mock   I am unsure about the typical reader, but I think that most readers are not thrilled to see another book on Leviticus. “Why,” they wonder, “should I…

Patrick Sawyer's Review of SPURGEON: A LIFE, by Alex DiPrima

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Patrick Sawyer   I recently was able to visit London and the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Even though it is not the original building, it still has the scent of the former pastor…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of THE BAPTISM OF DISCIPLES ALONE: A COVENANTAL ARGUMENT FOR CREDOBAPTISM VERSUS PAEDOBAPTISM, by Fred A. Malone

A Book Review from Books At A Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   Fred Malone was the founding pastor of Heritage Baptist church in Mansfield, Texas where he served as Senior Pastor for 11 years. He moved to Clinton, Louisiana…

Levi H. Moore's Review of BIBLICAL TYPOLOGY: HOW THE OLD TESTAMENT POINTS TO CHRIST, HIS CHURCH, AND THE CONSUMMATION, by Vern S. Poythress

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Levi H. Moore   For several years now, typology has been a topic of discussion in biblical theology. The conversation continues with this contribution by Vern S. Poythress. Divided into seven…

Gary Steward's Review of TO CHANGE ALL WORLDS: CRITICAL THEORY FROM MARX TO MARCUSE, by Carl R. Trueman

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Gary Steward   Carl Trueman has written an extraordinarily helpful work on critical theory intended to serve as an introductory exposition that explains “the basic elements of early critical theory” in…

Michael D. Mock's Review of CALVIN FOR THE WORLD: THE ENDURING RELEVANCE OF HIS POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC THEOLOGY, by Rubén Rosario Rodríguez

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Michael D. Mock   We all want to be understood the way we intend. Furthermore, we all want our beliefs to be taken logically to their conclusion and applied wisely and…

G. T. Tran's Review of THE BOOK OF RUTH (NICOT), by Peter H. W. Lau

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by G. T. Tran   Summary of Content Oftentimes, commentaries combine Ruth with Judges (or Esther), so it is a real treat to have a single volume completely dedicated to Ruth. Lau’s…

G. T. Tran's Review of A CONCISE THEOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, by Frank J. Matera

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by G. T. Tran   Summary of Content Frank Matera’s A Concise Theology of the New Testament is the first installment in the Biblical Studies series from the Catholic Biblical Association of…

Matthew B. Tabke's Review of A BODY OF DOCTRINAL AND PRACTICAL DIVINITY, by John Gill

A Book Review from Books At A Glance by Matthew B. Tabke   We tend to experience a degree of infighting in the modern Evangelical world concerning the definition of the word “reformed.” Some take this to refer to a…

Michael D. Mock's Review of RULER OF KINGS: TOWARD A CHRISTIAN VISION OF GOVERNMENT, by Joseph Boot

A Book Review from Books At a Glance by Michael D. Mock   With the intriguing if not foreboding remark in the Foreword, “This book is not for the faint-hearted…It will make many of us feel uncomfortable” (xi), my interest…