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MAKING GOOD: CREATION, CREATIVITY, AND ARTISTRY, by Trevor Hart

Reviewed by Stephen Jenks Summary What is the extent of the image of God in humans? In particular, to what extent might humans share in that most quintessential feature of the divine identity, that of Creator? And what boundaries might…

FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: ESSAYS ON REVIVAL, EVANGELISM, AND DISCIPLESHIP IN HONOR OF DR. ROBERT E. COLEMAN, eds. Lyle Dorsett and Ajith Fernando

Reviewed by Jeff Reynolds Purpose, Occasion, and Background Although he would eschew such a description, Dr. Robert E. Coleman is unquestionably a contemporary evangelical giant. Throughout the course of a teaching career that has spanned now more than six decades,…

JOURNIBLES: REVELATION, by Rob Wynalda

Reviewed by Aimee Byrd One afternoon while I was innocently getting my mail, I pulled a Reformation Heritage Books catalogue out of the mailbox.  As I walked up the driveway, flipping through the pages, it happened. You know, it was…

READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE, by Ben Witherington III

Reviewed by Andy Naselli    Few New Testament scholars today have published as prolifically as Ben Witherington. He has authored over forty books, nearly half of them detailed commentaries on the New Testament. He is unusually gifted at communicating well…

1-2 THESSALONIANS, by Jeffrey Weima

Reviewed by Allen Mickle We seem to live in an unprecedented era of abundance of exceptional commentaries on the Bible. Among the myriad of commentary series being issued from publishers, the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament is probably,…

REJOICING IN CHRIST, by Michael Reeves

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel There is a real difference between preaching about Christ and preaching Christ. The latter entails the former, of course, but it is much, much more. Preaching about Christ may be informative, but preaching Christ is…

DEFENDING SUBSTITUTION: AN ESSAY ON ATONEMENT IN PAUL, by Simon Gathercole

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel The doctrine of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ has come under suspicion again in recent years, but this important new essay by the noted New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole will demand answer from those…

THEOLOGICAL METHOD: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED, by Paul Allen

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Theological Method: A Guide for the Perplexed is part of an ongoing series by T&T Clark designed to help people make sense of complex topics by presenting them in an introductory manner. Paul Allen, Associate…

ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON CHRISTIANS AND MARKETS, by Alistair Young

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer This recent volume by Alistair Young is an attempt to tie together the issues of environment, economics, and Christian ethics. Young is a retired economist, with experience teaching economics in several countries. His extensive experience…

READING BACKWARDS: FIGURATIVE CHRISTOLOGY AND THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL WITNESS, by Richard Hays

Reviewed by Edward W. Klink III Summary In a book that is manageable in size, Richard Hays raises some hermeneutical issues that are much less manageable, especially for a large majority of evangelicals for whom interpretation is directly and probably…

HIDDEN BUT NOW REVEALED: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF MYSTERY, by G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd

Reviewed by Jonny Atkinson   Hidden But Now Revealed is the combined work of G. K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd which further builds upon both of their doctoral studies, namely, The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in…

PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING SERIES, by Brian Croft

Reviewed by Kirk Wellum When I took my first church as a young pastor in my mid-twenties, I knew next to nothing about the matters that Brian Croft and Phil Newton discuss in their three books that make up the…

SALVATION APPLIED BY THE SPIRIT: UNION WITH CHRIST, by Robert Peterson

Reviewed by David Knierim Over the last several years, the doctrine of union with Christ has experienced renewed interest in Evangelical scholarship. Several contemporary treatments on union with Christ have been published such as Paul and Union with Christ: An…

ANNE STEELE AND HER SPIRITUAL VISION: SEEING GOD IN THE PEAKS, VALLEYS, AND PLATEAUS OF LIFE, by Priscilla Wong

Reviewed by Ian Hugh Clary In that other justly famous Table Talk, Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said: “Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order.” It is thus fitting that praises to…

DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: STORIES OF GOSPEL ADVANCES IN THE WORLD'S DIFFICULT PLACES, by Tim Keesee

Reviewed by Micah McCormick Dispatches from the Front is a book about missions. But unlike many missions books that focus on the theological underpinnings for missions, or (what is probably more common) books that offer pragmatic tips as you head…

REDISCOVERING AN EVANGELICAL HERITAGE: A TRADITION AND TRAJECTORY OF INTEGRATING PIETY AND JUSTICE, by Donald Dayton and Douglas Strong

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage is the second edition of a 1976 book, published by Donald Dayton. The book in its original form was drawn from a series of essays for the periodical Post American, which…