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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY?, by Kevin DeYoung

Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel   Each generation of Christians is called to be faithful, and it seems that each generation has its own issues where that faithfulness will be tested. The issue for our day – a genuinely defining…

MODELS FOR BIBLICAL PREACHING: EXPOSITORY SERMONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

Reviewed by Eric J. Tully I have heard D. A. Carson say that a budding preacher who listens to fifty sermons by one person will become a bad clone; listening to fifty sermons by two people will produce confusion. Rather,…

BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND: THE LAND PROMISE IN GOD'S REDEMPTIVE PLAN, by Oren Martin

Reviewed by Joshua T. Benadum Bound for the Promised Land is written by Oren R. Martin, assistant professor of Christian theology at Boyce College at Southern Seminary. This volume represents his contribution to the New Studies in Biblical Theology series…

THE SHAPE AND SHAPING OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS: THE CURRENT STATE OF SCHOLARSHIP, ed. by Nancy deClaissé-Walford

Reviewed by Wyatt Graham Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford’s purpose in The Shape and Shaping of the Book of Psalms, which comprises sixteen articles from different authors, is to explore the current state of canonical scholarship on the Psalms. Specifically, this work…

THE PSALMS AS CHRISTIAN LAMENT: A HISTORICAL COMMENTARY, by Bruce Waltke, James Houston, and Erika Moore

Reviewed by Anthony Lipscomb   Introduction Biblical commentaries come in all shapes and sizes, so to speak, all seeking to explain in one way or another the biblical text. Some commentaries may primarily exposit the biblical text with the preacher…

AMY CARMICHAEL, 'BEAUTY FOR ASHES': A BIOGRAPHY

Reviewed by Aimee Byrd   I love reading biographies of strong women in the faith. Ian Murray provides this in his biography, Amy Carmichael, ‘Beauty for Ashes.’ Some women in the church are truly magnetic. It appears that Carmichael had…

AN INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENTALISM: ECOLOGY, VIRTUE, AND ETHICS

Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer   The sub-discipline of environmental ethics has seen a torrent of publications in the past few years, with volumes that claim to present an authentically Christian version of environmentalism. Most of the books have juxtaposed…

REJOICING IN LAMENT: WRESTLING WITH INCURABLE CANCER AND LIFE IN CHRIST, by J. Todd Billings

Reviewed by Wyatt Graham Death confronted Todd Billings in 2012. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer, multiple myeloma, causing him emotional and physical turmoil, but it gave him an opportunity to serve the church. From diagnosis, through each stage of…

PREVENIENT GRACE: GOD'S PROVISION FOR FALLEN HUMANITY, by W. Brian Shelton

Reviewed by Tom Nettles   The book is divided into eight sections, an introduction, six chapters and a bibliography. Summary The introduction demonstrates the need for the book in light of the importance of the doctrine for Wesleyanism and the…

LETTERS TO LONDON: BONHOEFFER'S PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED: CORRESPONDENCE WITH ERNST CROMWELL, 1935-6

Reviewed by Michael A.G. Haykin   The discovery of this bundle of letters written in the years 1935 and 1936 from the justly-famous German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) to a then-young Anglo-German by the name of Ernst Cromwell (1921–), now in…

CHRISTOLOGY ANCIENT AND MODERN: EXPLORATIONS IN CONSTRUCTIVE DOGMATICS

Reviewed by Ian Clary Los Angeles might not be the first place one would think of when looking for a source of creative dogmatic formulation, but thanks to Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders exciting theology is being done in…

PSALMS: AN INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY, by Tremper Longman

Reviewed by Stacey Swanson With each new generation of scholars, there is a need to update biblical commentaries and other resources to reflect these developments so as to remain relevant. In many cases, interpretative issues surrounding Scripture are reflective of…

HISTORICAL THEOLOGY IN-DEPTH, 2 vols, by David Beale

Reviewed by Michael A.G. Haykin David Beale, who taught for thirty-five years at Bob Jones University and is probably best known for his study of Fundamentalism — In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 1850 (1986) — has put together…

READING THE BIBLE WITH MARTIN LUTHER: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE, by Timothy J. Wengert

Reviewed by Paul Sanchez Judging by the title, one assumes that Wengert produced this book to encourage Christians to learn from Martin Luther how to read the Bible responsibly, that Luther might be a guide to the Scriptures. He asserts…

JOHANNINE THEOLOGY: THE GOSPEL, THE EPISTLES AND THE APOCALYPSE, by Paul A. Rainbow

Reviewed by Johnson Pang Introduction & Overview Paul A. Rainbow wrote Johannine Theology: the Gospel, the Epistles, and the Apocalypse to provide a critical and comprehensive work on the whole of the Johannine corpus, a lacuna in current English-speaking studies.…

THE DEATH OF THE MESSIAH AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW COVENANT: A (NOT SO) NEW MODEL OF THE ATONEMENT, by Michael J. Gorman

Reviewed by Patrick Schreiner Overview Michael Gorman, professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, seeks to provide a new (or not so new) model of the atonement. He argues that most models are…