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Reviewed by Jesse Scheumann John Cook and Robert Holmstedt make a remarkable contribution to Hebrew pedagogy with their 2013 publication, Beginning Biblical Hebrew (BBH): A Grammar and Illustrated Reader (Baker). They join a growing movement of those who seek to…
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Reviewed by Aimee Byrd Many moms come to Sunday worship with a disheveled heart. On one hand, they are starving for the preached Word of God and the fellowship of the saints. On the other, they don’t know how long…
Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille Are you happy? Think about it. In his book, The Happy Christian, David Murray contends that many of us are not. We struggle with deep negative thought patterns stemming from the fact that we walk…
Reviewed by Sam Emadi Introduction In many ways the publication of Richard Hays’ Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (1989) breathed new life into the modern scholarly discussion of the NT use of the OT. Borrowing (and slightly…
Reviewed by Alex Gowler For many students of the Bible, the world of Old Testament prophecy feels like a vast and unfamiliar landscape. Not only does our uncertainty of the prophets’ historical context frustrate our attempts at interpretation, but the…
Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer Since Lynn White’s 1967 essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis,” was published evangelicals have been seeking to define their relationship to creation. Nearly 50 years after that seminal essay and there still is…
Reviewed by Jeffrey Pallansch Packed within this small pocket guide is a love for the Old Testament cultivated over nearly ninety years. It presents the insight of a seasoned scholar in a way that is both pastorally warm and intellectually accessible.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
