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Review by Eric Tully Old Testament commentaries often deal with the technical details of Hebrew grammar, exegetical difficulties, historical background, and theological insights. When it comes to synthesizing all of these details and explaining how they support the argument and…
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Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille I first met Dr. Michael Haykin at Toronto Baptist Seminary where I studied in the 1990s. His enthusiasm for ecclesiastical history and biblical spirituality was contagious, and proved instrumental in shaping the future of my…
Reviewed by Patrick Schreiner The popularity of the Patristics continues to be propelled forward, although questions and concerns about their hermeneutics linger in the shadows. Michael Graves, professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College, has produced a much needed book…
Review by Shawn Wilhite N.T. Wright is a prolific author and thinker. He will be among those named as the most influential writers of the twenty-first century. Upon reading Preston Sprinkle’s recent monograph, Paul and Judaism (IVP, 2013), I quickly…
Reviewed by Mark Farnham In the defense of the entire truthfulness of Scripture a critical point of the argument is the continuity of historical theology with the present day. Until this volume appeared, there was no single source to which…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel At this late point in history we might think that a matter as fundamental as the character of Scripture has so long been settled that unanimous agreement is shared by all who call themselves Christian.…
Reviewed by Jesse Scheumann Youngblood has written an excellent commentary on Jonah, entitled Jonah: God’s Scandalous Mercy in Zondervan’s new Old Testament (OT) commentary series, Hearing the Message of Scripture (HMS). Since this volume is one of the first two…
Reviewed by Michael Plato The British theorist and critic Raymond Williams once wrote a book titled simply Culture. What made it a remarkable read was, though he spent several hundred pages using the term, he never actually got around to…
Reviewed by Dr. Stephen Yuille The purpose of Zondervan’s Counterpoints series is to provide a forum for comparing different views on issues deemed important to Christians. Recognizing the recent surge of interest in the topic of spirituality, Counterpoints has produced…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel We in the older generation are still sometimes stunned at the advance of “Calvinism” witnessed in the last 30 or 35 years. That being “Reformed” should be considered cool is something most of us could…
Reviewed by Aimee Byrd One of my Facebook friends, Janelle, was not looking forward to attending her district PTA meeting, but it wasn’t because of anything related to school issues. She lamented: I can’t say “District” anymore without thinking about…
Reviewed by Patrick Schreiner Summary Acting the Miracle had its start in the Desiring God 2012 National Conference. John Piper and company present five different chapters on the reformed view of sanctification. Mathis asserts the book is about what theologians…
Review by Jacob Shatzer Wheaton College’s Mark Amstutz provides a helpful angle for considering the interaction of evangelicals and politics. While there is no shortage of attention for evangelicals in relation to hot-button social issues such as abortion, less attention…
Reviewed by J. Stephen Yuille Referring to the doctrine of union with Christ, Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes, “If you have got hold of this idea you will have discovered the most glorious truth you will ever know in your life” (Romans:…
This book was a good idea. I’m not aware of another book that brings together daily meditations from the early church. The “church fathers” are largely unknown to most contemporary Christians, and when I saw this new book I was…
Review by Dr. Jon Pratt With this most recent addition to his list of books on the NT canon (see Canon Revisited [Crossway, 2012] and The Heresy of Orthodoxy [Crossway, 2012] coauthored with Andreas Köstenberger), Michael Kruger, professor of NT…
