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Reviewed by Stephen Yuille Christian Mysticism? The term mysticism is used in multiple ways. In this review, I use it to describe those who affirm that they can attain an immediate knowledge of God in this life through personal experience.…
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Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Different commentaries come with different strengths, of course, but certainly none can be more profitable to the preacher or the teacher than those which help us gain a closer understanding of the biblical text itself.…
Review by Paul Tautges Wayne Mack has been a household name in the biblical counseling world for as long as I can remember. Here, in his latest book, he teams up with his son Joshua Mack to produce a really…
Reviewed by Bradley G. Green I remember with joy the days when I first began to read theology. I cut my teeth on a number of popular theological works, and benefitted immensely. If there is a weakness amongst academic theologians…
Reviewed by George Carraway This book is a revised version of Chris Tilling’s dissertation, completed in 2009. In this well-written and well-considered presentation, Tilling argues the view that Paul’s letters contain a divine Christology. Others have argued similarly, of course,…
Reviewed by Stephen Weaver Few besides Tom Nettles could have written this book. Only one who has imbibed so deeply from Spurgeon and the Puritan heritage he inherited would share the theological depth needed to understand Spurgeon and his theology.…
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…
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…
