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WONDERFULLY MADE: A PROTESTANT THEOLOGY OF THE BODY, by John W. Kleinig

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Flynn Evans   About the Author John W. Kleinig (PhD, University of Cambridge) is a retired lecturer at Australian Lutheran College, having served there from 1982 to 2009, and is…

CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (SECOND EDITION): A COMPREHENSIVE CASE FOR BIBLICAL FAITH, by Douglas Groothuis

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Editor’s Note: Doug Groothuis’s Christian Apologetics has seen wide use for some years, and now it is available in its second edition. We offer here a summary…

THE CASE FOR LIFE: EQUIPPING CHRISTIANS TO ENGAGE THE CULTURE, by Scott Klusendorf (Smith)

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Joshua K. Smith    Overview “The Case for Life” is a comprehensive guide designed to equip Christians with the knowledge and skills to effectively engage the culture on the issue…

THE GOSPEL AND THE MIND: RECOVERING AND SHAPING THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE, by Bradley G. Green

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction 1 Creation and the Importance of the Past 2 The Centrality of a Telos to All Things 3 Understanding and the Cross 4…

A PRAYING CHURCH: BECOMING A PEOPLE OF HOPE IN A DISCOURAGING WORLD, by Paul E. Miller (West)

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Part 1: Why Pray Together? 1 A Glimpse of a Praying Community 2 Who Killed the Prayer Meeting? 3 The Missing Spirit of Jesus…

IT’S NOT LIKE BEING BLACK: HOW SEXUAL ACTIVISTS HIJACKED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction: The Key to Pandora’s Box Section One: The Myth of the “Sexual Minority” 1 The Making of the Myth 2 Loving v. Virginia…

TURNING POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM, edited by Heath W. Carter and Laura Rominger Porter

A “Bonus” Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance    Overview of the Book Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism consists of a collection of twelve essays by prominent historians, spotlighting the major “turning points” that shaped…

CULTURAL COUNTERFEITS: CONFRONTING FIVE EMPTY PROMISES OF OUR AGE AND HOW WE WERE MADE FOR SO MUCH MORE, by Jen Oshman

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance  by Kirsten Birkett    About the Author  Jen Oshman is an author, missionary, pastor’s wife, blogger, and podcaster. She served as a missionary with Cadence International in Okinawa, Japan, and with…

THE DOMINANCE OF EVANGELICALISM: THE AGE OF SPURGEON AND MOODY, by David W. Bebbington

A “Bonus” Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance    Overview and Thesis Bebbington, expanding his influential History of Evangelicalism series, profiles the mid- to late-19th-century era—spanning roughly 1850 to 1900—as a period when evangelicalism became a dominant religious…

SPECIAL REVELATION AND SCRIPTURE, by David S. Dockery & Malcolm B. Yarnell III

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction The Revelation of God The Two Ways of Revelation Natural Theology The Nature of Truth and the Nature of Scripture Jesus Christ and…

THE EXPANSION OF EVANGELICALISM: THE AGE OF WILBERFORCE, MORE, CHALMERS AND FINNEY, by John Wolffe

A “Bonus” Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance    Overview This is the second volume in A History of Evangelicalism: People, Movements and Ideas in the English-Speaking World, edited by David Bebbington and Mark Noll. It covers evangelical…

THE HOLINESS OF GOD, by R. C. Sproul

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 The Holy Grail 2 Holy, Holy, Holy 3 The Fearful Mystery 4 The Trauma of Holiness 5 The Insanity of Luther 6 Holy…

THE COLLEGE SCAM: HOW AMERICA'S UNIVERSITIES ARE BANKRUPTING AND BRAINWASHING AWAY THE FUTURE OF AMERICA'S YOUTH, by Charlie Kirk

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   About the Author Charlie Kirk was the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles…

HUMANITY (THEOLOGY FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD), Edited by John S. Hammett and Katie J. McCoy

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction Humanity in Contemporary Culture Humans as Created Beings Created in the Image of God Created Male and Female Created to Work Created for…

THE ADVENT OF EVANGELICALISM: EXPLORING HISTORICAL CONTINUITIES, edited by Michael A. G. Haykin and Kenneth J. Stewart

A “Bonus” Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   Overview The Advent of Evangelicalism is a collection of seventeen scholarly essays that revisit and critically engage with David Bebbington’s landmark thesis from Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History…

THE HOPE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF RESURRECTION, by M. Jeff Brannon

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction 1 Creation and Life 2 The Fall: Death and God’s Promise of Redemption 3 The Unfolding Promise of Life in the Pentateuch and…