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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH: UPHOLDING THE GOSPEL IN A DOUBTING AGE, by John MacArthur

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 The Christian’s Duty in a Hostile World 2 Our Testimony as Salt and Light 3 Praying for the Lost 4 Who is God?…

KING OF KINGS: A REFORMED GUIDE TO CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENT, by James Baird

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Fundamentals 3 The Argument 4 The Evidence 5 The Law of the Lord 6 The American Way 7 The Way…

SUFFERING AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD, edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction (Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson) 1 Christ and the Crocodiles: Suffering and the Goodness of God in Contemporary Perspective (Robert Yarbrough) 2 Suffering…

LET JUSTICE FLOW LIKE WATER: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF BIBLICAL JUSTICE, edited by Joshua M. Greever, D. A. Horton, and Justin McLendon

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction 1 Justice: Toward a Definition and Historical Framework (Cory D. Higdon) 2 Justice in Isaiah (Peter J. Gentry) 3 Justice in Amos (Paul…

RECOVERING HISTORICAL CHRISTOLOGY FOR TODAY'S CHURCH, edited by Marvin Jones

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 The Christology of Colossians and Hebrews 2 The Christology of Philippians and John 3 The Deity of Christ in Christian Thought before Nicaea…

FOUR MOUNTAINS: ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE BIBLE FROM EDEN TO ZION, by Michael Niebauer

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1. Story and Symbol Part 1: The Story of Mount Eden 2. God Creates 3. Mount Eden 4. The Fall from Mount Eden 5.…

THE MORAL BASIS OF FAITH, by Tom Wells

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Summary   Section 1 “If we did not know better we might suppose that every man who saw Jesus felt drawn to him.” When we think of…

THE FOUR LOVES, by C. S. Lewis

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human 3 Affection 4 Friendship 5 Eros 6 Charity   Summary   Chapter 1: Introduction At…

A PROFESSION WITHOUT REASON: THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHIATRY―UNTANGLED AND SOLVED BY SPINOZA, FREETHINKING, AND RADICAL ENLIGHTENMENT, by Bruce E. Levine

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Benjamin J. Montoya, PhD   About the Author Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and has been in private practice since 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio.    Editorial Note:…

LIVING IN WONDER: FINDING MYSTERY AND MEANING IN A SECULAR AGE, by Rod Dreher

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Editor’s Note: Rod Dreher is a best-selling author of broad influence in both church and society at large. Because he is an influential contemporary voice, it can…

EMBODIED: LIVING AS WHOLE PEOPLE IN A FRACTURED WORLD, by Gregg R. Allison

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Introduction 1 The Created Body 2 The Gendered Body 3 The Particular Body 4 The Social Body 5 The Sexual Body 6 The Son’s…

AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH: PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE AGE OF SHOW BUSINESS, by Neil Postman

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 The Medium is the Metaphor 2 Media as Epistemology 3 Typographic America 4 The Typographic Mind 5 The Peek-a-Boo World 6 The Age…

SUPREME AUTHORITY: THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD, HIS APOSTLES AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, by J. Norval Geldenhuys

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents Foreword: Ned B. Stonehouse Introduction Definition of the Term “Authority” A) The Authority of the Lord in the New Testament and the Early Church…

THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, by F. F. Bruce

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance Contents The Meaning of “Gospel” The Gospel according to Jesus The Gospel Confronts Jews The Gospel Confronts Paganism The Gospel Confronts the Roman Empire The Gospel Confronts “Christian Deviations” The Finality…

DESTROYER OF THE GODS: EARLY CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS IN THE ROMAN WORLD, by Larry W. Hurtado

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents 1 Early Christians and Christianity in the Eyes of Non-Christians 2 A New Kind of Faith 3 A Different Identity 4 A “Bookish” Religion…

THE ETERNAL SON, by Robert Letham

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance by Steve West   Table of Contents The Son in the Divine Trinity Before the Beginning The Word Became Flesh The Incarnate Son Touchstones of Christological Orthodoxy The Interpretation of Chalcedon…