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THE ABOLITION OF MAN, by C. S. Lewis

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Steve West   Introduction The Abolition of Man is based on three lectures that Lewis delivered at King’s College (University of Durham). He explores the relationship between values, science, power,…

BULLIES: HOW THE LEFT'S CULTURE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION SILENCES AMERICANS, by Ben Shapiro

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   Editor’s Note:  With this summary of Ben Shapiro’s work we continue our “Bonus” Books Summary series on contemporary cultural and societal issues. We hope you enjoy!…

TOM WRIGHT AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH: A THEOLOGICAL EVALUATION, by Tom Holland

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Nathan Sundt   About the Author Tom Holland is a British scholar who is the Senior Research Fellow of Union School of Theology, Oxford, UK. He specializes in New Testament…

BRAINWASHED: HOW UNIVERSITIES INDOCTRINATE AMERICA'S YOUTH, by Ben Shapiro

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   Editor’s Note: With this “Bonus” Book Summary we continue to address matters of (primarily) American cultural concern.   About the Author Ben Shapiro entered UCLA at…

HOW NEW IS THE NEW TESTAMENT?, by Donald A. Hagner

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   About the Author Donald A. Hagner (PhD, University of Manchester), is George Eldon Ladd Professor Emeritus of New Testament and senior professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He…

THE BONDAGE AND LIBERATION OF THE WILL: A DEFENCE OF THE ORTHODOX DOCTRINE OF HUMAN CHOICE AGAINST PIGHIUS, by John Calvin

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   Introduction We have grown accustomed to people posting on social media websites and then having people respond. This practice, however, is not entirely new. Sure, the…

DELIGHTING IN THE TRINITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, by Michael Reeves

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Introduction: Here Be Dragons? 1. What Was God Doing Before Creation? 2. Creation: The Father’s Love Overflows 3. Salvation: The Son Shares What…

RIGHT WITH GOD: JUSTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE AND THE WORLD, by D. A. Carson

Selected Chapter Summaries from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya     Chapter 2 The Biblical Doctrine of Justification by Faith Edmund P. Clowney The doctrine of justification by faith alone is a biblical doctrine. Martin Luther spoke…

"JUSTIFICATION," by John Murray

A “Bonus” Chapter Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   Justification plays such a key role in the application of redemption in God’s work of salvation. Apart from justification, we have no way to be freed…

TOTAL TRUTH: LIBERATING CHRISTIANITY FROM ITS CULTURAL CAPTIVITY (STUDY GUIDE EDITION), by Nancy Pearcey

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Nathan Sundt   About the Author Nancy R. Pearcey is editor-at-large for the Pearcey Report and the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute. She earned an M.A.…

THE UNEASY CONSCIENCE OF MODERN FUNDAMENTALISM, by Carl F. H. Henry

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Preface Introduction by Harold J. Ockenga The Evaporation of Fundamentalist Humanitarianism The Protest Against Foredoomed Failure The Most Embarrassing Evangelical Divorce The Apprehension…

NO OTHER GOD: A RESPONSE TO OPEN THEISM, by John M. Frame

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Daniel Scheiderer   Overview This book is a response to the rising adoption of the theology of open theism. It should be read alongside Frame’s The Doctrine of God, as…

WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY?, by Dinesh D’Souza

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance   About the Author Dinesh D’Souza, a former White House domestic policy analyst, is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. He is a prominent public intellectual for Christianity.  …

THE GOSPEL WORTHY OF ALL ACCEPTANCE: OR, THE DUTY OF SINNERS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, by Andrew Fuller

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Benjamin J. Montoya   About the Author Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) was an indefatigable Baptist theologian and pastor, an outstanding figure with qualities that make him one of the most attractive…

OUR SECULAR AGE: TEN YEARS OF READING AND APPLYING CHARLES TAYLOR, by Colin Hansen, ed.

A “Bonus” Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Matthew Claridge   Table of Contents Hope in Our Secular Age, Colin Hansen Taylor’s Complex, Incomplete Historical Narrative, Carl Truman The Enduring Power of the Christian Story: Reformation Theology for…

THE IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S SIN, by John Murray

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance By Jenny-Lyn de Klerk   Table of Contents Chapter 1 1. Syntactical Construction 2. The Sin Contemplated Chapter 2 3. The Union Involved Chapter 3 4. The Nature of Imputation Chapter…