Book Reviews
« Previous EntriesBook Review: The Prayer of the Lord, by R. C. Sproul
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Throughout much of Church history, the Lord’s Prayer (together with the Decalogue and the Apostle’s Creed) has been one of the most foundational elements used in instructing new believers and children in what it means to be a Christian. But unfortunately, while it is frequently recited by rote today, it is not so commonly used [...]
Book Review: The Road from Eden, by John Barber
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009What precisely did God mean when he told Adam to fill the earth, subdue it, have dominion over it, and to cultivate and keep the Garden? What significance does that command retain after the Fall? What meaning does it have for Christians living on the earth today, after the resurrection of Christ? In a word, [...]
Book Review: The Fracture of Faith, by Douglas Vickers
Thursday, June 11th, 2009The Fracture of Faith, by Douglas Vickers, is a book written in response to the manner in which “the testimony of the church has been tarnished by the devaluation of its doctrine and the uncertainty that clouds its statement of the gospel” (from the preface). It is therefore, by immediate admission, a book concerned with [...]
Book Review: The Law Is Not of Faith, edited by Bryan D. Estelle, J. V. Fesko, and David Van Drunen
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009In recent Reformed treatments of Covenant Theology, there have been several trajectories tending to emphasize ever more strongly the continuity between the Abrahamic, Sinaitic, and New covenants as different administrations of the Covenant of Grace, and correspondingly, to de-emphasize any discontinuities that may exist, particularly when it comes to the works-principle so evident in the [...]
Book Review: Revolutions in Worldview, edited by W. Andrew Hoffecker
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Regardless of one’s particular field of study, no education can be considered complete without a full-scale survey and competent analysis of the origins and historical progress of Western thought; and this is particularly true when it comes to Christians, who have both a message of truth that transcends human speculation and a ringing commission to [...]
Book Review: A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes, edited by David W. Hall and Peter A. Lillback
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The tenth of July, on this year of our Lord, 2009, will be a highly significant date for the reformed community, marking as it does the five hundredth birthday of John Calvin, the acclaimed Reformer of Geneva and author of one of the most enduring works ever penned, Institutes of the Christian Religion. As a [...]
Book Review: The Reign of Grace, by Abraham Booth
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009To many people, the doctrines of grace are essentially just the five points of Calvinism, commonly remembered by the acronym “TULIP”; but in reality, the doctrine of God’s sovereign, reigning grace impacts every part of Christian doctrine and life. Few people give more evidence of having come to understand and delight in the far-reaching implications [...]
Book Review: The Infinite Merit of Christ, by Craig Biehl
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009The rich and prolific theological legacy of Jonathan Edwards is one of modern American Christianity’s greatest treasures, and interest in the great eighteenth century scholar and pastor is currently quite high. It is no surprise, then, that theologians of all persuasions have attempted to use Edwards to support their own points of view. What Augustine [...]
Book Review: Death in the Home, by B. M. Palmer
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009When the apostle Paul speaks of his great sufferings, at the beginning of his second epistle to the Corinthians, he finds purpose in the realization that God is using them for the consolation of many other saints who are also deeply afflicted. If he had not been afflicted, the consolation of Christ could not have [...]
Book Review: The Gospel-Centred Church, by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009What is the primary purpose of the local church? What is the relationship between the church’s mission to make disciples in all the world and her responsibility to worship God? How do mission and worship relate to the gospel? What does a church in which the gospel is central look like in practical terms? Undoubtedly, [...]
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