Publisher: Dutton (2008) Author: Tim KellerPages: 277 including footnotes and index. I love the good news of Jesus Christ. I love apologetics. I love good writing. And I love Tim Keller. Therefore it is very difficult for me to…
Given the choice, I would always rather have my opinions presented and explained by a competent opponent than an incompetent friend; but my strong preference is for a competent friend to undertake the task. Thus, it is always very useful…
The central question of the book is somewhat disconcerting. Why has God allowed different religions? The question implies a respect for God’s sovereignty, but it might just as well open a door to universalism–that any religion can in…
If you are like me, you have often marveled at the Lion of Princeton, this doyen in multiple fields of theological discipline. Also, if you are like me, you have wondered at the paucity of literature on this one…
Anne Rice has undergone a radical transformation. A bestselling author, whose novels have sold over 100 million copies, she recently returned to the Roman Catholic faith of her youth, and in so doing abandoned her former subject matter (vampires) and…
“Who do you say that I am?” is the most important question Jesus ever posed to his disciples and it remains to this day the most important question that anyone can answer. Daniel R. Hyde, Pastor of Oceanside United Reformed…
This is a profoundly misleading and disappointing book. Or maybe you want to know what I really think! The title, Pagan Christianity, is misleading, even if the subtitle is clear. I was doubtless asked to review this book because of…
Packer…Piper…Ferguson…Sproul…Ryken…Duncan…Thomas…the list goes on and on. Meet the Puritans almost seems to blush with all of its accolades and endorsements. This impressive work finds its genesis with a series of articles written in the 1980’s for the Banner of Truth…
Holed up in the Applied Electronics Laboratory on the Stanford campus with several hundred other students, Stafford protested the secret research being done by the Defense Department to advance the Vietnam War. Though his motivations, as he admits, were at…
I have to declare my interest in this type of book up front. It is just the kind of book I like to read: puritan history, intricate debates on predestination, the subtle nuances of the lapsarian controversy (it barely occasions…
