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Fashion Theology

Fashion Theology. Robert Covolo. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2020. 216 pp.   Robert Covolo (PhD. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), a theologian specializing in cultural topics and Reformed studies, has written a book with an intriguing title. In this landmark study,…

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A Workman Not Ashamed

A Workman Not Ashamed: Essays in Honor of Albert N. Martin. Edited by David Charles and Rob Ventura. Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2021.   Before I present my review, I want to thank David Charles and Rob Ventura, who…

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The Good News of the Return of the King

Michael T. Jahosky, The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle-Earth (Wipf & Stock, 2020), 238 pp.  During the first half of the twentieth century, a brave cadre of poet-critics, most hailing from the American South, rose…

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The Case for Biblical Archaeology

John Currid, The Case for Biblical Archaeology (Phillipsburg: P&R, 2020). Paperback. 288 pp.  John Currid’s latest work does what the title advertises: The book provides an introduction to, motivation for, and even inspiration for would-be specialists in various fields of…

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Is Jesus Truly God?

Greg Lanier, Is Jesus Truly God? How the Bible Teaches the Divinity of Christ (Wheaton: Crossway, 2020). Pp. 144. $16.99, paper. The biblical teaching on Christ’s divinity comes not from a handful of proof texts, but from a multifaceted portrait of…

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The Recovery Lutherans Need?

Prolegomena: A Defense of the Scholastic Method, by Jordan Cooper, The Weidner Institute, 2020, 332 Pages, $21.60. Christians—East and West, Protestant and Roman Catholic—have gone to work recovering the doctrinal resources of their traditions. The common heritage of patristic and…

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Review: Gilead

Note: This article was originally published on reformation21 in August of 2005. Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson (New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2004) Carrying biblical overtones and set in the rural Iowa town of Gilead, Marilynne Robinson’s second novel is the…

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Arming Our Children Against Pornography

In case you’ve not already noticed the massive problem of internet pornography, consider one small statistic: In 2019, the internet’s largest porn site (Pornhub) received 42 billion visits. That’s billion with a “b,” and all the trends suggest that this…

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The Wonderful Works of God

Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God: Instruction in the Christian Religion according to the Reformed Confession (Westminster Seminary Press 2019). 549pp. Hardcover. $30.00. It is a fascinating time in Anglophone Bavinck studies. There is a flood of Bavinck’s own…