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Introduction Graeme Goldsworthy's most recent publication, Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics , works to apply biblical theology to the discipline of hermeneutics with the goal of arriving at a biblical, theistic, and presuppositional approach to interpreting the Bible. After a brief introduction, the...

Election, grace, predestination, bondage of the will - these will be taken by many who read this review to be concepts whose meaning is drawn exclusively from Reformed theology, from its Augustinian heritage, and (of course) from the Bible and especially from the New Testament. In this book Roger...

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectation By Alex & Brett Harris Multnomah Books (April 2008) 256 p. The younger twin brothers of Joshua Harris ("I kissed dating good-bye") have put together a vigorous challenge to teenagers to rebel against the low expectations our culture...

Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation By Rodney Clapp Westminster (February 2008) 192 p. Country music megastar John Rich enlisted Johnny Cash on the side of McCain during the 2008 presidential election. "I'm sure Johnny Cash," Rich...

A Book You'll Actually Read Series Includes: On Who Is God? On the New Testament On the Old Testament On Church Leadership by Mark Driscoll Crossway (June 2008) 88 p. Ministers both within and outside of the Reformed world commonly face two challenges: a biblically-illiterate congregation and a...

Christless Christianity By Michael Horton Baker (November 2008) 272 p. There are certain books that, even within a few pages, give you the distinct impression that they must be read, and re-read, with great care. Michael Horton's latest volume Christless Christianity : The Alternative Gospel of the...

The Incarnation in the Gospel By Daniel Doriani, Richard Phillips, and Philip Ryken P&R Publishing (October 2008) 240 p. The concept of putting together an expositional commentary on the birth narratives of Christ is a wonderful idea. To include the likes of Daniel Doriani, Philip Graham Ryken...

Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview By Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew 224 p Baker (November 2008) One of the ironies in the way evangelicals have appropriated the postmodern turn is that worldview thinking, which if anything seems to have anticipated the sea...

Christless Christianity By Michael Horton 272p. Baker (November 2008) In his recent book, Christless Christianity, Dr. Michael Horton has analyzed the problems that assail the contemporary evangelical church community. Leaning heavily upon the research of sociologists of religion such as James...

Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine By J.V. Fesko 461 p. P&R Publishing (August 2008) The reader may be pardoned for thinking that all that could be said about justification has been said. But the reader would be wrong. John Valero Fesko, pastor of Geneva Orthodox...