Shelf Life

K. Scott Oliphint, God with Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God (Crossway, 2011). 304 pp. $16.50. Professor Scott Oliphint's book, God With Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God , is a welcome addition to the Reformed, evangelical, and scholarly communities. The doctrine...

Thomas R. Schreiner, Galatians (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010) 423 pp. Ours is a commentary-writing age. It seems as though a new commentary series is released every week. A quick check of any major Christian book catalog yields a dizzying array...

Miroslav Volf is a distinguished scholar. He is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School and he is the director of the Yale Centre for Faith and Culture. His theological trajectory includes being the son of a Pentecostal pastor in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia)...

The Elder By Cornelis Van Dam 320 p. P&R Publishing (November 2009) Dr. Cornelis Van Dam, professor of Old Testament at the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada has written a very helpful and informative work entitled The Elder. This book will serve...

The following is an introduction of a reprinting of The Marrow of Modern Divinity. The Marrow of Modern Divinity Christian Focus Publications October 2009 Thomas Boston is one of my favorite authors. Through his sermons, memoirs, and other writings, the prolific theologian and humble pastor of a...

The Theology of John Calvin By Charles Partee 376 p. Westminster John Knox (October 2008) If all's well that ends well, then all is well with this new study of Calvin's theology. Which is to say, I find myself in agreement with much of the brief conclusion of this long book, a book revealing a...

Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision By: N.T. Wright 256 p. SPCK Publishing (February 2009) The Reformed church has received the work of N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham (UK) and New Testament scholar, with appreciation and with concern. On the one hand, Wright has defended both the essential...

Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption By Roger E. Olson 160 p. IVP (February 2009) Roger Olson's Finding God in the Shack (IVP Books, 2009) is an extended review and discussion of the theology articulated by William Young in his earlier novel The Shack. It is an...

The Epic of Eden By Sandra Richter 263p. IVP (November 2008) There have been many attempts by authors to helpfully summarize the Old Testament (OT) and its message for New Testament (NT) believers. For many Christians today, this portion of the Scriptures remain foreign or at least relatively...

Unlocking Romans By J.R. Daniel Kirk 245 p. Eerdmans (November 2008) It is difficult to overestimate the influence of E. P. Sanders's scholarship on the academic study of Paul. Since Sanders published Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) and Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People (1983), it has become...