New Town
Though some will try and deny it, everyone loves a good story. Being fashioned in the likeness of the God who scripted the story of life, we by consequence find both identity and delight in stories. We have, after all,…
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Is the Reformation Over?
Having recently taught a course in contemporary Roman Catholic theology at both my former school, Western Seminary (Portland, OR), and my current institution, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), my interest was piqued when Is The Reformation Over? An…
Total Truth
This is a very difficult review to write. The difficulty first became apparent to me several months ago when I realized that I was enormously behind my intended deadline of October, 2005. Due to a variety of circumstances, I have…
The Westminster Confession of Faith Study Book: A Study Guide for Churches
“Brief summaries of Christian doctrine are of great use to young beginners. The principles of the oracles of God brought into a little compass in creeds and catechisms have, like the beams of the sun contracted in a burning glass,…
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
By all accounts, Rob Bell, the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan, is a very “hip” guy. As Andy Crouch, a writer for Christianity Today remarked, “You could say he puts the ‘hip’ in discipleship.”[1] Bell’s…
Does Christianity Squash Women? A Woman Looks at Womanhood
It seems that Christian women living in a post-Christian era are often an enigma to society. There is far too little ammunition to combat the increasing mentality that Biblical womanhood is outdated and irrelevant. Rebecca Jones’ provocative book provides readers…
New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel
Since his 1970 publication of Luke: Historian and Theologian, I. Howard Marshall has been a significant player in academic New Testament scholarship. His recent 765 page New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel may be his magnum opus. This 35-year…
Above All Earthly Pow’rs
Over a decade ago, David F. Wells, began a project to “explore the places of intersection between different aspects of the Christian confession and our (post)modern world” (Above All Earthly Pow’rs, hereafter AAEP, 12). The project began with his stellar…
Contending For The Faith: Lines in the Sand that Strengthen the Church
Contending for the Faith: Lines in the Sand that Strengthen the Church offers a well-argued response to many of the contemporary issues facing the church in an increasingly pluralistic and postmodern environment. The book is comprised of twenty-five articles, chosen…
Robert Lewis Dabney: A Southern Presbyterian Life
In 1902, while Rev. Samuel Mills Tenney browsed a second-hand bookshop in Houston, Texas-as many Presbyterian pastors are wont to do-a stack of papers in one corner drew his attention. Upon inquiry, he learned that these manuscripts were destined for…