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Between Babel and Beast

Peter J. Leithart, Between Babel and Beast (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012) 200 pp. $24.00. ISBN 978-1-60899-817-3 (pbk.). Peter J. Leithart has established himself as a leading evangelical and Reformed voice on a dizzying array of subjects: just within the…

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Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God

Ralph C. Wood, Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God (Baylor University Press, 2011) $34.95, hardcover, 325 pages In Book eight, Chapter twelve of his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle asserts a seemingly common-sense truth that has been progressively forgotten, ignored, or repressed over…

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Logic

Vern Sheridan Poythress, Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 730pp., $45.00 I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Crossway for their gracious provision of a review copy of this book. The…

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What We Talk About When We Talk About God

Rob Bell, What We Talk About When We Talk About God (New York: HarperOne, 2013), 240 pp., $16.00 “Detheologizing” Christianity For those who have read Rob Bell’s other books (such as Love Wins and Velvet Elvis), the tone, disposition, and…

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A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Baptism

Robert Letham, A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Baptism: The Water that Unites. Fearn: Christian Focus, 2012. Paper. $7.99. Baptism is one of the more regularly practiced rites in the church, but is likely one of the least understood. Though churches…

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The Devil and Pierre Gernet: Stories

The Devil and Pierre Gernet: Storiesby David Bentley HartEerdmans, 2012$25.00, paper, 176 pages My Dinner with D. B. Hart Though much has been written, and continues to be written, on the dramatic monologues of Robert Browning, far too few critics have celebrated, or even noticed,…

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Lady Jane Grey

Simonetta Carr, Lady Jane Grey (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2012), $18.00, hardcover. One of the most encouraging trends in Christian children’s literature is the publication of more stories that our kids will not like. If our children like all…

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Kingdom Through Covenant

Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum, Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012) 848pp. The new volume by Gentry and Wellum, Kingdom Through Covenant (KtC), has gained high praise among many Reformed Baptists.…

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Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life

Sam Allberry, Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2012). 142 pages. First published in the UK by Inter-Varsity Press in 2010.  Introduction Many people recite the Apostle’s Creed each Lord’s Day and profess the resurrected Christ, but the…

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The Best of The Reformed Journal

James D. Bratt and Ronald A. Wells, eds., The Best of the Reformed Journal (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), 343 pages.   A Spirited Discussion   On the surface, this volume is an oddly delightful anthology of pithy readings culled from…