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Love Alone Is Credible © 1963 (German Edition)
Trans. D. C. Schindler © 2004
Ignatius
153 pages
Logic looks for a place where it can pull everything together. That place can not be found in creation—even in the creation of humans. It can only be found in the revelation of God. The center of God’s revelation is love: the [...]
The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate © 2009
IVP Academic
192 pages
Controversy surrounds anyone who decides to talk about Genesis one. Young Earthers, Old Earth Creationists, Literary Readers and Gap Theorists form their identity by battling each other. Walton brings something completely new to the argument with compelling clarity. Here’s a [...]
What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter? © 2007
Eerdmans
131 pages
This book is exactly what I expected: a very brief overview of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Using an engaging interview format, Kuhlken quizzes Freedman on the various questions surrounding the Scrolls.
Most—but not all—of this book was review for me, but a helpful [...]
Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers ©2008
Eerdmans
287 pages
Eugene Peterson’s latest series of books have been the perfect blend of theology and spiritual formation. Unfortunately, this book lacked some of the quality that marked first three in the series. Here’s why:
He’s more dependent on his sources in [...]
A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes © 1999
Eerdmans
422 pages
The contradictions in the book of Qohelet are real and intended. We must interpret them, not eliminate them (3).
With these words, Fox jumps into the deep. He understands the mind of the torn and at times self-contradictory Qohelet—and [...]
The Book of Ecclesiastes (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) © 1998
Eerdmans
306 pages
This book reminded me of Goldilocks. It wasn’t too big: it doesn’t bog you down with too much theological minutiae. It wasn’t too small: it didn’t leave you wondering how he reached his conclusions. It was just right. This is the best [...]
The Snakebite Letters: Devilishly Devious Secrets for Subverting Society As Taught in Tempter’s Training School © 1998
Ignatius Press
155
I’ve read C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters many times, and often wondered why someone didn’t pick up that genre of writing and run with it. Last week while browsing the shelves at Crux Bookstore, I found this [...]
The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3) © 2003
Fortress Press
817 pages
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the resurrection. In it, Wright plows through piles and piles of ancient literature, following every conceivable first-century resurrection idea. Furthermore, he handles modern and post-modern rejections of the resurrection [...]
Encountering Ecclesiastes: A Book for Our Time © 2006
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
141 pages
Ecclesiastes has long been one of my favourite book in the Old Testament. Limburg taught me why:
Where, then, does the book of Ecclesiastes fit in? Someone once wrote that the writer of Ecclesiastes has “pitched his tent at the far edges of [...]
Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament © 2008
Baker Books
197 pages
I’ll admit it. I bought this book because of the controversy. If you’re unaware, read up on it here. I figured that anyone who wrote something that controversial deserved a read. I’m glad I read it.
This book conveys a sense of [...]
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