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The Case for Jesus by Brant Pitre
Book Review: The Case For Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ, by Brant Pitre, New York: Image, 2016, 242 pages, hdbk. I suppose that the first thing I ought to say is that this is not The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, nor is it related to the set of books spawned… Continue Reading
David Bentley Hart’s, ‘The Experience of God’ – The Full Review
“A reductionistic god belongs to a reductionistic world picture, just as much as a vitiated view of consciousness and intentionality results from an outlook which doesn’t care to explain such “directed” mysteries.”
A Review of ‘Invitation to Biblical Interpretation’
“Hermeneutics is not just the art and science of how to interpret, but is also reflection on how we already interpret. This is tacitly acknowledged on page 65 n.22 where there is a suggestion made to meditate on passages in the Psalms and Isaiah before interpreting. But they quickly go on to affirm the importance of “the literary and linguistic aspects of the biblical material” (66). This point is well taken, but it is in the employment of these aspects within a theological matrix that is often the problem.”
Review of ‘Telling God’s Story’ by Preben Vang & Terry G. Carter
“Telling God’s Story is not an Introduction to the Books of the Bible. Rather it is, as its subtitle says, a survey of “the biblical narrative from beginning to end.” In our day of chronic Bible illiteracy, we sorely need to encourage people to study their Bibles. It is to Scripture that we should be pointing our flocks. With that in mind I would give this book to believers as a discipleship tool.”
Reviewing ‘Covenantal Apologetics’ by K. Scott Oliphint
“Looked at simply as a book about presuppositional apologetics this is a welcome addition. Between the customary Introduction and Conclusion there are seven informative chapters… the author has thought through how best to present the logic of the approach, and he brings in some useful refinements in this area; refinements which readers will appreciate.”
A Review of Stephen C. Meyer’s “Darwin’s Doubt”
This new book by Meyer describes the hopeless disarray into which evolutionary explanations of the Cambrian Explosion have come. The author convincingly shows how the evidence does not comport with Neo-Darwinism, but in fact contradicts it at many crucial points.
Review of ‘Schaeffer on the Christian Life’ by William Edgar
“In their choice of William Edgar to write this book the publishers could not have done better. Edgar was converted through Schaeffer’s ministry and knew the Schaeffer’s well. Although Edgar incorporates personal reminiscences and reflections on the man, his evaluation is free of sentimentality and panegyric. Schaeffer on the Christian Life is a sympathetic yet objective appraisal of its subject, calculated to promote the spirituality it records.”
Kingdom through Covenant – A Review
There have been many reviews of this book from different sources, but this is one of the very few from a ‘dispensational’ perspective.
Tolkien and Lewis on Virtue: ‘On the Shoulders of Hobbits’
On the Shoulders of Hobbits is more than just an entertaining read. He is concerned about illustrating the virtues (Justice, Self-control, Wisdom, Courage, Faith, Hope, Love), by means of, primarily, The Lord of the Rings [LOTR] and, secondarily, The Chronicles of Narnia, and what he has to say should be heeded.
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A New Commentary on Exodus
“Kregel’s Exegetical Commentary series has already made a strong impact with works by Allen Ross on Psalms and Robert Chisholm on Judges/Ruth, and Garrett doesn’t let the side down. His Exodus Commentary is a fine work of scholarship, being nicely “weighted” towards the first part of the Book (to ch. 24) for preachers.”
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