Ron Gleason’s new biography, Herman Bavinck: Pastor, Churchman, Statesman, Theologian (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publications, 512 pps., $29.99, paperback, available May 31, 2010) is a warm and inviting portrait of one … Read more→
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Richard Glover’s Commentary on Matthew: A White Stone and A New Name
Richard Glover (1837-1919) minister of Tyndale Baptist Church, Bristol has a very fine devotional commentary hidden under a bad title. “A Teachers Commentary on Matthew” (also a separate volume on … Read more→
High Opinions of Christ that Dishonor Him
At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples two questions (Matthew 16:13-17). The first was, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” The second was, “But who … Read more→
The Erosion of Inerrancy
I just received a copy of G.K. Beale’s new book The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism from Crossway. It is a direct response to Peter Enns’ Inspiration and Incarnation. I … Read more→
Thoughts About “The Surprising Work of God”
I just finished reading Gordon-Conwell Seminary church history professor Garth Rosell’s enjoyable tale of the life and times of Harold John Ockenga and the rise of the New Evangelicalism in … Read more→
A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards
I’m going to preempt our resident Jonathan Edwards scholar and announce George Marsden’s new, shorter biography of Jonathan Edwards. Marsden, having already written what is perhaps the greatest Edwards … Read more→
Bavinck is Back…Again
I am thrilled to share with you that another gem from the pen of Dutch Reformed theologian extraordinaire Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) has been published by Joel Beeke’s Reformation Heritage Books … Read more→
The End is Here
Just the other day I received my review copy of the final volume of the Works of Jonathan Edwards. The volume will not be officially published until next month. … Read more→
The End is Here
Just the other day I received my review copy of the final volume of the Works of Jonathan Edwards. The volume will not be officially published until next month. … Read more→
Edwards, Edwards, and More Edwards
I am happy to report that I have received this week two new books on Jonathan Edwards. The first is by John Carrick, a professor at Greenville Presbyterian Theological … Read more→