New Book Arrivals

I wanted to point our readers to two new books that have recently been published. Lord willing, and the creek don’t rise, I will have reviews of these books sometime in the future. The first book I want to mention is a festschrift (“celebratory writing”) for Professor John Frame. Frame, former professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Westminster Seminary California, now teaches at the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. This volume, Speaking the Truth in Love: The Theology of John Frame is a hefty tome weighing in at over 1100 pages and is published by P&R and edited by John J. Hughes. Frame is perhaps best known as critical follower of Cornelius Van Til and as the foremost formulator (along with Vern S. Poythress) of what is known as tri-perspectivalism. What makes this festschrift unique is that it contains a fair bit of critical evaluation and interaction from the contributors. You can obtain the book here.

The second book is a new edition of a historically significant volume within Reformed circles, especially Scottish Presbyterian circles. The book is entitled The Marrow of Modern Divinity authored by Edward Fisher who is shrouded in some mystery, but was most likely a British barber, manuscript dealer, and lay theologian of no mean gifts. The book became the center of controversy in Scotland when the book was republished and this dust-up is known as the Marrow Controversy. This new edition published by Christian Focus has a forward by Philip Ryken,a history of the book and its author by William Vandoodewaard, and explanatory notes by Thomas Boston (one of the “Marrow Men”). The book is available here. You can find a helpful lecture series on the Marrow Controversy by Sinclair Ferguson here.

* The reader should know that some books which I note and review have been provided gratis, which is the standard practice of publishers with reviews for academic journals and thoughtful periodicals. Also note that following the links provides me with potential free books which will then in turn be reviewed.

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