Archive for the ‘Book Review’

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    Review: The New International Commentary for Logos
    NIC on the Old and New Testament My first real introduction to the New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament (NIC)  was in Dr. Kistamaker’s class on the Epistle to the Hebrews. The assigned reading for the class was, compared to my others, quite light. We were to read Hebrews, FF Bruce’s Epistle to the Hebrews from the NIC, and one other commentary....
    by W. Ryan Burns at October 8th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
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    Why Johnny Can’t Preach
    Gordon, T. David. Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009. 108 pp. $9.99. Homiletics will only get us so far.  Something more is necessary in order for an average preacher to rise above his peers and become a great one.  This book is Dr. T. David Gordon’s attempt to locate that “x-factor.” ...
    by Daniel Moch at August 17th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    Bible Software Review: Logos Gold
    Confession I have a confession to make. One year ago, I hated the concept of digital print media and swore I would never “cave-in” to the latest “trend” in books; i.e., Logos. My how times have changed! Over the course of this past year, I have come to see the upside and the stewardship that is Logos Bible Software. I have moved up from the...
    by Terry Delaney at April 5th, 2009 at 06:04 am
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    Two Devotions from Crossway
    Storms, Sam. More Precious than Gold: 50 Daily Meditations on the Psalms. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2009. 282 pp. $15.99. Sam Storms, founder of Enjoying God Ministries, has become in recent years an instrument used by God to show us His glory through the discipline of meditating on Scripture. In this volume, Storms focuses in on the Book of Psalms. In the preface,...
    by Terry Delaney at April 2nd, 2009 at 06:04 am
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    Through His Eyes by Jerram Barrs: A Review
    Barrs, Jerram. Through His Eyes: God’s Perspective on Women in the Bible. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2009. 352 pp. $19.99. With all the discussion today regarding a woman’s roll in the church and whether or not she is obligated to stay at home with the children, we often lose sight of her most important roll—the seed bearer of the Savior. Jerram...
    by Terry Delaney at March 29th, 2009 at 07:03 am
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    Suffering and the Goodness of God: A Review
    Suffering and the Goodness of God, ed. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2008. 253 pp. $23.99 Introduction Suffering and the Goodness of God is the first book in a new series being published by Crossway Books entitled Theology in Community. This series promises to provide Christocentric answers girded with the truths of Scripture...
    by Terry Delaney at February 1st, 2009 at 07:02 am
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    Profiles in Reformed Spirituality: Alert and Review
    With a renewal of Reformed Theology spreading throughout Christendom in the last couple decades, it is truly to our benefit that we look to the past in order to understand how to move forward. This is aptly stated in the Introduction to each book in the Profiles in Reformed Spirituality published by Reformation Heritage Books: We need to go back to the spiritual heritage...
    by Terry Delaney at January 29th, 2009 at 07:01 am