N.T. Wright’s re-telling of the Gospels as the story of a new king who has come to rule over the world; a comprehensive survey of the concept of justice across both Old and New Testaments by Dale Patrick; and a concise introduction…
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A Little Book for New Theologians, Kelly Kapic (IVP) Decades ago, German theologian Helmut Thielicke wrote his wonderful A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. When I read it recently, I wished I’d had it before I went to seminary. I…
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JPS Torah Commentary (available via Logos) This multi-volume set provides an invaluable opportunity for Christians reading the Old Testament. The JPS commentary offers Jewish exegesis from the Tanakh (the Jewish name for the Hebrew Bible). This resource gives insight we…
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Noticing God, Richard Peace (IVP) The noise in our world is incessant, relentless. The clamor during November every four years hits a new fever pitch. Amid all the ominous drumbeats, Peace invites us to notice God all around us, in…
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Noticing God, Richard Peace (IVP) The noise in our world is incessant, relentless. The clamor during November every four years hits a new fever pitch. Amid all the ominous drumbeats, Peace invites us to notice God all…
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François Fénelon: A Biography, Peter Gorday (Paraclete) Given the election cycle we find ourselves in the midst of, I’m picking three titles that help us engage this political moment from new angles. Fénelon was a bishop in King Louis’ court,…
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Ecclesiastes, Peter Enns (Eerdmans) Enns has proven to be a provocative and thoughtful theologian, particularly from within Evangelical circles. In this new commentary on Ecclesiastes, Enns seeks to pay careful attention both to the exegetical arguments of the text and…
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When I Was a Child, I Read Books, Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) If Marilynne Robinson writes it, then it’s worth reading. With Pulitzer-wining Gilead, I fell in love with her fiction. Since then, I’ve been moved by her…
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The Transgression of the Integrity of God, by Craig Keen (Cascade) Craig Keen has been described as a “theologian who knows how to whistle.” I need hear no more; I’m in. In this series of essays and addresses, Keen argues…