Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage,by Gavin Ortlund. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020. 163 pp. $17.99. This book, whose title blends two metaphors to create the image of urgency as applied to Bible doctrine, is the kind of a book that...
Remaining Faithful in Ministry: 9 Essential Convictions for Every Pastor by John MacArthur. Wheaton: Crossway, 2019. 77 pp. $9.99. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA, and chancellor and founder of The Master’s University...
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe by Voddie Baucham. Washington, D. C.: Salem Books. xvii, 254 pp. $24.99. “For such a time as this” (Esth 4:14). Tensions have been mounting over questions of race and social justice....
Pastors and Their Critics: A Guide to Coping with Criticism in the Ministry, by Joel R. Beeke and Nick Thompson. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2020. 177 pp. $15.99 Seminary students often entertain romantic ideas about pastoral ministry. They imagine a future marked by...
Tethered to the Cross: The Life and Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon, by Thomas Breimaier. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020. xvi + 271 pp. $35.00. Charles Spurgeon numbers among history’s most prominent English-speaking preachers. His powerful preaching shaped...
Baptists and the Bible, 40th Anniversary Edition, by L. Russ Bush and Tom. J. Nettles. Fort Worth, TX: Seminary Hill Press, 2020. xxx + 480 pp. $24.99. Baptists and the Bible, the fruit of almost a decade of discussions and research by L. Russ Bush (d. 2008) and Tom...
Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind by Owen Strachan. Ross-shire, UK: Mentor, 2019. 418 pp. $39.99. Owen Strachan, associate professor of Christian Theology and Director for the Center for Public Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has...
The Mystery of the Trinity: A Trinitarian Approach to the Attributes of God, by Vern S. Poythress. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2020. xxx + 688 pp. $49.99. For the better part of the past two decades, evangelicals have debated the nature of the absoluteness of God,...
The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship. Revised and Expanded edition, by Robert Letham. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2019. xl + 650 pp. $22.50. In this expanded second edition of his magisterial work, The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History,...
An Introduction to Biblical Greek: A Grammar with Exercises, by John D. Schwandt. Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2020. xii + 497 pp. $34.99. John D. Schwandt is currently the president of Redemption Seminary after having taught New Testament at New Saint Andrews College for...
Mark 13 and the Return of the Shepherd: The Narrative Logic of Zechariah in Mark, by Paul T. Sloan. Library of New Testament Studies 604. New York: T & T Clark, 2019. x + 253 pp. $114.00. Scholars disagree on whether Jesus’s Olivet Discourse (OD) describes the...
40 Questions about Biblical Theology, by Jason S. DeRouchie, Oren R. Martin, and Andrew David Naselli. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2020. 400 pp. $27.99. Jason DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is research professor of Old Testament and biblical...
Biblical Theology According to the Apostles: How the Earliest Christians Told the Story of Israel, by Chris Bruno, Jared Compton, and Kevin McFadden. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. xvii + 230 pp. $27.00. In this fifty-second volume of the New Studies in...
The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians, by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. 980 pp. $59.99. Several years ago, Michael Bird (Academic Dean and Lecturer, Ridley...
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism, edited by Elijah Hixson and Peter Gurry. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019. 400 pp. $40.00. There may be no field within biblical studies more complex than textual criticism. It divides into two almost...
Discontinuity to Continuity: A Survey of Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies, by Benjamin L. Merkle. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020. 288 pp. $25.99. Not long ago, one was presented with a binary choice of theological systems—dispensationalism or covenant...
The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach, by Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig G. Bartholomew. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020. 448 pp. $50.00. Craig Bartholomew and Bruce Riley Ashford, both of the Kirby Laing Center for Public Theology in...
The Suffering Servant of the Lord: A Prophecy of Jesus Christ, by David J. MacLeod. 2nd ed. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2018. xviii + 265 pp. $32.00. David MacLeod is Professor Emeritus of Bible and Theology at Emmaus Bible College in Dubuque, IA. In this second...
The Law and the Prophets: A Study in Old Testament Canon Formation, by Stephen B. Chapman. Updated edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2020. xviii + 412 pp. $55.00. Stephen Chapman is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. First...
Psalms 73–150, by Daniel J. Estes. New American Commentary. Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2019. 671 pp. $32.99. Daniel Estes, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Cedarville University, has specialized in the study of Old Testament Wisdom literature and the...
Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric? Wrestling with Troubling War Texts, by William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019. 397 pp. $45.00. William J. Webb is adjunct professor of biblical studies at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, while Gordon K....
The Case for Biblical Archaeology: Uncovering the Historical Record of God’s Old Testament People, by John D. Currid. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2020. xviii + 263 pp. $29.99. John Currid is Chancellor’s Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. His...