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Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic

Reviewed by William Edgar
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture

Reviewed by Bret Saunders
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Francis Schaeffer: A Mind and Heart for God

Reviewed by Mark P. Ryan
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference

Reviewed by James R. A. Merrick
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies

Reviewed by Thomas H. McCall
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate, 1603–1609

Reviewed by Thomas H. McCall
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Holy Spirit: Lord and Giver of Life

Reviewed by Stephen Jenks
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Providence of God: Deus Habet Concilium

Reviewed by Paul Helm
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Humanity of Christ: Christology in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics

Reviewed by Adam J. Johnson
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Holy Spirit: Classic and Contemporary Readings

Reviewed by Stephen Jenks
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology

Reviewed by James R. Gordon
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Who Made God? Searching for a Theory of Everything

Reviewed by Joe Fleener
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America

Reviewed by Owen Strachan
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The End of Christianity: Finding a Good God in an Evil World

Reviewed by William Edgar
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Dome of Eden: A New Solution to the Problem of Creation and Evolution

Reviewed by John Byl
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith

Reviewed by T. Robert Baylor
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Power of God and the Gods of Power

Reviewed by Jordan P. Barrett
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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The Trinity: A Guide for the Perplexed

Reviewed by Jordan P. Barrett
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Speaking of God: Theology, Language, and Truth

Reviewed by Michael Allen
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Reading the Decree: Exegesis, Election, and Christology in Calvin and Barth

Reviewed by Michael Allen
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
History and Historical Theology
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A Reader’s Guide to Calvin’s Institutes

Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Waddington
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Nonconformist Theology in the Twentieth Century

Reviewed by Brian Talbot
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Evangelical Identity and Contemporary Culture

Reviewed by Brian Talbot
History and Historical Theology
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Concerning the True Care of Souls

Reviewed by Rhett Dodson
Ethics and Pastoralia
Mission and Culture
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Believing Again: Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age

Reviewed by Michael J. Thate
Mission and Culture
Mission and Culture
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Serving with Eye Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence

Reviewed by Darren Carlson
Mission and Culture
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Morality without God?

Reviewed by Stephen Witmer
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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What Does the Lord Require? A Guide for Preaching and Teaching Biblical Ethics

Reviewed by Stephen Witmer
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Living Christianity: A Pastoral Theology for Today

Reviewed by Wesley Vander Lugt
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Power and Poverty: Divine and Human Rule in a World of Need

Reviewed by Steve Timmis
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts

Reviewed by Greg R. Scharf
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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The Radical Disciple

Reviewed by Vaughan Roberts
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life

Reviewed by Kenneth Magnuson
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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The Christian Lover: The Sweetness of Love and Marriage in the Letters of Believers

Reviewed by Bill Kynes
Ethics and Pastoralia
History and Historical Theology
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Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ: The Renewal of Evangelicalism in Postwar America

Reviewed by Owen Strachan
History and Historical Theology
Ethics and Pastoralia
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ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church

Reviewed by Tim Chester
Ethics and Pastoralia
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again

Reviewed by Daniel Blanche
Ethics and Pastoralia
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Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age

Reviewed by Hans Madueme
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The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science

Reviewed by Hans Madueme
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Adam’s Ancestors: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins

Reviewed by Hans Madueme
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Reading Jonathan Edwards: An Annotated Bibliography in Three Parts, 1729–2005

Reviewed by Hans Madueme
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Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus

Reviewed by Hans Madueme
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Genesis

Reviewed by Noel Weeks
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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John Calvin Rediscovered: The Impact of His Social and Economic Thought

Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Waddington
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
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Intractable Disputes about the Natural Law: Alasdair MacIntyre and Critics

Reviewed by David VanDrunen
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
New Testament
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Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship

Reviewed by Rhett Dodson
New Testament
New Testament
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Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

Reviewed by Jason C. Meyer
New Testament
New Testament
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Judging the Sabbath: Discovering What Can’t Be Found in Colossians 2:16

Reviewed by Jason C. Meyer
New Testament
New Testament
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King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature

Reviewed by Günther H. Juncker
New Testament
New Testament
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The Gospel of John and Christian Theology

Reviewed by Celucien L. Joseph
New Testament
New Testament
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One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in Its Literary Setting

Reviewed by Joshua W. Jipp
New Testament
New Testament
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The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction

Reviewed by Joshua W. Jipp
New Testament
New Testament
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The Letter to the Philippians

Reviewed by Matthew S. Harmon
New Testament
New Testament
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Are You the One Who Is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question

Reviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner
New Testament
New Testament
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Pauline Parallels: A Comprehensive Guide

Reviewed by Ben C. Dunson
New Testament
New Testament
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Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul’s Letter at Ground Level

Reviewed by Ben C. Dunson
New Testament
New Testament
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The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon

Reviewed by Jason C. Meyer
New Testament
New Testament
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The Use of the Old Testament in Hebrews: A Case Study in Early Jewish Bible Interpretation

Reviewed by Jared Compton
New Testament
New Testament
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Filled with the Spirit

Reviewed by William W. Combs
New Testament
New Testament
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The Word of Life: A Theology of John’s Gospel

Reviewed by Gordon Campbell
New Testament
New Testament
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Granville Sharp’s Canon and Its Kin: Semantics and Significance

Reviewed by Constantine R. Campbell
New Testament
New Testament
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Beginning from Jerusalem. Vol. 2 of Christianity in the Making

Reviewed by Paul Barnett
New Testament
Old Testament
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Introduction to the Prophets

Reviewed by Daniel C. Timmer
Old Testament
Old Testament
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Ezekiel

Reviewed by Matthieu Richelle
Old Testament
Old Testament
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The Bible among the Myths

Reviewed by Matthieu Richelle
Old Testament
Old Testament
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Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God’s Saving Promises

Reviewed by Joshua W. Jipp
Old Testament
Old Testament
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Old Testament Theology: A Thematic Approach

Reviewed by Igal German
Old Testament
History and Historical Theology
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John Owen: Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man

Reviewed by Richard C. Barcellos
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries

Reviewed by Kenneth J. Stewart
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History

Reviewed by Timothy Scott
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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The Unquenchable Flame: Introducing the Reformation

Reviewed by Peter Sanlon
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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A New History of Early Christianity

Reviewed by Keith Goad
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth

Reviewed by Kevin DeYoung
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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The Martin Marprelate Tracts: A Modernized and Annotated Edition

Reviewed by Andrew Cinnamond
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How it Died

Reviewed by Steve Bryan
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in Union with Christ

Reviewed by T. Robert Baylor
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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The Preaching of Jonathan Edwards

Reviewed by David P. Barshinger
History and Historical Theology
History and Historical Theology
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Calvin

Reviewed by Matthew Barrett
History and Historical Theology
New Testament
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The Historical Jesus of the Gospels

Reviewed by Robert W. Yarbrough
New Testament
New Testament
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The Historical Jesus: Five Views

Reviewed by Robert W. Yarbrough
New Testament
New Testament
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The Word Leaps the Gap: Essays on Scripture and Theology in Honor of Richard B. Hays

Reviewed by Michael J. Thate
New Testament
New Testament
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World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age

Reviewed by Michael J. Thate
New Testament
New Testament
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Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters

Reviewed by Thomas R. Schreiner
New Testament
New Testament
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The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament

Reviewed by Thomas R. Schreiner
New Testament
New Testament
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The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology

Reviewed by Peter Sanlon
New Testament
New Testament
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New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar, Revised Edition with CD

Reviewed by Jonathan T. Pennington
New Testament
New Testament
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The Eschatology of First Thessalonians

Reviewed by Peter Orr
New Testament
New Testament
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Called from the Jews and from the Gentiles: Pauline Ecclesiology in Romans 9–11

Reviewed by Andrew David Naselli
New Testament
New Testament
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Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

Reviewed by Jason C. Meyer
New Testament

 

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