Aída Besançon Spencer

A Defense for the Chronological Order of Luke’s Gospel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a pivotal work for today’s New Testament scholarship, and Benjamin Fung includes several creative ways to research it. Many years ago, treating Luke’s gospel in chronological order was a given, but today it is questioned by some liberal and evangelical scholars. Fung has done exhaustive and careful research showing how a chronological perspective fits well within the Gospel, and outside it, as a technique common among ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish historians. This is a must read for anyone interested in affirming the chronological order of the Gospel of Luke.”

Buried Talents

Women

“Some may think today that the battle for women's leadership is done. However, Dr. Howell shows us the many implicit ways women and men are socialized from childhood to adulthood to discourage women from following God's call into church leadership. She ends her sobering account with chapters on individually and communally restoring self-confidence and honest self-appraisal. Buried Talents is a stimulus for change that all should read. It ends on a note of hope.”

God as Creator in Acts 17:24

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I highly recommend God as Creator in Acts 17:24 to anyone who wants to know more about the first-century context of the Areopagus speech of Acts 17:24. How did Paul use concepts familiar to Greeks in order to introduce the unfamiliar content of the gospel? . . . This is a careful, detailed, exhaustive, and focused study of the primary sources on this timely topic: the cross-cultural communication of the gospel.”

The New Evangelical Subordinationism?

Theology

“The church should appreciate the work of editors Jowers and House in gathering up these sixteen different chapters on whether the Son is subordinate or equal in authority to the Father. This is a helpful compendium for use in classes of theology and Bible and even ministry . . . Jowers concludes the book with helpful reflections on the differing views. All the chapters are amply summarized in the preface. The New Evangelical Subordinationism? is a crucial volume for the church at this time.”

Under One Steeple

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Under One Steeple is must-reading for any church sharing or planning to share space with another church or churches . . . Anderson, drawing on twenty years of experience in what she calls 'hospiradicality' (Christ's radical hospitality), helps readers adopt a positive attitude toward sharing, while giving much practical advice. Under One Steeple is written in a conversational and devotional style that stretches our tolerance of others for the sake of Christ's love.”