Dru Johnson

A Journey through the World of Leviticus

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Scarlata has made Leviticus great again—making it plainly understandable and relevant to everything we care about and do today. With scholarly insight and pastoral wisdom, he unlocks confusing and cliché concepts, and helps the average person to see how rich and necessary Leviticus is for Christian life and theology. I especially appreciated how effortlessly Scarlata shows how the New Testament weaves Jesus’ teaching with Leviticus, then connects both to ordinary life today!”

Being God's Image

Theology

“Carmen Imes, once again, takes a stock Christian concept—the image of God—and reveals how it is woven into the fabric of the biblical authors' imaginations. Imes has a rare gift for helping the church to see the beauty and sophistication of the intellectual world of the Bible in plain language. Far from abstract speculation, she grounds us in the nitty-gritty mission of God to the world and how being God's image directly affects communities and daily lives. The deep structures of Scripture come alive in her capable hands. This is the content I'm here for!”

Divine Attributes

Theology

“In this rich and careful depiction of the canonical God, Peckham paints for us the holistic portrait of God beholden to neither strict classical theism nor open theism. By tracing the native Hebraic logic of covenantal theism throughout the Old and New Testaments, many conflicts and paradoxes fade into the coherent structure of the canon's thinking. For theologians, biblical scholars, and students, this prudent volume will reward all who feast upon it. This is compulsory reading for any theologian who seeks to make necessary connections with the biblical texts.”

Flood and Fury

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Flood and Fury helps Christians to see what violence is doing in their Scriptures—even in the mouth of Jesus! Lynch helps us to navigate the Bible's grammar of violence as people who are thankfully estranged from systemic and brute use of force. Like few scholars can, Lynch plainly maps how the New Testament authors engage the violence of the Old Testament as fruitful for the coming kingdom. Of the myriad books on violence in Scripture, Lynch marries his scholarly work with his winsome writing so that the church can properly wrestle with what the biblical texts say about human and divine violence.”

Meaning in the Moment

Christian Living

“Amy F. Davis Abdallah gives us a feast of ritual thinking and actual rituals to ponder and practice. The suggested practices (my favorite parts of the book) give embodied access to the ritual ideas explored throughout. This makes Meaning in the Moment truly unique. This is not just a book about rituals; it helps us navigate our ritualed world with a trustworthy guide.”

Pixilated Practices

Philosophy

“A punchy and compact work, Christopher Miller narrates what I have seen in the classroom year after year: the dramatic loss of self and rise of anxiety by fusing ourselves with our screens. In a sad irony, he shows how anchoring ourselves to our devices actually unmoors us from the real. Miller excavates the details of our media rituals that Marshall McLuhan warned against a generation ago, what Miller calls the entrapment of media fusion. This book offers a sobering and unique diagnosis of our enslavement, handing us the hammer to swing at our shackles.”

Renewing Christian Worldview

Theology

“Félix-Jäger and Shin have given us a constructive account of renewal theology, engaging a deep bench of philosophical and theological scholars. The authors’ Spirit-filled worldview creates new vistas into truth, beauty, and goodness with deference to the Pentecostal and charismatic traditions. Though some will find points of friction here, the holistic approach appears to be the view with which all Pentecostal/charismatic theologies will have to contend. An invigorating read!”

Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In an age where the ordinary Christian no longer knows who Josephus is, why reading “literally” could end in errors, or how the Bible was even put together, the struggle to help Christians understand the basics about the Bible is real. Finally, a book I can simply hand to fellow Christians and say, “Read this!” Bird humorously tackles the most common gaps and misunderstandings among Christians in a way the average person can understand: the nature of texts, good interpretation, the role of history, and how Scripture works within the Christian community. This would make a great book for a small group or families at home. Hear Bird now and thank him later.”

The Sexual Reformation

Theology

“an easy-to-read and biblically honed theological foray through which we can check ourselves lest we continue to wreck ourselves. Consequently, Scripture’s world of thinking springs to life, and our currently muddled conversations about sex clarify.”

When Grandma Looked at the Moon

History & Biography

“In the refreshingly frank style of Corrie Ten Boom’s inner dialogue, Mary Katherine Hom-Smith’s travelogue carries us through her phases of maturing in Christ. In the particulars of her story, we learn general truths about generational faithfulness to God, dependence on the real and convincing work of the Holy Spirit, and familial belonging within the catholic community of Christ. Mary Katherine serves a rich portion of theological reflections through the particulars of her family’s story. Let the reader feast.”