Gregg R. Allison
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In an excellent follow-up to his edited volume Text-Driven Preaching, David Allen crafts 22 sermons on 1, 2, and 3 John that exemplify the qualities that should characterize excellent preaching. These sermons are thoroughly Biblical, hermeneutically sound, Christ-centered, eminently practical, passionate, challenging, clear, and interesting. And these qualities shine through even when he navigates complex semantic issues, deals with heresies like Gnosticism and Docetism, and tackles pressing theological topics like the extent of the atonement. Here is a fine resource for anyone preaching through these three important New Testament letters!”
Theology
“I’m always interested in what Kelly Kapic writes, and his Christian Life exceeds my usual high expectations! One key reason is the originality and conventionality of his approach, which yields “a theology of Christian life [that] will feel fresh and vibrant yet also somewhat familiar” to us. So we are well acquainted with traditional topics such as love, grace, worship of and communion with the triune God, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the church, and Christian rituals. At the same time, a freshness emerges as discussions exhibit cultural awareness without becoming contextually bound, presentations are corporately oriented as well as personally appropriated, and directives stimulate a faith that is both catholic and particular. Be sure to read this book!”
God Is Impassible and Impassioned
Theology
“Though a young and upcoming evangelical scholar, Rob Lister has made a very significant contribution to one of the most difficult theological doctrines, the impassibility of God. By combining historical theology, interaction with contemporary nonevangelical theories, a retroductive theological method, circumspect metaphysical reflection on divine revelation, biblical theology, and systematic theology (especially theology proper and christology), Lister offers a convincing case that God is both impassible and impassioned. This book sets the standard on this topic and is a model of evangelical scholarship at its finest!”
Theology
“The big idea of this book is both simple and life-transforming: ‘It is precisely because God is outgoing and communicative that he is so good and delightful.’ Thus, as this God’s beloved people delight in him, they are propelled to speak about his goodness to others by communicating the good news. Yes, evangelism is a biblically commanded duty for all Christians. Yes, the Great Commission is a scripturally grounded purpose of the church. Yes, missions is a theologically supported enterprise for the benefit of the world. Ultimately, however, this endeavor is an overflow from knowing God. This book gets this truth right!”
Theology
“How does the church construct its doctrine of Jesus Christ? Biblicism collects the many verses about Christ and develops a doctrine about his person and work without an overarching framework. Liberalism seeks to paint a nontraditional portrait of Jesus in order to engage with some contemporary issue or to promote a specific political agenda. Experientialism picks and chooses concepts about Jesus that conform to and confirm its idyllic vision of him. Wellum rejects these approaches and offers the church a Christology that is at once biblical, historically grounded, philosophically astute, theologically robust, covenantal, canonical, confessional, and devotional. Often as I read God the Son Incarnate, I had to pause to worship the God-man presented in its pages. This book is absolutely brilliant!”
Theology
“Macchia’s book is the most readable, thorough, well-organized, historically interactive, and engaging introduction to systematic theology from a Pentecostal/Charismatic perspective that is available to us today! It covers every topic that one might expect and hope to find: the nature of global theology and its sources, God’s perfections and triune being, the Son of God’s incarnation and atoning sacrifice, the deity and person of the Holy Spirit who creates human beings and re-creates them through salvation, the community and mission of the church, and God’s final purposes and our future hope. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!”
Theology
“Castaldo understands the doctrine of justification as articulated by both evangelicalism and Catholicism. While the tendency of many today is to rush to emphasize the elements of justification held in common by these two traditions, Chris handles well both the commonalities and the differences. A must-read!”
Theology
“With care and compassion, Sam engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the love of God, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, spurious faith versus saving faith, human dignity and human depravity, the nature of eternal security, God’s preserving power in faithful Christians, the problem of apostasy, and much more. Not shying away from the controversial nature of his topic and tackling head-on dozens of difficult passages, Sam offers an engaging book that deals biblically, theologically, and practically with the all-important matter of assurance of salvation.”
Theology
“In 1978, a young theologian, John Feinberg, signed the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, a watershed document for contemporary evangelicalism. Forty years later, as a veteran scholar, he makes another significant contribution to the evangelical doctrine of Scripture, extending his treatment beyond its inerrancy to include inspiration, authority, canonicity, clarity, power, sufficiency, preservation, and intersection with the work of the Holy Spirit. Light in a Dark Place is a must-read for scholars, pastors, believers, and skeptics alike!”
Theology
“among the finest Christologies in the present generation and beyond. Highlights, of which there are many, include associate its creative and intriguing framework that traces the Christological arc from the Son’s eternal communion with the Father and the Holy Spirit, through the creation of the world by and for the Son, to the consummation of all things that will be united in him; its affirmation of traditional yet recently challenged elements of Christology such as eternal generation, extra carnem, humiliation without kenoticism, and penal substitution; and its aspiration (accomplished well) to be both evangelical and catholic through retrieval of the first six ecumenical councils and its framework of Protestant confessionalism. Lord Jesus Christ offers an exquisite and paradigm-setting dogmatic account of Christology and has my highest recommendation!”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Praise for Mere Christian Hermeneutics I select one highlight among many luminous points in this book: Mere Christian Hermeneutics offers a reformed catholic paradigm for reading divinely inspired, canonical Scripture in the context of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church and within a christological, historically attuned, and eschatologically oriented Protestant framework. And this is only one theme it rehearses. Could this be Kevin Vanhoozer’s most brilliant book yet? Tolle, lege, crede!”
Pictures at a Theological Exhibition
Theology
“Imagine a book that seeks to rehabilitate theology's tenuous connection to the church's worship, mission and discipleship. Put the idea into the hands (and heart) of a master theologian who is an artist, playwright and vision-caster operating in the interface of Scriptural canon and shifting culture. The result is the picture/play book you are about to enjoy. Imagine (no) more!”
“Death is an unpleasant subject. We don't like to speak about it, so euphemisms like 'she's passed' and 'he's in a much better place' abound. We don't like to see it, so the embalmer's art seeks to mask its harsh reality by presenting the deceased in a state of peaceful repose. We don't like to bear the marks of its inevitable arrival, so we spend an inordinate amount of money trying to remain young in appearance. But is this a proper Christian orientation to death? No. And Toby Jennings offers us a biblically grounded, historically informed, sound theological approach to the topic. After reading his book, you will never speak about, look at, and live the reality of death in the way you do now.”
The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Six
Theology
“The tenor and approach with which Garrett analyzes and critiques Catholicism is exemplary throughout: he applauds positive developments when warranted and never erects a straw man to tear down. Even as he points a warning finger at the Roman Catholic tradition, he turns that finger toward his own Baptist tradition and its weaknesses. Like all of Garrett’s writings, these articles are must-read material!”
Theology
“Written with exceptional clarity, The First Days of Jesus pays close attention to the key biblical texts on Christ’s nativity in an illuminating way. It deals briefly yet helpfully with critical scholarship and presents the events surrounding Jesus’s conception and birth in both a canonical and a chronological fashion. It addresses unashamedly the difficulties with these birth stories, tackling the problem of variant accounts, the use of sources, the nature of prophecy and typology, and much more. It challenges us readers to respond to the Word of God with the obedience of faith, like Mary did, and with praise, worship, and witness, as the shepherds did. I know of no other book that so masterfully weaves together these infancy narratives on so many fronts. I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it!”
The Goodness of God in the Gift of Scripture
Christian Living
“The apostle Paul inquires, ‘What do you have that you did not receive?’ (1 Cor. 4:7). We rightly reply, ‘Nothing whatsoever,’ then give God thanks for every good gift: creation, our very lives, the grace of salvation, our churches, and much more. Uche Anizor provocatively wonders if we would put the Bible on that list. We receive it. It’s the word from God. But Anizor challenges us if we find applying and submitting to the Bible difficult because we don’t truly believe that it is a good gift from God to us. If you long to embrace the Bible as a grace, a gift that stimulates your love for and thankfulness to God, then this book is for you.”
Theology
“In his customarily clear, creative, and compelling way, Fred Sanders invites us to consider the Holy Spirit, first, as the divine Trinitarian person whom we already know, and, second, as the subject of theological study. This book covers all its essential aspects, with several unique emphases: an appeal to pneumatology as the doctrine that connects all other doctrines; the proposal that we encounter the Spirit as ‘the Holy Presupposition’ and appropriate him as the consummating person; the question of what alternatives we have created as substitutes for the Spirit; and twenty-seven ‘rules for thinking well about the Holy Spirit.’ Vintage Sanders and, thus, a must-read!”
Christian Living
“As part of listening to a daily liturgy podcast, I pray the Lord’s Prayer. I look forward to it as a highlight of each day, and it never feels like a ritual. Kevin DeYoung’s book encourages me in my daily routine, ignites my passion for praying the Lord’s Prayer, and solidifies my understanding of the petitions I gladly voice. The Lord’s Prayer is clear and direct, concise and profound—so too is DeYoung’s highly recommended book!”
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