Nick Needham

A Question of Consensus

Theology

“Jonathan Master has written a fine analysis of what went into the making of the Westminster Confession's doctrine of assurance, revealing different emphases among different theologians, and detailing the somewhat variant ways that the Confession’s synthesis was itself received within the British Reformed world. The result is a stimulating study, and any future examination of Westminster’s understanding of assurance should take its cue from this work.”

God’s Good Earth

Science & Faith

“Jon Garvey has written a challenging but necessary work on the goodness of creation. From opposite ends of the spectrum, young earth creationists and theistic evolutionists assume that radical evil permeates the natural order, in the form of earthquakes, predatory carnivores, etc. Garvey critiques this view, building a case from scripture and classical theology that humanity alone, not the whole created order, is fallen. This vindication of creation’s goodness is a welcome rebuttal of modern-day Gnosticism.”

Laws of the Spiritual Order

Theology

“Thomas Erskine is one of the seminal but neglected theologians of nineteenth-century Scotland. In his study Don Horrocks introduces us to Erskine's thought in a thematic way that is at once lucid, scholarly and stimulating. It should be on the bookshelf of every serious student of the period.”