Reading the Times, A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News
In light of the consolidated, monetized and dominate flow of news coming from modern media sources, we need a practical theology of the news. Jeffrey Bilbro writes this volume to help his readers “think theologically” about how Christians should consume the news (p. 6). Each of the three parts addresses a particular set of questions: […]
Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity by Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers was well grounded in orthodox Christian beliefs when she began attending a class at her local church led by a progressive pastor. “Progressive” is the contemporary word for “emergent” as in the Emergent Movement led by Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, Rachel Held Evans, Tony Jones and others, earlier in the 21st century, which […]
Culture Shift, Engaging Current Issues With Timeless Truth by R. Albert Mohler
Culture Shift is comprised of twenty short essays addressing various cultural issues from a biblical perspective. Subjects include secularism (pp. 7-21), the morality of torture (pp. 33-63), public education (pp. 65-94), abortion (pp. 103-120), suffering and pain (pp. 121-136), atomic weaponry (pp. 145-154), and civil rights (pp. 156-160). Books dealing with current issues can become […]
Love Thy Body, Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality
Nancy Pearcey is a professor, scholar, apologist, and award-winning author. She received much of her early biblical training at L’Abri under the teaching of Francis and Edith Schaeffer. In her best known book Total Truth, she reintroduced to contemporary Christians the apologetic approach of the Schaeffers (see my review of Total Truth here: www.tottministries.org). In […]
Gospel Reset, Salvation Made Relevant by Ken Ham
The thesis of this small volume written by Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, is that, “The gospel message hasn’t changed, but the way in which it needs to be presented in a secularized culture does need to change” (p. 10). Ham contends that due to the public educational system in America, lack of […]
Christianity Explored, What’s the Best News You’ve Ever Heard? (Leader’s Handbook 4th Edition)
This handbook accompanies a student manual and is designed to lead a small group of unbelievers on a seven-week study through the Gospel of Mark. Attention is focused on three threads that are traced throughout the Gospel. The identity of Jesus is examined during the first two sessions; the mission of Jesus, what He set […]
The Battle Belongs to the Lord, the Power of Scripture for Defending Our Faith by K. Scott Oliphint
As a professor of apologetics and systematic theology, and an authority on the works of Cornelius Van Til, we would expect K. Scott Oliphint to be a strong promoter of presuppositional apologetics. He is that and more. The stated purpose for the book is “to get us to open our Bibles again when we think […]
Making Sense of God, an Invitation to the Skeptical by Timothy Keller
Timothy Keller’s popular The Reason for God presented a case for belief in God and Christianity, but Keller does not believe it began back far enough for the true skeptic, and thus the reason for this present volume (p. 4). He wants to demonstrate to secular readers that Christianity is “sensible and desirable” (p. 216). […]
Biblical Apologetics, Advancing and Defending the Gospel of Christ by Clifford B. McManis
McManis believes that the five traditional apologetical approaches (classical, evidential, cumulative case, Reformed and presuppositional) make major mistakes. Each approach attempts to defend the Christian faith by largely ignoring the Bible and offering philosophical answers instead. Even presuppositionism, with which McManis identifies, tends to be mostly philosophical rather than biblical. Therefore the author provides a […]
Against the Gods, The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament,by John D. Currid, (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 153 pp., paper $17.99
One of the strongest criticisms facing biblical Christianity today is that much of Scripture, especially Old Testament stories, is borrowed from ancient accounts found in pagan mythologies. Since there are numerous narratives within ancient Near East studies that are very similar to biblical stories (e.g. creation, the flood, the exodus), it is now accepted by […]