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April 6, 2010 6:03pm

Prof. F. Bruce Gordon's "Calvin" (amazon) is a new biography of John Calvin released in 2009, which coincides to John Calvin's 500th birthday. I learned about the biography from the 2009 Desiring God National Conference: With Calvin in the Theater of...
Tags: John Calvin, Bruce Gordon, Biography, Book, Melanchthon, Martin Luther, Bullinger, Theodore Beza, Martin Luther, Phillip Melanchton, Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Reformation

July 28, 2009 5:49pm

I don't remember where I found out about this book, but it was very interesting to read, considering it was written in the late 300's AD. The Literal Meaning of Genesis Vol.1 by Augustine of Hippo is a fascinating book. It's valuable to learn what pe...
Tags: The Literal Meaning of Genesis, Augustine, book, review, Plato

September 9, 2010 12:52pm

This is a list of all theology and religious books that I've read, and serveral non-religious related literature such as intelligent design, creation science, and fiction literature. The books are sorted by the year I last read a substantial portion ...
Tags: theology, reading list, books, recommended books

June 5, 2009 6:40pm

Francis Schaeffer is one of my all time favorite authors, and I recommend all of his books, especially to Christians and Non-Christians who are interesting Western Philosophy. (His wife Edith has some good books too.) I just completed Genesis in Spac...
Tags: Genesis in Space and Time, Francis Schaeffer, Francis A. Schaeffer, philosopher, book, review

May 12, 2009 12:51pm

I found an out-of-print book by D.A. Carson at the library titled, "The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus: An Exposition of John 14-17." (There was a limited reprint of this book in the U.K. with the new title, Jesus and His Friends: An Ex...
Tags: D.A. Carson, Fairwell Discourse, Final Prayer of Jesus, High Priestly Prayer, commentary, book

March 26, 2009 6:00pm

This month, I read John Piper's recent book, "The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright". You can download the entire book in PDF format from the Desiring God website for free too! I used to make fun of people who called John Piper a pr...
Tags: John Piper, N.T. Wright, Desiring God, The Pleasures of God, Future of Justiication, Book Review,

February 25, 2009 2:28pm

(THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE!)I read half of it. I tried to read the whole thing, I really did, but I couldn't do it. Maybe I'll read the last 100 pages eventually, but I'd rather spend that time on another book. I admit that my initial review (befor...
Tags: The Shack, William P. Young, books, review,

February 10, 2009 1:21pm

The Prodigal God is Tim Keller's second book. I did not read Keller's first book "The Reason for God" but I have listened to over thirty of his sermons and watched him speak at the 2006 Desiring God National Conference. I previously wrote about my fa...
Tags: The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller, Tim Keller, Review, Books, The Prodigal Son

January 15, 2009 5:11pm

I highly recommend D.A. Carson's book, Exegetical Fallacies to anyone who has ever looked at the original Greek version of a bible verse. I love to use the Blue Letter Bible website to gain insight into bible verses. I also love my Reverse Interlinea...
Tags: Exegetical Fallacies, D.A. Carson, book, A Day with Dr. Don

December 10, 2008 12:42pm

I was excited to learn that a new biography had been published on my theological hero: George Eldon Ladd! So, I immediately submitted a purchase request to the King County Library System and to my surprise, I'm already holding a brand new copy of the...
Tags: george eldon ladd, g.e. ladd, A place at the table, d'elia, george marsden, jonathan edwards, biography, review, book

October 7, 2008 5:29pm

I highly recommend Ford Lewis Battle's translation of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. Battle's rich vocabulary and eloquent sentences keeps the pages turning through this heavy 1800 page, four book masterpiece. See my introduction...
Tags: Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, Book I : Of The Knowledge of God the Creator, Servetus, Plato, Cicero, Epicureans, Augustine, Pelagians, Sophists, Ockham, Chrysostom, Origen

August 18, 2008 3:43pm

I'm reading The Interior Castle (El Castillo Interior) written by St Teresa of Avila in 1578 A.D. St Teresa was a Carmelite Nun and Christian Mystic who lived in Spain during the Inquisition. This controversial book is a sensual voyage via prayer, fa...
Tags: Interior Castle, El Castillo Interior, St. Teresa of Avila, Christian Mysticism, Timothy Keller, books

July 23, 2008 1:54pm

I was excited to listen to D.A. Carson's podcasts about his latest book "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament." This reference book consults every old testament verse quoted by the new testament and explains the context used by th...
Tags: d.a. carson, new testament, old testament, commentary, book review,

June 1, 2008 8:57pm

1 Enoch, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch are three significant psuedepigrapha documents written around the time of Jesus Christ. I previously wrote about the famous Book of Enoch but 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch are significant as well. It's hard to tell which was writte...
Tags: 2 baruch, 4 ezra, 1 enoch, book of enoch, jeremiah, anointed one, palistine, pseudepigrapha

November 16, 2007 3:09pm

I've been captivated by the book: "The Sermons of Jonathan Edwards: A Reader." It contains fourteen complete sermons by Jonathan Edwards compiled by Kimnach, Minkema and Sweeney. I usually don't like readers because they mutilate larger books and I d...
Tags: jonathan edwards, sermons, books

August 24, 2007 4:32pm

Several friends have recommended that I read Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship. James pointed out that it is #19 on Christianity Today's list of the Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals. I was surprised to see many books that I love on the list...
Tags: bonhoeffer, piper, ladd, tozer, warren, books, christianity today, harris, alcorn

August 24, 2007 4:44pm

I was reading today G.E. Ladd's book A Theology of the New Testament and chapter 7 "The Mystery of the Kingdom" had and interesting insight into understanding parables. He explained that parables are not allegories because "an allegory is an artifici...
Tags: parables, mystery, kingdom, ladd, books, exegesis

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