All throughout history, and especially since the Enlightenment, the question of how we know what we know has been a big question. Within Christianity this has played out in the debate of how faith and reason interact - is one to have precedence over the other, and if so, how does this work itself out … Continue reading Book Review: Faith Beyond Reason, A Kierkegaardian Account – By C. Stephen Evans
Deliverance is not a topic that I have a lot of - or even any - experience with, so this book is far removed from what I'm used to reading. Deliver Us From Evil follows the author's own life narrative as he is exposed to and eventually enters into the ministry of deliverance, eventually providing … Continue reading Book Review: Deliver Us From Evil – By Don Basham
In the Name of Jesus is renowned author Henri Nouwen's call toward a deeper and more truly Christian idea of leadership. His gleanings in this book are taken primarily from his experience living in a house for the mentally handicapped, and the things that he learned about leadership and ministry in the process. Nouwen is … Continue reading Book Review: In The Name of Jesus – Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis is one of those authors who I know I can always go to for a good read. Sometimes - many times - I disagree with him, but it's always a good read, and most times he has some brilliant insights. But most of the time he's writing in the style of an academic, … Continue reading Book Review: A Grief Observed – By C.S. Lewis
Within the realm of 20th Century apologetics few thinkers dominate the sphere as strongly as Cornelius Van Til. No list of Christian apologists would be complete without him being listed as one of the biggest movers within the field. His thought has come to dominate Reformed apologetics, carried on by scholars such as Greg Bahnsen, … Continue reading Book Review: Apologetics – By Cornelius Van Til
While there has been much scholarship written in the realm of hermeneutics, these discussions on the whole tend to limit themselves on how to go about hermeneutics; they generally confine themselves to discussing how to apply interpretational models, rather than looking at interpretation itself. Furthermore, those scholars who have taken up the task of addressing … Continue reading Book Review: The Fall of Interpretation – By James K. A. Smith
Prayer is one of those things in the Christian life that if many of us are honest with ourselves we will admit that we do not do very well. We neglect prayer when we're tired, when we're busy, sometimes we can go days or weeks without praying. As Sproul points out "We're not all that … Continue reading Book Review: The Prayer of the Lord – by R.C. Sproul
For those who hold the Bible to be the authoritative Word of God, one of the more relevant questions of the day is "What does the Bible really teach about homosexuality?" As his title clearly displays, this is the question that pastor - and newly appointed Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at RTS - … Continue reading What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
Church government is an important part of the way Christ rules his people, a crucial part of Christian discipline, uniquely tasked for world missions, and is "a way to give concrete and visible expression to the present reign of our risen and exalted Mediator, Jesus Christ" (xxiv). Naturally, it is important to know the form … Continue reading Book Review: How Jesus Runs the Church – Guy Prentiss Waters
The caption for this book is "a penetrating analysis of the trends in modern thought." The goal of the book is to provide an brief overview and outline of the past 800 years of theological/philosophical progress - especially as relates to the development of the modern theological climate (though note that the book was published … Continue reading Book Review: Escape from Reason – Francis Schaeffer
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