Books I’ve Reviewed

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• 40 Loaves: Breaking Bread with Our Father Each Day by C.D. Baker (Waterbrook Multnomah)
• Reformed Expository Commentary: James by Daniel M. Doriani (P & R Publishing)*
• Life Application Bible Studies: Hebrews by Tyndale House*
• The UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition compiled by Barclay Newman (Hendrickson)*
• Using OT Hebrew in Preaching by Paul Wegner (Kregel)*
• A Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introductions edited by Denis R. Janz (Fortress Press)*
• The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority by G.K. Beale (Crossway)*
• God Made the World & God Made Animals by Michael Vander Klipp (Kregel)*
• NIV Application Commentary: Joshua by Robert Hubbard Jr. (Zondervan)*
• Commonly Misunderstood Bible Verses: Clear Explanations for the Difficult Passages by Ron Rhodes (Harvest House)*
• The Christian in an Age of Terror by Martin Lloyd-Jones (Kregel)*
• Fearless: Imagine Your Life without Fear by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson)*
• A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul Miller (NavPress)*
• The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John: An Exploration in Biblical Theology by Larry Helyer (IVP Academic)*
• The Gift of Psalms: Devotional Wisdom from 50 of the Best Loved Psalms (includes Word of Promise Audio CD of 30 Psalms) (Thomas Nelson)*
• Jesus 365, A Devotional: Experiencing the Four Gospels As One Single Story compiled by Ed Stewart (Harvest House)*
• 101 Portraits of Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures by Bob Beasley (Living Stone Books)*
• New Testament Text and Translation Commentary by Philip W. Comfort (Tyndale House)*
• Keoni’s Big Question by Patti Ogden (Capstone Productions)*
• Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough by Michael E. Wittmer (Zondervan)*
• Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures by Dennis Johnson (P & R Publishing)*
• Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter by Nancy Guthrie (Crossway)*
• Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church Does More by Doing Less by Dave Browning (Zondervan)*
• What He Must Be If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie Baucham Jr. (Crossway)*
• Candle Prayers for Toddlers by Juliet David (Candle Books / Kregel)*
• Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World edited by C.J. Mahaney (Crossway)*
• The Chronological Study Bible (NKJV) by Thomas Nelson Publishers*
• Baby Bible Board Books (collection #1) by Edward and Sarah Bolme (Crest Publications)*
• Beyond Creation Science: New Covenant Creation from Genesis to Revelation by Timothy Martin and Jeffrey Vaughn (Apocalyptic Vision Press)*
• The Israel of God: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by O. Palmer Robertson (P & R Publishing)
• My Hearts Desire: Living Every Moment in the Wonder of Worship by David Jeremiah (Integrity Publishers)
• Pierced by the Word by John Piper (Multnomah)
• God Gave Wine: What the Bible Says about Alcohol by Kenneth Gentry (Oakdown)
• Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God’s Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin by John Piper (Crossway)
• With One Voice: Singleness, Dating & Marriage to the Glory of God by Alex Chediak (Christian Focus)*
• The Christ of the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson (P & R Publishing)
• Reclaiming the 2 Books of God by Don Sailer (self published)*
• The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones (Zondervan)
• Alone with God by Jason Janz (Bob Jones University Press)*
• Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce by John Piper (Crossway)
• Sex, Romance, & the Glory of God by C.J. Mahaney (Crossway)
• The Grace & Truth Paradox by Randy Alcorn (Multnomah)
• The Texas Baptist Crucible by James Spurgeon (Publish America)
• Seeing & Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (Crossway)
• The Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing by C.J. Mahaney (Multnomah)

Review List

These are books I’m expecting to review in the next few months.  Titles with an asterisk, were provided to me free by the publishers to review.  My sincerest thanks is given, but please understand it may take me a few months to finish any given book and post a review.

• Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts by Jerry Bridges (NavPress)*
• Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism by Joel Beeke (Reformation Trust)*
• Rediscovering Catechism: The Art of Equipping Covenant Children by Donald Van Dyken (P & R Publishing)
• The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament Within Its Cultural Context by Green, Burge, and Cohick (Zondervan Academic)*
• Theology of the New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach by Frank Thielman (Zondervan Academic)*
• Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears (Crossway)*
• Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester & Steve Timmis (Crossway)*
• The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust Modern Translations? revised edition by James White (Bethany House)*
• The Sacred Cipher: A Novel by Terry Brennan (Kregel)*
• The Apostolic Fathers (Moody Classics) edited by Mark Galli (Moody)*
• From Age to Age: The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology by Keith Mathison (P & R Publishing)*
• Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ by Thomas Schreiner & Shawn Wright (Broadman & Holman)
• Satan and His Kingdom: What the Bible Says and How It Matters to You by Dennis McCallum (Bethany House)*
• Baptism: Three Views edited by David Wright (IVP)*
• The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John Walton (IVP)*
• The Jesus Book: The Who, What, Where, When and Why Book About Jesus by Stephen Elkins (Thomas Nelson)*
• The Prince’s Poison Cup by R.C. Sproul (Reformation Trust)
• The New Testament Deacon: The Church’s Minister of Mercy by Alexander Strauch (Lewis & Roth Publishers)
• One Bible Only: Examining Exclusive Claims for the King James Bible edited by Roy Beacham and Kevin Bauder (Kregel)
• Cross Talk: Where Life and Scripture Meet by Michael Emlet (New Growth Press)*
• Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs (Living Word Bible Studies) by Kathleen Buswell Nielson (P & R)*
• Our Secure Salvation: Perservation and Apostasy (Explorations in Biblical Theology) by Robert A. Peterson (P & R)*
• That You May Know: Assurance of Salvation in 1 John (New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology) by Christopher D. Bass (Broadman & Holman)*
• The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology (Nac Studies in Bible & Theology) by Jason C. Meyer (Broadman & Holman)*
• Understanding and Applying the Bible Revised and Expanded by Robertson McQuilkin (Moody)*
• Grandpa’s Box: Retelling the Biblical Story of Redemption by Starr Meade and Bruce Van Patter (P & R)*
• The Living Word by James D. G. Dunn (Augsburg Fortress)*
• Ephesians (Reformed Expository Commentary) by Bryan Chapell (P & R)*
• Beyond the Summerland (The Binding of the Blade, Book 1) by L. B. Graham (P & R)*
• Salvation and Sovereignty: A Molinist Approach by Kenneth Keathley (Broadman & Holman)*
• A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of God (Biblical Theology of the New Testament Series) by Andreas J. Kostenberger (Zondervan)*
• Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought by Stephen J. Nichols (P & R)*
• Romans (St. Andrew’s Expositional Commentary) by R. C. Sproul (Crossway)*
• Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth edited by Terry Mortenson and Thane H. Ury (New Leaf Publishing / Master Books)*
• Holy Bible: English Standard Version, Minister’s Bible (Hendrickson)*
• The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (Pantheon Press / Vintage)*
• Gospel-Powered Parenting: How the Gospel Shapes and Transforms Parenting by William P. Farley (P & R)*
• Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel van der Toorn (Harvard University Press)*
• The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition and Interpretation by John H. Sailhamer (IVP)*
• Faith in the Face of Apostasy: The Gospel According to Elijah and Elisha (The Gospel According to the Old Testament) by Raymond B. Dillard (P & R)*
• The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin by Douglas Bond (P & R)*
• In the Beginning Was the Meal: Social Experimentation and Early Christian Identity by Hal Taussig (Augsburg Fortress)*

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