An International Journal for Pastors and Students of Theological and Religious Studies
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Volume 34, Issue 2
July 2009
Overview
Editorial
D.A. Carson
Minority Report A Question of Accountability
Carl Trueman
The Relationship Between Justification and Spiritual Fruit in Romans 5–8
Jonathan R. Pratt
Sola Fide
Compromised? Martin Luther and the Doctrine of Baptism
D. Patrick Ramsey
The Inexhaustible Fountain of All Good Things: Union with Christ in Calvin on Ephesians
Lee Gatiss
Pastoral Pensées Power in Preaching: Desire (1 Thessalonians 1:2–5), Part 2 of 3
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Old Testament
A. Philip Brown II and Bryan W. Smith, eds.
A Reader’s Hebrew Bible
Reviewed by Christopher W. Cowan
Jill Middlemas
The Templeless Age: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the “Exile.&rdquo
Reviewed by Ben J. M. Johnson
Gregory K. Beale
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry
Reviewed by Matthieu Richelle
Bruce Waltke, with Charles Yu
An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach
Reviewed by Rodrigo De Sousa
New Testament
Joseph Fitzmyer
First Corinthians
Reviewed by Nijay K. Gupta
Edited by William Foxwell Albright, David Noel Freedman, and John J. Collins
The Anchor Yale Bible
Andrew David Naselli
Craig L. Blomberg and Mariam J. Kamell.
James
Reviewed by Scott Newman
Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard B. Hays, eds.
Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
Reviewed by Michael J. Thate
Andrew Gregory and Christopher Tuckett, eds.
The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers
Reviewed by H. Drake Williams III
History and Historical Theology
D. G. Hart
John Williamson Nevin: High-Church Calvinist
Reviewed by Christopher C. Cooper
Charles Kannengiesser
Handbook of Patristic Exegesis
reviewed by Matthew r. Crawford
James Leo Garrett
Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study
Reviewed by Nathan A. Finn
Herman J. Selderhuis
John Calvin: A Pilgrim’s Life
Reviewed by David Roach
David W. Hall
The Legacy of John Calvin: His Influence on the Modern World
Reviewed by Jeffrey Robinson
Jonathan Edwards
Catalogues of Books
Reviewed by Jeffrey C. Waddington
Systematic Theology and Bioethics
Marc Cortez
Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies: An Exercise in Christological Anthropology and Its Significance for the Mind/Body Debate
Reviewed by Michael Allen
Christopher R. Seitz
Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets
Reviewed by Stephen Dempster
Gerard F. O’Hanlon
The Immutability of God in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
Reviewed by Stephen M. Garrett
Craig L. Blomberg and Sung Wook Chung, eds.
A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to “Left Behind” Eschatology
Reviewed by A. J. Gibson
Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics
Reviewed by David Gibson
Craig A. Evans and Emanuel Tov, eds.
Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective
Reviewed by David G. Graves
John Frame
The Doctrine of the Christian Life
Reviewed by K. T. Magnuson
Colin E. Gunton
The Barth Lectures
Reviewed by Scott Harrower
Matt Jenson
The Gravity of Sin: Augustine, Luther and Barth on ‘Homo Incurvatus in Se.’
Reviewed by Adam J. Johnson
Thomas G. Weinandy
Athanasius: A Theological Introduction
Reviewed by Adam J. Johnson
David Gibson and Daniel Strange, eds.
Engaging with Barth: Contemporary Evangelical Critiques
Reviewed by Peter Orr
Gary L. W. Johnson and Ronald N. Gleason, eds.
Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church
Reviewed by Armida Belmonte Stephens
I. Howard Marshall
Aspects of the Atonement: Cross and Resurrection in the Reconciling of God and Humanity
Reviewed by Erik Thoennes
Stephen R. Holmes
The Wondrous Cross: Atonement and Penal Substitution in the Bible and History
Reviewed by Erik Thoennes
Systematic Theology and Bioethics: Book Notes
Graeme Finlay, Stephen Lloyd, Stephen Pattemore, and David Swift
Debating Darwin: Two Debates: Is Darwinism True and Does it Matter?
Reviewed by Hans Madueme
Eric D. Bristley
Guide to the Writings of Herman Bavinck (1854–1921)
Reviewed by Hans Madueme
J. Daryl Charles
Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things
Reviewed by Hans Madueme
Anthony N. S. Lane
A Reader’s Guide to Calvin’s Institutes
Reviewed by Hans Madueme
Ethics and Pastoralia
Mark Dever and Paul Alexander
The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel
Reviewed by Jason M. Curtis
Graham Tomlin
The Provocative Church
Reviewed by Jason M. Curtis
Paul E. Miller
A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
Reviewed by Rhett Dodson
T. David Gordon
Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers
Reviewed by Rhett Dodson
Marion L. S. Carson
The Pastoral Care of People with Mental Health Problems
Reviewed by Andrew Mckie
Mission and Culture
D. A. Carson
Christ and Culture Revisited
Reviewed by Ted Newell
Jason E. Vickers
Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed
Reviewed by Dave Williams