Salem Books, 2022. This new book is a much-needed challenge to our complacent Christianity: I and many others have long been saying that the church…
Skyhorse Publishing, 2022. This new volume by Kennedy deserves a very wide-reading: Back in May I posted an article examining 21 of the best books…
What seemed like a wasted youth lead to an incredible career: We are all created differently, so we all have different stories, different interests, different…
Eerdmans, 2018. Let me offer a few introductory thoughts first: Perhaps the two main considerations folks might have as to whether or not they buy…
Eerdmans, 2018. What a difference a generation makes. When it comes to buying new commentaries, some might ask: Why bother? Are not the older ones…
Eerdmans, 2018. The newest volume in the excellent Pillar New Testament Commentary series is another first-rate effort. The American New Testament professor has already done…
Eerdmans, 2017. Most Christians would know that the short New Testament book of Philemon has something to do with slavery and Christianity. In just 25…
Eerdmans, 2014. Let me begin with a brief confession. In earlier days I found a little discomfort and a lack of interest in Second Corinthians.…
A US politician thinks that the right to murder anyone who gets in your way to a successful career and lifestyle is “sacred ground”. Well,…
Eerdmans, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) The book of Philippians has been well served by evangelical and/or conservative commentaries over the past several…
Eerdmans, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Gordon Fee has long been one of our finest New Testament scholars. His numerous works in the…
Eerdmans/Apollos, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Surprisingly, there have been very few substantial and recent commentaries on Colossians from a conservative/evangelical perspective. Somewhat…
Boy, how the poison of the left has been gushing out. With the announcement of a genuine conservative Vice Presidential candidate, the loopy left has…
American Vision, 2007. The anti-theist blitzkrieg shows no signs of abating, with angry tomes from militant God-haters pouring from the presses. It seems each new…
Is Christmas on the way out? Well, certainly not the commercialised and consumeristic version. That is alive and well. But the real Christmas may well…
Zondervan, 2005. It is no secret that there has been a strong tendency in Pentecostal/Charismatic circles to downplay the use of the mind, the intellect,…
Eerdmans, 2006. Major recent commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles that have featured a more-or-less conservative and evangelical stance include the NIGTC volume by Knight (1992),…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
Helpful quotes on writing from Lewis: A little while ago I wrote an article on Lewis discussing books and reading. Because I, and many of…
Vital reading on the spiritual battles we are involved in: The Bible clearly teaches that God exists, that Satan exists, that angels exist, and that…