Daily Archives: May 2, 2016

Book Write-Up: Kierkegaard, by Mark A. Tietjen

Mark A. Tietjen.  Kierkegaard: A Christian Missionary to Christians.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to buy the book. Soren Kierkegaard was a nineteenth century Danish Christian philosopher.  Kierkegaard had problems with the Christendom of his day, for he … Continue reading

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Book Write-Up: Justification, by N.T. Wright

N.T. Wright.  Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision.  With a New Introduction.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to buy the book. This book is a 2016 reprint of N.T. Wright’s 2009 book on justification.  It has a new … Continue reading

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Book Write-Up: Common Grace, volume I, by Abraham Kuyper

Abraham Kuyper.  Common Grace: God’s Gifts for a Fallen World.  Volume I: The Historical Section.  Ed. Jordan J. Ballor and Stephen J. Grabill.  Transl. Nelson D. Kloosterman and Ed M. van der Maas.  Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.  See here … Continue reading

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Book Write-Up: Karl Barth’s Infralapsarian Theology

Shao Kai Tseng.  Karl Barth’s Infralapsarian Theology: Origins and Development, 1920-1953.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. The twentieth century Christian theologian Karl Barth professed to be a purified supralapsarian.  Shao Kai Tseng, however, contends … Continue reading

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Book Write-Up: The Queen of Sheba, by Roberta Kells Dorr

Roberta Kells Dorr.  The Queen of Sheba.  HarperSanFrancisco, 1990. In I Kings 10:1-13, the Queen of Sheba visits King Solomon of Israel.  She has heard of Solomon’s wealth and wisdom, and she is coming to Solomon to see if the … Continue reading

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