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Category Archives: Books
Book Write-Up: Scripture and Tradition, by Edith M. Humphrey
Edith M. Humphrey. Scripture and Tradition: What the Bible Really Says. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. I would like to thank Baker Academic for my review copy of this book. See here for Baker’s page about it. According to Edith … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Books, Church, Religion
Tagged Edith Humphrey, Edith M. Humphrey. Scripture, jesus, Protestant circles, Sola Scriptura
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The Final Days 4
In this post, I’ll share a couple of passages from The Final Days, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, as well as a passage in Richard Reeves’ President Nixon: Alone in the White House. The topic is Richard Nixon’s introversion … Continue reading
Posted in Books, George W. Bush, Life, Ronald Reagan, School, Social Skills
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Book Write-Up: The Future of Biblical Interpretation
Stanley E. Porter and Matthew R. Malcolm, ed. The Future of Biblical Interpretation: Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2013. I would like to thank Intervarsity Press for my review copy of this book. See here … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Biblical Hermeneutics, Five Views
Stanley E. Porter and Beth Stovell, ed. Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2012. I would like to thank Intervarsity Press for my review copy of this book. As the title indicates, this view contains five views … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Books, Postmodernism, Religion
Tagged biblical hermeneutics, biblical texts, Canonical Criticism, Craig Blomberg, Craig L. Blomberg, exile, F. Scott Spencer, hermeneutics, historical-critical method, Hosea, intervarsity press, Israel, Matthew, Merold Westphal, New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament, Richard Gaffin, Robert Wall
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Book Write-Up: Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?, by Gerald R. McDermott
Gerald R. McDermott. Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?: Jesus, Revelation & Religious Traditions. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2000. I would like to thank Intervarsity Press for my review copy of this book. Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions? Professor … Continue reading
President Nixon: Alone in the White House 1
I started Richard Reeves’ President Nixon: Alone in the White House. I’m finding that I am having to get used to Reeves’ writing-style, but I am beginning to enjoy his book, even though I don’t absorb every single detail of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
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Book Write-Up: John Calvin, by William J. Bouwsma
William J. Bouwsma. John Calvin: A Sixteenth Century Portrait. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. I found this book at my local public library, and I checked it out because I figured that I needed to increase and solidify … Continue reading
Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s Pat Nixon: The Untold Story 8
On page 442 of Pat Nixon: The Untold Story, Julie Nixon Eisenhower talks about the books that her mother, Pat Nixon, liked to read after Richard Nixon’s departure from the Presidency: “Her favorite books were the historical novels by the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, john birch society, Political Philosophy, Politics
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Book Write-Up: Faith Alone, by R.C. Sproul
R.C. Sproul. Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995. An evangelical recommended this book to me out of the clear blue sky years ago, so I decided to buy it. It laid on my shelf for … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Young Man Luther, by Erik H. Erikson
Erik H. Erikson. Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History. United States of America: W.W. Norton and Company, 1958 and 1962. Erik Erikson was a psychologist, and this book is his psychological profile of Martin Luther. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Life, Psychology, Religion, School
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