

JACQUES ELLUL: Anarchy and Christianity
Ellul is provocative, stimulating, and interesting. He is also desperately wrong. Central Park, New York City Read this book, but don’t...


RICHARD BAUCKHAM: God Crucified
Phil 2.8 He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross. On page 61 Bauckham says, in discussing Phil...


GERALD HAWTHORNE: Philippians
Captivated by a staggering idea In his introduction Hawthorne lists the reasons Paul wrote to the Philippians. He had a deep affection...


GORDON FEE: Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
Why Fee shouldn’t have written a commentary on Philippians When C. S. Lewis lost his wife he discovered his grand-sounding reasoning in...


GOODING & LENNOX: The Definition of Christianity
Too many barnacles? Or too few Barnabases? The subtitle of this book is “Distinguishing the Essence of the Christian Message from the...


MARK NOLL: Adding Cross to Crown
The text for learning what the cross and the crown aren't. Adding Cross to Crown, subtitled “The Political Significance of Christ’s...


DONALD HAGNER: The Sermon on the Mount
Here we go again


HERMENEUTICS: the science of never doing it
From the Greek ερμηνευτική The branch of knowledge that explains how to disregard Scripture without guilt An elephant in chains, Kerala,...


BORN AGAIN? Why? Is Abraham your father?
All birth; no life. John 3.1-15 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him,...


BAPTISM is not about getting wet. Or you.
The fact that we get wet leads us to think that baptism has something to do with water. It doesn't. Most baptisms have nothing to do with...


GORDON FEE: God’s Empowering Presence
Rom 12.2 Do not be conformed to this world outside the citadel at Prejmer, Romania This is the context: I appeal to you therefore,...


RICHARD J. FOSTER: Celebration of Discipline
Foster explains how to make the word of God practical and turn the impossible into the possible— all from the comfort of your own home!...