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Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist
John the Baptist is often seen an apertif, an amuse-bouche, a prelude, or an entry into the story of Jesus. He whets our appetite for the Kingdom of God by dancing in his mother’s womb […]
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The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus – James Crossley and Chris Keith
Despite the title sounding like a bad Christian time-travel novel, The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus is a pretty much the opposite: a well-written, comprehensive, extensively-researched, expertly-crafted foray into what can be known about […]
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One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation – Daniel Silliman
It’s hard to feel empathy for Richard Nixon, but in One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation, Daniel Silliman manages to paint a complex portrait of a lost and troubled man whose search for […]
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Machen’s Hope – Richard Burnett
Biographies tend to be written by folks who align with their subjects in some fashion—socially, politically, religiously. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large those who are interested in chronicling an individual’s life […]
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Hebrews: Commentary for Christian Formation – Amy Peeler
The Commentaries for Christian Formation is a relatively new Bible commentary series from Eerdmans that has the central focus of faith formation. That is, the focus is not simply academic translation and interpretation from a […]
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Remarriage in the Early Church – A. Andrew Das
The issue of remarriage in Christianity has often been a contentious one, usually revolving around the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount that (in the King James), “whosoever shall marry her that […]
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Trustworthy: Thirteen Arguments for the Reliability of the New Testament – Benjamin Shaw
I have read a number of books about Scripture’s reliability, and this one stands out as a particularly excellent one. This book is just 140 pages long, but it covers thirteen different arguments for why […]
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Swing Low: An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States (Vol. 2) – William Strickland
Swing Low is destined to be the definitive history of the Black church in America for decades to come. Written in two volumes, Swing Low gives readers both the historical overview and access to the […]
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Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (Vol. 1) – William Strickland
Swing Low is destined to be the definitive evangelical history of the Black church in America for decades to come. Written in two volumes, Swing Low gives readers both the historical overview and access to […]
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Ministers of Propaganda – Scott M. Coley
The inside flap of Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right reads in large, emblazoned letters: “Good evangelical Christians are Republicans. It seems like it’s always been that way. That […]