Moving post from Greg Sykes. An excerpt: I’m reminded of one of the greatest scenes of such frustrated captivity in modern literature. In Eugene Sledge’s phenomenal memoir of WWII, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, Sledge has spent over two months in brutal, subhuman combat on the filthy, stench-ridden island of Okinawa. He …
Category Archives: Books
Congrats to Grant Osborne on his ZECNT Matthew
Grant R. Osborne’s commentary on Matthew in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament recently appeared. This massive study will be a huge help to those studying to preach and teach Matthew. I’ve only dipped in, but I see that he rightly sees typological fulfillment in view when Matthew quotes the OT with fulfillment …
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The Lord’s Supper in Paul
Thomas R. Schreiner and Matthew R. Crawford have done us a great service in editing The Lord’s Supper: Remembering and Proclaiming Christ until He Comes, which has just appeared from Broadman and Holman. I’m honored to have contributed to this project, and I’m grateful that Broadman and Holman has kindly granted me permission to post …
What Is God’s Ultimate Purpose?
My brief answer can be found in a guest post on the Crossway blog.
Presentation on God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment
Sunday night, November 7, 2010, I had the privilege of presenting the argument of my book, God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology, at Bethel Church in Houston, Texas. Bethel Church has kindly made the audio from the presentation available. On this page you can check out the “prezi” that I made to …
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David C. Parker, Codex Sinaiticus: The Story of the World’s Oldest Bible
Hendrickson Publishers and the British Library have teamed up to produce a new facsimile of Codex Sinaiticus (best price here), an exciting piece of work I hope to say more about later. The facsimile is one of the results of an agreement between the Archbishop of Sinai, the Chief Executive of the British Library, the …
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Crossway ESV Bible Atlas
If you don’t have a Bible Atlas, this is the one to get. If you already have an older one, the updated graphics and information in this one are, in my opinion, compelling reasons to update. This thing is beautiful, and what a blessing to have such resources! Enjoy. Crossway ESV Bible Atlas, John D. …
History of Ideas Curriculum at the College at Southwestern
I enjoyed seeing the list of authors studied in the overview of the history of ideas at the College at Southwestern. Rather than filing it away in a word doc to come back to, I decided to post it here since it might interest others as well: First Year Early Western Civilization Aristotle Plato Sophocles …
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Jason D. Mirikitani, Mile Marker 825
In this picture you see me and my friend Jason Mirikitani running the White Rock Marathon in Dallas, TX back in 1997. He looks happy and strong, and I’m suffering to finish! That brother carried be through that day. He stayed by me when he could have gone on ahead, finished the race, and gotten …
Andy and Charles Naselli Review Three Books on Politics
I appreciate and resonate with the Naselli father and son’s review of these books by Grudem, Trueman, and Gerson and Wehner. Update: More info on Andy’s blog.
Review of Yarbrough’s 1-3 John
1–3 John. BECNT. By Robert W. Yarbrough. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. xx +434pp. $39.99. Published in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 14.3 (2010), 98–99. Robert W. Yarbrough and Robert H. Stein are the editors of the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, and they have now each contributed stellar volumes to the series. …
Loeb Classical Library Volumes Free Online
Rod Decker writes: Here’s a site I ran across today that looks very useful. It lists all the Loeb Classical volumes in Greek that are available online for free. It’s a surprisingly long list. Enjoy!
Publications of Emanuel Tov
Tommy Wasserman points to an important resource: Emanuel Tov has graciously made available a large number of his publications on his website here, including his two volumes on Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Judean Desert. Congratulations! Those interested in OT Text Criticism will want to access this material.
Completion!
A FedEx Truck just left this copy of God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology on our front doorstep. Praise the Lord! May his favor be upon us, and may he confirm the work of our hands (Ps 90:17). Some time back I thought through the timeline on this project. It’s a joy …
In Houston This Weekend
Lord willing, I’ll be at Bethel Church Houston (formerly Bethel Independent Presbyterian Church) this Sunday, November 7, 2010. I’ll be preaching from Revelation 5 in their two morning services, and then at 5pm leading a Sunday Night Seminar on “God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology.” If you’re in the Houston area, it …
Andy Naselli on Organizing Your Library
I love Zotero. If you write essays, articles, papers, or books, you’ll want to know about this program. Andy Naselli taught me how to use it, and now he has written a piece that will help you, too. This is a must read. On his site he’s posted an overview of an article that is …
“The Mystery of Marriage” from For the Fame of God’s Name
Praise God for marriage! What gift can be compared to this one? Who but God could have come up with something so good? Crossway has kindly granted permission for me to post my essay from the Piper Festschrift: James M. Hamilton Jr., “The Mystery of Marriage,” pages 253-71 in For the Fame of God’s Name: …
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Crossway Publishes For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper
I join the chorus of gratitude to God for the ministry of John Piper. I could tell many anecdotes about how Denny Burk and I used to quote snippets of his sermons to each other, about how powerfully the Lord used a Piper sermon when I didn’t know how to argue against open theism, about …
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On Re-Reading Homer’s Iliad
Homer’s noble high-born lords Think mainly of themselves, Lasting words and shining swords, Through flesh and soul they delve. Yet the highest truths we have He does not seem to know: For sinful guilt he gives no salve; No peace with God does show. Reading him, one must ask why There’s good in his wide …
Fred Zaspel on The Theology of Warfield
I’m really excited to see this new book from Fred Zaspel, The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary. It gives me another nudge to read Warfield himself, which I’m eager to do. So many books . . . Justin Taylor interviewed Zaspell on the book here. And the Crossway blog has a link …