Books… A Review of “Evangelical Theology” by Michael Bird 25 Nov 201325 Nov 2013 It feels almost blasphemous to suggest that Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology could be displaced as the best text for young theologians. In this post, however, I will venture to go…
Books… A Review of “Charity and Its Fruits” by Jonathan Edwards 18 Nov 2013 What does it mean to be a Christian? There are lots of ways people tend to answer that question. Jonathan Edwards answered it by looking to love. “All that is…
Books… A Review of “The End for Which God Created the World” by Jonathan Edwards 21 Oct 201321 Oct 2013 Why did God create the world? Many have attempted to answer this question over the years. Early on Jonathan Edwards had established that God created the world for the happiness…
Books… A Review of “Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling” by James MacDonald, Bob Kellemen, and Steve Viars 14 Oct 2013 I don’t have time for personal politics. The truth is they shouldn’t even exist within Christian organizations, but they sadly do. In my own world there are too many people…
Books A Review of “Gray Matters” by Brett McCracken 7 Oct 2013 “Christians have a hard time with nuance,” writes Brett McCracken. He continues: Gray areas are not our strong suit. It’s way easier to just say yes or no to things,…
Books A Review of “Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church” by Michael Lawrence 23 Sep 2013 A warm classroom is no place for afternoon classes. This is especially true when you've been up since midnight the previous night and when that class is Medieval philosophy. I…
Books A Review of “Race and Redemption in Puritan New England” by Richard A. Bailey 9 Sep 2013 I don’t think often about the reality of racism. It’s not something I am proud of; a luxury afforded me for being born white. I hadn’t thought much about racism…
Books A Review of “What is New Covenant Theology?: An Introduction” by A. Blake White 2 Sep 20136 Sep 2013 I have a rebellious streak in me. It runs fairly deep and often works against any type of conformity. So when many of my friends began to share that they…
Books A Review of “Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin” by Oliver Crisp 19 Aug 2013 How do you critique someone whom you respect? Frankly, we should critique those we love the same way we critique those we struggle to appreciate. In all critiques there should…
Books… Creative and Conservative is the Ideal: A Review of “Original Sin” by Jonathan Edwards 5 Aug 2013 Creative and conservative theology is the ideal, and yet it is a hard balance to retain. Often the most creative theologians drift off into such ungrounded speculation that they end…
Sparrow & Heart Soul Care 