Author Archives: Elsie Froment

Recent Posts: Spring 2025

New Book Hebel, Joy, and the Fear of God: Qoheleth’s Design and Message. Pickwick, 2025 [New Book] Articles The Anonymous King: A Foundation for a Messianic Reading of the Psalter [Article] [PDF] How Can the Bible Guide Our Consumption [Article] … Continue reading

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The Drama of Scripture: Finding our Place in the Biblical Story, 2024

Craig G Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen, The Drama of Scripture: Finding our Place in the Biblical Story. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024. ISBN: 9781540966018. By Terry G. Hiebert, PhD The Drama of Scripture by Craig G. Bartholomew and … Continue reading

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New Book: Hebel, Joy, and the Fear of God: Qoheleth’s Design and Message, 2025

Is life vanity? Does time erase our meaning? Are the evils of society and one’s lot inescapable? Are we consigned to scavenge for scraps of enjoyment in our fleeting existence? In the end, does anything even matter? With refreshingly brutal … Continue reading

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How Can the Bible Guide Our Consumption?

By Brian Albright, PhD Financial decisions can be connected to several challenges that people face in life. Personal debt and working long hours can cause stress on families. The businesses that supply people’s needs are regularly accused of harming the climate … Continue reading

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Evangelicals and Liturgy

By Lorn Gieck, DWS  Introduction  After ignoring liturgy for centuries many evangelical churches are experimenting with it. This article is an attempt to understand why and how, after all this time, a new renewal of worship is occurring in the … Continue reading

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God, Self, Identity, and the Adolescent Task of Getting Organized

By Chris D. Clements, PhD A casual opening note to youth workers, mentors and caring adults: I can remember being a teenager in a Bible study series my youth group was running. Our group leader reminded us often that it … Continue reading

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Review of Evangelism: Learning from the Past, 2023

Green, Michael. Evangelism: Learning from the Past. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023, 151 pages. ISBN 9780802883438 By Susan Booth, PhD Michael Green (1930-2019) was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. Graced with an exceptional ability to balance scholarship … Continue reading

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Review of Before We Gather: Devotions for Worship Leaders & Teams, 2023

Hicks, Zac. Before We Gather: Devotions for Worship Leaders & Teams. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2023. ISBN 9780310145073 By Johnny Markin, DWS In the burgeoning world of literature devoted to informing and equipping worship leaders in the Christian Church, Zac Hicks … Continue reading

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Review of Christian Academic Writing: Twelve Practices and Principles for Becoming a Successful Writer, 2024

Benjamin L. Merkle and Adrianne Cheek Miles. Christian Academic Writing: Twelve Practices and Principles for Becoming a Successful Writer. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024. 176 Pages ISBN 9781540965998 By Joel Houston, PhD Benjamin L. Merkle (Dr. M.O. Owens Jr. … Continue reading

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God Works at the Heart of the Sanctuary and at the Threshold on the Periphery

When is a high school not “just” a high school? The answer is, when the followers of Jesus gather there to worship and hear God’s word and there is a powerful moving of the Holy Spirit. Continue reading

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Translating the Message: A Personal Reflection

Sanneh’s seminal work, Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture has had a lasting impact on missiological thought… Continue reading

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The Anonymous King: A Foundation for a Messianic Reading of the Psalter

While scholarship on the Psalms has a long history, a more recent movement has been to study the Psalms not as a mere collection of individual pieces but as a whole, an editorially crafted book…. Continue reading

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Recent Posts – Fall 2024

Articles: Have the Apologetics Questions Changed? [Article] [PDF] Applying Christian Wisdom to Climate Change [Article] [PDF] Climate Change and Science: A Hope-Filled Perspective? [Article] [PDF] Principles for Choosing a Model of Church Governance [Article] [PDF] Singing with Jesus: The Psalms … Continue reading

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Help, Lord, I have Spiritual E/BD

By Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not … Continue reading

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Review of A History of Contemporary Praise and Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church, 2021

Lester Ruth, Lim Swee Hong.  A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5409-6753-4 By Christine Longhurst, DWS In A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: … Continue reading

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