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Review of Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith, 2021
Sillimon, Daniel, Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith. Grand Rapids: Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. ISBN 9780802879356 By Elsie Froment, PhD What tied together the identity of American evangelicalism in the latter half of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian bookstore, cultural evangelical identity, Daniel Sillimon, Elsie Froment Northwest, evangelical identity, evangelical publishing, Oke Love Comes Softly, Peretti This Present Darkness, Tim LaHaye Left Behind, what evangelicals read, Young The Shack
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Review of Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction, 2022
Eilers, Kent. Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction. Art by Chris Koelle. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. Pp. 217. ISBN 9780802881786 By Jonathan Numada, PhD Kent Eilers, Professor of Theology at Huntington University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has written an accessible … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Koelle, communication and theology, culture and theology, experience and theology, jonathan numada, Kent Eilers, reading theology wisely, reason and theology, scripture and theology, theological discernment, theological perspectives, tradition and theology
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Bible Buttons: Canadian Evangelical Attempts at Unity and Influence at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
By James Tyler Robertson, PhD Introduction The years 1899-1902 are an in-between time in Canadian religious history worth considering. This was a time of nation building under the moniker of Canada as a “Dominion” — a purposefully biblical term introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Criticism Canada, Canadian Evangelicals Late 19th Century, Church Social Activism Canada, Darwinism Canada, Evangelical Influence in Canada, Evangelicals and Catholics Canada, History Canadian Evangelicals, James Tyler Robertson, James Tyler Robertson Tyndale, Rairoad and Social Care Canada
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Review of Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church, 2022
Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8028-8174-8 By Joshua Coutts, PhD This is a well-organized, accessible, informative introduction to the Bible in the early Church. Historian Justo L. González has compacted a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible in Early Church, early biblical interpretation, history of Bible, how Bible used by early Christians, Joshua Coutts, Joshua Coutts Providence, Justo Gonzales
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Gospel Literacy, Evangelism, and the Average Believers
By Larry J. Perkins, PhD This paper evaluates claims made by Timothy Keller (Center Church) regarding the role of every believer as ‘evangelist.’ Early Church leaders focused upon developing ‘gospel literacy’ among Jesus followers so that they understood the content … Continue reading
Pastoral Burnout, Failure and the Value of Restoration
By Dean Davey, PhD Introduction After a lifetime of successful ministry, there he sat at his kitchen table with his head in his hands, weeping. Silently, I waited. It was a familiar scene witnessed throughout my research. Finally, he spoke, … Continue reading
Review Essay: Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Biology, Religion, and Philosophy, 2021
Review Essay: Biology, Religion, and Philosophy: An Introduction, Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN 9781107667846 By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Introduction Cambridge University Press is to be commended for initiating a series of book publications … Continue reading
Review of Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model, 2022
Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2022. ISBN 9781666731989 (paperback); 9781666725162 (hardcover). By Jeehoon Kim, PhD Written by Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics is … Continue reading
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Tagged church fathers apologetics, cultural apologetics, cultural contextualization, Jehoon Kim, Matt Lee, Paul's apologetics, types of apologetics
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Review of Mother of Modern Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears, 2020
Migliazzo, Arlin C. Mother of Modern Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020. 278 pp. ISBN 978-0-8028-7792-5 By Elsie Froment, PhD The fundamentalism of the early twentieth century was theologically … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian education, Christian education history, Elsie Froment, evangelicalism, female church leaders, fundamentalism, Henrietta Mears, rebranding fundamentalism, Woman church leaders
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Jeehoon Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Korean Language Programs, Network Manager for Korean BA in Christian Leadership, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Langley, BC Research Interests Hebrew poetry, Psalms, Wisdom literature, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Intertextuality, Canonical Approach, Narrative Approach, History of Interpretation Publications … Continue reading
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Review of Money Matters: Faith, Life and Wealth, 2021
R. Paul Stevens and Clive Lim. Money Matters: Faith, Life and Wealth. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2021. ISBN 978-08028-7751-2 by Ron J. Sing, BA Economics Money matters. As Christ-followers, the way we honour God with the use of money and … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Lim, money and capitalism, money and spirituality, Money Matters, Paul Stevens, Ron J. Sing, stewardship of money, theology of money
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Review of Wisdom From Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age, 2020
Smith, Gordon T. Wisdom From Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. By Mike Mawhorter, DMN The Church in North America is undergoing a seismic shift. Christianity has enjoyed a privileged place … Continue reading
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Tagged church leadership in secular age, faith in a secular country, learning about liturgy, Mike Mawhorter, teaching by catechism
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Review of Bruce K. Waltke and Ian D.V. De Silva, Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary, 2021
Bruce K. Waltke and Ivan D. V. De Silva. Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. Pp. 528, Paperback, $38.00, ISBN 9780802875037. By Paul S. Evans, PhD This commentary is a condensed version of Bruce Waltke’s magisterial two-volume commentary … Continue reading
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Tagged conflicting proverbs, hermeneutical approach to Proverbs, Paul S. Evans, Proverbs, Proverbs and teaching Jesus, Waltke and De Silva, Woman Wisdom
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More But Not Less Than a Corporation: What Large Church Staff Leadership Can Learn from the Corporate World
By Jeremy Johnson, MA, ThM cand. As smaller churches grow into larger churches[1] they face different challenges than they did earlier in their evolution. One of these challenges is the size of staff these churches must employ. There has been … Continue reading
The Undivided Body: An Ecclesial Response to Surveillance Technologies and Practices
By Michael Morelli, PhD Obvious, ubiquitous, and important realities The late novelist David Foster Wallace opened the only graduation commencement speech he ever delivered with the following story. Two young fish pass an older fish who says, “Morning, boys. How’s … Continue reading