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Review of Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, 2021
Jones, Peyton. Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2021. 415 pp. ISBN 9780310135883 By Bernard Mukwavi, DMin Peyton Jones, the author of Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, is a … Continue reading
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Review of The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services, 2nd. ed., 2021
Constance M. Cherry. The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services. 2nd edition, 2021. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 340 pp. ISBN 978-1-5409-6388-8 By Jay Dyrland, DWS With the rise of the church growth movement … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing worship songs, confession in worship, Constance Cherry, designing worship, Jay Dyrland, planning singing, planning worship, repentance in worship, The Worship Architect
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Review of Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics, 2022
Fredrico Alfredo Roth, Justin Marc Smith, Kirsten Sonkyo Oh, Alice Yafeh-Deigh, and Kay Higuera Smith. Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics. Downers Grove: IVP Press Academic, 2022. 151 pages. By Mark Naylor, DTh Overview … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian hermeneutics, Diaspora hermeneutics, European and uro-American hermeneutics, Latin American hermeneutics, Mark Naylor, non Western approaches to reading the Bible, Reading the Bible Around the World, sub-Sahara Africa hermeneutics, world hermeneutics
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Review of Elias Hofer, Weltanschauung and Apologia: A Study in C.S. Lewis , 2022
Hofer, Elias. Weltanschauung and Apologia: A Study in C.S. Lewis. Wipf and Stock, 2022. ISBN 9781666739527 By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Elias Hofer lives in Victoria, BC, and took an opportunity for early retirement from his financial sector career to pursue … Continue reading
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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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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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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Review of Grant Macaskill, Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community, 2019
Macaskill, Grant. Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781481311250 By Laurel Archer, MA, MASF The pervasive incidence of Autism in the world should perhaps be enough for churches to formalize a … Continue reading
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Tagged autism and Bible, autism and church, autism families, church and autism, grant macaskill, hermeneutic of autism, inclusive church, laurel archer
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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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Review of Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body, 2021
Brock, Brian, 2021. Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, ISBN9781540964212 By Estera Boldut, MAMFT, RSW, PsyD After I moved to Canada, I worked as a support worker for people with developmental disabilities for … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Brock, churches and disability, diversity of Christ's body, Estera Boldut, Jesus and disability, theology of diversity
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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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