Edited by David W. Hall, Preaching Like Calvin: Sermons from the 500th Anniversary Celebration. P&R Publishing: Phillipsburg, NJ, 2010, 289 pages. Preaching Like Calvin is the newest addition to the Calvin 500 Series from P&R Publishing. These 289-pages contain 16 sermons which were (all but one) originally delivered at the Commemorating Calvin Conference, July 9-11, [...]
Archive for the ‘Book of the Week’ Category
Book Review: Preaching Like Calvin: Sermons from the 500th Anniversary Celebration
Posted: July 15, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, Calvin 5000
Review: Lukan Authorship of Hebrews
Posted: July 5, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Book of the WeekHeader: David L. Allen. Lukan Authorship of Hebrews. B&H Publishing Group: 2010. 416 pages. Introduction: Lukan Authorship of Hebrews is the newest addition (volume eight) in the New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology published by B&H Publishing, bringing much discussion to whom the authorship of the book of Hebrews should be given. Who [...]
Book Review: Tributes to John Calvin: A Celebration of His Quincentenary
Posted: June 14, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Book of the Week, Calvin 500Header: Edited David W. Hall, Tributes to John Calvin: A Celebration of His Quincentenary. P&R Publishing: Phillipsburg, NJ, 2010, 566 pages. As most people in the Reformed faith know, July 10th is equivalent to an International Holiday for those that are Calvinists. In 2010 it will have been 501 years ago that John Calvin – [...]
Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission by, Andreas J. Köstenberger and Peter Thomas O’Brien, InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 2001, 351 pages, $26.00. Positively First and foremost, the most positive side to Köstenberger and O’Brien’s book is the section which focuses on the biblical books [...]
Book Review: The Parable of the Ten Virgins
Posted: October 6, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Book of the Week, The Parable of the Ten Virgins(Post by Chadd Sheffield) Jesus Christ relentlessly divides the world into two. There are houses built on a rock, and on sand. There are sheep, and there are goats. There is wheat and there are tares. There are trees that bear fruit, and there are thorns and thistles. And, according to Jesus in Matthew chapter [...]
RHB Title Coming Soon
Posted: October 5, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, Reformation Heritage BooksThe Earnest Communicant – Ashton Oxenden – Introduced by Cornelis Pronk Retail Price: $6.00/RHB Price: $4.00 Paperback, 48 pages ISBN 978-1-60178-069-0 Available by October 31 Publisher’s description: This booklet provides devotional material, aimed to prepare one’s heart for partaking of the Lord’s Supper. It is designed for daily preparation the week before Communion service. Each [...]
Who Made God?
Posted: October 2, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, Desiring God Conference 2009, Evangelical Press, Who Made God?This past weekend I was up in Minneapolis for John Piper’s Desiring God National Conference, when I happen to see one of Evangelical Presses new titles in the book store, Who Made God?, by Dr. Edgar Andrews. I know what you may be thinking, “who in the heck is Edgar?” If you care enough to [...]
The Prayer of the Lord by R. C. Sproul
Posted: June 5, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, R.C. Sproul, Reformation TrustFrom Ligonier: What is the Lord’s Prayer? In The Prayer of the Lord, Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “Jesus’ intent was to give His disciples a model prayer, an example to follow, one that would teach them transferrable principles for conversation with God.” In short, Christ gave the Lord’s Prayer to teach His disciples about prayer, [...]
Sermons on Genesis: Chapters 1-11, by John Calvin
Posted: May 23, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, John CalvinNEWLY PUBLISHED – FIRST, AND ONLY, ENGLISH TRANSLATION John Calvin is generally thought of as the greatest theologian of the Protestant Reformation or as a gifted Bible commentator whose insights into the text of Scripture are still highly valued today. Yet it is not widely known that the greatest obligation Calvin felt was not to [...]
RHB: $11.00 Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches Russell D. Moore The gospel of Jesus Christ—the good news that through Jesus we have been adopted as sons and daughters into God’s family—means that Christians ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans in North America and [...]
