(Guest post by Tim Raymond) Living for God’s Glory, by Joel Beeke (Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2008), 416 pgs. Living for God’s Glory is a very good and very unique book. It is a book on Calvinism, but it is unlike any book on Calvinism I have ever read. Instead of being primarily an exegetical or [...]
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Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism, by Joel Beeke
Posted: June 21, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Joel Beeke0
Review of Faithfulness Under Fire: The story of Guido de Bres
Posted: June 1, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Book ReviewPost/Review written by Geoff Henderson: Be Thou My Vision I received an email the other day offering me the opportunity to review the book Faithfulness Under Fire: The story of Guido de Bres. Of course I jumped on it, and am glad I did. Faithfulness Under Fire does a remarkable job of telling a short, [...]
Review: Lukan Authorship of Hebrews
Posted: July 5, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, Book ReviewHeader: 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 [...]
On the eve of attending my 1st ever Ligonier National Conference tomorrow, I received Holy, Holy, Holy: Proclaiming the Perfections of God – last years national Conference addresses. With lectures by R.C.Sproul, SinclairB.Ferguson, StevenJ.Lawson, Alistair Begg, Thabiti Anyabwile, D.A.Carson, W.Robert Godfrey, Derek W.H. Thomas, and R.C. Sproul Jr. These lecturers help unfold the character of [...]
Book Review: Tributes to John Calvin: A Celebration of His Quincentenary
Posted: June 14, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book of the Week, Book Review, 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 – [...]
Our Secure Salvation: Preservation and Apostasy. Robert A. Peterson, P&R Publishing, P.O. Box 817, Phillipsburg, PA 08865-0817, 2009, 240 pages, $17.99. Reviewed by Michael M. Dewalt Th.M. candidate at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. As the subtitle suggest, Preservation and Apostasy, Dr. Peterson’s book, Our Secure Salvation, deals with two crucial doctrines for [...]
Welcome to a Reformed Church
Posted: May 11, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Danny Hyde, Reformation TrustReview: Daniel R. Hyde, Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims. Reformation Trust: Orlando, 2010. pp. URC church planter Daniel Hyde felt the need for a clear, concise, and cogent piece of literature to give out to the droves of visitors, inquirers, and curious onlookers that would wander into his church. In order [...]
Book Review: Calvin for Today
Posted: May 6, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Book Review, Reformation Heritage BooksReview: Edited by Joel R. Beeke, Calvin for Today. Reformation Heritage Books: Grand Rapids, 2010. 279 pages. Calvin for Today is an edited compilation of the addresses given at the 1st Puritan Reformed Conference, which was hosted by Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, Michigan), in August 2009. The theme of the conference was “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 of the Week, Book Review, 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 [...]
