Apr 10, 2015 | Book Reviews
Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible (HarperOne, 2015) Whenever I get a book like this, I’m tempted to jump ahead to the conclusion, just so I can see if I agree with their direction. Against all my instincts, I started from the beginning, and I’m glad I did....
Feb 19, 2015 | Author - Rob Grayson, Book Reviews
Today I’m delighted to be reviewing Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem by Brad Jersak, published in 2009 by Wipf & Stock. Hell is a subject which, in my experience at least, is not often openly spoken about in churches and...
Jan 17, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church, William T. Cavanaugh, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, 200 pages. My thanks to Oxford University Press for a review copy of the first book, and to Eerdmans for a review copy...
Dec 15, 2014 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Najla Said, Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family (Riverhead Books, New York: 2013). Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-59448-708-8: 258 pages I tried to wrap my teenage head around the existence of such a place (Gaza) in the...
Dec 5, 2014 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Challenging Christian Zionism: Conferences and Book Reviews Donald Wagner & Walter T. Davis (Editors), Zionism and the Quest for Justice in the Holy Land (Wipf and Stock Publishers: Eugene, 2014). Paul S. Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, Jens Zimmerman...
Dec 2, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd, Book Reviews
Theologian, author, and blogger Derek Flood has a new book out — Disarming Scripture. His book has a provocative subtitle: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving Conservatives, and Why We All Need To Learn to Read the Bible Like Jesus Did. I’ve read it...
