J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life by Leland Ryken My rating: 4 of 5 stars One of my favorite evangelical jokes showed up in a Christianity Today a number of years ago. It was an ad for a (fake) new book called The Collected Blurbs of J. I. Packer. The joke, if you...
Books
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption Promo Video
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption now has a promo page on bjupress.com. If you haven't yet purchased a copy, you will want to do so now that there is a promo page. Bryan Smith, the presenter on the video there, is the one whose vision I was trying to live...
Gunton on Epistemology
All interpretation is shaped by the frameworks of belief which we bring to it; the hope is that the text—or rather the Holy Spirit’s opening up of the text—will enable us both to use and to transcend those frameworks with ever new insights into the truth of the...
Special Deal on Frame’s New Book: $32 Shipped
I like John Frame a lot. He helps me put my Bible together with my worldview. I just reviewed his new book, A History of Western Philosophy and Theology, and a friend of mine at Grace Books (Carlisle, PA) let me know that they have a special going where you can get it...
Review: A History of Western Philosophy and Theology
A History of Western Philosophy and Theology by John M. Frame My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have read some but not all of the philosophers John Frame canvasses in this book. That almost certainly describes you, too. So you’re probably in precisely the same boat I’m in...
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
I finally got my copy. It's the culmination of my nine years at BJU Press and the one book of mine most likely to actually get read: Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption, a 12th grade Bible textbook for Christian and home schools. But I can't say the book is...
Mars Hill Audio Journal
I finally found the space in my book budget to subscribe to the Mars Hill Audio Journal, and I can't believe my first listen is already complete. Myers knows how to pick 'em. Every one of the six interviews in vol. 126 was right up my alley. James W. Skillen, on the...
Review: Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage by John McWhorter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Absolutely loved this. McWhorter is a brilliant lecturer (and at 1.75 speed, he sounds superhumanly brilliant). As I began, however, I wasn't sure how much more McWhorter had to...
Review: Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age
Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age by Brent Hull My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this because my wife and I are about to buy our third house and I wanted wisdom. Our second house, it turns out, was very well made in 1948. We already miss it and we haven't yet...
I ♥ C.S. Lewis
My Kindle library of Lewis titles (most of which were $2 or so, thanks to Gospel Ebooks):
Pop Culture and Instant Gratification
I can't recommend Ken Myers' All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes highly enough. The IPP quotient (Insights Per Page) is probably higher than anything I've ever read outside a C.S. Lewis essay. Here's just one: Popular culture says, in effect, that nothing...
Scientism
From a really wonderful little book; well written and enlightening: In order to understand early modern natural philosophy, it is necessary to break free of several common modern assumptions and prejudices. First, virtually everyone in Europe, certainly every...