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Are Book Reviews an Endangered Species
John Byron wonders, prompted by an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Both articles refer specifically to scholarly book reviews, but book reviews by bloggers can have the same problems. I like to see some analysis in a review, along with some direction. Where might this study have done better? Where might it have…
Review of God’s Desire for the Nations and a Free Book
James A. Lee has written a thorough review of God’s Desire for the Nations: The Missionary Theology of John Piper. I appreciate this thorough review. I’m in the mood for giving away some books, so this Friday, when I give away copies of The Jesus Paradigm, I’m going to also select one comment to this…
Controversial Issues and Publishing Unbiblical Books
— Henry Neufeld I’m pretty sure I publish some books with unbiblical material in them. The hard question is which ones those are. Some people expect me to know because I read the Bible in Greek and Hebrew. Everyone who reads the Bible in Greek and Hebrew (with a little Aramaic thrown in) knows what…
Coming Up in the Participatory Study Series
The Participatory Study Series is designed as an invitation. First, it is an invitation to study. Then it is an invitation to become a participant in the Bible story. The Bible story is one of God’s interactions with humanity, and God invites us to participate in many ways, including mission, service, holiness, and faithfulness. But…
Link: Face to Face with Death
Energion author Herold Weiss, whose new book The End of the Scroll: Biblical Apocalyptic Trajectories is due out the end of this month, has an article on death from an eschatological perspective in Spectrum Magazine this month. It is also available on their web site. While we frequently read eschatological literature in order to know…
New Series: Topical Line Drives
I’m pleased to announce that Energion Publications will be offering a new series of books called Topical Line Drives. This is a branch of our existing Participatory Study Series, and will continue the mission of inviting all church members to participate in the story of God’s action in the world by becoming better informed and…

