Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word

I came across Voddie Baucham's Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word (Crossway, 2015) back when he gave a four-message chapel series at Dallas Seminary. I picked up a cheap copy at the chapel for five dollars, and it was about time I got to reading it four years later. It is a remarkably easy …

The Trojan Mouse (book review)

I'll admit from the outset that I was never a huge Disney fan as a child. In fact, I rather disliked nearly everything on Disney Channel, and I can’t recall ever visiting a theater to watch a movie from Disney proper (as opposed to Pixar or other Disney subsidiaries). Forgive me; I much preferred the …

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 4)

In part 1 of this review, we saw Armstrong’s argument that Mary Magdalene is the “second Eve,” thereby meaning that the curse of women being easily deceived ceased at the resurrection. In part 2, we examined Armstrong’s treatment of Ephesians 5:22 and the Hebrew term ezer (“helper” or “companion”) from Genesis 2:16. In part 3, we examined Armstrong's treatment of Lydia as the ideal …

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 3)

Kat Armstrong's No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere conveys a certain feminist, idealistic image of a Christian woman who seeks to live out all four aspects of the second greatest commandment. In part 1 of this review, we saw Armstrong's argument that Mary Magdalene is …

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 2)

In part 1 of this review, we introduced Kat Armstrong's No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere. We primarily found that Armstrong advocates an over-realized soteriology of women which interprets Mary Magdalene to be the "second Eve," thereby meaning that the curse of women being easily …

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 1)

As Kat Armstrong opens No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere (Thomas Nelson, July 2019), she tells a story of an incident. In the middle of a class at Dallas Seminary, she lamented to her professor, "I'm scared to learn too much about Jesus because I …

Christian Ethics by Wayne Grudem — Book Review

Trigger warning! Not only did Crossway provide me with free digital copies of this book in exchange for an honest review, but it also has Wayne Grudem's name on it. That's right — from the guy who is infamously labeled as the greatest academic advocate of the charismatic movement and all of its abuses now comes …

Foster’s Celebration of Discpline, part 3 — Intercessory Prayer

In part 2 of this review, we went over Foster's view of the spiritual discipline of meditation, a.k.a. contemplative prayer. In this part, we'll look over chapter 3. Though simply titled "The Discipline of Prayer," this chapter of Celebration of Discipline intentionally and openly omits other forms such as "centering prayer" in order to specifically address intercessory prayer. …

Foster’s Celebration of Discipline, part 2 — Meditation and Contemplative Prayer

In part 1, I introduced some historical context behind Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Foster's book is foundational within the Spiritual Formation movement. In this article, I'll go through the first chapter, which explains the spiritual discipline of meditation, a.k.a. contemplative prayer. Foster's thesis for the chapter is this: "Though it may sound …

Book Review — ESV Archaeology Study Bible

Crossway provided me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. Criticisms of Bible publishers abound, whether they be the current glut of English Bible versions currently available, the resulting glut of study Bibles named [version] Study Bible or [someone's name] Study Bible, completely out-there niche editions such as The American Patriots' Bible or The Duck …