Church history presents many fascinating characters, but nowhere will anyone find a character quite as unique as Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is a penetrating figure whose stunning moral and theological character grip the imagination unlike any figure I have ever encountered. Biographer Eric Metaxas agrees with this sentiment, and it is precisely what compelled him to [...]
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Could anything be more difficult than coming up with an adequate design for a set of books so influential? Well, I think Hendrickson has done a fine job here. Unlike many past editions the Hendrickson design is subtle and definitive, but also distinguishes between the various volumes by its use of pinstriped colors. The books [...]
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On April 26th, Christianbook.com/academic will be sitting down with author Eric Metaxas to talk about his new book Bonhoeffer. The book has received rave reviews from several outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus. We will be addressing several topics in the book including Metaxas’ controversial positions that describe Bonhoeffer as martyr, prophet, and [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Creation, Evangelicalism, Genesis, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, Old Testament, Science, Theology, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
Splattered across newspapers, magazines, and, of course, the blogosphere have been the stories of Bruce Waltke and Tremper Logman whose controversial remarks on the Genesis Creation narrative resulted in their resignations from RTS. For his part Waltke stated that Christians should be more open to Science, specifically evolutionary theory, while Longman stated his belief that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2010
First, J. Ramsey Michaels commentary, The Gospel of John in the NICNT series is due out in July, and I believe it will do much to reinforce my belief that good commentaries can be written on John. Many commentaries excel at particular points (such as Keener’s and Carson’s), but overall the genre is without a [...]
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John R. Franke. Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009). Introduction In December of last year, I approached John Franke about the possibility of interviewing him about his latest book Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. John and I then succeeded in what can only be as a very odd journey to the [...]
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