Category: Book Review

Grudem’s Book on Politics, and Other Meditations »

First is Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. I’ve been going through it lately and wanted to share some brief thoughts. I’ll start with a few obvious criticisms: (1) Poor editorial work for a generally good book (the recent Politics According to the Bible by Grudem). Did someone say, “spellcheck”? The “Untied States” (instead [...]

Three Stellar New Books for the Real Apologist »

Biography on Herman Bavinck ( even though his epistemology isn’t the best, he’s a real apologist). A Reader’s Greek and Hebrew Bible (also on RA recommended) The Heresy of Orthodoxy by Andreas Kostenberger and Michael Kruger  – Gives Bart Erhman and other NT criticism a serious spanking. I was also checking out Michael Sudduth (Bahnsen’s [...]

Book Review: Tchividjian’s “Unfashionable” »

I don’t remember where I got it, but it was free. And with free books, my usual cynicism kicks in, “oh, it’s probably some mass-produced mainstream evangelicalism book touting a ‘new’ idea that’s actually old as dirt.” But I couldn’t have been more wrong. And with endorsements from DA Carson, Chuck Colson, Ravi Zacharias, and [...]

Book Review: Dreyfus’ “On the Internet” »

Hubert Dreyfus’ On the Internet: Thinking in Action addresses the controversial subject of the internet, its benefits, and its insufficiencies. The book is multifaceted, providing insight from philosophical, technological, and educational angles. As such, Dreyfus naturally engages in many controversies, but, his thesis lacks adequate support partially due to its complex structure. In the first [...]