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11/14/09

Christ On Earth: The Gospel Narratives as History 

by Jacob Van Bruggen

Translated by Nancy Forest-Flier

Reviewed by Byron Snapp


©1998, Baker Books, 230 pp. in paperback

 

Are the Gospel accounts of Christ’s life credible? In answer to the modern criticism to the contrary, the author tackles this question. He spends approximately the first third of the book summarizing modern criticism of the Gospels as reliable history. In the remaining two hundred pages he examines the Gospels by harmonizing their testimony into a chronological account of Christ’s life and ministry on earth. (more)

B o o k  R e v i e w

11/15/09

The World According to God: A Biblical View of Culture, Work, Science, Sex and Everything Else

by Greg Johnson
Reviewed by Byron Snapp


©2002, InterVarsity Press, 208 pp., paperback.

 

We live in a culture that wants Christianity to be relegated to our private lives. The author reminds readers that the God of creation commands Christianity to flow out into every facet of life. He then shows how the Bible speaks to many areas of life that may seem to be neutral.  He rightly begins with God’s attributes including God’s sovereignty and providence. He aptly defines God’s sovereignty being total even over what Satan is allowed to do. (more)

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B o o k  R e v i e w

11/12/09

Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired

by Benson Bobrick

Reviewed by Byron Snapp


©2001, Simon & Schuster, 379 pp. incl. appendices and index, in hardback

 

Too often I have forgotten the sacrifices made, and the dangers endured, by others so that people like me can hold an English Bible translation in their hand. Bobrick’s account gave me a greater appreciation for the translators and of God’s providence in the peopleand path that were involved in the translation process. The Bible had been translated into Latin years earlier. (more)

B o o k  R e v i e w

11/13/09

Truth with Love: the Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer

by Bryan A. Follis

Reviewed by Byron Snapp


©2006, Crossway Books, 206 pp. in paperback

 

 

What method did the noted Reformed evangelist, Francis Schaeffer, use to defend the faith? Was he a presuppositionalist? Was he an evidentialist? The author seeks to answer these questions by examining Schaeffer’s lecturers and recorded interaction with students. Follis sets Schaeffer in the context of his times and shows how Schaeffer fashioned his apologetics to reach the spiritually needy of that generation. (more)

 

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