J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, Daniel B. Wallace, Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture. Kregel, 2006. 352 pp.
This book is a very good introduction to the topics of Contemporary Issues, Apologetics, and Textual Criticism for the dedicated layman or the serious-minded Bible study leader. I was surprised by the popular level approach to these topics brought by some of the top-shelf names in Christian scholarship. When life-long church members can say things such as “No one can really know what happened two thousand years ago,” the pastor must know that their knowledge is lacking and wonder what is the object of their faith. Their theological training from Sunday School classes has not prepared them for current challenges to the faith, and to their own faith. For pastors with members that are interested in the subject of how we know what we know about the faith, this would make a good gift to show your appreciation for their commitment to the task of teaching the Word. This book, though good for a lay introduction, does not suffice for the seminary student.
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David Crump. Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A New Testament Theology of Petitionary Prayer. Baker, 2006. 345 pp.
With a glut of books on prayer in the Christian market, here is a scholarly addition to the mix, worthy of the serious reader’s time. The books on prayer tend to be light and devotional in nature, like Murray’s classic With Christ in the School of Prayer, or the more recent and popular The Prayer of Jabez and Secrets of the Vine. The recent popular works especially tend to promise more than they can deliver, or are products of the “Health and Wealth” television preachers.
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Kevin Giles. Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Reinvent the Doctrine of the Trinity. Zondervan, 2006. 256 pp.
This paperback is not Dr. Giles’ (Th.D., Tübingen University) first book on the topic of the Trinity and the gender debate. This volume has received some notice, with endorsements from Drs. Millard Erickson, Gilbert Bilezikian, and Paul Molnar. Giles’ first premise is that Trinitarian subordinationism is a modern extension of the Arian heresy, anathematized by First Council of Nicea, 325 AD.
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Wayne Grudem. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Zondervan, 1994. 1290 pp.
This book is available in two formats, the traditional hardback book and also in electronic form; Libronix has a particularly good (searchable) form of the electronic version. I personally have both editions. Do not think that you will get it cheaper by getting the electronic version! I was first introduced to this work when Dr. Kevin Giles (Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Re-invent the Doctrine of the Trinity) called Dr. Grudem a heretic for his doctrine of a hierarchical Trinity.
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