Yarnell III, Malcolm, God the Trinity: Biblical Portraits. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2016. Introduction Malcolm Yarnell is the research professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX, where he also completed his MDiv (1991). Yarnell earned his ThM at Duke University (1996) and a DPhil at Oxford University (2000). He isContinue reading “[Book Review] Malcolm Yarnell, God the Trinity: Biblical Portraits”
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[Book Review] Malcolm Yarnell III, God: Theology for Every Person
Yarnell, Malcolm B. III. God: Theology for Every Person. Brentwood, TN: B&H Academic, 2024. Introduction Malcolm Yarnell III is the Research Professor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Yarnell earned his PhD from Oxford University in 2000. As a Baptist theologian, he has written several books on biblical theology, theContinue reading “[Book Review] Malcolm Yarnell III, God: Theology for Every Person”
[Book Review] Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God, Vol. 1
Charnock, Stephen. The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume 1: Updated and Unabridged. Edited by Mark Jones. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022. Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) was one of the renowned Puritan ministers and theologians of his times and is still influential today. Charnock earned his BA at Emmanuel College in Cambridge (1646) and his MA atContinue reading “[Book Review] Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God, Vol. 1”
[Book Review] James Dolezal, All That is in God
Dolezal, James. All That is in God: Evangelical Theology and the Challenge of Classical Christian Theism. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2017. Introduction and Method James Dolezal’s intention in his All That Is In God is to defend and retrieve Classical Christian Theism. He will explain this term below. This work is a studyContinue reading “[Book Review] James Dolezal, All That is in God”
[Book Review] Mark Jones, God Is
Jones, Mark. God Is: A Devotional Guide to the Attributes of God. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017. Introduction Mark Jones’ God Is seems like a ‘daily bread’ devotional book that offers an introduction to the doctrine of God. Jones’ goal is “to provide a brief, simple, and clear book on the attributes of God” that isContinue reading “[Book Review] Mark Jones, God Is”
[Book Review] Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica QQ. 1-26
Saint Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica. Volume 1: QQ. 1-119. 1911; Reprinted, Westminster, MD: Christian Classics, 1948. Questions 1-26, pages 1-143. Introduction and Method This edition was originally published and translated into English in 1911, revised in 1920, and reissued in three volumes in 1948. The book in this review is a reprinted issue of ChristianContinue reading “[Book Review] Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica QQ. 1-26”
[Book Review] Brandon Crowe, The Lord Jesus Christ
Crowe, Brandon D. The Lord Jesus Christ: The Biblical Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Academic, 2023. Author and Volume Series Brandon Crowe, a scholar in the fields of the New Testament, biblical theology, and the early church, offers his extensive knowledge and experience in this book on Christology. CroweContinue reading “[Book Review] Brandon Crowe, The Lord Jesus Christ”
[Book Review] Neal Blough, Christology of Anabaptist Pilgram Marpeck
Blough, Neal. Christ In Our Midst: Incarnation, Church and Discipleship in the Theology of Pligram Marpeck. Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press, 2007. Neal Blough on Pilgram Marpeck Neal Blough’s book aims to “analyze and present” Pilgram Marpeck’s theology. Blough introduces Marpeck by laying out the historical landscape prior to the peak of the Reformation era. DueContinue reading “[Book Review] Neal Blough, Christology of Anabaptist Pilgram Marpeck”
[Personal Review] Stephen Wellum, Systematic Theology (2024)
Coming from a line of Baptist ministers—from my father to my grandfather—I have observed and curiously sought a distinctively Baptist systematic theology. Part of my observations is that many Baptist ministers, theologians, and church leaders in the Philippines were easily persuaded by other denominations’ systematics, covenant theology, dispensationalism, and other concrete theological underpinnings. I canContinue reading “[Personal Review] Stephen Wellum, Systematic Theology (2024)”
[Book Review] Martin Chemnitz, The Two Natures in Christ
Martin Chemnitz Martin Chemnitz was born in Treuenbrietzen, Germany, on November 9, 1522. In 1545, he studied at the university in Wittenberg, where he met Philipp Melanchton and heard Martin Luther preach at the chapel. Though the university was disrupted by war, he completed his master’s in Königsberg in 1548 and later became a librarianContinue reading “[Book Review] Martin Chemnitz, The Two Natures in Christ”