A Path Strewn with Sinners
The gospel of St. Mark, by Wade Johnston’s own admission, had always been a “challenge” for him; indeed, even his “foe” (vii). Mark always seemed in a hurry, leaving out so many details in his ...
Is God a Moral Monster?
“Is God a moral monster?” This is the question apologist Paul Copan seeks to answer in response to the harsh criticism from New Atheists about the monstrous God found in the Old Testament In ...
What They Need to Hear
What They Need to Hear is a series of 91 letters that he wrote to his dying father-in-law Lloyd Bingaman during the last 18 months of Lloyd’s life here on earth. Lloyd was a skeptic. ...
Lutheran Primer
Edward Grimenstein’s A Lutheran Primer for Preaching is exactly what it claims to be: an introduction to one of the tasks, if not the most important task, which pastors do. Grimenstein has two goals in ...
Original Ending of Mark
You may not question whether Jesus said— and Mark wrote— “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16). Luther certainly regarded it as worthy of ...
Role of Works
This book is a volume in Zondervan’s Counterpoints series which provides “a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians.” In this volume the focus is on the role of ...
Fool’s Talk
What role does apologetics play within Christianity? Does apologetics diminish the work of the Holy Spirit and the power of the gospel? What should our goals be when we make use of apologetics? Os ...
Understanding Scripture
“How do we know the Bible is historically accurate?” “How were books of the Bible collected, and how do we know some books weren’t left out?” “Why don’t we consider the Apocrypha a part ...
Ancient Christian Doctrine
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. It seems that recently there is a renewed interest in the past, specifically early Christian thought. InterVarsity Press deserves thanks for its role ...