Review: Handbook of Consolations

Handbook of Consolations for the Fears and Trials That Oppress Us in the Struggle with Death, by Johann Gerhard, translated by Carl L. Beckwith. Eugene OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009. 90 pages. Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) ...

Review: The Reason for God

The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller.  New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2008.  251 pages. Timothy Keller is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He serves at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (www.redeemer.com) in Manhattan, ...

Review: Proverbs Commentaries Comparison

Proverbs (Concordia Commentary), by Andrew E. Steinmann. St. Louis: Concordia, 2009. 719 pages. 250 pages.  The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1‒15 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament), by Bruce K. Waltke. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, ...

Review: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, by Eric Metaxas. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010.  608 pages. The reader may be familiar with the work of Eric Metaxas, even without knowing so. Before he authored this “New York ...