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“Children, Keep Yourselves from Idols”

Guest Contributor
January 14, 2021
Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
Idolatry By Stephen E. Fowl Baylor University Press 2019. Pp. 180 $34.95. Review by Anthony Petrotta Professor Fowl's argument is clear and concise: idolatry is alive and well, just as it was in the day... Read More...

The Seedbed of Christian Biblical Interpretation

Fr. Paul Wheatley
January 12, 2021
Books, Commentary, Exegesis, Ressourcement, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew. By Ronald E. Heine First edition. 2 vols. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. ix + 773, $270. Review by Paul D. W... Read More...

Reconsidering the Parables of a “Marginal Jew”

Garwood Anderson
December 10, 2020
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A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Volume 5: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables By John P. Meier  Yale University Press xiii + 441 pp $65  Review by Garwood P. Anderson When contemporary theologians and “churchmen” disparage the “... Read More...

A Modern-Day Pastoral Rule

Mark Clavier
August 14, 2020
Books, Church in Wales, Ministry, Reviews & Culture
These will be useful volumes to own — a kind of encyclopedia of pastoral wisdom to dip in and out of and a useful corrective to models of mission and ministry that over-emphasize advocacy or achievement at the expense of personal relationships.

President Trump and Evangelicals’ Shifting Playbook

Benjamin Guyer
August 4, 2020
Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump By John Fea Eerdmans Pp. 238 $24.99. Review by Benjamin Guyer John Fea opens the conclusion of Believe Me by relating a conversation that occurred at an ... Read More...

“Unto Whomsoever Much is Given, of Her Shall Much Be Required”

Brandt Montgomery
June 23, 2020
Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church
Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama By J. Barry Vaughn The University of Alabama Press, 2013, pp. 264. $49.95 Review By Brandt L. Montgomery June 27, 2020 will be a historic day in the 190-year history of ... Read More...

Reading Scripture as Centered on Jesus

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March 13, 2020
Bible, Books, Exegesis, Reviews & Culture
The Swiss theologian’s striking insights on core Christian doctrines glisten through this superb collection of essays plumbing his engagements with gospel texts.

Nature, Grace, and Adoption

Abigail Woolley Cutter
March 6, 2020
Books, Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
Since it is small, accessible, and thoroughly theological, it would be an excellent resource for beginning a conversation on adoption and assisted reproduction among pastors or seminary students, who may be asked to counsel other Christians.
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