Category: book review
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Adam and Madam
Tonight our class will discuss Zondervan’s new, Four Views on the Historical Adam. As with Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, this is an important book. Here is a quick run down. Dennis Lamoureux says he believes in biblical inerrancy but not a historical Adam (63). He argues that God was merely intending to communicate theological…
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free books!
There are some good titles in this week’s drawing on Tim Challies’ website. Highly recommended.
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five views on inerrancy
Weather permitting, and who really knows anymore?, tonight’s systematic class will discuss Zondervan’s new Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. There is much to digest in this timely book (I marked up the book and typed eleven pages of single spaced notes), but here is a quick summary. Pete Enns plainly says he does not believe…
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believe schmalieve
Last night I attended yet another school concert, and yet again found something to criticize. Tonight is my last one. I’m considering leaving my discernment at home and just going to enjoy the fluff. It will take a Christmas miracle. Last night my seventh grade son’s band joined his school’s choir in a solid rendition…
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the command to believe
Most chapters in Despite Doubt cite Martin Luther, because the man who endured so much Anfechtung has much to teach us about faith and doubt. I found his observation on the first of the Ten Commandments particularly helpful, and I cite it here to encourage you. Luther observed that the first commandment is “the commandment…
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how to know God exists
I could point to evidence from nature. Why is there something rather than nothing? And why is this something beautifully arranged, as if it was designed? We live on the razor’s edge in a universe that is finely tuned for life. If the Earth orbited much closer to the sun we would burn up; if…
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Click for Treat
Sorry for the bad Halloween pun, but it’s the best I could do off the top of my head. I know it’s bad because I felt compelled to say what I was aiming for. Zondervan asked me to pass along this link that will take you to lots of discounted ebooks from their “Reformed” authors.…
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sloth
“I’ve spoken of sloth because I suspect it lies at the root of many people’s crisis of faith. More people shrug away their faith than are argued out of it. They don’t have a compelling reason to stop believing in God, they just look away and say, ‘Meh.’ These doubters don’t need better arguments, they…
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forgiveness
I am in the middle of grading papers on forgiveness and am once again thankful for Chris Brauns’ provocative and eminently biblical book on the subject, Unpacking Forgiveness. I use this book each semester because it challenges our sloppy preconceptions about forgiveness and forces us back to Scripture. A few reasons why every Christian should…
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what do you know?
My central claim in Despite Doubt: Embracing a Confident Faith is that we should believe only what we know, and we do know enough to believe. I am trying to encourage believers who might be discouraged by the many books on doubt that emphasize what we don’t know and how hard it is to believe.…
Mike Wittmer 