Category Archives: Book Reviews

Review of The Reformers and Their Stepchildren, by Leonard Verduin.

The Reformers and Their Stepchildren. By Leonard Verduin. The Dissent and Nonconformity Series, #14. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964. Reprint by The Baptist Standard Bearer, 2001. Pp. 304. Paper $16.00. By Wes Kenney, currently a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … Continue reading

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Review of Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition, by Andrew Purves

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition By Andrew Purves. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 2001. Pp. 152. $14.99. By Wes Kenney, currently studying at SWBTS. INTRODUCTION This little book seeks to address the author’s concern that the practice of pastoral care … Continue reading

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A Review ofThe Return of Christ: A Premillennial Perspective, edited by David Allen and Steve Lemke

This review is reported from the Journal for Theology and Ministry. For free access to more articles and reviews, click the link. Ched Spellman is an adjunct professor and PhD student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is in the … Continue reading

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John Calvin Goes to Berkeley:
A Book Review

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading

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Ten Myths about Calvinism:
Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition

A Book Review (Part 2)

  By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological … Continue reading

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Ten Myths about Calvinism:
Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition

A Book Review (Part 1)

  By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological … Continue reading

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On The Return of Christ: An Interview with Steve Lemke

Steve Lemke, one of the contributing editors to SBC Today, recently published The Return of Christ: A Premillennial Perspective. Charles Savelle, editor of the Bible X(position) blog, recently posted information about The Return of Christ, and interviewed Dr. Lemke about … Continue reading

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Holy Subversion–Part One

Rev. Trevin Wax has released the book Holy Subversion.  I have the privilege of reviewing this book and it is very exciting and humbling to be asked to do this.  Rev. Wax is the Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church … Continue reading

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Reading is Fundamental!

It’s not just a children’s literacy organization.  Reading is fundamental to our lives as Christians.  Daily devotional reading of God’s word and personal, in-depth study of the Bible are non-negotiable necessities.  We must pore over the pages of the sacred … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Alcohol Today by Peter Lumpkins

Dr. Peter Lumpkins has hit a home run.  Alcohol Today: Abstinence in an Age of Indulgence is a book which is long overdue for our churches and our culture.  This debate seems to have fallen on hard times.  Anyone who … Continue reading

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