Book Review: Gospel Clarity: Challenging the New Perspective on Paul
Reviewed by Nicholas Piotrowski
“When will it become clear to the geocentrists?”
So asks N. T. Wright in his book Justification, likening those who hold the “old perspective” on Paul’s gospel to anyone who insists that the sun revolves around the earth because that’s what they see looking up in the sky (Justification, 95).
THE COPERNICAN ANGST OF N. T. WRIGHT
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Book Review: 40 Questions about Christians and Biblical Law
Reviewed by Nicholas Piotrowski
I expect that many Christians might not think that a book with the title 40 Questions about Christians and Biblical Law would be that helpful for their daily Christian lives. After all, the law is not the most enticing subject. Further, we are “not under the law” as members of the new covenant, right?
Well-known and widely-respected New Testament scholar Thomas Schreiner would beg to differ.
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Book Review: The God Who Is There
Reviewed by Nicholas Piotrowski
In his 1998 book Losing Our Virtue, David Wells comments that systematic theologies are more commonly written for the academy than for the church. To do the latter, he says, “would require that theology understand the life of the Church as well as the way life in the postmodern world works, and not simply orient itself to the preoccupations of the academic guild” (10).
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Book Review: God's Big Picture, Gospel & Kingdom, and According to Plan; by Vaughan Roberts and Graeme Goldsworthy
Reviewed by Nicholas Piotrowski | 3.5.2010
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Book Review: God is the Gospel
Reviewed by Nicholas Piotrowski | 3.5.2010
John Piper has once again given us a book that provokes us to earnestly reconsider the center of our personal walks with Christ, the aim of our ministries, and the very pulse of our churches. After all, what’s Christianity really all about? If you love Jesus, you will be affected by this book; the biblical truths trumpeted are deeply challenging in their implications.
I highly recommend John Piper’s God is the Gospel, especially for pastors and other church leaders. The following review addresses:
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