Biblical Theology

Book Review: Bloodlines, by John Piper

This is a wise, clear, and faithful treatment of racial ethnicity and biblical Christianity that should be read widely.

Racial Reconciliation, the Gospel, and the Church

By Jarvis J. Williams | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015

In order to understand what gospel-grounded racial reconciliation is and what it means for the church, we need a better understanding of race.

Book Review: The Art of Prophesying, by William Perkins

Review by Andrew Ballitch | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 06.18.2015

Why should pastors today read The Art of Prophesying, a nearly 500-year-old book about preaching?

Can Women Teach Under the Authority of Elders?

By Jonathan Leeman | 05.22.2015

Jonathan Leeman continues a conversation with John Piper, Tim Keller, John Frame, Tom Schreiner, and others.

Book Review: Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans

Review by Ray Ortlund | 04.28.2015

I am not confident that, if I took this book to heart and swallowed its Christianity whole, I would be ready to stand before God on that great and final day.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Anglican Brother

By Sam Allberry | 04.23.2015

These years in seminary will provide what may be the greatest opportunity to read that you’ll ever get.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Baptist Brother

By Matthew J. Hall | 04.22.2015

It seems virtually impossible to single out a handful of books from two millennia of Christian history for you. But you’ll find this sort of list to be commonplace among types like us.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Presbyterian Brother

By Guy Prentiss Waters | 04.21.2015

To get the most from seminary you should prepare by reading good books that will do two things for you—lay a good foundation for your studies in the classroom, and lay a good foundation for gospel ministry.

Art, Beauty, and Complementarianism

By DW | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 02.24.2015

The primeval account of the first man and woman has long inspired artists because the Garden’s themes of God, love, desire, and sin still dominate the drama of men and women today.

Is The Bible Too Complicated For Those Who Struggle To Read?

By Andy Prime | 01.01.2015

The importance of the perspicuity of the Scriptures is the clarity of the Saviour.

Book Review: Making Sense of the Bible, by David Whitehead

Review by Graham Michael | 12.04.2014

This book ultimately falls short of delivering a consistently reliable resource for beginning readers to achieve a balanced grasp of the overall form and content of the Bible.

The Good News of the Father’s Conditional Love for the Son

By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014

At the very center of the universe, and the greatest love in the universe, is the divine Father’s conditional love for the divine Son. That should give us hope.