Book Reviews

Who did Republican Gerald Ford ask to give his homily at his funeral?  None other than the man who prevented him from being re-elected in 1976--Democrat Jimmy Carter.… — June 27, 2012

IVP's final Dictionary of the Old Testament has just come out (May 17, 2012). If you're interested you can buy it here: Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets… — May 24, 2012

At the end of WWII, President Truman needed someone to run a food aid program for post-war Europe to potentially save 100 million people.  Who did he select? … — May 16, 2012

Stephanie Lowery is an alum of Biblical Seminary, and one of my first Teaching Assistant's here.  Now she's a doctoral student in Theology at Wheaton.  This is her… — May 9, 2012

Frank Viola's blog is hosting part 2 of an interview with me about the God of the Old Testament: God Behaving Badly: Part II | Beyond Evangelical |… — May 9, 2012

Here is a link to Part 1 of Frank Viola's blog  interview of me, focusing on topics related to God Behaving Badly: God Behaving Badly | Beyond Evangelical |… — May 8, 2012

I remember as a freshman in college (1980) in our InterVarsity fellowship at Stanford we had discussions about evolution and creation.  After a few years of discussing the… — February 7, 2012

In chapter 2 of The King Jesus Gospel (2011), Scot McKnight focuses on the distinction between the gospel and salvation.  The problem in the evangelical church is that we've… — December 14, 2011

Scot McKnight begins The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited (Sept. 2011) with a personal story that may resonate with many evangelicals.  As a seventeen year-old he… — December 6, 2011

"Tonight's speaker is the sister-in-law of the author of that great book we were reading through as a fellowship this summer."  This was how my wife Shannon was… — September 16, 2011

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, 'the trouble with this country is...'" - Sinclair Lewis. This is how Bradley… — September 4, 2011

This is the last in a 3-part series of reviews of Paul Copan's recent book Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (2011, Baker). Previously… — July 29, 2011

I'm in the midst of a three-series review of Paul Copan's Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Baker 2011).  My first blog… — July 28, 2011

When my book proposal for God Behaving Badly went to publishers (Sept 2009) word came back that Baker already had a book on a similar topic coming out which… — July 25, 2011

Since we went to the Caribbean to celebrate our 20th anniversary last week, I decided to read about the Haiti earthquake in Kent Annan's new book, After Shock:… — July 14, 2011

This is the second in a series reviews on books that address the problem of God behaving badly in the Old Testament.  This review was originally published in… — June 12, 2011

Scot McKnight's blog Jesus Creed  has been running a series of posts on God Behaving Badly.  One of the commentators didn't find my chapter on divine violence (Chapter 5:… — June 5, 2011