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Distilling Kuyper: A Review of Calvinism for a Secular Age Book ReviewsTheology

Distilling Kuyper: A Review of Calvinism for a Secular Age

Title: Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures Author: Jessica R. Joustra, Robert J. Joustra Publisher: IVP AcademicPublishing Date: February 8, 2022Pages: 248 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-1514001462 The goal in distilling spirits varies depending on what you’re trying to make. Good vodkas are almost tasteless, ready to mix in…
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July 27, 2026
The Catechism as Counter-Culture: A Review of You Are Not Your Own Book ReviewsTheology

The Catechism as Counter-Culture: A Review of You Are Not Your Own

Title: You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman WorldAuthor: Alan NoblePublisher: IVPPublishing Date: October 12, 2021Pages: 232 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0830847822  “What is your only comfort in life and in death?” In his new book, Alan Noble takes the first question and answer from the Heidelberg Catechism and uses it as a…
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July 27, 2026
Neo-Calvinism for the Nations: Reviewing Part 2 & 3 of Reformed Public Theology Book ReviewsTheology

Neo-Calvinism for the Nations: Reviewing Part 2 & 3 of Reformed Public Theology

Title: Reformed Public TheologyEditor: Matthew KaemingkPublisher: Baker AcademicPublishing Date: August 17, 2021Pages: 336 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-1540961976 Iam less of an unlikely Neo-Calvinist than my colleague who began this review series. Even though I don’t have a Dutch surname, I grew up in a little Dutch pocket of Southern California in the shadow of Westminster…
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July 27, 2026
Learning to Eat your Vegetables: a review of Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition from a teacher’s perspective Book ReviewsTheologyUncategorized

Learning to Eat your Vegetables: a review of Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition from a teacher’s perspective

Title: Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition: A Systematic Introduction Author: Craig G. BartholomewPublisher: IVP AcademicPublishing Date: March 21, 2017Pages: 379 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0830851584 This academic endeavor emerges in response to a student and professor summer book read and discussion about understanding more deeply the reformed perspective of the Christian faith. This review is…
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July 27, 2026
He is Strong When We are Weak: A Review of Gentle and Lowly Book ReviewsTheology

He is Strong When We are Weak: A Review of Gentle and Lowly

Title: Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and SufferersAuthor: Dane OrtlundPublisher: CrosswayPublishing Date: April 7, 2020Pages: 224 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-1433566134 When our consciences are truly pricked, we are repulsed by our sins. When we are in anguish, we often feel disconnected from others, including our God, and we naturally…
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July 27, 2026
Recovering a Grammar for the Soul: A Review of The Logic of the Body Book ReviewsTheology

Recovering a Grammar for the Soul: A Review of The Logic of the Body

Title: The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology Author: Matthew A. LaPinePublisher: Lexham PressPublishing Date: November 4, 2020Pages: 440 (Paperback)ISBN:978-1683594253 If you’ve ever tried to kick an addiction, go on a diet, or engage in any other significant rewriting of who you are, my guess is that you can…
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July 27, 2026
Gratitude as Worldview: A Review of Eucharistic Reciprocity Book ReviewsTheology

Gratitude as Worldview: A Review of Eucharistic Reciprocity

Title: Eucharistic Reciprocity: A Practical Theological Inquiry into the Virtue of GratitudeAuthor: A. William DeJongPublisher: Pickwick PublicationsPublishing Date: November 11, 2019Pages: 276 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-1532672538 “North America is home to widespread greed peacefully co-existing with equally widespread gratitude. Though few are inclined to admit greed, many are public about their gratitude. How…
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July 27, 2026