God’s Grand Design: A Brief Review

One of the reasons I teach in a seminary setting is because of my desire to help form a generation of seminarians into pastor-theologians. Teaching in the field of church history lends itself to this emphasis. As I never tire of telling my students, many of the most important theologians in the history of Christianity were either pastor-theologians or...

The Sword of the Lord: A Brief Review

One of the books I’ve most anticipated reading this fall has been The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family (Chiara Press, 2011). The author, Andrew Himes, is a grandson of the famous fundamentalist evangelist and publisher John R. Rice. I recently had a chance to finally read the book, and I wasn’t disappointed. The Sword...

God’s Country: The Faithful Sunbelt

One of the most important recent books published in American religious history is Darren Dochuk’s From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism (Norton, 2010). My review of Dochuk’s book, titled “God’s Country: The Faithful Sunbelt,” has been published in the Summer...

Andrew Fuller: Model Pastor-Theologian

If you are a regular reader, you probably know my all-time favorite Baptist is Andrew Fuller. My friend Paul Brewster has recently published an excellent monograph on the famed pastor titled Andrew Fuller: Model Pastor-Theologian (B&H Academic, 2010). The book is a revised version of his widely regarded dissertation at Southeastern Seminary. I’ve...

Review of the Ancient Christian Doctrine Series

The May 2011 issue of Themelios is now available online, courtesy of The Gospel Coalition. The latest issue includes articles by Don Carson, Carl Trueman, Keith Johnson, Uche Anizor, Stephen Dempster, and Robert Gundry. It also includes several dozen book reviews. I have the privilege of serving as one of the book review editors for Themelios. I’ve also...