Book Review: 1 & 2 Kings (AOTC)
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and it’s utility or otherwise to … Continued
Book Review: The New Testament Commentary Guide
As well as reading and reviewing commentaries for fun, regular readers will know that I’ve got the daunting privilege of serving as the in-house editor for most of IVP/Apollos’s series. That means I’m regularly engaging with not just commentaries, but … Continued
Book Review: John Calvin and Evangelical Theology
Today I’m reviewing another multi-contributor volume, in this instance one from a few years ago (2007) about one of my biggest theological influences and his impact on the theological movement I tend to find myself in. ‘John Calvin and Evangelical … Continued
Book Review: Judges and Ruth (BTC)
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and it’s utility or otherwise to … Continued
Books I have Edited: Life in the Son
I was privileged to be at the launch of Clive’s contribution to the NSBT series at Union School of Theology, in Bridgend, recently. The below is adapted from some remarks I gave on behalf of the publisher. As Clive’s editor, … Continued
Book Review: Joshua (EBTC)
Reading, let alone reviewing, a book by a former teacher is always a daunting thing. In this case, a commentary by my Old Testament lecturer (At St Johns, now he’s at Trinity College Bristol) David G. Firth is a particularly … Continued
A Psalm a Day: Book 1 of the Psalter
One of my ongoing projects, as a form of spiritual discipline, is to try and cover every Psalm in an ‘A Psalm a Day’ format. I recently finished ‘Book 1’ of the Psalter, Psalms 1 through 41. I’ve collected links … Continued
Book Review: Acts (EGGNT)
One of the books I picked up at ETS/IBR/SBL/AAR in Denver last November was the volume I’m reviewing today – L. Scott Kellum’s Acts in B&H Academic’s Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (EGGNT), an interesting series that is a … Continued
Book Review: John (ZECNT)
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and it’s utility or otherwise to … Continued
Books I Have Edited: Jesus, the Church and the Mission of God
Back in 2021, I shared a Top 21 books I’d read that year, and of John Valentine’s Follow Me, I wrote: this older (2009) book is a beautiful example of the importance of keeping things in print, rather than just hoping … Continued
