Bavinck: A Critical Biography, and other reviews

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• Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton -- “Bavinck was a truly great man, and this is a worthy biography. It wasn’t a page turner, exactly, but I never felt bored, either. The pace was stately. A good fit for its subject.”
• Book Review: Analog Church, by Jay Kim -- “...we need real people in real places to hold real hands and wipe real tears and give real hugs.”
• Book Review: Augustine as Mentor, Edward Smither -- “Smither’s work is not only a fascinating historical exploration of one of the most titanic figures in church history, it’s a compelling and inspiring portrait of a man committed to carrying out Paul’s admonition to Timothy...”
• Book Review: God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, by Costi Hinn -- “Hinn [Benny Hinn’s nephew] is upfront about the fact that he hopes that his book will be used by God to cause people to leave the prosperity gospel and reject its teachings.”
• Book Review: None Greater, by Matthew Barrett -- “One of the most interesting aspects of Barrett’s book is how he chronicles his own journey of discovery with regard to God’s character.”
• Book Review- The Christian Life -- “One feature that makes this book especially helpful is how the author is able to distill very important concepts from authors that laymen may find intimidating.”
• Book Review: The Heart of the Preacher, by Rick Reed -- “...one thing noticeably absent from Reed’s picture of a preacher’s discipleship is the local church itself.”
• Book Review: The Mortification of Sin by John Owen -- “The Mortification of Sin is essentially an examination of Romans 8:13...the bulk of Owen’s work explores the theology and practice of mortifying sin.”
• Eusebius, Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, C. F. Cruse translator -- “This ‘new updated edition’ of Eusebius is, therefore, a mixed blessing.”
• Evangellyfish, by Douglas Wilson -- “The book is unlike any other I’ve read by Wilson: it’s a novel, and it’s satire.”
• Palm Beach doctor has written handbook on COVID-19 -- “In addition to being chief of interventional cardiology at Good Samaritan Medical Center and heading a clinic in West Palm Beach Crandall has battled contagious diseases during his missionary medical work...”
• Reviewing Anthony Esolen’s “Out of the Ashes” -- “I suspect the highest complement you can give a book written by a professor is that, upon finishing the book, you find yourself wishing that you could take a class with him.”
• Shall Never Perish: Eternal Security Examined -- “We doubt very much if a finer treatise on the assurance of salvation and the eternal security of the believer in Christ has ever been published, or can be written...If anyone can remain a ‘doubting Thomas’ after perusal of this classic work on eternal security, he must be past conviction on the subject.”
• The Purpose of Luke-Acts, by Robert Maddox -- Above all, it tries to do justice to Luke’s own expressed purpose. Whether it has got the emphasis quite right is another matter.