Books and reviews, and other reviews

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• Best Books for Pastors in 2020 -- “We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2020 that helped you be a better pastor? We’ve curated their responses below.”
• Book Review: Andy Chambers, Exemplary Life: A Theology of Church Life in Acts -- “While I am less convinced the later reports in Gentile churches are true echoes of these summaries, in general Chambers makes an excellent argument that Luke’s intention was to provide a model of an ideal church for later generations to emulate.”
• Book Review: Constantine R. Campbell, Advances in the Study of Greek -- “Campbell’s Advances in the Study of Greek intends to fill a significant gap in the education of a student of New Testament Greek.”
• Book Review: Heaven by Randy Alcorn -- “Alcorn writes with an awareness of how common and appealing the topic of heaven is, even to those who don’t know the Lord.”
• Book Review: J. B. Lightfoot, The Acts of the Apostles: A Newly Discovered Commentary -- “Overall this commentary is a valuable contribution to the history of scholarship on the Book of Acts. Modern commentaries still cite Lightfoot and his views on textual issues...”
• Book Review: Mere Discipleship, by Alister McGrath -- “Mere Discipleship is an impressive, unique, thought-provoking book; full of edifying stuff that makes it a worthwhile investment.”
• Christianity Today’s 15 Most-Read Book Reviews of 2020 -- “Here are our most popular book reviews of 2020, ranked in reverse order of what our online audience read most.”
• Into All the World: Emergent Christianity in its Jewish and Greco-Roman Context -- “The editors of this volume were deliberate in not seeking to harmonise the various chapters, which has resulted in a diversity of opinions on numerous matters discussed across the various essays.”
• Introduction to Early Christian Books by William John Ferrar -- “This handy little book provides brief summaries of Christian writers and their writings up to the middle of the Second Century.”
• Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes–A Review -- “My guess is that [responsible popularization] is what Richards and O’Brien attempted to do in this work. Given the weaknesses in this book, I cannot in good conscience regard this volume as ‘responsible popularization,’ and would therefore not assign it were I teaching a class on biblical interpretation.”
• The Heart of Revelation: A Review -- “On the whole, there is much value in this work. To be honest, my surprise was not that we disagreed on so many things, but rather that we agreed on so many.”
• Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman -- “How is it that so many average people in the West fail to see ‘I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body’ as a self-evident absurdity?”