Summary Lynn Cohick’s chapter replaces I. Howard Marshall’s in the previous edition of Discovering Biblical Equality, and the editors have chosen well. Cohick has not only done careful work on cultural backgrounds throughout her career, but she has recently written…
Amy Peeler. Women and the Gender of God. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman Publishing Company, 2022. Feminist theologians have long wrestled with the question of God’s gender. In particular, they have chafed against naming God as “Father” and even against Jesus’…
Words not only bear distinct meanings, but the way they are employed reflects back on the cultures that coin them. So, forexample, one evidence of the hyper-sexualized culture in which we live is the way the term “sexy” — which…
Sharon James. The Lies We are Told, the Truth We Must Hold: Worldviews and Their Consequences. Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2022. Mature Christians are developed through a steady diet of the meaty truths of Scripture, and it is these who…
Durgin, Celina and Dru Johnson, eds. The Biblical World of Gender: The Daily Lives of Ancient Women and Men. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2022. Introduction The Biblical World of Gender, edited by Celina Durgin and Dru Johnson, is…
William Lane Craig. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021. Introduction The interpretation of the opening chapters of Genesis has been a subject of debate throughout the history of Christianity,…
M. D. Perkins. Dangerous Affirmation: The Threat of ‘Gay Christianity.’ Tupelo, MS: American Family Association, 2022. While walking our dogs together last week, my neighbor Malcolm wanted to know why I do not support gay marriage. Did I not understand,…
Mark A. Yarhouse and Julia A. Sadusky. Gender Identity and Faith: Clinical Postures, Tools, and Case Studies for Client-Centered Care. Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2022. Introduction The intersection of gender identity struggles, pastoral care, and counseling methodology is a…
Gregg R.Allison. Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021. The human body can be a neglected aspect of our Christian theology, but it is at the center of current cultural attention. We acknowledge…
Mark Regnerus. The Future of Christian Marriage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Where is marriage headed for Christians? That is the question Roman Catholic sociologist Mark Regnerus tackles in his new book. He writes “This is a book about how…
Joseph Bottum. Spending the Winter. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2022. Joseph Bottum’s poetry collection Spending the Winter (2022) offers a world of longing, of poetic echoes, and of laughter worked out in the lavishness of language. Bottum borrows…
I wrote the first draft of the Danvers Statement (1987). Thirty years later, I gave input on the final draft of the Nashville Statement (2017). The former was foundational for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood; the latter expresses…
