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James D.G. Dunn Eerdmans, 192 pages This book is a summary of James Dunn’s brilliant scholarship over 50 years of teaching on..
Karen R. Keen Eerdmans, 160 pages Reviewed by Linda Lanam The debate surrounding the position of the church and its individual members..
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Chris Currie Parson’s Porch, 152 pages Every Sunday, all across the world, preachers stand to proclaim a “word from the Lord” to..
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Don Postema Faith Alive, 93 pages Does a book like this ever go out of favor? I hope not (in the same..
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Donald K. McKim Abingdon Press, 240 pages “No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology..
Adam Hearlson Eerdmans, 192 pages A thought occurred to me about 30 pages into “The Holy No.” What if Jesus Christ is..
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