How cool is that? If I were Ray, I’d be filled with gratitude to God! (And he is—he told me this morning.)
Ray Ortlund (blog) is pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois from 1989 to 1998, and he has pastored churches in California, Oregon, and Georgia.
Dane Ortlund is a a PhD candidate in New Testament at Wheaton College under Doug Moo.
1. Review of Barry J. Beitzel, The New Moody Atlas of the Bible. Themelios 34 (2009): 367. [Amazon]
2. Review of Douglas Bond, The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin. Themelios 34 (2009): 409. [Amazon | WTS Books]
3. Review of John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come (ed. C. J. Lovik; illustrated by Mike Wimmer). Themelios 34 (2009): 409–10. [Amazon | WTS Books]
4. Review of Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will: or, How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc. Themelios 34 (2009): 451–52. [Amazon | WTS Books]
5. Review of Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion. Themelios 34 (2009): 457–58. [Amazon | WTS Books]
6. Review of C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic (produced by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre). Themelios 34 (2009): 453–55. [Amazon]
8. Review of Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters. Themelios 34 (2009): 452–53. [Amazon | WTS Books]
9. Review of Timothy Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith. Themelios 34 (2009): 458. [Amazon | WTS Books]
10. Review of Gregory A. Wills, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859–2009. Themelios 34 (2009): 403–5. [Amazon]
“The Story is an edifying tool for a variety of situations: a supplemental textbook for students (junior high, high school, or college), an introduction to the Bible’s storyline for non-Christians or young Christians, and a creative refresher for mature Christians.”
“The Books of the Bible is ingenious. The way it presents the Bible as a library of literature is unique, simple, and elegant, and it naturally encourages better Bible reading.”
“Smith clearly and persuasively argues that visually presenting the Bible in a single column without chapter or verse references encourages reading that is more informed and engaged.”
Without pretending to be experts on theological children’s literature, we have sorted through recent theology books for younger children and compiled a short list of outstanding books. Other books are undoubtedly worthy of mention, but these are our favorites. What follows organizes them in three categories and ranks the books in order, beginning with our top recommendations.
The latest issue of Themelios was just published online today, and there is now a Themelios RSS feed. This issue is available in HTML and as a 126-page PDF. Here’s the TOC:
Readers will note that we are producing this digital Themelios in two formats, both PDF and HTML. The former preserves pagination for accurate referencing; the latter enables Internet users to search the material, cite snippets, copy convenient chunks, and so forth.
Bloggers will especially appreciate the ability to hyperlink directly to specific articles and book reviews. For example, I can link directly to my two book reviews in that issue:
