This book explains Baptist principles and some related issues:
Kevin Bauder. Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order. Schaumburg, IL: Regular Baptist, 2012.
As usual, Kevin is clear, logical, and (usually) compelling.
Excerpts: [Read more…] about Kevin Bauder’s “Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order”
Free PDF of this book:
Vern Sheridan Poythress. Inerrancy and Worldview: Answering Modern Challenges to the Bible. 
Wheaton: Crossway, 2012. 271 pp.
5 endorsements: Wayne Grudem, John Frame, Jack Collins, Michael Lawrence, Erik Thoennes
Related:
Mark Ward recently upgraded the Frame-Poythress website. Nice logo for tri-perspectivalism!“Scripture: How the Bible Is a Book Like No Other.” Pages 59–69 in Don’t Call It a Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day. Edited by Kevin DeYoung. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011.
The latest issue of Themelios includes a penetrating review of Peter Enns’s controversial The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins.
Hans Madueme. “Some Reflections on Enns and The Evolution of Adam: A Review Essay.” Themelios 37 (2012): 275–86.
Hans and I entered the PhD program at Trinity at the same time, and I enjoyed taking some courses with him. [Read more…] about Some Reflections on Enns and The Evolution of Adam: A Review Essay
A concise and helpful new book on a controversial issue:
Lee Gatiss. For Us and For Our Salvation: “Limited Atonement” in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry. London: Latimer Trust, 2012. 134 pp.
It’s endorsed by J. I. Packer, Carl Trueman, Mark D. Thompson, Alec Motyer, D. A. Carson, Julian Hardyman, Michael S. Horton, and David Instone-Brewer. Here’s what D. A. Carson says about it:
The last thing Lee Gatiss wants to accomplish by this short book is to renew theological conflict characterized by more heat than light. [Read more…] about Limited Atonement in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry
Mark Dever. The Church: The Gospel Made Visible. 
9Marks. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2012. 16-page sample PDF.
This book is intended as a popular primer on the doctrine of the church, especially for Baptists but also, in so far as the arguments are convincing, for all of those who see Scripture alone to be the sufficient authority for the doctrine and life of the local church.
The book grew out of a chapter I wrote almost a decade ago on the doctrine of the church. [Note 8: Daniel Akin, ed., A Theology for the Church (Nashville: B&H, 2007); see chap. 13, “The Church,” 766–856.] The volume containing that chapter imposed a certain structure that is retained here. (p. xii) [Read more…] about A Popular Primer on the Church
An excellent new book from B&H:
John S. Hammett and Benjamin L. Merkle, eds. Those Who Must Give an Account: A Study of Church Membership and Church Discipline. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2012. 239 pp.
Here’s what Darrin Patrick says about it: [Read more…] about A Study of Church Membership and Church Discipline
I observed a lot of dissertation proposals and defenses in the PhD program at TEDS, and this was one of the most frequently asked questions that examiners posed students: “What would falsify your thesis?” In other words, what exactly would it take to disprove your thesis?
It’s a question worth asking for any position you hold.
For example, consider the two most common views on the extent of the atonement:
What would falsify general atonement? Some proponents say that all it would take is a Bible passage that explicitly says that Jesus died only (key word) for the elect.
What would falsify definite atonement? [Read more…] about Falsifying Views on the Extent of the Atonement
Eckhard Schnabel, 40 Questions About the End Times (40 Questions; Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011), 321 (numbering added):
[The second edition came out in 2010, and the only repeat author is Doug Moo.] [See A. J. Gibson’s review in Themelios.] [Read more…] about Ten Books Schnabel Recommends on the End Times