Andy Naselli

Thoughts on Theology

My Two Favorite Commentaries on 2 Peter and Jude

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I recently worked on a project on 2 Peter and Jude (more on that later), and I read a stack of commentaries from cover to cover (actually, I read a lineup of commentaries in Logos Bible Software from top to bottom). These two served me best:

1. Doug Moo

mooDouglas J. Moo. 2 Peter, Jude.  NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 316 pp.

Just outstanding. The NIVAC volumes have three categories in each section: original meaning, building contexts, and contemporary significance. Moo’s exegetical work in the first category is judicious as we’d expect, but what pleasantly surprised me is how edifying the other two categories are. The “contemporary significance” categories at the end of each section are so wise. [Read more…] about My Two Favorite Commentaries on 2 Peter and Jude

Killing Calvinism

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John Piper tweeted of this book, “When this kind of critique and warning come from within a movement, it is a sign of health.”

Greg Dutcher. Killing Calvinism: How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology from the Inside. Adelphi, MD: Cruciform, 2012. 111 pp.

Sam Storms compares it to medicine: “Many Calvinists will find reading this book to be a painful experience. But medicine is like that.” [Read more…] about Killing Calvinism

Limited Atonement in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry

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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

Preach: Theology Meets Practice

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Two preachers talk shop:

Mark Dever and Greg Gilbert. Preach: Theology Meets Practice.  9Marks. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2012. 212 pp. 27-page sample PDF.

Excerpts:

What expositional preach is and is not (pp. 36–38):

Expositional preaching is preaching in which the main point of the biblical text being considered becomes the main point of the sermon being preached. . . . [Read more…] about Preach: Theology Meets Practice

A Popular Primer on the Church

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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

iPad App for Champ Thornton’s God’s Love: A Bible Storybook

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champLast month I interviewed Champ Thornton about his children’s book God’s Love: A Bible Storybook.

Now the book is available as an iPad app.

Features include

  • 120 interactive story pages with text and spoken audio
  • Beautiful illustrations with full pinch and zoom
  • Presentation mode for teachers who want to display the artwork over AirPlay or through a VGA adapter

It’s well-done. [Read more…] about iPad App for Champ Thornton’s God’s Love: A Bible Storybook

The Reason for Sports and a Dispen-sensational Thriller

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I got double-Klucked last week:

  1. Ted Kluck. The Reason for Sports: A Christian Fanifesto.  Chicago: Moody, 2009. 154 pp. 13-page sample PDF.
  2. Ted Kluck, Zach Bartels, E. L. Duncan, and Brad Atchison. Beauty and the Mark of the Beast: A Dispensensational Thriller. Lansing, MI: Gut Check, 2012. 173 pp.

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When I saw Ted’s blog post about Beauty and the Mark of the Beast, I thought it was a spoof.

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It’s not a spoof. Clarification: Ted and company really did write a “dispen-sensational thriller” about Tim Tebow (err, “Ted Strongbow”). The book, however, is a spoof. It’s crazy. [Read more…] about The Reason for Sports and a Dispen-sensational Thriller