church history

Pentecostal Outpourings…the Reformed Way

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 22, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews

Smart, Robert Davis, Michael A. G. Haykin, and Ian High Clary, editors. Pentecostal Outpourings: Revival and the Reformed Tradition. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2016. Paperback, 260 + xii pages. ISBN 978-1-6018-433-9. This is an excellent and edifying...

Worthwhile Reading…For Some: History, Law and Christianity

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 17, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Montgomery, John Warwick. History, Law and Christianity. Corona, CA: NRP Books, 2014 (prior edition copyrights were 1964, 1991, and 2002). Paperback. 102+xv pages. ISBN 978-1-945500-01-5. While my philosophical and theological commitment are not...

Pious Thinking: God’s Battle Plan (Saxton Review)

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Mar 8, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Saxton, David W. God’s Battle Plan for the Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015. Paperback. 145+vii pages. ISBN 978-1-60178-371-4.Contemporary rediscovery of the intellectually rich yet rigorously...

Bitesize Rutherford Bio: Something to Chew On

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 29, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Hannula, Richard M. Samuel Rutherford: Lover of Christ. Bitesize Biographies. Darlington, England: EP Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-78397-018-6.Richard Hannula’s Samuel Rutherford Bitesize Biography is an excellent brief introduction to Rutherford’s life,...

Kosher Pig: Tasty in Places, but Undercooked

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 20, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Shapira, Itzhak. The Return of the Kosher Pig: The Divine Messiah In Jewish Thought. Clarksville, MD: Lederer Books, 2013. xii+318 Pages. ISBN 978-1-936716-45-6.The author of The Return of the Kosher Pig (hereafter, Kosher Pig), Itzhak Shapira, is a Messianic...

True Reason: Worth Thinking Your Way Through

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Mar 2, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Gilson, Tom, and Carson Weitnauer, editors. True Reason: Confronting the Irrationality of the New Atheism. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8254-4338-1. Abridged versions of this review may be found on Amazon and Goodreads. Prefer to skip ahead? Here are...

Swanson’s Apostate: Merits Reading, Could Be Better

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 23, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews

Swanson, Kevin. Apostate: The Men who Destroyed the Christian West. Parker, CO: Generations with Vision, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9853651-5-8. Overview And Recommendation “The Christian influence in the West has dissipated,” Swanson writes, “and my mission...

Intermittent Yahoo! Groups Dialog with Mormons Continues

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 30, 2013 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

I’ve made a new post to the evangelicals-Mormons discussion group. Find the original, complete with any typos I’ve corrected below (but without added links), here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evangelicals_and_lds/message/3815. Sorry for the long delay in...

Packer’s Puritan Portraits: Solid Reading, Not Entirely New

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 24, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

J. I. Packer. Puritan Portraits: J. I. Packer on Selected Classic Pastors and Pastoral Classics . Ross-shire, Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications, 2012. Kindle (Mobi) Format. ISBN 978-1-78191-076-4. (Location numbers in the review are sometimes...

Yahoo! Groups Query Concerning “Official” Mormon Doctrines

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 16, 2013 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

On 01/06/2013, I posted the following question to a Yahoo discussion group for Mormon-Evangelical discussion. This group, by the way, is moderated by Christian apologist, Rob Bowman. Though I’ve not yet had the opportunity to read any of Rob’s books (no...