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Good Motives, Middling Result: Hambrick’s Do Ask, Do Tell, Let’s Talk

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 18, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, In The News

Image: Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) modification and combination of images showing support of and opposition to homosexuality, acquired through Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licenses permitting adaptation. Source images are as follows: (1) flags for sale at...

The Materialist Face of Bouw: Do Omnipotence, Omnipresence Make God a Plenum?

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 15, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary

Image: Mysterious galaxy abstract, released to the public domain by its creator, Lynn Greyling, through the Public Domain Pictures site. I’ve recently started reading an interesting book by Gerardus D. Bouw, PhD: Geocentricity: Christianity in the Woodshed...

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...

My Sad Farewell to Reddit, with Thoughts on Faith and Experience

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 21, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary

As it happens, my Reddit post was “removed [by a Reddit moderator] as it violate[d] Reddit‘s content policy with respect to personal and identifying information.” Since I am philosophically opposed to anonymous Internet posting (If you’re not...

Reordering the Trinity: Unconvincing Thesis, but Still Worth Reading

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

Durst, Rodrick K. Reordering the Trinity: Six Movements of God in the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2005. Paperback, 369 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4378-7. Rodrick K. Durst’s Reordering the Trinity, in spite of an unfortunate lack of clarity in...

For Love of God’s Word: Useful, Not Essential, to Biblical Understanding

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 16, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews

Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Richard D. Patterson. For the Love of God’s Word: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2015. Hard cover, 444 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4336-7. Late in For Love of God’s Word (hereafter,...

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...

Comprehensive, Informative…Inconsistent, Flawed: 40 Question about Creation and Evolution

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 24, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Keathley, Kenneth D., and Mark F. Rooker. 40 Questions about Creation and Evolution. 40 Questions, series ed. Benjamin L. Merkle. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2014. Paperback, 430 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-2941-5.Introduction: General Overview and AssessmentIn this...

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...

The Gospel. Clear But Maybe Too Simple: The Evangelism Study Bible

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 22, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

The Evangelism Study Bible. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2014. Hardcover. 1564+xiii pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-2662-9.Last time I visited my local Christian bookstore, I admit the one thought that didn’t occur to me was, “You know, what we really need today is a new...