In this episode of the Author Talks with Shaun Tabatt Podcast I interview Randal Rauser about his book The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails (IVP, 2012). About the Book: In the real world, we don’t usually sit in lecture halls debating worldview issues in systematic arguments. Chances are that we’re [...]

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While these books won’t be availabe in time for Christmas, I did feel like a kid with a Christmas toy catalog while I was browsing through the InterVarsity Press Spring 2013 New Title Announcement. I’m big fan of IVP’s books, but even I was surprised at how many of the pages I ended Up marking [...]

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Ever have one of those days where you’re out at a coffee shop talking theology with your friends and all of a sudden some random some guy walks up wanting to get into a discussion about vestigium trinitatis. Happens all the time, right? While you’re always up for a good theological exchange, it’s finals week [...]

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The good folks at IVP Academic have sent along their latest catalog for winter 2013. Here are a few of the books I’d like to add to my personal library: Want to browse the catalog too? It’s available here:  LINK.

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Video Description: General Editor of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, Timothy George, passionately presents the diverse collections of voices included in the RCS, some translated into English for the first time, and how they contribute to the depth of the series. These voices also directly reflect the broad vision of a series dedicated to enhancing [...]

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Ben Witherington mentioned earlier today that his recent book A Week in the Life of Corinth (IVP, 2012) has sold very well, which means the publisher has decided to move forward with a series of “A Week in the Life of” titles. This first book is quite good, using a fictional story and many pictures, maps, [...]

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Send me a new book catalog and I feel like a kid in a candy store. Last week the InterVarsity Press Winter 2013 New Title Announcement showed up and I just had to take a few minutes to browse and see what great books I should keep an eye out for this winter. Here are [...]

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In a recent episode of his This is Your Life podcast, Michael Hyatt responded to an article in the July 2012 issue of Newsweek called “Tweets, Texts, E-mail and Posts: Is the Onslaught Making Us Crazy?” Personally, I find this kind of research both fascinating and alarming. While there is much good to be found on the web, [...]

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Earlier this week I shared that I’d recently come across the Book and the Spade podcast and have been enjoying all of the “Bible Geeky” goodness. I wanted to pass along that part 2 of Gordon Govier’s interview with Ben Witherington about his new book A Week in the Life of Corinth (IVP, 2012) is [...]

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Summer is finally starting to settle down a bit for me, so I’ve been spending some extended time down here in the Bible Geek Gone Wild “cave.” I’m digging in to the big pile of review books that have come recently and am presently working through A Week in the Life of Corinth by Ben [...]

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