Two Reflections on Ecclesiastes

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By Shawn Lazar Ecclesiastes in a Syllogism As I was making lunch, my son, Zane, came into the kitchen and asked, “Has it been an hour yet?” “An hour from when?” “No! Just, has it been an hour?” “From now? I’ll have to start counting.” “No from later.” “Well, if it’s an hour from later,
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Romans 1: A Concise Commentary*

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*The following is a condensed version of the full-length commenty by Hodges on Romans. This will be part of the new one-volume Grace New Testament Commentary, due in December. By Zane Hodges I. Introduction: Paul Connects with the Roman Christians (1:1-15) A. Doctrinal Salutation (1:1-7) 1:1. The salutation reveals Paul’s sense both of his position
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Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition

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Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition. By Oliver D. Crisp. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016. 165 pp. Paper, $18.00. This book has a fascinating title and subtitle. The dedication is even more fascinating: “To Robin Parry: Evangelical Universalist, Dear Friend.” Crisp is a Professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. And he considers
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Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenant

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Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenant. By Mike Stallard, John Master, Dave Fredrickson, Roy E. Beacham, Elliott E. Johnson, Rodney J. Decker, and Bruce Compton. Editor Mike Stallard. Schaumburg, Ill.: Regular Baptist Press, 2012. 285 pages. Paper, $24.99. This book presents three dispensationalist views of the Church’s relationship to Israel’s New Covenant. The non-dispensationalist view
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