'Books' Tagged Posts

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Ten Book Picks for 2015

Here are some of my (Noah Braymen) favorite books of 2015 (not necessarily published in 2015). Full disclosure here, just so you don’t think I’m anything special. First, I didn’t start all of these in 2015, but I finished almost all in 2015. Second, I haven’t completely finished all of them yet, but I have read enough that I feel comfortable to say these are my top reads of 2015. Even if there are a few things I disagree with toward the end of…

“According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible” by Graeme Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy, Graeme. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible. Downers Grove:  IVP Academic, 1991. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible is an edifying display of how to practice biblical hermeneutics (interpretation) and how to approach the Bible in the discipline called Biblical Theology.  Graeme Goldsworthy shows the wisdom, which he gained from his former experience a lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and hermeneutics at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia.  Goldsworthy has also written…

“Paul the Missionary, Realities, Strategies and Methods” by Eckhard Schnabel

Schnabel, Eckhard J. Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods. Grand Rapids: IVP Academic, 2008. Hebrews 13:7 “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” In light of this passage Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods is a great resource to consider how we might imitate Paul’s faith and his way of life in pursuing spread of God’s kingdom through the preaching of the gospel and starting churches.…