INTRODUCTION The Purpose of This Article This article will present a critical review of William P. Brown’s Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor. In addressing its subject, this article will provide biographical information about the author and a summary of the book’s text. The article will conclude with a critical analysis of the book’s…

INTRODUCTION  The more I read this book, the more depressing I found it. Chapter One begins with Psalm 13. “How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How…

INTRODUCTION “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints (Psalm 116:15).” The Purpose of This Article This article will present a critical review of C. Hassell Bullock’s Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction. In addressing its subject, this article will provide brief biographical information about the…

INTRODUCTION This is article presents gleanings from three books: Discipleshape: 12 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness by Dan R. Crawford, Spiritual Leadership: Responding to God’s Call by J. Oswald Sanders and Preparing for Christian Ministry: An Evangelical Approach by David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson, editors. Each of the three books was quite different and each…

INTRODUCTION The Purpose of This Article This article will offer, from a distinctly Christian perspective, a critique of Patrick Nowell-Smith’s work, “Morality: Religious and Secular.” This article will show that Nowell-Smith has developed, or at least has drawn from other sources so developed, a theory about Christian morality which belies his a) basic lack of…