Lutheran Book Review

Leithart, Peter J. The Ten Commandments: A Guide to the Perfect Law of Liberty . Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2020. 149 Pages. Cloth. $15.99. https://lexhampress.com/ Meyers, Ben. The Apostles' Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism . Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2018. 148 Pages. Cloth. $15.99.  https://lexhampress.com/ Hill, Wesley. The Lord's Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father. Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2019. 123 Pages. Cloth. $15.99. https://lexhampress.com/ Schreiner, Patrick. Michael F. Bird, Series Editor. The Ascension of Christ: Recovering a Neglected Doctrine (Snapshots) . Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020. 127 Pages. Paper. $15.99. ebook available. https://lexhampress.com/product/189139/the-ascension-of-christ-recovering-a-neglected-doctrine Senkbeil, Harold H.  Christ and Calamity: Grace and Gratitude in the Darkest Valley . Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2020. 151 Pages. Paper: $9.99. Cloth: $19.99. ebook available. https://lexhampress.com/ Senkbeil, Harold L. an...

Julian of Eclanum. Translated and Edited by Thomas P. Scheck.  Commentaries on Job, Hosea, Joel, and Amos (Ancient Christian Texts) . Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021. 344 Pages. Cloth. $60.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/commentaries-on-job-hosea-joel-and-amos Duguid, Iain M., James M. Hamilton, Jr., and Jay Sklar, Editors.   Contributions by W. Brian Aucker, Eric Ortlund, and Douglas Sean O'Donnell.   ESV Expository Commentary (Volume IV, Ezra-Job) . Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. 576 Pages. Cloth. $45.00.  https://www.crossway.org/books/esv-expository-commentary-premiumhc/ Job. That's what these two commentaries have in common.  "Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind . . . " Julian of Eclanum (c. 386–455) was the bishop of Eclanum, located in modern-day Italy. In this volume in IVP's Ancient Christian Texts series, Thomas Scheck provides a new translation of Julian's commentaries on the biblical books of Job and those of three Minor Prophets: Hosea, Jo...

Aristotle. Translated by J. H. Freese. Revised by Gisela Striker.  Art of Rhetoric (Loeb Classical Library 193, Aristotle XXII).  Cambridge/London: Harvard University Press, 2020. 528 Pages. Cloth. $28.00.  https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674997325 Menander Rhetor and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Edited and translated by William H.   Ars Rhetorica (Loeb Classical Library 539).  Cambridge/London: Harvard University Press, 2019. 539 Pages. Cloth. $28.00.  https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674997226 Somebody should have told me about the Loeb Classical Library.  No, the photo above is not in my home or study at church. It is my dream now... I wasn't a Classics major, but I should have been. And I've been wasting my time on inferior English editions in paperback. The two notable volumes below are both worth your money, time, shelf space, and effort. That's the highest compliment I know after publishing book reviews since 2004...

DeGroat, Chuck. Foreword by Richard J. Mouw.  When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community from Emotional and Spiritual Abuse.  Downers Grove: IVP, 2020. 208 Pages. Cloth. $22.00.   https://www.ivpress.com/when-narcissism-comes-to-church Sire, James W.  Foreword by Jim Hoover.  The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog (Sixth Edition).  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020. 312 Pages. Paper. $32.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/the-universe-next-door Ream, Todd C., Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers, Editors. Foreword by George M. Marsden.  Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Christian Thinking for Human Flourishing.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021. 146 Pages. Paper. $25.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/public-intellectuals-and-the-common-good Three recent InterVarsity Press Academic imprint titles are before us in this review. First, identifying and healing emotional and spiritual abuse. Why does narcissis...