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Received for Review

- February 06, 2024

Turco, Alberto. Foreword by Anthony Ruff, OSB. The Gregorian Melody: The Expressive Power of the Word . Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2023. 244 Pages. Paper. $39.95. www.litpress.org Pace, R. Scott and Jim Shaddix. Expositional Leadership: Shepherding God's People from the Pulpit. Wheaton: Crossway, 2024. 148 Pages. Paper. $17.99. www.crossway.org Gibson, Jonathan. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Pascha to Pentecost . Wheaton: Crossway, 2024. 484 Pages. Cloth with ribbon and slipcase. $32.99. www.crossway.org

Study, Commentary, and Exposition

- November 25, 2023

Baumler, Gary P. Irreconcilable! A Study of the Pharisees and Their Conflict with Jesus (Bible Study, downloadable Leader's Guide). Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2022. Eleven Lessons with Appendix. $6.99 for study; quantity discounts available. $29.99 to download Leader pdf. https://online.nph.net/irreconcilable-student-lessons.html Meitner, Paul S. From Egypt to Sinai: A Devotional Commentary on Exodus . Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 2022. 302 Pages. Paper. $27.99. https://online.nph.net/from-egypt-to-sinai.html Duguid, Iain M., James M. Hamilton, Jr., and Jay Sklar, Editors. Contributions by Robert W. Yarbrough, Andrew David Naselli, Dane C. Ortlund, Frank Thielman. ESV Expository Commentary (Volume X, Romans-Galatians) . Wheaton: Crossway, 2018. 567 Pages. Cloth. $50.00. https://www.crossway.org/books/esv-expository-commentary-premiumhc-3/ Duguid, Iain M., James M. Hamilton, Jr., and Jay Sklar, Editors. Contributions by C. John Collins, Ryan Patr

Keating: Economics and Timely Fiction

- November 25, 2023

Keating, Ray. Under the Golden Dome: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel (The Pastor Stephen Grant Series). Long Island: Keating Reports, 2023. 188 Pages. Paper. $21.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site) ( https://raykeatingonline.com/products/underthegoldendome Keating, Ray. For Better, For Worse: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story (The Pastor Stephen Grant Series) . Long Island: Keating Reports, 2023. 96 Pages. Paper. $12.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site) https://raykeatingonline.com/products/forbetterforworse Keating, Ray. Christmas Bells at St. Mary's: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story From the pages of Pastor Stephen Grant's Journal (The Pastor Stephen Grant Series) . Long Island: Keating Reports, 2023. 114 Pages. Paper. $12.99. (Also available signed and in bundles at author site) https://raykeatingonline.com/products/christmasbells Keating, Ray. The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.

The ESV Alpha

- November 25, 2023

English Standard Version Heirloom Bible, Alpha Edition. Wheaton: Crossway, 2023. 1344 Pages. Goatskin, black. $299.99. Also available in Wellington Leather, brown. Discounts available to Crossway+ members (free registration) https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-heirloom-bible-compact-edition-gskn/ I've read the English Standard Version of the Holy Bible since it first came out. Unfortunately, my very first copy, read, carried, highlighted, and loved, fell apart. Crossway was gracious to replace it. Since then, Crossway quality control has gone way up. And nobody in publishing packages product for shipping better than Crossway, except one of their partners, Evangelical Bible. Crossway graciously sent us one of their new high-end Bibles, the Alpha Edition , for our review. From box to book, here are some photos. Side one Side two An open box with packing slip. Note the list price. I didn't pay that as a reviewer. You won't either if you register for a free Crossway+ a

Received for Review

- November 10, 2023

Melanchthon, Philip. Translation and Introduction by Jeanne Fahnestock. Philip Melanchthon: The Dialectical Questions, Erotemata Dialectices (International Studies in the History of Rhetoric, Volume: 15). Leiden, Netherlands/Boston: Brill, 2021. 549 Pages. Cloth. $170.00. h ttps://brill.com/display/title/60436 Elmer, Robert, Editor. Fount of Heaven: Prayers of the Early Church. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2022. 346 Pages. Cloth with ribbon. $24.99/$16.99. Available in Logos edition. https://lexhampress.com/product/219568/fount-of-heaven-prayers-of-the-early-church Magness, Phillip. Harold L. Senkbeil, General Editor. Church Music: For the Care of Souls (Lexham Ministry Guides). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2023. 273 Pages. Cloth. $19.99/$13.99. Available in Logos edition. https://lexhampress.com/product/244696/church-music-for-the-care-of-souls Hains, Todd R, General Editor. Peter J. Leithart, Ben Meyers, and Wesley Hill. Catechism: A Guide to the Ten Commandments, the Apostles&

Resources for Language Study

- April 07, 2023

Merkle, Benjamin L. and Robert L. Plummer. Foreword by William D. Mounce. Greek for Life: Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving New Testament Greek . Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017. 152 Pages. Paper. $22.99. http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/greek-for-life/355110 Howell, Adam, J., Benjamin L. Merkle, and Robert L. Plummer. Foreword by Miles V. Van Pelt. Hebrew for Life: Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving Biblical Hebrew . Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020. 224 Pages. Paper. $22.99. http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/hebrew-for-life/397290 Irons, Charles Lee. A Syntax Guide for Readers of the Greek New Testament . Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2016. 629 Pages. $41.99. https://www.kregel.com/biblical-studies/a-syntax-guide-for-readers-of-the-greek-new-testament/ Comfort, Philip Wesley. A Commentary on the Manuscripts and Text of the New Testament . Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2015. 443 Pages. $34.99. https://www.kregel.com/biblical-languages/a-commentary-o