Lutheran Book Review

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/

  Sire, James W.  Foreword by Jim Hoover. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog (Sixth Edition). Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2000. 312 Pages. Paper. $32.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/the-universe-next-door Allen, Michael and Jonathan A. Linebaugh, Editors. Reformation Readings of Paul: Explorations in History and Exegesis. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2000. 280 Pages. Paper. $30.00  https://www.ivpress.com/reformation-readings-of-paul

Giertz, Bo. Translated by Bror Erickson. Faith Alone: The Heart of Everything. Irvine: 1517 Publishing: 2020. 271 Pages. Paper. $14.95. https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Alone-Everything-Bo-Giertz/dp/1948969351

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 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

Keating, Ray.  Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York.  Long Island: Keating Reports, 2020. 732 Pages. Paper. Kindle Available. $26.99.  https://raykeatingonline.com/products/behindenemylines Senkbeil, Harold H.   Christ and Calamity: Grace and Gratitude in the Darkest Valley.  Ashland, OH: Lexham Press, 2020. 151 Pages. Paper. $9.99. ebook available.  https://lexhampress.com/

Beitler, James E.  Seasoned Speech: Rhetoric in the Life of the Church . Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019. 243 Pages Paper. $25.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/seasoned-speech Burgess, John P., Jerry Andrews, and Joseph D. Small.  A Pastoral Rule for Today: Reviving and Ancient Practice . Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019. 208 Pages. Paper. $20.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/a-pastoral-rule-for-today Dodson, Joseph R., and David E. Briones, Editors. Foreword by John M. G. Barclay.  Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019. 183 Pages. Paper. $22.00.  https://www.ivpress.com/paul-and-the-giants-of-philosophy Mattes, Mark. Edited by Rick Ritchie. Foreword by John T. Pless.  Law and Gospel in Action: Foundations Ethics Church . Irvine: 1517 Publishing. 396 Pages. Paper. $22.95.  https://shop.1517.org/products/law-and-gospel-in-action-foundation-ethics-church?variant...

Veith, Gene Edward, Jr.  Post Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture.  Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. 320 Pages. Paper. $24.99.  https://www.crossway.org/books/post-christian-tpb/ I had hoped to be spending this week in Casper, Wyoming hearing Dr. Veith expound upon this new book. Instead, concerns about COVID-19 led to the cancellation of that conference.  We still get to rejoice in a book for our time, Post Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture , Dr. Gene Edward Veith's new book from Crossway.  Undaunted Hope in a Post-Christian World We live in a post-Christian world. Contemporary thought—claiming to be “progressive” and “liberating”—attempts to place human beings in God’s role as creator, lawgiver, and savior. But these post-Christian ways of thinking and living are running into dead ends and fatal contradictions. This timely book demonstrates how the Christian worldview stands firm in a world dedicated to constructing its own know...