New Reviews: a Puritan, a Pastor, and a Professor

Posted by Mark Tubbs
In New Reviews
July 04, 2008 @ 1:03 AM

...and they're up.

Tim Challies' contribution this week is a 4-in-1 special from Mark Driscoll. Driscoll's church, Mars Hill in Seattle, is heavily composed of new Christians, so Driscoll began to release a series of booklets addressing issues of theology and ecclesiology. On the Old Testament, On the New Testament, On Church Leadership and On Who Is God? are the four titles released by Crossway Books thus far, with more on the way.

Jacob Hantla, a new father, provides two reviews this week.

Peter R. Jones, a presbyterian churchman with a few years on Driscoll, has written many books, The Gnostic Empire Strikes Back: An Old Heresy for the New Age among them. Via Jones, Jacob reminds us that the gnostic heresy has not gone away; it is simply wearing new names.

Jacob also reviews Keeping the Heart by John Flavel, a puritan pastor with centuries on both Jones and Driscoll. One of the easier Puritans to read, Jacob recommends the Soli Deo Gloria edition, which includes a helpful outline of the book for the sake of navigation.

Finally, Happy Fourth of July tomorrow to our American readers. It's a sure bet that we'll be back next week with more reviews, many of whom are bound to be fine American churchmen and women. Please consider it our tip of the hat to the fine nation to the south of Canada.