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“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany” by Jonathan Gibson [Book Review]

Introduction I don’t know about you, but sometimes the most difficult thing for me to focus on during this season of the year is the actual reason for the season. Between children wrapping up school for the semester, fall sports coming to an end, travel to visit family, normal church…

A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson by Winn Collier

Like many people, I first encountered Eugene Peterson through “The Message”; that tremendous effort to translate the entire Bible into the American vernacular. While I appreciated aspects of that translation (and I certainly appreciate the effort involved), I didn’t personally care much for the experience of reading it. But what…

Book Review: “A Week in the Life of a Slave” by John Byron (IVP, 2019)

This week IVP released the newest installment in the “Week in the Life” series with John Byron’s “A Week in the Life of a Slave.” Byron is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary and focused his doctoral research at the University of Durham on slavery metaphors in early…