Transformed By God: New Covenant Life and Ministry (David Peterson)
Review by Dustin Walters Most evangelical Christians understand that true change only occurs as a result of heart transformation by Jesus Christ. A biblical understanding of New Covenant life and ministry is likewise concerned with this heart transformation. In Transformed by God: New Covenant Life and Ministry (IVP, 2012), David Peterson asserts that the New Covenant offers a “spiritual, moral, and physical” change. Peterson served...
Perspectives on Tithing (ed. David Croteau)
Review by Craig Batts “When evangelicals in the United States, living in the most prosperous global economy, still give less than 3 percent of their income to Christian causes – something is wrong with our understanding of God’s mandate for generous giving!” [1] These words are the first to greet the reader upon opening the cover of one of the latest books in the Broadman & Holman Perspectives series. Jeff Iorg’s endorsement would...
The Scandal of Singleness
Sometimes others know us better than we know ourselves. Though the world sees through a darkened lens, occasionally it observes something in Christians worth considering. Recently, a New York Times has done just that in exploring the bias in evangelicalism against hiring unmarried pastors [1]. Erik Eckholm recounts the case of one experienced pastor unable to find work after searching since 2009. According to Eckholm, most evangelical...
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