Resources & Reviews

Here is everything I have reviewed, with categories almost in alphabetical order.

• Theology
• Bible
• Biblical Languages
• Biblical Theology
• Children’s Books
• Commentaries
• Course Lectures
• Devotionals
• General Reading
• Upcoming Reviews

Many of the books listed here are great, but I’ve tried to highlight some key books. Books in blue bold are the ones I think would help you better understand the Bible to begin with. I have enjoyed most of the books I have reviewed, but some are better to start with than others..

Reviews for books in gray italics are upcoming.

Theology

• Logos Bible Software 8 + Bronze & Silver Packages – Faithlife
• Logos Bible Software 9 – Faithlife
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• 40 Questions About Heaven and Hell – Alan Gomes
• 40 Questions About Islam – Matthew Bennett
• 5 Things to Pray
  • 5 Things to Pray For Your Kids – Melissa Kruger
• A Concise Guide to Reading the New Testament – David Nienhuis
• A Big Gospel in Small Places – Stephen Witmer
• A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, 9th ed. – John Evans
• A Guide to Biblical Commentaries & Reference Works, 10th ed. – John Evans
• A Hermeneutic of Wisdom – J. de Waal Dryden
• A Small Book For the Anxious Heart – Ed Welch
• Against the Gods – John Currid
• An Infinite Journey: Growing Toward Christlikeness – Andrew Davis
  
• An Introduction to the New Testament – David deSilva
  
• An Introduction to the New Testament, 2nd ed. – David deSilva
• An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus – Robert Stein
• Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament – John Walton
• Angels – Michael Heiser
• Antinomianism – Mark Jones
• Apologetics at the Cross – Chatraw/Allen
• Baptist Foundations – Dever/Leeman
• Better Than the Beginning – Richard Barcellos
• Between the Cross and the Throne – Matthew Emerson
• Between Us Guys – Joel Fitzpatrick
• Beyond the River Chebar – Daniel Block
  
• The Bible Unfiltered – Michael Heiser
• By the River Chebar – Daniel Bock
• Catching Foxes: A Gospel-Guided Journey to Marriage – John Henderson
• Christ is King – Joshua Jipp
• The Christian Life – Sinclair Ferguson
• The Complete Husband, Revised and Expanded – Lou Priolo
• Conformed to the Image of His Son – Haley Jacob
• Conscience – Naselli/Crowley
• Core Christianity – Michael Horton
• Counsel for Couples – Jonathan Holmes
• Counsel From the Cross – Elyse Fitzpatrick
• The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown – Köstenberger/Kellum/Quarles
• Creation Care – Douglas & Jonathan Moo
• The Cross and Christian Ministry – D. A. Carson
  
• Cultural Apologetics – Paul Gould
• Cultural Engagement – Joshua Chatraw & Karen Swallow Prior
• The Culture of Theology – John Webster
• The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant – Michael Gorman
• The Decalogue – David Baker
  
• Decision Making and the Will of God – Garry Friesen
• Deep Exegesis – Peter Leithart
• Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue – Johnston, Detweiler, & Callaway
• Delighting in the Trinity – Michael Reeves
• Discovering the New Testament – Mark Keown
• The Divine Christ – David Capes
  
• Divine Government – R. T. France
• Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews Worship the Same God? (Four Views) – Ronnie Campbell
• The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls – ed. Matthew Barrett
  
• The Drama of Ephesians – Timothy Gombis
• The Earliest Christologies – James Papandrea
• Echoes of Exodus – Bryan Estelle 
• Echoes of Exodus – Roberts/Wilson
• The Elder Testament – Christopher Seitz
  
• The End of the Law – Jason Meyer
• Excellent Preaching (Logos) – Craig Bartholomew
• Faith for Exiles – Kinnaman/Matlock
• The Fear of the Lord is Wisdom – Tremper Longman
• Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? – Bruce Waltke
• For the Glory of God – Daniel Bock
• For the Life of the World – Miroslav Volf & Matthew Croasmun
• The Four – Peter Leithart
• From Heaven He Came and Sought Her – D. & J. Gibson
• God’s Glory Revealed in Christ: Essays in Honor of Tom Schreiner – eds. Burk, Hamilton, Vickers
• God’s Wisdom For Navigating Life – Tim Keller
  
• Going Public – Bobby Jamieson
• The Gospel According to Moses – Daniel Block
  
• Handbook on Acts and Paul’s Letters – Tom Schreiner
• He Descended to the Dead – Matthew Emerson
• Hearers and Doers – Kevin Vanhoozer
• Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship – David Starling
• Hidden But Now Revealed – Beale/Gladd
• Honoring the Son – Larry Hurtado
• The Hope of Glory – David deSilva
• How I love Your Torah, O Lord – Daniel Bock
• I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible – Michael Heiser
• I Still Do – Dave Harvey
• Interpreting Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Literature – C. Marvin Pate
• Interpreting the Parables – Craig Blomberg
• Introducing the Apocrypha – David deSilva
• Introverts in the Church – Adam McHugh
• Jesus Is ____? – Judah Smith
• Jesus Wins – Dayton Hartman
• Just Do Something – Kevin DeYoung
• Kingdom Come – Sam Storms
• The Kingdom of God – Nicholas Perrin
• The Liturgy of Creation – Michael LeFebvre
• Liturgy of the Ordinary – Tish Warren
• Living in the Kingdom of God – Sigurd Gindheim
• Living in Union with Christ – Grant Macaskill
• To Live Is Christ, To Die is Gain – Matt Chandler
  
• Locating Atonement – Crisp/Sanders
• The Lord is Good – Christopher Holmes
• The Lost World of the Flood – Longman/Walton
• Loving God With Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J.P. Moreland – Gould/Davis
• The Majesty on High: Introduction to the Kingdom of God – S. M. Baugh
• Making All Things New – Gladd/Harmon
• Making Sense of God – Timothy Keller
• Mark 13 and the Return of the Shepherd (LNTS) – Paul Sloan
• Matthew, Disciple and Scribe – Patrick Schreiner
• The Message of the Twelve – Fuhr/Yates
• The Method and Message of Jesus’ Teaching – Robert Stein
• The Miracles of Jesus – Vern Poythress
• Moral Questions of the Bible – David Instone-Brewer
• Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism – Hixson/Gurry
• Newton on the Christian Life: To Live is Christ – Tony Reinke
• No More Hurting – Gwen Purdie
• No Quick Fix – Andy Naselli
• None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God – Matthew Barrett
• The Old Testament: A Historical, Critical, and Theological Introduction – Richard Hess
• The Old Testament in the Gospel Passion Narratives – Douglas Moo
• Old Testament Wisdom Literature – Bartholomew/O’Dowd 
• Onward– Russell Moore
  
• Paradoxology – Krish Kandiah
  
• Paul and Money – Verbrugge/Krell
• Paul the Ancient Letter Writer – Jeffrey Weima 
• Paul’s New Perspective – Garwood Anderson
• Political Church – Jonathan Leeman
• Praying With Paul – D. A. Carson
• Pressure Points – Shelby Abbott
  
• Progressive Covenantalism – Wellum/Parker
• Radical – David Platt
• Raising Children God’s Way – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Reading Backwards – Richard Hays
• Reading John – Christopher Skinner
• Reading Romans Backwards – Scot McKnight
• Real Change for Students – Nicholls/Thorne
• Recovering Redemption – Chandler/Snetzer
• The Reformation and the Irrepressible Word of God – Scott Manetsch
• Reformed Ethics: Volume One – Herman Bavinck
• Representing Christ – Anizor/Voss
• Resisting Gossip – Matt Mitchell
• Run to Win – Tim Challies
• Running On Empty – Barbara Bancroft
• Safe and Sound – David Powlison
• Salvation by Allegiance Alone – Matthew Bates
• Salvation by Grace – Matthew Barrett
• Saving Truth – Abdu Murray
• The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing – Jonathan Pennington
• Seek First – Jeremy Treat
• Suffering – Paul David Tripp
  
• Surviving and Thriving in Seminary – Zacharias/Forrest
• Textuality and the Bible – Michael Shepherd
• Their Rock is Not Like Our Rock – Daniel Strange
• Theology as Discipleship – Keith Johnson
• Theology in Three Dimensions – John Frame
• Theologygrams – Rich Wyld
• Those Who Can, Teach – ed. by Stanley Porter
• Transformation: The Heart of Paul’s Gospel – David deSilva
• Unbreakable – Andrew Wilson
• Uncomfortable – Brett McCracken
• Urban Legends of the New Testament – David Croteau
• Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering – Tim Keller
• What About Free Will? – Scott Christensen
• When Heaven Invades Earth – Bill Johnson (not recommended)
• Who Is the Holy Spirit? (Hobbs College Library) – Malcolm Yarnell III
• Why Church? – Scott Sunquist
• With All Your Heart – A. Craig Troxel

Bibles

• Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Reader’s Edition
• The First Testament – John Goldingay
• NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible
• NIV Zondervan Study Bible

Biblical Languages

• A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew + Workbook – Garrett/DeRouchie
  
• Going Deeper with NT Greek – Köstenberger/Merkle/Plummer
• Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew – Gary Long
• Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in Two Minutes A Day (Vol. 1) – Jonathan Kline
• Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew in Two Minutes A Day (Vol. 1) – Jonathan Kline

Biblical Theology

• A House For My Name – Peter Leithart
• A New Testament Theology – Craig Blomberg
• A Theology of James, Peter, and Jude – Peter Davids
• A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters – Andreas Kostenberger
• Biblical Eschatology – Jonathan Menn
  
• Biblical Eschatology, 2nd ed.– Jonathan Menn
• Biblical Theology – John Goldingay
• Biblical Theology – Jeffrey Niehaus
• Covenant Theology — eds. Waters/Reid/Muether
• From Eden to the New Jerusalem – T. D. Alexander
• From Paradise to the Promised Land – T. D. Alexander
• God’s Relational Presence – Duvall/Hays
• Old Testament Theology – Paul House
• An Old Testament Theology – Bruce Waltke
• Supernatural – Michael Heiser
• Through New Eyes – James Jordan
• The Unseen Realm – Michael Heiser
• What Is Biblical Theology? – James Hamilton
• Essential Studies in Biblical Theology
  • From Adam and Israel to the Church (ESBT) – Ben Gladd
• New Studies in Biblical Theology (NSBT)
  • A Mouth Full of Fire – Andrew Shead
  • The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus – Alan Thompson
  • All Things New: Revelation as Canonical Capstone – Brian Tabb
  • The Book of Isaiah and God’s Kingdom – Andrew Abernethy
  • Covenant and Commandment – Bradley Green
  • Dominion and Dynasty – Stephen Dempster
  • Five Festal Garments  – Barry Webb
  • The God Who Makes Himself Known – W. Ross Blackburn
  • Now My Eyes Have Seen You – Robert Fyall
  • Paul and the Law – Brian Rosner
  • Righteous by Promise – Karl Deenick
  • The Temple and the Church’s Mission – G. K. Beale
  • Unceasing Kindness – Lau/Goswell
  • Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? – L. Michael Morales

Children’s Books 

General

• The Big Book of Beasts – Yuval Zommer
• The Big Book of the Blue – Yuval Zommer
• The Big Book of Bugs – Yuval Zommer
• Curious Kids Nature Guide: the Pacific Northwest – Fiona Cohen
• Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids – Kim Andrews
• Exploring Nature Journal for Kids – Kim Andrews
• Farm Anatomy – Julia Rothman
• Find Me – Anders Arhoj
• Go, Bikes, Go! – Addie Boswell
• Land of AND – Kate Mullaly
• Land of OR – Kate Mullaly
• Mice Skating – Silvestro/White
• Natural Attraction – Iris Gottlieb
• Nature Anatomy – Julia Rothman
  
• Nature Anatomy Notebook – Julia Rothman
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt – Kate Messner
• What’s the Difference? – Emma Strack
  

Theology

• The Doctor Who Became a Preacher – Rebecca VanDoodewaard
• Don’t Blame the Mud – Marty Machowski
• The Moon is Always Round – Gibson/Hox
• Why Do We Say Good Night? – Champ Thornton
• God Made Me
  • God Made All of Me – Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
  • God Made Boys and Girls – Marty Machowski
  • God Made Me and You: Celebrating God’s Design for Ethnic Diversity – Shai Linne
  • God Made Me Unique – Ralsten/Tada/Mahoney
• Good News For Little Hearts
  • Buster’s Ears Trip Him Up: When You Fail – Ed Welch/Hox
  • Gus Loses His Grip: When You Want Something Too Much – Powlison/Hox
  • Henry Says Good-Bye: When You Are Sad – Welch/Hox
  • Jax’s Tail Twitches: When You Are Angry – Powlison/Hox
  • Tori Comes Out of Her Shell: When You Are Lonely – Clark/Hox
  • Zoe’s Hiding Place: When You Are Anxious – Powlison/Hox
• Tales That Tell the Truth
  • The Christmas Promise Board Book – Mitchell/Echeverri
  • The Friend Who Forgives – DeWitt/Echeverri
  • The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross – Laferton/Echeverri
  • God’s Very Good Idea – Newbell/Echeverri
  • Goodbye to Goodbyes – Chandler/Echeverri
  • Jesus and the Lions’ Den – Mitchell/Echeverri
  • The One O’Clock Miracle – Mitchell/Echeverri
  • The Storm That Stopped – Mitchell/Echeverri

Commentaries 

Exodus

• Exodus (AOTC) – T. D. Alexander
• Exodus (NAC) – Douglas Stuart

Leviticus

• Leviticus 17-22 (AB) – Jacob Milgrom

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy (AOTC) – Gordon McConville

Judges/Ruth

• Judges/Ruth (NAC) – Daniel Block

Chronicles

• 1 & 2 Chronicles (BTC) – Peter Leithart

Psalms

• Psalms 1-12; The Way of the Righteous in the Muck of Life – D. R. Davis
• Psalms 13-24; Slogging Along in the Paths of Righteousness – D. R. Davis
• Psalms 73-150 (TOTC) – Derek Kidner
• The Psalms (Vol 3, Pss. 90-150) – Allen Ross

Proverbs

• Proverbs (TOTC) – Derek Kidner

Jeremiah

• The Message of Jeremiah (BST) – Christopher J. H. Wright
• Jeremiah & Lamentations (FotB) – Michael Wilcock
• Jeremiah (Vol 1) (Mentor) – John Mackay
• Jeremiah (Vol 2) (Mentor) – John Mackay
• Jeremiah & Lamentations (TOTC) – Hetty Lalleman
• Jeremiah – Derek Kidner
• Jeremiah – Binyamin Lau
• Jeremiah Among the Prophets – Jack Lundbom

Hosea

• Hosea (NICOT) – J. Andrew Dearman

Obadiah

• Obadiah (ZECOT) – Daniel Block

Jonah

• Jonah (HMS) – Kevin Youngblood

Matthew

• Matthew/Mark (CBC) – Turner/Bock
• Matthew (ZECNT)– Grant Osborne

Mark

• Mark (BCBC) – Timothy Geddert
• Mark (BECNT) – Robert Stein
• Matthew/Mark (CBC) – Turner/Bock
• Mark (NAC) – James Brooks
• Mark (S&HBC) – Alan Culpepper
• Mark (TNTC) – Eckhard Schnabel
• Mark (ZECNT) – Mark Strauss
• The Victory According to Mark – Mark Horne

Luke

• Luke (PNTC) – James Edwards

John

• John (BECNT) – Andreas Köstenberger
• John (CFP) – William Cook
• John: Verse by Verse (NTC) – Grant Osborne
• John (NTL) – Marianne Thompson
• John (ZECNT) – Edward Klink III
• John (ZIBBC) – Craig Keener

Acts

• Acts: Verse by Verse (NTC) – Grant Osborne
• Acts (PNTC) – David Peterson

Romans

• Romans, 2nd ed. (BECNT) – Tom Schreiner
• Romans (BTCP) – David Peterson
• Romans (EGGNT) – John Harvey
• Romans (ZECNT) – Frank Thielman
• The ESV Expository Commentary (Vol. 10): Romans–Galatians

First Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians (ZECNT) – Paul Gardner
  
• 1 Corinthians (TNTC) – Tom Schreiner

Second Corinthians

• Second Corinthians (PNTC) – Mark Seifrid

Ephesians

• Ephesians (BECNT) – Frank Thielman
• Ephesians (EEC) – S. M. Baugh

Galatians

• Galatians – Craig Keener
• Galatians (Paideia) – Peter Oakes

Philippians

• Basics For Believers: An Exposition of Philippians – D. A. Carson
• Philippians (Mentor) – Matthew Harmon
• Philippians: Verse by Verse (NTC) – Grant Osborne

Colossians

• Colossians/Philemon (BECNT) – G. K. Beale

1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Thessalonians (FotB) – Richard Mayhue
• Thessalonians (BECNT) – Jeffrey Weima

The Pastoral Letters

• The Pastoral Letters (BHGNT) – Larry Perkins

Hebrews

• Hebrews (BTCP) – Tom Schreiner

James

• James (EEC) – William Varner
  
• James (FotB) – Christopher Morgan
• James: Verse-by-Verse (NTC) – Grant Osborne

2 Peter, Jude

• 2 Peter and Jude (PNTC) – Peter Davids

1,2,3 John

• 1 John: The Epistle as a Relecture of the Gospel of John – M. Coombes
• 1-3 John (IVPNTC) – Marianne Meye Thompson

Revelation

• Revelation (TNTC) – Ian Paul

Course Lectures 

• Phrasing Module – BibleArc
• Isaiah – Rikk Watts
• Mark – Rikk Watts
• God’s Faithful Character – Rikk Watts
• Basics of Biblical Greek – Zondervan Online Course
• Basics of Biblical Hebrew – Zondervan Online Course

Devotionals

• Anger (31-Day Devotionals For Life) – Bob Jones
  
• Contentment (31-Day Devotionals For Life) – Megan Hill
  
• Doubt (31-Day Devotionals For Life) – Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Fearing Others (31-Day Devotionals For Life) – Zach Schlegel

General Reading

• The Almost Nearly Perfect People – Michael Booth
• The Art of Storytelling – John Walsh
• The Apache Wars – Paul Hutton
• Colloquial Norwegian – O’Leary/Andresen
• The Nordic Theory of Everything – Anu Partanen
• Norwegian Grammar – Strandskogen/Strandskogen
• The Philosophy Book, Big Ideas Simply Explained – Various
• The Science Book, Big Ideas Simply Explained – Various
• (I really need to read more in this genre)

Upcoming 

Soon

Baylor Press

• Analyzing Theology – Oliver Crisp

IVP Academic

• Exodus Old and New – Michael Morales 

Lexham Press

• The Care of Souls – Harold Senkbeil
• The Heart of the Preacher – Rick Reed

Later

Children’s

• Go, Bikes, Go! – Addie Boswell
• Land of AND – Kate Mullaly
• Land of OR – Kate Mullaly
• Sophie and the Heidelberg Cat – Wilson/Garcia
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt – Kate Messner

Folklore

• Nordic Tales – illustrated by Ulla Thynell

Theology

• What Does God Want? – Michael Heiser

Women Writers Wednesdays

• Humble Roots – Hannah Anderson
• None Like Him  – Jen Wilkin
• Treasuring Christ – Gloria Furman

Beyond

Languages

Lexham Press

• Biblical Greek Made Simple – Danny Zacharias
• Learning Biblical Hebrew Grammar – Kutz/Josberger
• Learning Biblical Hebrew Workbook – Kutz/Josberger

Theology

B&H Academic

• American History, Combined Ed. (1492-present) – Thomas Kidd
• The Historical Reliability of the New Testament – Craig Blomberg
• Urban Legends of the Old Testament – Croteau/Yates

Baker Academic

• Jesus the Great Philosopher — Jonathan Pennington
• The God of the Old Testament — R. W. Moberly
• God’s Messiah in the Old Testament — Abernethy & Goswell

Crossway

• The New Creation — Frank Thielman

Fontes Press

• Discourse Analysis of the NT Writings — ed. Todd Scacewater
• The Interpreted New Testament — Daniel Boerger
• Scripture Storyline — Todd Chipman
• Within the Veil: The Ascension of the Son in the Letter to the Hebrews — Félix Cortez

GlossaHouse

• The Seed of Promise: Sufferings & Glory of the Messiah—Essays in honor of T. Desmond Alexander — eds. Williamson/Cefalu

Hendrickson

• Philosophy of Revelation — Herman Bavinck (eds. Brock/Sutanto)

IVP Academic

Complimentary

• Approaching the Study of Theology — Anthony Thiselton
• Bearing God’s Name — Carmen Imes
• But What About God’s Wrath? — Kinghorn/Travis
• Called by Triune Grace — Jonathan Hoglund
• Christianity at the Crossroads — Michael Kruger
• Delivered From the Elements of the World — Peter Leithart
• Exile: A Conversation with NT Wright — James Scott
• The Gospel of the Son of God — David Bauer
• The Lost World of the Torah — John Walton
• The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch — Kevin Chen
• Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ (2nd ed.) — Tom Schreiner
• Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes — Jackson Wu
• Theology and the Mirror of Scripture — Vanhoozer/Treier
  
• Understanding Postmodernism — Kelly/Dew
• What Does the Bible Say About Suffering? — Brian Gregg

Lexham Press

Complimentary

• The Ascension of Christ – Patrick Schreiner
• The Apostle’s Creed – Ben Myers
• Christ Above All – Adrio König
• Discontinuity to Continuity – Benjamin Merkle
• God of All Comfort – Scott Harrower
• In Season and Out – David deSilva
• Jeremiah: Walking the Ancient Pathways – Walter Kaiser
• The Lord’s Prayer – Wesley Hill
• The Progressive Mystery – Myk Habets

Requested

• Piercing Heaven – Robert Elmer
• Reflect – Thaddeus Williams
• The Righteous & Merciful Judge – Aernie/Hartley
• Training Preachers – Scott Gibson

New Growth Press

• The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life – Jeremy Pierre

Westminster Seminary Press

• The Wonderful Works of God – Herman Bavinck

Wipf & Stock

• 2 Corinthians — Anthony Thiselton
• Metanoia (Repentance) — ChoongJae Lee
• Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation — John Hilber
• Sin and Its Remedy in Paul — Nijay Gupta
• The Triumph of Grace — Daniel Block  

Zondervan

• 1, 2, 3 John (SGBC) – Constantine Campbell
• Evangelical Theology (2nd, Ed.) — Michael Bird
• How to Preach and Teach the Old Testament for All Its Worth – Christopher Wright
• Joel (ZECOT) — David Barker
• Nahum (ZECOT) — Daniel Timmer
• Paul and the Hope of Glory — Constantine Campbell
• Systematic Theology (2nd, Ed.) — Wayne Grudem