Category Archives: Book Review

Not Afraid of the Antichrist: A Short Response

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Rick Wadholm

I was asked by a pastor friend what my thoughts were on Michael Brown and Craig Keener’s Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don’t Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture (Chosen Books, 2019). For the record, I understand that the … Continue reading →

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God Forgive Us For Being Women: A Theological Response

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Rick Wadholm

What follows is my “theological response” delivered today at the annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies as one of four panel respondents to Joy E. A. Qualls’ God Forgive Us for Being Women: Rhetoric, Theology, and the Pentecostal … Continue reading →

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Andrew K. Gabriel’s “Simply Spirit-Filled”: A Book Review

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Rick Wadholm

I am grateful to Andrew Gabriel for the opportunity to review Simply Spirit Filled: Experiencing God in the Presence and Power of the Holy Spirit (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2019). Andrew K. Gabriel (PhD, McMaster Divinity College) serves as Associate … Continue reading →

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Review: Introducing Theological Method by Mary M. Veeneman

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Rick Wadholm

This last Friday I gratefully received a review copy of Mary M. Veeneman’s book Introducing Theological Method: A Survey of Contemporary Theologians and Approaches (2017) from Baker Academic. I so enjoyed the volume that I nearly read it straight through … Continue reading →

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1 Kings: For the Person in the Pew (A Review)

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Rick Wadholm

Jim West (ThD; Professor of Biblical Studies at the Quartz Hill School of Theology) has written an easily read commentary on the entirety of the Old Testament of which I have reviewed his commentary on 1 Kings. West has proven … Continue reading →

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Pioneering Movements: A Book Review

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

As one who is supervising the writing of a Master’s thesis over the course of this year on the topic of church planting, I was thrilled to receive a review copy from IVP on the notion of pioneering movements. What is especially helpful about this volume is its practical application to the multiplication (and not simply addition) of those participating in the job of planting churches and the planting itself. Continue reading →

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Old Testament Commentary Survey (5th Ed.) – A Review

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

Now in its fifth edition (the first published in 1991), Tremper Longman III (PhD Yale University) “Old Testament Commentary Survey” (Baker Academic, 2013) offers a helpful updated appraisal of commentaries on the OT. I am thankful for the review copy … Continue reading →

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The Future of Biblical Interpretation: A Book Review

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Thanks to IVP Academic for providing a review copy of Porter, Stanley E. and Matthew R. Malcolm, eds., The Future of Biblical Interpretation: Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013), 176pp. I offer the following review … Continue reading →

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