Martin's insightful Booklist

This is a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and the commendations of others.

In this edition:

The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense by Robert Bowman and Ed Komoszweski

The Incarnate Christ and His Critics is a book that is scholarly and comprehensive. It is also readable. It will prove invaluable to anyone who wants an in-depth discussion of the New Testament evidence for the deity of Christ. Strongly recommended.

Transformed into the Same Image: Constructive Investigations into the Doctrine of Deification by Paul Copan and Michael Reardon

This is not a collection of essays for beginners in theology, as the essays it contains all assume a good degree of prior theological knowledge. For anyone who already knows something about the doctrine of deification and wants to be pushed to think more deeply about it, this collection of essays will prove to be an invaluable resource.

Sowing Seeds with Songs of Joy: Growing God's Garden in Forgotten Places by Jonathan Macy

This is an important contribution to Christian thinking about how Christians should address the related issues of material and spiritual poverty in areas of deprivation. It is readable, based on solid theology, informed by reliable social research, interviews, and personal experience. This is a book that deserves to be widely read and whose arguments need to be carefully thought about and then acted upon.

Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ by Thomas Schmidt

This is an important study that deserves to be read by all serious students of the historical Jesus and the early Church. It shows that the independent witness of Josephus. This book is yet another piece of evidence that scholarly scepticism about the New Testament witness is based on a failure to take the evidence we have seriously. If you follow the evidence, it points you inexorably to what Christians have always believed.

Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses by Eric Varden

Chastity is a book which will be useful for any Christian seeking to understand afresh the classical Christian vision of what it means to live an integrated life as someone created by God in His image and likeness. Varden’s book is worth reading because it reminds us of this truth and what its implications are for the way we should live as Christians in today’s world.

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Martin Davie is a Latimer Trust Research Fellow. He teaches at Wycliffe Hall and is the author of various books, some of them can be found here. He writes regularly on his blog Reflections of an Anglican Theologian.

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