Book Reviews -- By: Anonymous

Journal: Grace Journal
Volume: GJ 14:3 (Fall 1973)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous


Book Reviews

Jerusalem to Rome. Studies in the Book of Acts. By Homer A. Kent, Jr. BMH Books, Winona Lake, Indiana or Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, co-publishers, 1972. 202 pp. $3.95.

This new volume on Acts is not intended as an exhaustive verse-by-verse commentary but is an adequate paragraph-by-paragraph treatment of Acts which traces the grand movement of the Gospel as pictured by Luke, with special attention to its crucial moments. The author aims “to place the thrilling story of Acts against its historical background” (Preface). He divides Acts into three major divisions, the Church in Jerusalem (1–7), the early growth in Palestine and Syria (8–12), and the westward advance (13–28). The entire contents of Acts are divided into thirteen chapters according to subject matter.

A valuable feature of the volume is the inclusion of 25 pictures and diagrams at appropriate places. Each of his thirteen chapters is appropriately outlined and the inclusion of the outline in the text makes for easy reading. Questions for further discussion follow each of these chapters.

The discussion is non-technical and is well suited for the use of the pastor or the diligent lay student. The author, professor of Greek and New Testament at Grace Theological Seminary, has taught Acts for the past 21 years, and this volume embodies the essence of his studies. The approach is conservative and orthodox. A closely printed Bibliography of over four pages concludes the volume. A valuable addition for any library.

D. Edmond Hiebert
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary

Romans: An Exposition of Chapter 5 —Assurance. By D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1971. 370 pp. $6.95.

This book is the result of the author’s series on the book of Romans while ministering at Westminster Chapel. He preached this epistle for some thirteen years. This fact alone will encourage those preachers who are cautious of “long” sermon series.

Because this book follows a sermonic and expositional design it will be difficult to use as a ready reference tool in the study of Romans. It will provide some help to the preacher who is planning a study of Romans, particularly a study of chapter five. I would submit that this work will stimulate your thinking as you approach this theological treatise of the Apostle Paul. You may not always agree with the writer, but he will make you think.

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