Book Notices -- By: Anonymous

Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 125:500 (Oct 1968)
Article: Book Notices
Author: Anonymous


Book Notices

The Concept Of Willing: Outdated Idea Or Essential Key To Mans Future? Edited by James N. Lapsley. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1967. 222 pp. $5.50.

The outgrowth of a conference at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1963, this book contains the current thinking of theologians and phychologists regarding the concept of the will. The essays range from a survey of the past (historical views of the will) to a consideration of the future (the potential of a computer to exercise will).

Two of the essays will be of interest to students of contemporary theology, John Macquarrie’s consideration of the will within the framework of Heidegger’s existentialist philosophy, and Hugh T. Kerr’s discussion on “The Fate of the Will in Modern Theology.”

The major inadequacy of this volume is its overdependence upon philosophical and psychological thought to the exclusion of

Biblical revelation on the important concept of the will.

F. D. Lindsey

The Two Swords: Commentaries And Cases In Religion And Education. By Donald E. Boles. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State Universitv Press, 1967. xxiii + 407 pp. $10.95.

As indicated in the subtitle, this book is an informative dossier on recent court rulings regarding Bible reading and prayer in the U.S. public schools. Court records and public reactions are clearly presented and summarized along with the author’s own reflections. This volume is a source book of factual material for the reader who is interested in examining the church-state-school debate at its very roots.

F. D. Lindsey

Exposition Of Ephesians. By William Hendriksen. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1967. 290 pp. $6.95.

The prolific pen of Hendriksen has produced another commentary in his New Testament Commentary set. Like his preceding volumes, this work on Ephesians has the hallmark of scholarship but is written in a simple style. Furthermore, he gives his exposition a practical thrust. Homiletical helps are also to be found in his discussions.

This reviewer feels Hendriksen’s outline is artificial and forced. The interpretation is in line with Covenant theology. In discussing the clause, “it is the gift of God” in 2:8, Hendriksen follows Kuyper in affirming faith is a gift from God. Although the author carefully holds to Covenant theology, he does concede the “as” of 3:5 refers to this new dispcnsation in which Jews and Gentiles are equal in the church. This he...

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