Deus Misereatur

Life in God: John Calvin, Practical Formation, and the Future of Protestant Theology Matthew Myer Boulton William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49505 www.eerdmans.com Copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8028-6564-9; $28.00 Reviewed for Deus Misereatur by: Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber Re-framing Calvin – 5 of 5 stars One trouble with claiming John Calvin for one's conceptual or ecclesial team is that often the claimant intentionally, or otherwise, co-opts the reformer to side with their own peculiarities. Usually Calvin's nuanced writing is misread or flattened out under the ideological mallet to fit a pre-planned template. Therefore, when I received Matthew Boulton's book "Life in God" from a dear friend of mine, I initially flinched, rolled my eyes, sighed deeply and almost stuffed the book permanently out of sight. But the subtitle to this 260 page paperback, made me stop and rethink my original plan; "John...

Hold Fast the Faith: A Devotional Commentary on the Westminster Confession of 1647 Matthew Everhard PLC Publications PO Box 2210                                                     Lenoir, NC 28645 www.layman.org Copyright: 2012 ISBN: 978-1934453100; $11.99 Reviewed for Deus Misereatur by: Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber Theological Introspections – 4 ½ of 5 stars How do you bring theology and the spiritual disciplines together? Often, in personal discussions, theology and doctrine are disparaged by teachers and the taught so that the devotional can be developed. Usually this is heard in the notion that head knowledge must be trumped by heart knowledge. Yet Matthew Everhard has recently made a masterful atte...