Library Acquisitions for February 2023

These are the books and e-books added to the Covenant Library in February 2023.

• A Christian theology of science: reimagining a theological vision of natural knowledge
  Paul Tyson; foreword by David Bentley Hart
  Book
• Confessions of a French atheist: how God hijacked my quest to disprove the Christian faith
  Guillaume Bignon; foreword by Lee Strobel
  Book
• Our father Abraham: Jewish roots of the Christian faith
  Marvin R. Wilson
  Book
• Songs for the fast and Pascha
  St. Ephrem the Syrian; translated by Joshua Falconer, Blake Hartung, and J. Edward Walters
  Book
• The air we breathe: how we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, and equality
  Glen Scrivener
  Book
• The Bible in early transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism
  edited by Ryan P. Hoselton, Jan Stievermann, Douglas A. Sweeney, Michael A. G. Haykin
  Book
• Encyclopedia of material culture in the biblical world: a new biblisches Reallexikon
  edited by Angelika Berlejung (main editor); with P.M. Michèle Daviau, Jens Kamlah, and Gunnar Lehmann (area editors)
  Book
• 40 questions about interpreting the Bible
  Robert L. Plummer; Benjamin L. Merkle, series editor
  Book
• Inerrancy and worldview: answering modern challenges to the Bible
  Vern Sheridan Poythress
  Book
• The biblical hero: portraits in nobility and fallibility
  Elliott Rabin
  Book
• Judges: longing for a leader; faltering in faithfulness
  Mark J. Boda and Mary L. Conway; Daniel I. Block, general editor
  Book
• Gift of the grotesque: a christological companion to the book of Judges
  Daniel J.D. Stulac
  Book
• A (s)word against Babylon: an examination of the multiple speech act layers within Jeremiah 50-51 / by Kristofer D. Holroyd
  Book
• Ezekiel and the world of Deuteronomy
  Jason Gile
  Book
• Encountering the new testament: a historical and theological survey
  Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough
  Book
• Jesus and the Gospels: an introduction and survey
  Craig L. Blomberg
  Book
• The first biography of Jesus: genre and meaning in Mark's gospel
  Helen K. Bond
  Book
• Sarcasm in Paul's letters
  Matthew Pawlak
  Book
• Conformed to the image of His Son: reconsidering Paul's theology of glory in Romans
  Haley Goranson Jacob
  Book
• Reforming joy: a conversation between Paul, the reformers, and the church today
  Tim Chester
  Book
• Ancient Christian Apocrypha: marginalized texts in early Christianity
  edited by Outi Lehtipuu and Silke Petersen
  Book
• The New Cambridge companion to Christian doctrine
  edited by Michael Allen, Reformed Theological Seminary, Florida
  Book
• Trabajo: propósito, dignidad y transformación
  Daniel M. Doriani; traducción por Guillermo Mac Kenzie
  Book
• Come, Lord Jesus: meditations on the second coming of Christ
  John Piper
  Book
• The knowledge of God in the world and the word: an introduction to classical apologetics
  Douglas Groothuis, Andrew I. Shepardson
  Book
• Preventing child abuse: creating a safe place
  Beth Swagman
  Book
• The child safeguarding policy guide for churches and ministries
  Basyle Tchividjian and Shira M. Berkovits
  Book
• Embracing the new Samaria: opening our eyes to our multiethnic future
  Alejandro Mandes with Deborah Sáenz Gonzalez
  Book
• How to read theology for all its worth: a guide for students
  Karin Spiecker Stetina
  Book
• A self-study report on Covenant Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri
  presented by the Self-Study Executive Committee; chaired by Sean Michael Lucas
  Book
• Facing snarls & scowls: preaching through hostility, apathy, and adversity in church revitalization
  Brian Croft & James B. Carroll; foreword by Mark Clifton
  Book
• Preaching to a divided nation: a seven-step model for promoting reconciliation and unity
  Matthew D. Kim and Paul A. Hoffman
  Book
• Watchfulness: recovering a lost spiritual discipline
  Brian G. Hedges
  Book
• When children come out: a guide for Christian parents
  Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
  Book
• Singleness: living faithfully
  Jenilyn Swett
  Book
• Christ and culture in Russia: legacy in conflict
  Book
• Recovering Christian character: the psychological wisdom of Soren Kierkegaard
  Robert C. Roberts
  Book
• Why I am not an Arminian
  Robert A. Peterson and Michael D. Williams
  Book
• Love to Christ: Robert Murray M'Cheyne and the pursuit of holiness
  introduced and edited by Jordan Stone
  Book
• A holy minister: the life and spiritual legacy of Robert Murray M'Cheyne
  Jordan Stone
  Book
• The lion of Princeton: B.B. Warfield as apologist and theologian
  Kim Riddlebarger
  Book
• Institutes of the Christian religion
  Calvin; edited by John T. McNeill; translated and indexed by Ford Lewis Battles
  Book
• Excusing sinners and blaming God: a Calvinist assessment of determinism, moral responsibility, and divine involvement in evil
  Guillaume Bignon; foreword by Paul Helm
  Book
• The landfill of early Roman Jerusalem: the 2013-2014 excavations in area D3
  edited by] Yuval Gadot; contributions by Yoantan Adler [and 16 others
  Book
• Excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem (1995-2010): areas A, J, F, H, D and L: final report
  [edited by] Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron
  Book
• Ashkelon 9: the Hellenistic period
  Kathleen J. Birney; with contributions by Donald Ariel, Deirdre N. Fulton, Paula Hesse, Omri Lernau, John M. Marston, and Anastasia Shapiro
  Book
• Tel Miqne-Ekron excavations 1994-1996: field IV upper and field V the Elite Zone
  Seymour Gitin, Steven M. Ortiz, and Trude Dothan; with contributions by Christa Schäfer-Lichtenberger [and 11 others]; edited by Seymour Gitin
  Book
• Megiddo VI: the 2010-2014 seasons
  editors: Israel Finkelstein and Mario A.S. Martin; assistant editor: Zachary C. Dunseth; Israel Finkelstein, Mario A.S. Martin, Matthew J. Adams, Eran Arie and Assaf Kleiman with contributions by Amotz Agnon [and 74 others]
  Book
• Beer-Sheba III: the early iron IIA enclosed settlement and the late iron IIA-iron IIB cities
  Ze'ev Herzog and Lily Singer-Avitz; with contributions by Itzhaq Beit-Arieh [and 21 others]
  Book
• Madaba Plains Project
  editors, Lawrence T. Geraty ... and others
  Book
• Numayra: excavations at the early Bronze Age townsite in Jordan, 1977-1983
  edited by] Meredith S. Chesson, R. Thomas Schaub, and Walter E. Rast; with contributions by Jack Donahue [and 15 others
  Book
• The life we're looking for: reclaiming relationship in a technological world
  Andy Crouch
  Book
• Strengthening the parent-child relationship in therapy: laying the foundation for healthy development
  Larissa N. Niec
  Book
• An introduction to biblical Greek grammar: elementary syntax and linguistics
  Dana M. Harris
  Book
• The royal inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561-560 BC), Neriglissar (559-556 BC), and Nabonidus (555-539 BC), kings of Babylon
  [edited by] Frauke Weiershäuser and Jamie Novotny with the assistance of Giulia Lentini
  Book
• The royal inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC)
  [edited by] Grant Frame; with the collaboration of Andreas Fuchs for two inscriptions
  Book
• C.S. Lewis in a time of war: the World War II broadcasts that riveted a nation and became the classic Mere Christianity
  Justin Phillips
  Book
• 1 & 2 Peter and Jude
  Thomas R. Schreiner
  E-Book
• A biblical case against theistic evolution
  Wayne Grudem, editor; contributors, Wayne Grudem, John D. Currid, Guy Prentiss Waters, Gregg R. Allison, Fred G. Zaspel
  E-Book
• The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermin'd by unchristian practice
  written by the author of The whole duty of man
  E-Book
• Contemplations moral and divine
  a person of great learning and judgment
  E-Book
• The emotional life of our Lord
  B.B. Warfield
  Book
• Guide to eternal glory: or brief directions to all Christians how to attain everlasting salvation ...
  E-Book
• Hebrew for biblical interpretation
  Arthur Walker-Jones
  E-Book
• Isaiah 1-39
  Gary V. Smith
  E-Book
• The Old Testament and God
  Craig G. Bartholomew
  E-Book
• Practical piety; or, The influence of the religion of the heart on the conduct of the life
  Hannah More ...
  E-Book
• The practice of godliness
  Jerry Bridges
  E-Book
• The pursuit of holiness
  Jerry Bridges
  E-Book
• Treatises upon the life, walk, and triumph of faith
  the Rev. W. Romaine ...
  E-Book
• The young man's friend and guide through life to immortality
  John Angell James
  E-Book
• Christ-centered worship: letting the Gospel shape our practice
  Bryan Chapell
  E-Book
• Christian consistency, or, The connexion between experimental and practical religion: designed for young Christians
  Rev. E. Mannering
  E-Book
• The Christian economy: translated from the original Greek of an old manuscript, found in the Island of Patmos, where St. John wrote his Book of Revelation
  E-Book
• The Christian's pattern: or, A treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ: In four books
  written originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis.; Now render'd into English.; To which are added, Meditations and prayers, for sick persons / By George Stanhope ...
  E-Book
• Contemplations moral and divine: in two parts
  Sir Matthew Hale ...
  E-Book
• The crucifying of the world, by the cross of Christ: with a preface to the nobles, gentlemen, and all the rich, directing them how they may be richer
  Richard Baxter
  E-Book
• Devout exercises of the heart: in meditation and soliloquy, prayer, and praise
  ... Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe; to which are prefixed Memoirs of the author, with a portrait; Reviewed and published, at her request, by I. Watts, D.D.
  E-Book
• Faithful disobedience: writings on church and state from a Chinese house church movement
  Wang Yi, and others edited by Hannah Nation and J.D. Tseng
  E-Book
• Farewell to the priestly writing? the current state of the debate
  edited by Friedhelm Hartenstein and Konrad Schmid; translated by Wesley Crouser, Paavo N. Tucker, Henry Heitmann-Gordon, and David Cloutier
  E-Book
• From the manger to the throne: a theology of Luke
  Benjamin L. Gladd
  E-Book
• Gospel-libertie: in the extensions, limitations of it: wherein is laid down an exact way to end the present dissentions, and to preserve future peace among the saints: vvhereunto is added good newes from heaven to the worst of sinners on earth: the former in nine sermons on I Cor. 10. 23 ... the latter in three sermons on Luke 2. 10 ...
  Walter Cradock late preacher at All-Hallows Great in London
  E-Book
• Humble confidence: a model for interfaith apologetics
  Benno van den Toren and Kang-San Tan
  E-Book
• Infernal conference, or, Dialogues of devils: on the many vices which abound in the civil and religious world; to which is added, A looking-glass for professors of religion, consisting of seven interesting and practical subjects; together with Discourses on the Book of Ruth; likewise Socinianism brought to the test ... also The arians' and socianians' monitor
  ... John Macgowan
  E-Book
• Known: how believing who God says you are changes everything
  Aubrey Sampson; foreword by Christine Caine
  E-Book
• Of the morality of the fourth commandement: as still in force to binde Christians delivered by way of answer to the translator of Doctor Prideaux his lecture, concerning the doctrine of the Sabbath: divided into two parts 1. An answer to the prefacer, 2. A consideration of D. Prideaux, his lecture
  Written by William Twisse
  E-Book
• The practice of piety: directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God
  amplified by the author
  E-Book
• Reformed ethics: the duties of the Christian life
  Herman Bavinck; edited by John Bolt; with Jessica Joustra, Nelson D. Kloosterman, Antoine Theron, Dirk Van Keulen
  E-Book
• Rescue skills: essential skills for restoring the sexually broken
  Deepak Reju and Jonathan D. Holmes
  E-Book
• The saints everlasting rest: or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory: Wherein is shewed its excellency and certainty; the misery of those that lose it; the way to attain it, and assurance of it: and how to live in the continual delightful fore-tasts of it, by the help of meditation
  written for the authors own use, in the time of his languishing, when God took him off from all publike imployment; and afterwards preached in his weekly lecture, By Richard Baxter, teacher of the church of Kederminister in Worcestershire
  E-Book
• The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse
  Brandon D. Smith; foreword by Lewis Ayres
  Book
• Understanding transgender identities: four views
  edited by James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy
  E-Book
• United to Christ, walking in the Spirit: a theology of Ephesians
  Benjamin L. Merkle; Thomas R. Schreiner and Brian S. Rosner, editors
  E-Book
• The contemplations and letters of Henry Dorney
  E-Book
• The family a religious institution; or Heaven its model
  E-Book
• Meditations and contemplations . In two volumes. ... By James Hervey,
  E-Book
• The rare jewel of Christian contentment . Wherein is shewed: I. What contentment is ...
  Jeremiah Burroughs
  E-Book
• The practical works of Richard Baxter: with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings
  William Orme
  E-Book
• The fruits of the spirit; being a comprehensive view of the principal graces which adorn the Christian character
  J. Thornton
  E-Book