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$\"\"$ We can not read every book that we\u2019d like to read. That is why we need to take advantage of book reviews. If we find one that really stands out, we then can decide to buy it. With that in mind, here are a few books reviews you mind find interesting from the most recent issue of Themelios.<\/p>\n

Old Testament, New Testament, & Ethics<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture<\/a> (by Alastair Roberts and Andrew Wilson)<\/a><\/p>\n
According to the reviewers, the authors\u2019 \u201cstated purpose for\u00a0Echoes of Exodus<\/em>\u00a0is to convince readers that \u201cScripture contains all sorts of connections, riffs, and themes\u201d which may have heretofore been missed, and to do that by showing rather than telling (p. 13).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Outsider Designations and Boundary Construction in the New Testament: Christian Communities and the Formation of Group Identity<\/a> (by Paul Treblico)<\/p>\n
I reviewed this book. At the end of the review, I conclude:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe early church did not eradicate all social distinctions; in a sense, they reinforced the lines that distinguished insiders from outsiders. Trebilco concludes, \u201cto undermine all outsider labels would be to destroy group boundaries and hence group identity\u201d (p. 286). Accordingly, this book will benefit anyone who wants to consider how biblical writers both understood and shaped the church\u2019s sense of identity amid diverse social groups.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Identity<\/a> (by Brian Rosner)<\/p>\n
The reviewer opens,<\/p>\n
\u201cIn\u00a0Known by God,<\/em>\u00a0Brian Rosner offers a very satisfying study of biblical anthropology framed by the question of identity. Repeatedly, and rightly, he returns to the fact that being known by God is the ground of all human identity, and to be known by God is to be a child of God.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
From the Mission & Culture Section<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
In this issue, the M&C section is jam packed with book reviews. I will list them below.<\/p>\n
God in the Movies: A Guide for Exploring Four Decades of Film<\/a>\u00a0by Catherine M. Barsotti and Robert K. Johnston, eds<\/em><\/p>\n
Reading the Bible Missionally<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Michael W. Goheen, ed.<\/em><\/p>\n
Happiness in America: A Cultural History<\/a>\u00a0by Lawrence R. Samuel<\/em><\/p>\n
Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History<\/a>\u00a0by Brian Stanley<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
The Scandal of Evangelism: A Biblical Study of the Ethics of Evangelism<\/a>\u00a0by Elmer John Thiessen<\/em><\/p>\n
Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News About Jesus More Believable<\/a>\u00a0by Sam Chan<\/em><\/p>\n
Multiplying Churches in Japanese Soil<\/a>\u00a0by John Mehns<\/em><\/p>\n
The End of Theology: Shaping Theology for the Sake of Mission<\/a>\u00a0by Jason Sexton and Paul Weston, eds<\/em><\/p>\n
Encountering the History of Missions: From Early Church to Today<\/a>\u00a0by John Mark Terry and Robert L. Gallagher<\/em><\/p>\n
All the News That\u2019s Fit to Tell and How to Tell It: How to Write Christian Newsletters\u00a0<\/a>by Amy Young<\/em><\/p>\n
Have you read any of these? What did you think? Which ones sound most interesting to you? Feel free to leave a comment with you own review. By the way, in the name of full disclosure, I am the book review editor for Themelios\u2019 M&C section.<\/p>\n
For previous noteworthy book reviews, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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