Charles G. Kim Jr.
In Matthew 11:28–30, Jesus offers this invitation to any who would respond to his call: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest [ἀναπαύσω / reficiam]. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls [ἀνάπαυσιν/ […]
*** Eerdmans | 2021 | 501 pages (hardcover) | $80.00 The frequency with which companion volumes like this come out from various presses demonstrates the enduring legacy of the Doctor of Grace. In the present rendition of a companion to Augustine, focused on the context and legacy of Augustine, David Hunter and Jonathan Yates have […]
Seeing by the Light: Illumination in Augustine’s and Barth’s Readings of JohnBy Ike MillerIVP Academic, 2020248 pages (paperback), $35.00 If one has read only the Institutes of John Calvin, it may come as a surprise when Calvin writes in his commentary on the Gospel of John that in his exegesis “Augustine . . . is […]
“Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy,” by Gavin Ortlund
“At the risk of overstatement, I might suggest that creation was to Augustine what justification was to Luther, or divine transcendence was to Barth—the area of theology that, because of a theologian’s own personal journey, comes to an especially vigorous expression and is visible in almost everything they wrote,” (Ortlund, 2). With this bold assessment, […]
