2020 One-Word Reviews
January:
- Priscilla: The Life of an Early Christian / Ben Witherington III / Educational
- The Preaching Life / Barbara Brown Taylor / Inspiring
- That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation / David Bentley Hart / A-Let-Down
- The Platonic Tradition / Peter Kreeft / Highly-Educational
- An Exorcist Explains the Demonic / Fr. Gabriele Amorth / Disappointing
March:
- The Bible Among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? / John Oswalt / Fantastic
April:
- Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge / Dallas Willard / Excellent
- Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism / Edited by Elijah Hixson & Peter Gurry / A-Necessity-For-All-Christian-Apologists
- A Closer Look at God’s Church: A Biblical Evaluation of Key Beliefs of the Church of God / Mark Jackson / A-Church-Of-God-Must-Read
May:
- For the Life of the World – Classics Series, vol. 1 / Alexander Schmemann / Thought-Provoking
- A History of Western Philosophy: From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism / C. Stephen Evans / Fantastic-and-Accessible
- Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works / James K. A. Smith / Wow!
The Rest of the Year:
- The Color of Compromise / Jemar Tisby / Heart-Breaking
- Ever Ancient, Ever New / Winfield Bevins / Great
- Listening to God with Children / Gianna Gobbi / Thought Provoking
- The King Jesus Gospel / Scot McKnight / Needed
- You Are What You Love / James K. A. Smith / Phenomenal
- The Homiletical Beat / Eugene Lowry / Excellent
- The Homiletical Plot / Eugene Lowry / Excellent
- Preaching the Story / Jeffrey Frymire / Excellent
- The Poetics / Aristotle / Foundational
- The Web of Preaching / Richard Eslinger / Thought Provoking
- Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre / Jana Childers / Thought Provoking
- How to Read Daniel / Tremper Longman III / Fantastic
- Restorationism in the Holiness Movement in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Steven Ware / …Meh…
- Final Fantasy I – II – III: Memory of Heroes / Takashi Umemura / Nostalgic
- Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds / Brandon Sanderson / Exciting
- A Hero Born / Jin Yong / Fun
- When Pain is Real and God Seems Silent / Ligon Duncan / Powerful
- Revelation: A Liturgical Prophecy / Patrick Henry Reardon / Essential!