Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy. By Paul C. Gutjahr. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Jeff Straub Professor of Historical Theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary One of the best ways to understand important historical movements is through the lives of those most directly involved. Charles Hodge (1797-1878) lived through the turbulent [...]

Ten Myths About Calvinism: Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition. By Kenneth J. Stewart. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2011. Reviewed by Matthew Barrett There is no theological view caricatured as much as Calvinism. And if you think of yourself as a Calvinist, you may not be exempt from such a problem either. Arminians and [...]

1. Just briefly, who was B. B. Warfield? Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) was the most outstanding theologian of Old Princeton Seminary. He was himself a graduate of Princeton (1873-1876), having studied there under Charles Hodge, returning to occupy Hodge’s famous Chair from 1887 (at the young age of 35) until his death in 1921. Throughout [...]

Reformed Theology. By R. Michael Allen. New York: T&T Clark, 2010. Reviewed by Matthew Barrett R. Michael Allen has written an essential book when it comes to properly understanding and defining what Reformed theology is and is not. As Michael Horton says in his commendation for the book, “This is a splendid volume. Drawing deeply [...]