One of the privileges of working at PRTS is the weekly arrival of new books to supplement our library of 70,000+ books. Here’s the latest batch.

New Books

Just one qualification — inclusion in the library does not mean endorsement of contents. We often have to buy books to help students with specialist theses and also to train students to think critically.

Latest in Crossway’s Preaching the Word series of commentaries.

Judges and Ruth: God in Chaos (Preaching the Word) by Barry Webb.


Paul and the Gift by John Barclay.

“A look at grace in Paul’s theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of “gift” and shining new light on Paul’s relationship to Second Temple Judaism.”


Teaching and Christian Imagination by David Smith and Susan Felch.

“This book invites Christian teachers to slow down, take a deep breath, and allow their weary souls to recover. The authors — experienced teachers themselves — encourage teacher-readers to imagine their work differently, opening up possibilities for reanimating how they view learning in a Christian context.”


A Goodly Heritage: Essays in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at Eighty by Jacob Nyenhuis.


Biblia Americana: America’s First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 5: Proverbs-Jeremiah by Cotton Mather.

“This volume of the Biblia Americana contains Cotton Mather’s annotations on the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Jeremiah, and Isaiah.”


To the Table: A Spirituality of Food, Farming, and Community by Lisa McMinn.

“To the Table is a warm and wise invitation to practice eating as a spiritual discipline–not as an act of self-improvement but as a way of living out and delighting in the generous, abundant, just, sweet, and savory love of God.”


Effective Generational Ministry: Biblical and Practical Insights for Transforming Church Communities by Craig Blomberg.

“Understanding generational differences is a key to effective ministry in a multigenerational church. This book offers students and practitioners cutting-edge research and biblical analysis of three generations–Boomers, GenXers, and Millennials–so churches can minister more effectively within and across generational lines.”


The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism

“This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism.”