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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Obadiah (Richard Patterson)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[25 pages are devoted to the single chapter book of Obadiah in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary Volume 10. I have always viewed Obadiah as one of the more difficult books to get anything out of, and so I was looking forward to what is the first commentary I have read on it.
Introduction
We know little for <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/03/13/book-review-cbc-obadiah-richard-patterson/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Amos (Andrew Hill)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s my review of Andrew Hill’s commentary on Amos from Volume 10 of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary. For those of you who are getting fed up of these, there are now just two more minor prophets to go before I move on to studying some longer books of the Bible!
Introduction
Hill dates Amos’ prophecy to 760-750 <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/03/12/book-review-cbc-amos-andrew-hill/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Should Christians Embrace Evolution?</title>
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Creation and evolution are not subjects I often read books on. Oftentimes it seems to me that both sides come to the argument with irreconcilable presuppositions and therefore end up talking past each other. However, since I read Francis Collins’ &#34;The Language of God&#34;, which puts forth a case for theistic evolution (or &#34;biologos&#34; as <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/03/07/book-review-should-christians-embrace-evolution/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Joel (Richard Patterson)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve finished the commentary on Joel from the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary by Richard Patterson, who is also the author of the commentary on Joel in the Expositor’s Bible Commentary series.
Introduction
The primary theme of Joel is the day of the Lord, with a secondary theme of repentance. Patterson tentatively leans towards a pre-exilic date.
Commentary
God’s people had <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/03/04/book-review-cbc-joel-richard-patterson/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Hosea (Richard Patterson)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time for another in my series of commentary reviews from Volume 10 of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series, this time Hosea. 
Introduction
Hosea was sent with a message of God’s undying love for his people, as well as a declaration of his unwavering standards. He portrays Israel as an unfaithful wife, as a harlot. They <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/03/01/book-review-cbc-hosea-richard-patterson/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; The Breeze of the Centuries (Mike Reeves)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been highly anticipating the release of this book, ever since I read (and loved) Mike Reeves’ brief history of the Reformation (The Unquenchable Flame). I had assumed that this would be the prequel, filling in some church history. However, it appears that this book is the first of two(?) that introduces the life <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/20/book-review-the-breeze-of-the-centuries-mike-reeves/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/20/book-review-the-breeze-of-the-centuries-mike-reeves/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Malachi (Andrew Hill)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my series of commentary reviews from Volume 10 of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series, here’s one for Malachi. Andrew Hill is also the author of a much more detailed commentary on Malachi in the Anchor Bible series, so this present volume is able to benefit from much his prior work.
Introduction
Malachi writes to a tough <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/14/book-review-cbc-malachi-andrew-hill/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/14/book-review-cbc-malachi-andrew-hill/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; The Radical Disciple (John Stott)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain poignancy to this book &#8211; it is John Stott&#8217;s &#34;farewell&#34; &#8211; his final publication. Over the years he has produced dozens of books covering Biblical exposition right through to engagement with all kinds of contemporary issues. His book &#34;The Cross of Christ&#34; is certainly a contender for the best Christian book <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/book-review-the-radical-disciple-john-stott/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/book-review-the-radical-disciple-john-stott/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; CBC Zechariah (Andrew Hill)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time for my another review from volume 10 of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary.
Introduction
Zechariah is one of the longer minor prophets, and despite being easy to date, offers a number of challenges to commentators due to the variety of hermeneutical approaches that could be taken to the visions and “proto-apocalyptic” material. Hill briefly describes four <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/10/book-review-cbc-zechariah-andrew-hill/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/10/book-review-cbc-zechariah-andrew-hill/</link>
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		<title>Spotify Albums of the Month &#8211; Dec 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, I’ve got really behind with these, and my album reviews probably will be a lot less frequent now that Spotify no longer release spreadsheets of all the new albums available. Because of the Christmas special I did, these are actually albums that appeared back in November (December and January have been extremely quiet for <a href="http://www.wordandspirit.co.uk/blog/2010/02/09/spotify-albums-of-the-month-dec-2009/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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