Book Review: David VanDrunen, “Natural Law: A Short Companion”

Natural law as a guide to ethics has gotten a bad name in some Protestant circles on the grounds that it is a “Roman Catholic” doctrine that insufficiently appreciates the effects of the Fall on human reason and will. David VanDrunen—professor at Westminster Seminary California, ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, with a law degree and a PhD in Christian Ethics—begs to differ. This introduction to his work on natural law lays out its Scriptural basis. It deserves a place on the shelf of any Christian interested in ethics.

Book Review: John Kleinig, “Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body”

In his book Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body, John Kleinig, a Lutheran minister and retired professor of Old Testament and biblical theology at Australian Lutheran College, draws on a Lutheran reading of Scripture to elucidate a biblical theology of the human body regarding its purpose and meaning for the Christian life.