Alive

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post to catch up–emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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The book starts with a look at the evidence for the Resurrection of Christ, and why it's important to wrestle with it and to be ready to defend it in our current culture. Then Fluhrer moves on to looking at the way the Resurrection was foreshadowed in the Old Testament, described in the Gospels, preached in Acts, explained in the rest of the New Testament, and serves as the basis for our sure hope. He covers all the bases and does so well.

Fluhrer has an apologetic goal for this book, it's not as compelling as he seems to think it is. Which really describes the book as a whole. In the end, it's too surface-level. It's helpful, the theology behind it is the kind of thing we need more of—a robust Redemptive-Historical approach à la Vos and Gaffin—and it's approachable. I just couldn't sink my teeth into it. I liked it, I just wanted to like it more.