Thomas Kidd

I am currently co-writing with Jason Duesing a biography of the great missionary Adoniram Judson. It is due to Crossway in mid-2026. Judson is best known for translating the whole Bible into Burmese. This monumental translation is still used today in the Baptist churches of Myanmar (Burma). Judson also maintained an impressive fitness regimen, one…

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Thomas Kidd's substack. The ‘critical book review’ is a staple of course assignments in colleges and seminaries. But I find that some students simply do not know what it means to write a ‘critical’ book review. Some students seem to think that ‘critical’ just means summarizing the book…