Once in Christ, in Christ Forever: More Than 100 Biblical Reasons Why a True Believer Cannot Be Lost
Once in Christ, in Christ Forever: More Than 100 Biblical Reasons Why a True Believer Cannot Be Lost. By William MacDonald. Grand Rapids, MI: Gospel Folio Press, 1997. 208 pp. Paper, $15.99. Even though this book was first published many years ago, it is still available. The title of the book would attract many readers […]
Indexes of the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (1988–2022)
John Yantis I. EDITOR’S NOTE The Spring 2022 issue of the JOTGES included a subject index through the word salvation. This issue concludes the subject index from sanctification to worship. II. SUBJECT INDEX OF JOTGES: SANCTIFICATION TO WORSHIP Sanctification “Getting Sanctification Done: The Primacy of Narrative in Tim Keller’s Exegetical Method,” by Timothy F. Kauffman. […]
Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition
Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition. By Jonathan Bernier. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2022. 318 pp. Paper, $29.99. Bernier is an assistant professor of New Testament at Regis College, University of Toronto. I was drawn to this book by the subtitle. I thought Bernier would follow the lead of […]
Mom, I’m a Girl
Mom, I’m a Girl. By Judy Glenney. Enumclaw, WA: Redemption Press, 2017. 246 pp. Paper, $16.99. This book tells the story and lessons learned by a mother who lost her son to suicide at the age of 19. The son struggled with what is called transgenderism, though his counselors questioned that diagnosis. Glenney and her […]
Scandalous Grace: A Book for Tired Christians Seeking Rest
Scandalous Grace: A Book for Tired Christians Seeking Rest. By Preston Sprinkle. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2021. 188 pp. Paper, $17.99. The title of this book catches the attention of those who promote the grace of God. Sprinkle desires to show how great the grace of God is. He starts off by discussing […]
Apprehension of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Apprehension of Jesus in the Gospel of John. By Josaphat C. Tam. WUNT 2/399. Edited by Jörg Frey. Tübingen, GER: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. 265 pp. Paper, €89,00. Tam is an assistant professor at Evangel Seminary in Hong Kong. This book is a revision of his 2014 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. […]
Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose
Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose. Kenton Beshore, et al. NP: Rooted Network, 2020. 227 pp. Cloth, $15.00. Rooted is a 10-week discipleship course that invites participants to practice seven “rhythms” based upon Acts 2: Daily Devotion (Acts 2:42, 46), Prayer (Acts 2:42), Repentance (Acts 2:37-39), Serve the Community (Acts 2:44-45), Sacrificial Generosity […]
The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity With the Gospel
The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel. By Dean Inserra. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2019. 203 pp. Paper, $14.99. I have often said and written that most Evangelicals need evangelizing. So, I agree in principle with Inserra. However, there is a major difference in how he and I identify an Evangelical who is […]
Grace, Faith, Free Will—Contrasting View of Salvation: Calvinism & Arminianism
Grace, Faith, Free Will—Contrasting View of Salvation: Calvinism & Arminianism. By Robert E. Picirilli. Nashville, TN: Randall House, 2002. pp. Paper, $19.99. Normally we do not review books that were published more than a few years ago. However, I just came across this book. It is by someone who calls his view Reformed Arminianism (e.g., […]
Beyond Prewrath: End-Time Prophecy
Beyond Prewrath: End-Time Prophecy. By Robert Parker. Winter Garden, FL: Robert’s Trumpet, LLC, 2021. 139 pp. Paper, $19.95. Robert Parker is a student of the Bible and has a background in mathematics/engineering. Both of these aspects of his life come through in this book on Biblical prophecy. As a result of his studies, he posits […]