Who Will Be Saved? Defending the Biblical Understanding of God, Salvation, & Evangelism
Who Will Be Saved? Defending the Biblical Understanding of God, Salvation, & Evangelism. Paul R. House and Gregory A. Thornbury, Editors. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2000. 239 pp. Paper, $19.99. This multi-author book should be of particular interest to JOTGES readers for two reasons. First, the authors are dealing with views such as open theism […]
Postmodernism 101
Postmodernism 101. By Heath White. Brazos Press: Grand Rapids, MI 2006. 176 pp. Paper, np. Considering my own feelings on postmodernism and the effects I’ve seen of it, I actually enjoyed reading this book. The author makes it clear that he is writing in a very broad sense and he does not go into great […]
Secure Forever! God’s Promise or Our Perseverance?
Secure Forever! God’s Promise or Our Perseverance?. By Thomas M. Cucuzza. St. Cloud, MN: Xulon Press, 2007. 175 pp. Paper, $13.99. I love the title. Is being secure forever contingent merely on God being faithful to His promise, or on us faithfully persevering to the end of our lives? Cucuzza, a Free Grace Pastor in […]
The Spirit of Antichrist: Decoupling Jesus from the Christ
The Calvinism Debate
The Calvinism Debate. By David W. Cloud. Port Huron, MI: Way of Life Literature, 2006. 125 pp. Paper. $4.95. It is always a welcome sight to see new books written in opposition to Calvinism since for too many years Calvinists have had a monopoly on books on the subject. The latest work on the subject […]
Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham
Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham.By D. G. Hart. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. 224 pp. Paper, $24.99. Hart has captured in this book the essence of evangelicalism from around 1942 to date. His assessment is powerful and, in this reviewer’s opinion, right on the mark. Hart shows how the term […]
The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity
The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity. By Carl Raschke. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. 235 pp. Paper. $19.99. While some reviewers have intimated this book is a tough read, the opposite is true. Raschke makes Postmodernism and Postmoderns easy to understand with his many clear statements. Faith is not rational or propositional (pp. […]
Annie Dillard: Mistaken Mystic?
21 Things God Never Said: Connecting Our Misconceptions About Evangelism
21 Things God Never Said: Connecting Our Misconceptions About Evangelism by R. Larry Moyer. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004. 176 pp. Paper. $10.99. There are so many misconceptions in churches today about how to evangelize and what should be said in evangelism that any book which helps clarify the offer of eternal life should be widely […]