Old Testament Salvation — From What?
Saved from What?
Saved from What? By R. C. Sproul. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2002. 128 pp. Cloth. $14.99. The title of this book really grabbed my attention. For a long time I have felt that a key to proper biblical interpretation on passages using the words save and salvation is to ask saved from what? I was disappointed […]
In the Presence of My Enemies
In the Presence of My Enemies. By Gracia Burnham with Dean Merrill. Wheaton : Tyndale House Publishers, 2003. 307 pp. Cloth. $22.99. Martin and Gracia (pronounced “gray-sha”) Burnham became known worldwide. This book tells the story of their kidnapping and being held hostage for one year and eleven days. It also tells of their courtship, […]
The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel
The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel.By James Montgomery Boice and Philip Graham Ryken. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2002. 240 pp. Cloth. $17.99. The Doctrines of Grace by the late James Montgomery Boice, and his successor at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia , Philip Graham Ryken is an explanation and defense of Calvinistic theology. I […]
Not by Faith Alone: The Biblical Evidence for the Catholic Doctrine of Justification
Not by Faith Alone: The Biblical Evidence for the Catholic Doctrine of Justification. By Robert A. Sungenis. Goleta, CA: Queenship Publishing Company, 1997. 774 pp. Paper, $24.95. Robert Sungenis is a 1982 graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary, one of the leading Reformed seminaries in America. In 1992 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He is now […]
The Professor and the Madman: The Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: The Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. By Simon Winchester. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1999. 256 pp. Cloth. $22.00. At first, this may seem like a subject ill suited for a review in a theological journal. However, it is an interesting book dealing […]
A Response to Robert Sungenis’s “Not By Faith Alone”
The Marrow Controversy
Baptism: The Believer’s First Obedience
Baptism: The Believer’s First Obedience. By Larry Dyer. Grand Rapids , MI : Kregel Publications, 2000. 92 pp. Paper. $3.95. In this short booklet, Dyer adeptly and succinctly addresses the doctrine of Christian baptism. The book answers several important questions about baptism such as: What is it? Why do it? What is the mode of […]
Listening to the Spirit in the Text
Listening to the Spirit in the Text. By Gordon D. Fee. Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000. 180 pp. Paper. $12.00. Gordon Fee certainly needs no introduction. He is considered one of the greatest NT exegetes of our day. Although much of Fee’s work is aimed at a scholarly audience, he also […]