Toward a Narrow View of Ipsissima Vox
Toward a Narrow View of Ipsissima Vox
ROBERT N. WILKIN Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX Since the late 1940s the Evangelical Theological Society (of which I have been a member since 1982) has been dedicated to two issues that are very dear to my heart—a defense of the inspiration and the inerrancy of Scripture. For if the Bible […]
Safe in the Arms of Jesus: God’s Provision for the Death of Those Who Cannot Believe
Safe in the Arms of Jesus: God’s Provision for the Death of Those Who Cannot Believe. By Robert P. Lightner. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2000. 96 pp. Paper, $6.99. The cover shows the picture of a small baby wrapping his entire hand around an adult’s finger with the child’s arm being enveloped in the palm […]
The God Who Won’t Let Go
The God Who Won’t Let Go. By Dean Merrill. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998. 158 pp. Paper, $11.00. Merrill has written a compelling Christian-living book that unveils divine grace in the face of guilt, tragedy, and failure. This work accomplishes its solitary aim: to overwhelm the reader with the unconditional forgiveness of God. However, this […]
“Regeneration: A Crux Interpretum”
David R. Anderson Pastor Faith Community Church The Woodlands, TX Introduction In every “system” of theology there are certain doctrines so imbedded in that system that to uproot them would fell the entire tree. In his excellent work on epistemology, David Wolfe explains that good systematic theology requires four criteria to even qualify as a […]
Salvation
Salvation. By Earl D. Radmacher. Nashville: Word Publishing, 2000. 302 + xiii pp. (Cloth), $21.99. JOTGES readers should rejoice in the publication of this important and influential work by a leading Free Grace proponent. This book is part of Dallas Theological Seminary’s Swindoll Leadership Library series. Dr. Radmacher does a masterful job of explaining salvation […]
Did the Rich Young Ruler Hear the Gospel According to Jesus?
An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith
An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith. By Dave Hunt. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2000. 272 pp. Paper, $9.99. According to the back cover, this book “fosters deeper trust in and commitment to God by defining the biblical gospel—and what it saves us from, clarifying the call to discipleship, articulating the faith for which […]
What Angels Wish They Knew: The Basics of True Christianity
What Angels Wish They Knew: The Basics of True Christianity.By Alistair Begg. Chicago: Moody Press, 1998. 207 pp. Paper, $5.99. The title of this book comes from 1 Peter 1:12, where the apostle states that the wonders of our salvation are things “which angels desire to look into” (NKJV). Begg has borrowed (and revised) this […]
How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation – A Review
One of the evident characteristics of the late-twentieth century religious scene, which has only intensified in the new millennium, is the desire of disparate confessions to find common ground. While the spirit of ecumenism has often been little more than a euphemism for the dissolution of any distinctiveness in theological expression, it need not be […]