Becoming A Contagious Christian
Becoming A Contagious Christian. By Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. 221 pages. (Paper), $12.99. Many have heard of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois, with their attendance of more than 16,000, and their semi-annual church leadership conferences. Author Bill Hybels serves as senior […]
How to Lead People to Christ, Part 1: The Content of Our Message
The Testament
The Testament. By John Grisham. New York: Random House, Inc., 1999. 533 pp. (Paper), $7.99. This is yet another in a long line of novels by Grisham, who has become a fixture at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Many of his previous titles have become blockbuster movies—The Pelican Brief, The Firm, […]
How to Lead People to Christ: Part 1 – The Content of Our Message
The title of my two-part article may lead you to expect a discussion on how to do personal evangelism. Hopefully you will get some ideas about personal work from these articles, but this is not my major objective. Instead I want to discuss how grace theology should affect the way we present the gospel, whether […]
Did the Rich Young Ruler hear the Gospel According to Jesus?
Hal M. Haller The gospel according to Jesus has been a hot topic since the first century (cf. Gal 1:6-9). A book by that name was published a decade ago. Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler was used prominently by the author in defense of his thesis that to be saved one must yield […]
“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 […]
Taking a Fresh Look at Some Popular Hymns of the Faith
The Psalms were originally set to music and sung in the temple as part of the worship there. God delights in believers singing praises to Him. The Lord Jesus and His disciples sang a hymn in the Upper Room before they went to the Garden of Gethsemane (Matt 26:30). When the apostle Paul wrote to […]