No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? By David F. Wells. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1993. 318 pp. Paper $14.99. This is one of the best books I have read in years. Wells, a seminary professor of historical and systematic theology, discusses key aspects of the decline of interest […]
Heaven: Your Real Home
Heaven: Your Real Home. By Joni Eareckson Tada. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995), 215 pp. Cloth, $13.95. According to many authors, believers will spend eternity doing little more than singing all the time. This is not the picture presented by Joni Eareckson Tada (hereafter referred to as Joni). Joni says that believers “will be […]
What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized
What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Ed. by John Sanders. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995. 168 pp. Paper, $10.99. The rise of Pluralism in Western society has challenged Evangelicals to respond again to the question of the unevangelized. If the only way that someone can […]
Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures
Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures.By Joseph M. Stowell. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1995. 244 pp. Cloth, $12.95. This is an important book. Not because it is replete with “exegetical breakthroughs” or because it contains a plethora of scholarly insights, but rather because it calls the reader to focus on what every believer should […]
A Hymn of Grace — Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
FRANCES A. MOSHER Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, Texas JESUS, THY BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; ‘Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed With joy shall I lift up my head. Bold shall I stand in that great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully […]
Legalism: The Real Thing
Legalism is not a very nice word. No one wants to be accused of it anymore than one would want to be accused of despising motherhood or apple pie. In ecclesiastical circles, to call someone a legalist is to hurl an insult of the first magnitude. If someone says, “You’re a legalist,” the instinctive reply […]
Does Philippians 1:6 Guarantee Progressive Sanctification? Part 2
JOHN F. HART Professor of Bible Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL I. Introduction In Part 1 of this article, an investigation was begun regarding the nature of the declaration in Phil 1:6 that, “He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus .”1 It was observed […]
A Voice from the Past: Grace Reigns
SIR ROBERT ANDERSON2 “The Gospel of the glory of the blessed God!”3 “Please, show me Your glory,” was the prayer of Moses; and God answered, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be […]
God in Three Persons
God in Three Persons. By Millard J. Erickson. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995. 356 pp. Cloth, $29.99. The doctrine of the Trinity separates Christianity from all other religions. It is also one of the most difficult doctrines to understand. Millard Erickson writes not only a contemporary interpretation of the Trinity but also interacts with liberal […]
One-Verse Evangelism
One-Verse Evangelism. By Randy D. Raysbrook. Navigator Napkin Evangelism Series. Colorado Springs: DawsonMedia, 1996. 11 pp. This booklet presents a very simple method of evangelism. Raysbrook suggests that rather than putting an unbeliever through a complicated Sword drill jumping from verse to verse, that we settle on one verse and explain it carefully. He recommends […]