Lord and Christ: The Implications of Lordship for Faith and Life
Lord and Christ: The Implications of Lordship for Faith and Life. By Ernest C. Reisinger. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1994. 178 pp. Paper $8.99. Reisinger makes no effort to hide the fact that his theology comes from the doctrinal constructs of men. Some of the sources he cites to define terms and explain […]
The Ultimate Deception
The Ultimate Deception. By Ray Comfort. S. Plainfield, NJ: Bridge Publishing, Inc., 1993. 269 pp. Paper $5.95. This book is by an itinerant preacher from New Zealand, living in Southern California, who is burdened about the Gospel and the need to proclaim it clearly. We are in total agreement on that. He is against what […]
Is Jesus the Only Savior?
Is Jesus the Only Savior? By Ronald H. Nash. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. 188 pp. Paper, $12.99. This important book evaluates the growing influence of pluralism and inclusivism as over against traditional Christian exclusivism. Pluralism answers the title of the book with “No.” Inclusivism answers the title of the book with “Yes, but […]
A Dangerous Book or a Faulty Review? A Rejoinder to Robert Wilkin’s Essay on a House United?
William D. Watkins Vice President, Publishing Liberty, Life and Family Virginia Beach, VA Abraham Lincoln once said, “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”1 As I read Robert Wilkin’s review2 of Keith Fournier’s book A House United? Evangelicals and Catholics Together A Winning Alliance for the 21st Century,3 a book […]
Blessed Calvary: A Full Color Visual Presentation of Salvation Invitations
Blessed Calvary: A Full Color Visual Presentation of Salvation Invitations. Streamwood, IL: AWANA Clubs International, n.d. 23 minute video. $14.95. Dave Breese, head of Christian Destiny, Inc., narrates this excellent training video. It is used by AWANA Youth Ministries to train those who work with children and young people in how to share the Gospel […]
A Surrejoinder to William D. Watkins’s Rejoinder to My Critique of A House United?
ROBERT N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX I. Introduction In this surrejoinder* I receive an unusual opportunity. As I indicated in my critique of A House United? (hereafter AHU), I believe that it is a dangerous book. I felt a responsibility to point out its flaws and its dangers. Now I have […]
Amazing Grace. Hymn Texts for Devotional Use
Amazing Grace. Hymn Texts for Devotional Use. Edited by Bert Polman, Marilyn Kay Stulken, and James R. Sydnor. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994. 310 pp. Paper, $15.99. It is a pleasure for one who already reads a hymn every day, along with the Bible and a devotional classic, to review a book that […]
The Faith of Demons: James 2:19
JOHN F. HART Professor of Bible Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL I. Introduction Informed Christians are aware of the ongoing debate in modern evangelicalism concerning the content of the Gospel and the nature of faith. In the heat of the discussion, it’s inevitable that the Pauline doctrine of justification by faith alone will not be […]
Deceived by the Light
Deceived by the Light. By Doug Groothuis. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1995. 203 pp. Paper $8.99. This excellent book is both a detailed biblical response to the popular (but sadly heretical) bestsellerEmbraced by the Light by Betty Eadie, and a synthetic analysis of “Near-Death Experiences” (NDEs) generally. In a review published in the Autumn […]
A Voice from the Past: The True Grace of God in Which You Stand
J. N. DARBY* —I have written to you briefly; exhorting and testifying that this is [the] true grace of God in which ye stand (1 Peter 5:12b, “New Translation”1). GOD is made known to us as the “God of all grace,” and the position in which we are set is that of “tasting that He […]