The Health and Wealth Gospel
The Health and Wealth Gospel. By Bruce Barron. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1987. 204 pp. Paper, $6.95. The gospel of healing and prosperity is the parent and child of the modern “faith movement” which has attracted millions of people and spawned some highly visible-and controversial-ministries. Barron’s purpose in writing about the movement is to […]
Govett on Philippians
Govett on Philippians. By Robert Govett. Miami Springs, FL: Conley & Schoettle Publishing Co., Inc., 1985. 127 pp. Paper, $5.95. This practical study on Philippians is part of a series of commentaries by Robert Govett (1813–1901) published by Conley & Schoettle. Other works include commentaries on Isaiah, John, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Hebrews, 1 […]
An Introduction to Grace Evangelical Society and Its Journal
The board of the Grace Evangelical Society, and the editorial board of the Society’s new periodical, welcome you to the readership of our Journal. Since there is a proliferation of evangelical organizations and also a number of good evangelical periodicals, the reader deserves to know what is our raison d’être-why we exist at all. I. […]
Repentance and Salvation Part 1: The Doctrine of Repentance in Church History
Robert N. Wilkin* Few issues are of more vital interest to those who believe in heaven and hell than the question of what one must do to gain entrance into heaven. Answers to this question nearly always include a reference to repentance. Throughout church history nearly every theologian has taught that repentance is essential for […]
Firstborn Sons: Their Rights and Risks
Firstborn Sons: Their Rights and Risks. By George Henry Lang. Miami Springs, FL: Conley & Schoettle Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. 233 pp. Hardcover, $14.95. “Is it worthwhile to follow Christ? Does not being His disciple involve so great a loss and so much persecution and other trouble as to cause reasonable men to ask if […]
Secure Yet Scrutinized – 2 Timothy 2:11-13
by Brad McCoy* I. Introduction Salvation from hell is a free gift received through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 The regenerate person is secure in his possession of eternal life from the moment of saving faith because of the faithfulness of God to him.2 In stark contrast, true, vibrant discipleship involves a […]
A Voice from the Past: The Terms of Salvation
By Lewis Sperry Chafer Used by permission. “The Terms of Salvation” originally appeared as the last segment of a series entitled “The Saving Work of the Triune God,” published in Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 107 (Oct.-Dec. 1950): 389-416. Dr. Chafer (1871-1952) was the co-founder, first president, and professor of theology at Dallas Theological Seminary from 1924 […]
An Introduction to Grace Evangelical Society and Its Journal
By Arthur L. Farstad The board of the Grace Evangelical Society, and the editorial board of the Society’s new periodical, welcome you to the readership of our Journal. Since there is a proliferation of evangelical organizations and also a number of good evangelical periodicals, the reader deserves to know what is our raison d’être-why we […]
Grace in the Arts: The Billiard Parlor Evangel
John O. Hosler* “I have seen the horrors of war—young men in their prime, gunned down like so many cattle at the slaughterhouse. I have seen the suffering of children—grotesquely twisted little bodies, crying out in pain, begging for love and acceptance, only to find ridicule, rejection, and at the most, the pity of the […]
Calvin and Scottish Theology: The Doctrine of Assurance
Calvin and Scottish Theology: The Doctrine of Assurance. By M. Charles Bell. 33 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh: The Handsel Press, 1985. 211 pp. Cloth, no price. Few recent books are more significant for the doctrine of salvation than this one. The author is currently a Presbyterian minister in California and this volume is a revision of […]