The Gospel Driven Man
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The Gospel Driven Man. By Ralph “Yankee” Arnold. Hull, GA: Send the Light, 2005. 200 pp. Paper. $12.95. Ralph “Yankee” Arnold is a man who has a passion for clarity in Evangelism. He is a graduate of Florida Bible College from back in its glory days. He has pastored and founded and taught at a
The Assurance of Things Hoped for: A Theology of Christian Faith
The Assurance of Things Hoped for: A Theology of Christian Faith. By Avery Dulles. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. 299 pp. Paper. $14.95. What a fascinating book this is. Avery Dulles, a well-known and highly respected Roman Catholic theologian, presents a Catholic view of saving faith that is in places quite similar to
Jesus Ruled In The Garden
Biblical Evaluation of Lordship Salvation
The One Who Believes: Is Continuous Faith Required to be Born Again?
One argument I hear a lot is that since the Scriptures often refer to believing in Jesus using the present tense, this means that only those who endure in faith in Christ until death “truly believe.” Often the present articular participle is cited. That is the expression ho pisteuōn in Greek. It means the one
Does God Allow Returns of Eternal Life?
My wife is a recovering bulimic shopper. One weekend she would buy five outfits. The next weekend she would return four of them and get her money back. Our MasterCard bill always had lots of credits on it. Sharon rarely bought anything in a store with a no-return policy. She wanted the ability to return
The Lost Son – Luke 15:11-32
Luke 15 is the great repentance chapter. It has three parables related to repentance: the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. I regularly speak on the parable of the prodigal son. I suggest that he represents a believer who strays away from God and then comes to his senses and returns to
The Passion of Jesus Christ
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The Passion of Jesus Christ. By John Piper. Wheaton, IL : Crossway Books, 2004. 125 pp. Paper. $7.99. This is a short book containing 50 chapters (most are 2 pages or less) explaining 50 reasons why Jesus suffered and died. This is good theology and very practical. There are, of course, places where the author’s
The Soul’s Quest for God: Satisfying the Hunger for Spiritual Communion with God
The Soul’s Quest for God: Satisfying the Hunger for Spiritual Communion with God. By R. C. Sproul. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1992. Reissued in 2003. Paper. $11.99. This book is a reissue of a work originally published a decade ago. It has an engaging title and subtitle and an attractive cover. As with