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Faith Victorious: Finding Strength and Hope from Hebrews 11

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Faith Victorious: Finding Strength and Hope from Hebrews 11. By Richard D. Phillips. Phillipsburg, NJ : P&R Publishing, 2002. 234 pp. Paper. $12.99. This book is based, according to the author, on a series of sermons he preached in the early morning service at Tenth Presby terian Church in Philadelphia in 2001 (p. x). Phillips

Amazing Grace in John Newton: Slave-Ship Captain, Hymnwriter, and Abolitionist

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Amazing Grace in John Newton: Slave-Ship Captain, Hymnwriter, and Abolitionist. By William E. Phipps. Macon , GA : Mercer University Press, 2001. 270 pp. Cloth. $35.00 If you like the song Amazing Grace, then you’ll probably like this book about its author. Much confusion surrounds John Newton. His life is often idealized. Phipps points out

An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith

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An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith. By Dave Hunt. Bend , OR : The Berean Call, 2000. 272 pp. Paper. $11.00. The title is provocative. What would such a book cover? According to the back cover, the subject of the book is the gospel: “For years, Dave Hunt has spoken out against the watering

A Free Grace Perspective on Bible Translations

March 1, 2004 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

Is Perseverance Required for Holy Presentation? – Colossians 1:21-23

January 1, 2004 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Colossians 1:21-23 is often used by Arminians to say that believers must continue in the faith in order to keep eternal life. And this same passage is used by Calvinists to say that believers must persevere in the faith in order to prove that they had eternal life in the first place. In other words,

Believers: Those Who’ve Done Good? – John 5:28-29

November 1, 2003 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

28Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. In the verses above, those who will experience the resurrection

In the Presence of My Enemies

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In the Presence of My Enemies. By Gracia Burnham with Dean Merrill. Wheaton : Tyndale House Publishers, 2003. 307 pp. Cloth. $22.99. Martin and Gracia (pronounced “gray-sha”) Burnham became known worldwide. This book tells the story of their kidnapping and being held hostage for one year and eleven days. It also tells of their courtship,

Saved from What?

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Saved from What? By R. C. Sproul. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2002. 128 pp. Cloth. $14.99. The title of this book really grabbed my attention. For a long time I have felt that a key to proper biblical interpretation on passages using the words save and salvation is to ask saved from what? I was disappointed

Not by Faith Alone: The Biblical Evidence for the Catholic Doctrine of Justification

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Not by Faith Alone: The Biblical Evidence for the Catholic Doctrine of Justification. By Robert A. Sungenis. Goleta, CA: Queenship Publishing Company, 1997. 774 pp. Paper, $24.95. Robert Sungenis is a 1982 graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary, one of the leading Reformed seminaries in America. In 1992 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He is now

A Response to Robert Sungenis’s “Not By Faith Alone”

September 1, 2003 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles