Is Evangelizing Children Daunting?

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By Bill Lee The Next Generation According to John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church, evangelizing children can be a daunting task. But the truth is, it should not be any more difficult a task than it is for any other age group. In fact, we should expect it to be easier. Jesus Christ even suggested children
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Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition

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Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition. By Oliver D. Crisp. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016. 165 pp. Paper, $18.00. This book has a fascinating title and subtitle. The dedication is even more fascinating: “To Robin Parry: Evangelical Universalist, Dear Friend.” Crisp is a Professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. And he considers
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Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith

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Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith. By Francis Watson. Second Edition. London: T&T Clark, 2016. 560 pp. Paper, $39.95. Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith situates Paul in a metaphorical three-way conversation with Scripture and Second Temple Jewish interpreters. As a Jew, Paul would not have abandoned his Pharisaic heritage of reading and learning from
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The Perseverance of the Saints? Identifying Augustine’s Influence on Evangelical Views of Apostasy

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Everett Berry1 Criswell College, Dallas, TX I. INTRODUCTION Understanding the historical development of a Biblical doctrine always necessitates a familiarity with arguments that are formulated by substantial Christian thinkers which leave an indelible mark on how the church later deals with that doctrine. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate this truth by showing
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Kidney Stones and Running

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by Bob Wilkin In my mid-forties I took up running again. I had run competitively (400m and 800m) in high school and college. Now I tried master’s track. I ran the 100 and 200. But I kept pulling my hamstring in the 200. So I tried the 400, 800, and 1500 meter runs. Then I
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Will All be Equal in the Kingdom of God?

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by Ken Yates When most Christians think of the Kingdom of God, they think that it will be a place where everyone is equal. It will be kind of like a communist utopia. In their view, the ideas of communism, where everyone is on equal footing, will be realized because Jesus Christ will be ruling
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Enduring the Climb

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by Bob Wilkin In the summer after eighth grade I went on a six-week bus trip around the United States with 35 other boys from my club. In addition there were nine men who supervised us. We camped out each night. Each morning started out with a two-mile run led by one of the leaders.
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Nike Christians

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by Zane Hodges No earthly banquet was ever so splendid. No roster of assembled guests was ever so impressive. The coheirs of King Jesus are the elite of human history. To be numbered among them is the highest honor—and greatest victory!—which any man or woman can achieve. But what is it that really makes an
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