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Grace in the Arts: Thomas Hardy: The Tragedy of a Life without Christ

March 1, 1997 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

JAMES TOWNSEND1 Bible Editor Cook Communications Elgin, IL I. Introduction A. Why Read an Agnostic? The evangelist Charles Finney stated: “I cannot believe that a person who has ever known the love of God can ever relish a secular novel…Let me visit your…books. What is here? Byron, Scott, Shakespeare and a host of triflers and

More Than One Way? Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World

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More Than One Way? Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World. Edited by Dennis L. Okholm and Timothy R. Phillips. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. 283 pp. Paper, $16.99. More Than One Way? is a unique volume in that it includes the perspective of liberal pluralist John Hick. The book contains four different

Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of Eleven Leading Thinkers

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Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of Eleven Leading Thinkers. Ed. by Kelly James Clark. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993. 276 pp. Cloth, $24.99. We live in a skeptical age. And there is no more skeptical crowd living in our skeptical age than philosophers! That’s one of the factors that makes Philosophers Who Believe

The Gospel and Spiritual Warfare: A Review of Peter Wagner’s Confronting the Powers

March 1, 1997 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

JOHN F. HART Professor of Bible Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL All those who are concerned for the content of the gospel should be equally concerned for the spread of the gospel. The purity of the good news of salvation is irrelevant if it is never preached, and therefore never heard and believed. It is

A Hymn of Grace: Wonderful Grace of Jesus

March 1, 1997 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

KEITH W. WARD Scientist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin; How shall my tongue describe it, where shall its praise begin? Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free, For the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me! Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching to all

A Wideness in God’s Mercy: The Finality of Jesus Christ in a World of Religions

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A Wideness in God’s Mercy: The Finality of Jesus Christ in a World of Religions. By Clark H. Pinnock. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. 217 pp. Paper, $16.99. Clark Pinnock writes in response to John Hick’s pluralism and the exclusivism of most Evangelicals. His book has two main parameters within which he feels a

The Roots of Paul’s Gospel: A Look at Luke 7:36-50

January 1, 1997 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

By Doros Zachariades The Gospel of grace penned by the apostle Paul in the NT was certainly based on the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord. But how did the message that Paul referred to as “my gospel” compare with that which Jesus Himself taught during His earthly ministry? A look at Luke 7:36-50

Building on the Right Foundation

November 1, 1996 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

by Virgil Holt I am a missionary working with New Tribes Mission, a grace-oriented organization, in Mexico. Although our mission works primarily among tribal people, my ministry is to challenge and train Mexican believers as missionaries. Therefore I am involved a great deal in the local church here in Chihuahua. Some time ago I asked

Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas

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Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas. By Ronald H. Nash. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. 176 pp. Paper, $10.99. Christianity is only one of seven worldviews. According to Ronald Nash a worldview is “a conceptual scheme by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by

God in Three Persons

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God in Three Persons. By Millard J. Erickson. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995. 356 pp. Cloth, $29.99. The doctrine of the Trinity separates Christianity from all other religions. It is also one of the most difficult doctrines to understand. Millard Erickson writes not only a contemporary interpretation of the Trinity but also interacts with liberal