The High Cost of Salvation by Faith-Works A Review of John F. MacArthur, Jr.’s Faith Works: The Gospel According to the Apostles

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ROBERT N. WILKIN Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Roanoke, TX I. Introduction It is with a deep sense of sadness that I write this review. Reading this book and listening to it on tape have left me feeling depressed. The theology of John MacArthur is anything but uplifting. He has lost touch
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Self-Examination as It Relates to Assurance

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This voice from the nineteenth century is excerpted from Chapter XX of The Way Made Plain (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1967), 293-95. Reprint from Philadelphia: American Sunday-school Union, 1871. JAMES H. BROOKES[1] It may be asked whether there are not certain evidences of conversion found in the Scriptures. Undoubtedly there are, but they are
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Today’s Pastors

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Today’s Pastors. By George Barna. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1993. 169 pp. Cloth, $15.99. George Barna is not a pastor. How, then, can he write a book about pastors and designed for pastors? The answer is because George Barna is not a pastor. The best way to arrive at unbiased, objective conclusions is to distance
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Spiritual Warfare. Victory Over the Powers of This Dark World

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Spiritual Warfare. Victory Over the Powers of This Dark World.By Timothy M. Warner. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 1991. 160 pp. Paper, $7.95. The content of this book is an edited form of the Church Growth Lectures given in 1988 at Fuller Theological Seminary. The author is a professor of missions and evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity
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Clinton Comments on the Gospel

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On July 21st of this year, in response to the death of his close friend, Vincent W. Foster, Jr., President Bill Clinton is reported by the New York Times News Service to have said,   My deepest hope is whatever drew Vince away from us this evening, his soul will receive the grace and salvation
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“I thought I would leave early…”

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GES founder and executive director Dr. Bob Wilkin presents seminars on faith, assurance, and apostasy, motivations for obedience, the Spirit-filled life, decision making and the will of God. and Lordship Salvation. Here are comments from some of this year’s participants at his seminar on faith, assurance, and apostasy: Excellent seminar. I thought I’d leave early,
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Transformed by His Glory

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Transformed by His Glory. By Charles C. Ryrie. Wheaton: Victor Press, 1990. 144 pp. Cloth, $12.99. I must admit at the outset that my love and respect for Dr. Ryrie as a man of God—for who he is and for what the Lord has done through him—do not allow me to be objective in reviewing
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We Believe In: Sanctification – Part 2: Past Sanctification

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ROBERT N. WILKIN Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Dallas, Texas I. Introduction When most authors or speakers write or speak about sanctification, they almost always mean progressive (or present) sanctification.1In fact, many of the books and articles on sanctification never even mention past sanctification. One wonders why there is such a neglect
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The Perseverance of the Saints

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This selection is the first third of the 14th and last chapter of God’s Evangel. Being Gospel Papers. Originally published by Loizeaux Brothers of Neptune, NJ, it is reprinted in The Serious Christian, 1st Series (Charlotte, NC: Books for Christians, n.d.), 11:141-46. FREDERICK W. GRANT 1 The question as to what is commonly called “the
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Firm Foundations: Creation to Christ

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Firm Foundations: Creation to Christ. By Trevor McIlwain with Nancy Everson. Sanford, FL: New Tribes Mission, 1991. 582 pp. Paper, $24.95. Few books will promote the grace position as well as Firm Foundations. This is not a theology book on the issue of grace. Rather, it is a study of the Bible from a grace
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