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Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649

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Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649. By R.T. Kendall (London, England: Paternoster, 1997. Originally published by Oxford Press, 1981.) 263 pp. (Paper), $35.00. “Salvation (Justification/Reconciliation) is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.” I have rarely met any Protestant who does not, in some way, affirm that phrase. Yet what one means by

How to Lead People to Christ: Part 1 – The Content of Our Message

September 1, 2000 by Zane Hodges in Journal Articles

The title of my two-part article may lead you to expect a discussion on how to do personal evangelism. Hopefully you will get some ideas about personal work from these articles, but this is not my major objective. Instead I want to discuss how grace theology should affect the way we present the gospel, whether

Did the Rich Young Ruler hear the Gospel According to Jesus?

September 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

Hal M. Haller The gospel according to Jesus has been a hot topic since the first century (cf. Gal 1:6-9). A book by that name was published a decade ago. Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler was used prominently by the author in defense of his thesis that to be saved one must yield

“Regeneration: A Crux Interpretum”

September 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

David R. Anderson Pastor Faith Community Church The Woodlands, TX Introduction In every “system” of theology there are certain doctrines so imbedded in that system that to uproot them would fell the entire tree. In his excellent work on epistemology, David Wolfe explains that good systematic theology requires four criteria to even qualify as a

Did the Rich Young Ruler Hear the Gospel According to Jesus?

September 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Journal Articles

One of the evident characteristics of the late-twentieth century religious scene, which has only intensified in the new millennium, is the desire of disparate confessions to find common ground. While the spirit of ecumenism has often been little more than a euphemism for the dissolution of any distinctiveness in theological expression, it need not be

Regeneration: A Crux Interpretum

September 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation

September 1, 2000 by Phil Congdon in Journal Articles

How to Lead People to Christ, Part 1: The Content of Our Message

September 1, 2000 by Zane Hodges in Journal Articles

The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission

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The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission. By Rick Warren. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. 399 pp. (Cloth), $24.95. It is easy to see why so many churches today are “converting” to the “purpose driven church” model for church growth. What makes this new model so interesting is that it