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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Marian Anderson and the Heritage of Spirituals

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ARTHUR L. FARSTAD Editor and FRANCES A. MOSHER Pianist, Christ Congregation Dallas, Texas Introduction It is reported that even the bellhops that Easter morning in Washington, D.C. prayed, “Lord, please don’t let it rain!” Their prayer—and that of thousands of others—was answered. Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, dawned gray and cloudy, but it didn’t rain.
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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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Man’s Role in Conversion

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Man’s role in conversion is to believe. The answer to the jailor’s classic question, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” is still the same, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:30-31; italics added). What must man do? He must believe. But can he believe? Today, many give
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Our Influence Is Growing

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One of the ways we know we are having an impact is when those who oppose our message recognize our efforts. This is happening more and more now. Recently I was reading a book on the gospel according to Lordship Salvation and I was fascinated to read that we, Grace Evangelical Society, were instrumental in
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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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No Holiness, No Peace

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“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.” Isaiah 48:22 Those who disobey God, whether they are believers or unbelievers, are not “getting away with” anything. There is no peace for the wicked. We should never envy people who are walking in rebellion against God because, no matter how things may seem, such
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