The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation

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The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation. By Ian A. McFarland. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2019. 249 pp. Paper, $18.49. McFarland is a professor at the University of Cambridge. This book is a scholarly treatment of the Person of Christ. It deals with how the human and Divine natures come together
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When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents

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When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents. By Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2022. 173 pp. Paper, $20.00. This book gives advice to Christian parents who are confronted by a child’s announcing that he or she is homosexual. Most of the book deals with same-sex attraction, but the
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1 Peter: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching

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1 Peter: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching. Kerux Commentaries. Timothy E. Miller and Bryan Murawski. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Ministry, 2022. 294 pp. Cloth, $32.99. Miller is an Associate Professor of NT at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. He handles the exegetical portions of this commentary. Murawski teaches Bible and ministry courses at Cairn
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The Role of Christ in Our Salvation

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Bob Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION The doctrine of salvation, also known as soteriology—from the Greek word for salvation, sōtēria—typically is divided into five to ten major categories, including the Person of Christ, the work of Christ, eternal security, the terms of salvation, election, sanctification, and perseverance. All treatments of soteriology begin
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Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe

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Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe. By Voddie T. Baucham, Jr. Washington, D.C.: Salem Books, 2021. 251 pp. Hardcover, $24.99. Baucham addresses the problem of critical race theory, intersectionality, critical social justice, and their impact on our society and Evangelicalism. These ideas view racism as being engrained in the very fabric
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The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

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Kathryn Wright Columbia, SC I. INTRODUCTION One of the most well-known parables of the Lord is the Parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:25-37.1 In studying the literature, I have discovered at least two primary issues surrounding this teaching by Christ. The first is the danger of the interpreter to allegorize the parable.
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Darkness at the Cross (Mark 15:33)

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KENNETH W. YATES Editor I. INTRODUCTION Each Synoptic Gospel writer mentioned that when Jesus was dying on the cross, darkness fell upon the land for three hours (Matt 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44). However, because of the general nature of narrative literature, we are not told the significance of this darkness. In this article, I
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Indexes of the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (1988–2022)

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John Yantis I. EDITOR’S NOTE The Spring 2022 issue of the JOTGES included a subject index through the word salvation. This issue concludes the subject index from sanctification to worship. II. SUBJECT INDEX OF JOTGES: SANCTIFICATION TO WORSHIP Sanctification “Getting Sanctification Done: The Primacy of Narrative in Tim Keller’s Exegetical Method,” by Timothy F. Kauffman.
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