Let Faith Change Your Life

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Let Faith Change Your Life. By Becky Tirabassi. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997), 171 pp. Cloth, $17.99. The title drew me in: let faith change your life. You bet. I wanted to see what the author had to say about this important subject. My interest was piqued further by the many glowing endorsements from people
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A Hymn of Grace: Seasons of Rapture

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Frances Mosher Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, TX If Christ comes back in winter, when earth lies cold and pale, Will He find pilgrims watching, or will our hearts’ love fail? O hail our King in white! He comes from heaven to save us from tribulation’s night. If Christ comes back in springtime, when burst the
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Assurance: Of the Essence of Saving Faith

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A recent political cartoon in USA Today caught my attention. It is surprisingly relevant to my subject. In the cartoon a man and a woman were facing each other. Both of them looked like somewhat off-beat types. In the first panel, the man said, “Elvis is alive,” and the woman replied something like, “I agree
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To Follow Him: The Seven Marks of a Disciple

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To Follow Him: The Seven Marks of a Disciple. By Mark Bailey. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 1997. 171 pp. Paper, $11.99. Discipleship continues to be a buzzword in churches which that that Jesus Christ told them to make disciples. However, there has not been much consistency in approach. Some discipleship literature and courses emphasize the
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The NIV Application Commentary: Galatians

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The NIV Application Commentary: Galatians. By Scot McKnight. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. 320 pp. Paper, $22.99. McKnight is professor of biblical and theological studies at North Park College in Chicago. This commentary is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, designed to provide both scholarship and application: “bringing an ancient message into a
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Grace Rules

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Grace Rules. By Steve McVey. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1998. 203 pp. Paper, $8.99. This book has a simple message on how to live the Christian life: Focus on Jesus Christ in us and not on rules. Living by rules does not mature us or please God. The difference is between compliance and obedience,
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The Heart of Christianity: What It Means to Believe in Jesus

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The Heart of Christianity: What It Means to Believe in Jesus.By Ron Rhodes. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1996. 208 pp. Paper, $8.99. This book will both please and disappoint most JOTGES readers. It will please in that Rhodes repeatedly speaks of the gift of eternal life and of faith in Christ being the sole
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