What’s So Amazing About Grace?

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What’s So Amazing About Grace? By Philip Yancey. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1997. 304 pp. Cloth, $19.99. I was delighted to get a chance to read this new book on grace. We can not have too many. I was not disappointed with the book, but it was not exactly what I expected. I thought
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Dr. Art Farstad: A Legacy of Love

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This issue of the journal is dedicated to one of my dearest friends, Dr. Art Farstad who went home to the Lord on September 1, 1998 at the age of sixty-three. The following are some of the comments we have received about Art from people who knew him and were touched by his passing:  
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Eulogy for Dr. Arthur Leonard Farstad

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This is the actual eulogy delivered at Dr. Art Farstad’s funeral on September 4, 1998 at the Mitchell Ministries Center at Dallas Theological Seminary. Nearly 200 people gathered from all over the U.S. to remember and honor Art FRANK D. CARMICAL Evangelist Harvester Ministries Plano, TX The first time I ever heard the name of
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The National Repentance of Israel

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DAVID R. ANDERSON Pastor Faith Community Church The Woodlands, TX John the Baptist had a clear, concise message to Israel: Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt 3:2). Jesus had exactly the same message: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt 4:17). And the people responded. They came in
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Saving Faith in Focus

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This article is chapter 1 in a book by this author entitled Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works set for a February 1999 release date. ROBERT N. WILKIN Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX Confusion over the gospel abounds. I hear it from people all over the country and around
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A Voice from the Past: Salvation by Grace

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This article appeared originally as the first three chapters in J. Irvin Overholtzer’s book by the same title, Salvation by Grace (Grand Rapids: Child Evangelism Fellowship Press, 1958). Minor adjustments have been made in spelling (e.g., Saviour to Savior) and capitalization (words in upper case were converted to lower case italics). A few sections of
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An Easy-To-Understand Guide For Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds

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An Easy-To-Understand Guide For Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds. By Phillip E. Johnson. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997. 131 pp. Paper, $15.99. Phillip Johnson is the author of Darwin on Trial and Reason in The Balance. He wrote this book for high school juniors, seniors, and beginning college undergraduates. In it he discusses common mistakes
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A Hymn of Grace: The Solid Rock

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Keith W. Ward Scientist Coatesville, PA My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil.
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The Riddle of Grace

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The Riddle of Grace. By Scott Hoezee. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996. 164 pp. Paper, $14.00. What does it mean to be “saved by grace” and then—as a result of that salvation—to live “graciously”? Do Christians know what it means to be a “graced people”? This is the basic thrust of the
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