Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse?

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Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? By H. Wayne House and Thomas Ice. Portland: Multnomah, 1988. 460 pp. Cloth, $15.99. Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? is an evaluation of Theonomy from a premillennial, dispensational perspective. The book is very well written and researched. One of the authors, Thomas Ice, was himself a theonomist from 1974 to
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Aftershock: What to Do When Leaders (And Others) Fail You

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Aftershock: What to Do When Leaders (And Others) Fail You. by Ted Kitchens. Portland: Multnomah Press, 1992. 245 pp. Paper, $9.99. Just about every Christian can recount a tragic story about another Christian who fell into sin. Unfortunately, they can usually also recount the tragic way the offender’s church responded to the fallen believer. Kitchens’s
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Dr. Dobson: Turning Hearts Toward Home

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Dr. Dobson: Turning Hearts Toward Home. By Rolf Zettersten. Dallas: Word Publishing, 1989. 183 pp. Cloth, $10.99. This reviewer is a long-time listener to Dr. James Dobson and his “Focus on the Family” radio broadcast. I have found his insights on the family to be very helpful and biblically based. It was thus with great
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No God But God. Breaking with the Idols of Our Age

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No God But God. Breaking with the Idols of Our Age. Edited by Os Guinness and John Seel. Chicago: Moody Press, 223 pp. Cloth, $16.99. The preacher of Ecclesiastes, Qoheleth, warns us that the writing of many books is endless and wearying to the soul. But here is a welcome exception. In No God But
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Saved Without a Doubt: How to Be Sure of Your Salvation

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Saved Without a Doubt: How to Be Sure of Your Salvation. John MacArthur, Jr. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1992. 187 pp. Paper, $7.99. John MacArthur claims to publish this book out of a pastoral concern for those in the churches who lack assurance of salvation. It is out of the same pastoral concern that I would
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Rembrandt van Ryn: A Protestant Artist

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I. Introduction On the wall of my in-house office/library hangs a reproduction of a famous Christian painting. It has dramatic lighting—an almost theatrical triangle of light surrounded by great darkness. In the picture the dead body of our Lord is being taken down from the Cross by the loving hands of Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus,
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We Believe In: Sanctification – Part 2: Past Sanctification

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ROBERT N. WILKIN Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Dallas, Texas I. Introduction When most authors or speakers write or speak about sanctification, they almost always mean progressive (or present) sanctification.1In fact, many of the books and articles on sanctification never even mention past sanctification. One wonders why there is such a neglect
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The Body: Being Light in the Darkness

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The Body: Being Light in the Darkness. By Charles Colson with Ellen Santilli Vaughn. Dallas: Word Publishing, 1992. 455 pp. Cloth, $19.99. Colson and Vaughn have written a powerful and thought-provoking work about the Body of Christ, the Church. It has three parts: “Part 1: What Is the Church?,” which addresses the identity crisis within
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The New Puritanism Part 1: Carson on Christian Assurance

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Introduction to the Series Over the last year or so a growing number of books and articles has appeared targeting the Free Grace movement for critique and rebuttal. These publications mention the Grace Evangelical Society and its literature. This is a positive development. GES definitely wishes to have its views seriously discussed in the marketplace
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