Journal of the GES – Autumn 1990
Solving Church Education’s Ten Toughest Problems
Solving Church Education’s Ten Toughest Problems. By John R. Cionca. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1990. 192 pp. Paper, $7.95. John R. Cionca is Dean of Students and a Christian Education professor at Bethel Seminary. In addition to his teaching experience, the author has also pastored several churches. The basis for this book is the author’s
We Believe In: Assurance of Salvation
It is a pleasure to be asked to write a guest article in Arthur Farstad’s fine series, “We Believe In.” Those readers who miss finding Dr. Farstad here will be glad to read his review of the New RSV elsewhere in this issue of the GES Journal. I. Introduction It is also a privilege to
Part 5: New Testament Repentance: Repentance in the Epistles and Revelation
Robert N. Wilkin* I. Introduction There is some disagreement among Bible scholars as to the intended readership of the NT books from Romans through Revelation. Two major schools of thought exist. One school of thought suggests that the Epistles and Book of Revelation were addressed to professing Christians.92 This group, they argue, contained both true
The New Revised Standard Version: A Review
I. Introduction In May of this year the latest and most thoroughgoing revision of the RSV appeared, sponsored by the National Council of Churches. I must confess that I have been having my morning devotions in the NRSV for the last several months.1 The reason for this is that I have been asked by our
A Voice from the Past: Assurance and Doubt
This extract is taken from the Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter II, Sections 16-19. John Allen’s translation is from the original Latin and collated with Calvin’s last edition in French. The punctuation and spelling have been only slightly modernized. Ed. JOHN CALVIN† I. Section 16 The principal hinge on which faith turns
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith. By Peter E. Gillquist. Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1989. 185 pp. Paper, $9.95. Gillquist and a number of other former Campus Crusade leaders started churches and then a denomination called the Evangelical Orthodox Church. Later the whole denomination, some two thousand people spread
Grace in the Arts: Grace Abounding in Great Literature
Jim Townsend* Essayist and art critic John Ruskin (in Modern Painters) penned: “I believe that the root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian church has ever suffered has been rooted in the effort… to earn rather than to receive… salvation….”1 In other words, Ruskin attributes heresy squarely to a misunderstanding of
Out of the Darkness Into the Light
Out of the Darkness Into the Light. By Gerald G. Jampolsky. New York: Bantam Books, 1989. 266 pp. Paper, $9.95. This book is a cleverly disguised promotion of New Age theology. Dr. Jampolsky, a psychiatrist, gives his New Age “testimony”-without ever openly identifying the book as such. He describes how he changed from being an
The New King James Version: In the Great Tradition
The New King James Version: In the Great Tradition. By Arthur L. Farstad. Foreword by G. Michael Cocoris. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. 171 pp. Paper, $8.95. The highly esteemed editor of the GES Journal, Dr. Arthur L. Farstad, has now written his first book. Those of us who have known him for years are
Evangelism in the Early Church
Evangelism in the Early Church. By Michael Green. Grand Rapids: Win. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970. 349 pp. Paper, $7.95. Evangelism in the Early Church by Edward Michael Bankes Green has been around for some time. However, since this book will be of great interest to the readers of JOTGES, it justifies a review. To
A Layman’s Guide to the Lordship Controversy
A Layman’s Guide to the Lordship Controversy. By Richard P. Belcher. Southbridge, MA: Crowne Publications, 1990. 123 pp. Paper, $6.95. On the surface, this book promises the layman a grasp of the Lordship Salvation controversy. What will quickly grasp the uninformed layman, however, is a limited presentation of the Lordship Salvation debate and thus a
The Shroud and the Controversy
The Shroud and the Controversy. By Kenneth E. Stevenson and Gary R. Habermas. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1990. 257 pp. Cloth, $15.95. For those unfamiliar with the subject, the Shroud of Turin is a burial cloth dating back many centuries which contains a three-dimensional image-that is, with depth of field-of a man who was killed
You Are Chosen: The Priesthood of All Believers
You Are Chosen: The Priesthood of All Believers. By Herschel Hobbs. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. 123 pp. Cloth, $15.95. As pastor of a Southern Baptist Church, I was deeply interested in Hobbs’s presentation of the priesthood of the believer for two reasons. First, Herschel Hobbs is a definitive writer of Southern Baptist thought.
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come. By J. Dwight Pentecost. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1990. 360 pp. Cloth, $17.95. This new work by Dr. Pentecost has been awaited with eagerness by many in dispensational circles. Pentecost is well known for both his teaching and writing career, and his book Things to Come has been a dispensational classic for
On This Day
On This Day. By Carl D. Windsor. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989. 383 pp. Cloth, $14.95. This book contains 366 entries-one for each day of the year, including February 29. Each page contains: (1) A Scripture reading for that day; (2) A sampling of what happened on that day in history; (3) A listing of
Free Speech or Propaganda?
Free Speech or Propaganda? By Marlin Maddoux. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. 224 pp. Paper, $9.95. Maddoux begins with his personal reaction to the television coverage of the tragic events at Kent State University in May 1970. That event started him thinking that the American news establishment was conducting what he calls a “really big
The Disciple-Making Pastor
The Disciple-Making Pastor. By Bill Hull. Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1988. 250 pp. Cloth, $11.95. In reviewing this excellent resource I am hard-pressed to keep from quoting the entire book. Pastor Bill Hull has written out of a pastor’s heart to today’s Christian leaders. To quote Dann Spader’s endorsement on the bookcover, “Every