Journal of the GES – Autumn 1991
The Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 1
The Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 1. Translated by Kirsopp Lake. Vol. 24 in The Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1912. 409 pp. Cloth, $15.50. When the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society was started in mid-1988, the book and periodical reviewers were faced with the question of how far back in time one
Sin, the Savior, and Salvation
Sin, the Savior, and Salvation. By Robert P. Lightner. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991. 318 pp. Cloth, $16.95. Considering the modern confusion over the doctrines concerning salvation, a book which speaks clearly on the subject is very welcome. Dr. Robert Lightner, Professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary, has written a book that will
First Corinthians
First Corinthians. Alfred Martin. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Brothers, 1989. 149 pp. plus Appendix, Select Bibliography, and Scripture Index. Cloth, $16.95. Dr. Martin served with distinction at Moody Bible Institute for thirty-two years where he taught in the Bible Department and became Vice President and Dean of Education. In his “retirement” he has kept busy writing
A Biblical Theology of the Old Testament
A Biblical Theology of the Old Testament. Edited by Roy B. Zuck with consulting editors Eugene H. Merrill and Darrell L. Bock. Chicago: Moody Press, 1991. 446 pp. Cloth, $27.99. In his foreword to this book, Dr. Kenneth Barker (of NIV renown) states, “In my estimation, it is the best evangelical volume to appear on
Say Yes! How to Renew Your Spiritual Passion
Say Yes! How to Renew Your Spiritual Passion. By Luis Palau. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1991. 172 pp. Paper, $8.95. Say Yes! is a call to repentance to the Church-an appeal to wake up and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. God desires to fill our lives with His victory, power, and joy. Instead of presenting
Going for the Gold
Going for the Gold. By Joe L. Wall. Chicago: Moody Press, 1991. 180 pp. Paper, $6.95. “[The] whole subject of rewards for the believer is one, I am afraid, rarely thought of by the ordinary Christian, or even the average student of the Scriptures. But it is both a joyous and solemn theme and should
Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child.By John Bradshaw. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. 288 pp. Cloth, $18.95. This is not a Christian book. However, it is a book being read by many Christians and which certainly presents itself as a spiritual book. For these reasons, I believe it deserves a review. As one
The New Testament in the Original Greek According to the Byzantine/Majority-Textform
The New Testament in the Original Greek According to the Byzantine/Majority-Textform. Ed. by Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont; Exec. Ed. William David McBrayer. Atlanta: The Original Word Publishers, 1991. lvii + 510 pp. Paper, $24.95. Having themselves edited a Greek NT (The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text) the present reviewers
Christians Who Lose Their Legacy – Galatians 5:21
I. Introduction On three occasions (1 Cor 6:9-11, Gal 5:19-21, and Eph 5:5-7) the Apostle Paul listed various vices and then said that people who live like that “will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 has been selected as the representative text for this study. It reads: Now the works of the flesh
Jesus and Emily: The Biblical Roots of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
I never saw a Moor— I never saw the Sea— Yet know I how the Heather looks And what a Wave must be.1 I never spoke with God Nor visited in Heaven— Yet certain am I of the spot As if the Chart2 were given— I. Introduction The above poem, #1052, from the 1,775 poems
A Return to Rome: Lordship Salvation’s Doctrine of Faith
Paul Holloway* I. Introduction John MacArthur’s The Gospel According to Jesus has rekindled the debate long smoldering in Evangelical circles over Lordship Salvation.1 At the center of this debate is the question of the nature of saving faith: whether it entails a response of the human will to the lordship of Christ. Dr. MacArthur has
A Voice from the Past: The Knowledge Of Salvation
This excerpt is from the well-known and widely blessed Gospel booklet “Safety, Certainty, and Enjoyment.” The complete booklet is available from Bible Truth Publishers of Addison, Illinois. George Cutting1 Before you turn to the verse which I shall ask you very carefully to look at, which speaks of how a believer is to know that
Calvinism Ex Cathedra: A Review Of John H. Gerstner’s Wrongly Dividing The Word Of Truth: A Critique Of Dispensationalism
John H. Gerstner, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Critique of Dispensationalism (Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1991), xii+ 276 pp. In this review article, Hodges has followed Gerstner’s policy of capitalizing Dispensationalism (the theology) and lower-casing dispensationalists (its adherents). Ed. John H. Gerstner is a well-known and prolific writer/theologian from the
A Hymn of Grace: Not What These Hands Have Done
Frances A. Mosher* Not What These Hands Have Done Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul; Not what this toiling flesh has borne, Can make my spirit whole. Not what I feel or do, Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers, or sighs, or tears, Can ease my