Journal of the GES – Autumn 1996
One-Verse Evangelism
One-Verse Evangelism. By Randy D. Raysbrook. Navigator Napkin Evangelism Series. Colorado Springs: DawsonMedia, 1996. 11 pp. This booklet presents a very simple method of evangelism. Raysbrook suggests that rather than putting an unbeliever through a complicated Sword drill jumping from verse to verse, that we settle on one verse and explain it carefully. He recommends
The Message: New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs
The Message: New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs. By Eugene H. Peterson. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1995. Pp. 940. Paper, $17.00. All Scripture quotations in this publication [review] are from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. The author—I feel “translator” would be a misnomer—says that the NT was
The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version
The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version. Ed. by Gold, Hoyt, Ringe, Thistle-Thwaite, Throckmorton, and Withers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 55 pp. Cloth, $14.95. Since this book is a further revision of the NRSV in the interest of even more inclusive language than was there allowed, perhaps it would be germane to
The Parable of Joy: Reflections on the Wisdom of the Book of John
The Parable of Joy: Reflections on the Wisdom of the Book of John. By Michael Card. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995. Pp. 259. Cloth, $19.99. Especially after reviewing the emasculated “Inclusive” Oxford variant of the NRSV and the loose and racy Message, I find musician Card’s book reverent, artistic, and accurate. His work is a
Living Water: The Gospel of John — Logos 21 Version
Living Water: The Gospel of John—Logos 21 Version. Glide, Oregon: Absolutely Free, Inc., 1996. 77 pp. Paper. This pocket-sized booklet, with a blue cover featuring a beautiful photograph of a flowing waterfall, takes the world’s oldest and best “tract,” the Gospel of John, and puts it in an attractive, easy-to-read translation with a series of
Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures
Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures.By Joseph M. Stowell. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1995. 244 pp. Cloth, $12.95. This is an important book. Not because it is replete with “exegetical breakthroughs” or because it contains a plethora of scholarly insights, but rather because it calls the reader to focus on what every believer should
God in Three Persons
God in Three Persons. By Millard J. Erickson. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995. 356 pp. Cloth, $29.99. The doctrine of the Trinity separates Christianity from all other religions. It is also one of the most difficult doctrines to understand. Millard Erickson writes not only a contemporary interpretation of the Trinity but also interacts with liberal
What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized
What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Ed. by John Sanders. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995. 168 pp. Paper, $10.99. The rise of Pluralism in Western society has challenged Evangelicals to respond again to the question of the unevangelized. If the only way that someone can
Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas
Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas. By Ronald H. Nash. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. 176 pp. Paper, $10.99. Christianity is only one of seven worldviews. According to Ronald Nash a worldview is “a conceptual scheme by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by
Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions
Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions. By John Piper. Nottingham, England: InterVarsity Press, 1993. 239 pp. Paper, $15.00. The goal of missions, John Piper contends, is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God. The ultimate goal of the church is not missions. Worship is. Missions exist because
No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? By David F. Wells. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1993. 318 pp. Paper $14.99. This is one of the best books I have read in years. Wells, a seminary professor of historical and systematic theology, discusses key aspects of the decline of interest
Heaven: Your Real Home
Heaven: Your Real Home. By Joni Eareckson Tada. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995), 215 pp. Cloth, $13.95. According to many authors, believers will spend eternity doing little more than singing all the time. This is not the picture presented by Joni Eareckson Tada (hereafter referred to as Joni). Joni says that believers “will be
A Hymn of Grace — Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
FRANCES A. MOSHER Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, Texas JESUS, THY BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; ‘Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed With joy shall I lift up my head. Bold shall I stand in that great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully
Legalism: The Real Thing
Legalism is not a very nice word. No one wants to be accused of it anymore than one would want to be accused of despising motherhood or apple pie. In ecclesiastical circles, to call someone a legalist is to hurl an insult of the first magnitude. If someone says, “You’re a legalist,” the instinctive reply
Does Philippians 1:6 Guarantee Progressive Sanctification? Part 2
JOHN F. HART Professor of Bible Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL I. Introduction In Part 1 of this article, an investigation was begun regarding the nature of the declaration in Phil 1:6 that, “He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus .”1 It was observed
A Voice from the Past: Grace Reigns
SIR ROBERT ANDERSON2 “The Gospel of the glory of the blessed God!”3 “Please, show me Your glory,” was the prayer of Moses; and God answered, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be
Is Justification by Faith Alone?
Justification by faith alone, according to Gerhard Forde, is “the article by which the church stands or falls.”1 He insists that “where the church no longer speaks this word, it has lost its reason for being.”2 That is a powerful claim. The famous cry of the Reformers was by faith alone (sola fide in Latin).