Journal of the GES – Autumn 1999
How Shall They Be Saved: The Destiny of Those Who Do Not Hear of Jesus
How Shall They Be Saved: The Destiny of Those Who Do Not Hear of Jesus. By Millard J. Erickson. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1996. 278 pp. Paper, $19.99. One of the questions I heard over and over again from college students during my four years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ was “What
The Gospel Solution: Was Jesus Looking for “a Few Good Men”?
The Gospel Solution: Was Jesus Looking for “a Few Good Men”? By Tom Weaver with John Souter. Bremerton, WA: True Light Press, 1999. 291 pp. Paper, $15.95. According to the back cover, this book “develops a comprehensive approach to understand the Gospels. This is more than a book on the ‘hard sayings’ of Jesus. Author
Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works
Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works.By Robert N. Wilkin. Irving, TX: Grace Evangelical Society, 1999. 287 + xii pp. Paper, $9.95. Robert Wilkin is a man after my own heart. He has a passion to handle the Word of God accurately in order that he might stand approved after testing by God. In
Galatians: God’s Antidote to Legalism
Galatians: God’s Antidote to Legalism By Ron Merryman. (Duluth, MN: Merryman Ministries, 1999), 130 pp. Paper, $13.00. “Galatians is God’s antidote for legalism. As no other book, it clarifies the issue of the believer’s relationship to Old Testament Law and the grace provision for sanctification clearly expressed in the New Testament…Thank God for the Epistle
When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations
When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations. By Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1997. 365 pp. Cloth, $24.95. When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations is a companion volume to When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties by Norman Geisler and Tom Howe, and
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. By Norman L. Geisler. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1999. 841 pp. Cloth, $49.95. Baker Book House has several excellent reference works that compose their Baker Reference Library. No doubt, many readers of this journal are familiar with some of these popular works which include the Evangelical Dictionary of
Absolutely Sure
Absolutely Sure. By Steven J. Lawson. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 1999. 190 pp. Paper, $12.99. This could have been a shorter book. Lawson (author and pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, AL) early on states that “the assurance of our salvation rests upon the impregnable rock of God’s Word. Our confidence about heaven
Are You Stone Deaf to the Spirit or Rediscovering God
Are You Stone Deaf to the Spirit or Rediscovering God. By R.T. Kendall. Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications,1994. 255 pp. Paper. For nearly 2,000 years, Hebrews 6:4-6 has been a theological battleground. The reason being, this passage presents grave difficulties for evangelicalism’s two most prominent theological systems: Calvinism and Arminianism. Calvinists teach that saved people
The Passion of the Apostle John
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Why Lordship Faith Misses the Mark for Discipleship
CHARLIE BING Director, GraceLife Ministries Burleson, TX This article is from a message originally delivered March 31, 1999 at the Grace Evangelical Society’s fourth annual conference. It has been edited slightly for publication. What is your definition of a disciple? We know that good theology often boils down to good definitions, and in good
Why Confess Christ? The Use and Abuse of Romans 10:9-10
John F. Hart Professor of Bible Moody Bible Institute I. Introduction While it may not be in scholarly vogue, let me begin this rather theological article with a hypothetical story. Bob, a middle-aged salesman, was on a business trip in another state. Things have not been working well with his marriage. In fact,
A Voice from the Past: Life Received
JAMES H. BROOKES[1] This article is excerpted from Chapter V of From Death Unto Life (Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Association, n.d.), 55-66. Scripture text has been changed from the KJV to NKJV for ease in reading. “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
Grace in the Arts: Charles Dickens: Cheshire Cat “Christianity”
JAMES TOWNSEND Bible Editor Cook Communications Elgin, IL Introduction I doubt that the following trivia piece is included in any Ripley’s Believe It or Not, but my suspicion is that one would be hard pressed ever in the same twenty year period in world history to find three notable names of fame all of
A Hymn of Grace: The Passion of the Apostle John
Hymn about God’s Grace in Christ from The Gospel of John BOB KENAGY Chaplain California Youth Authority Whittier, CA Word became the God-Man, in flesh, full of grace and truth from heaven; Jesus dwelt among us, true light, we beheld His glory! God so loved the whole world, He gave, His begotten Son to save
A Hymn of Grace: I’m a Child of the King
Frances Mosher Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, TX My Father is rich in houses and lands; He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold, His coffers are full-He has riches untold. My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men, Once wandered o’er earth as the poorest