Journal of the GES – Spring 2007
Dare 2 Share: A Field Guide to Sharing Your Faith
Dare 2 Share: A Field Guide to Sharing Your Faith.by Greg Stier. Carol Stream: Tyndale, 2006. 274 pp. Paper. $12.99. Every pastor, youth pastor, and parent who works or interacts with teenagers must buy this book for their teenager, but read it themselves first. As the subtitle indicates, this book has practical tips and insights
Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did
Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did. By Randy Newman. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2004. 269 pp. Paper. $12.99. The basic thesis of this book is that Jesus used lots of questions when He taught and evangelized and so should we. If we engage unbelievers in a dialogue, then we will have much
Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism
Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. By Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. 272 pp. Hardback. $24.99. Dr. Earl Radmacher spoke with prophetic insight in 1990 when he wrote in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (33:1) that Lordship Salvation was paving the road back
Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham
Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham.By D. G. Hart. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. 224 pp. Paper, $24.99. Hart has captured in this book the essence of evangelicalism from around 1942 to date. His assessment is powerful and, in this reviewer’s opinion, right on the mark. Hart shows how the term
He Saves: The Assurance of Salvation Through Faith
He Saves: The Assurance of Salvation Through Faith by R. T. Kendall. Tyrone, GA: Authentic, 2006. 54 pp. Paper. $5.99. This short book by R. T. Kendall is apparently based on four sermons he preached from Rom 1:16. The titles of the four chapters are “What is the Gospel?,” “The Righteousness of God,” “Saving Faith,”
Spiritual Birthline: Understanding How We Experience the New Birth
Spiritual Birthline: Understanding How We Experience the New Birth. By Stephen E. Smallman. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2006. 171 pp. Paper. $12.99. One of the endorsers explains well how Smallman arrived at his thesis: “By applying a pastor’s heart and a willing ear to hundreds of testimonies heard over decades of ministry, Stephen Smallman has
The Gospel According to Evangelical Postmodernism
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Annie Dillard: Mistaken Mystic?
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Law and Grace in the Millennial Kingdom
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Does God Give Subjective Revelation Today? The Place of Mysticism in Christian Decision Making
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Colonial America’s Rejection of Free Grace Theology
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21 Things God Never Said: Connecting Our Misconceptions About Evangelism
21 Things God Never Said: Connecting Our Misconceptions About Evangelism by R. Larry Moyer. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004. 176 pp. Paper. $10.99. There are so many misconceptions in churches today about how to evangelize and what should be said in evangelism that any book which helps clarify the offer of eternal life should be widely
The Calvinism Debate
The Calvinism Debate. By David W. Cloud. Port Huron, MI: Way of Life Literature, 2006. 125 pp. Paper. $4.95. It is always a welcome sight to see new books written in opposition to Calvinism since for too many years Calvinists have had a monopoly on books on the subject. The latest work on the subject
The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity
The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity. By Carl Raschke. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. 235 pp. Paper. $19.99. While some reviewers have intimated this book is a tough read, the opposite is true. Raschke makes Postmodernism and Postmoderns easy to understand with his many clear statements. Faith is not rational or propositional (pp.