March 1, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - clarity, evangelism, metaphors
Don’t Present Metaphors and Synonyms for Faith as Additional Conditions of Salvation

The one and only condition to be eternally saved is to believe. To believe means to be persuaded that something is true (see here). If you believe the saving message is true, then you are saved. There is nothing more for you to do. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me […]

March 1, 2022 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

Arthur L. Farstad1 (1935-1998) But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Pet 1:15-16). I.INTRODUCTION Blue-eyed British monk Pelagius (ca. AD 360-420) taught that if we should, we can. Denying original sin, he made grace essentially […]

March 1, 2022   in Journal Articles

John Yantis I. EDITOR’S NOTE The first part of these indexes of the JOTGES was published in the autumn 2021 journal. This completes the indexes. There is a subject index and a contributing authors index. There is also a listing of the editorial staff since the founding of the Journal as well as an issue […]

March 1, 2022 by Ken Yates in Book Reviews

Spirituality According to John: Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings. By Rodney R. Reeves. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press 2021. 280 pp. Paper, $28.00. Rodney Reeves has a PhD in NT from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a lifelong Southern Baptist. He is a gifted communicator and uses a number of stories and […]

March 1, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

A Guide to Theological Reflection: A Fresh Approach for Practical Ministry Courses and Theological Field Education. By Jim L. Wilson and Earl Waggoner. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2020. 192 pp. Paper, $18.99. Wilson and Waggoner have written a welcome guide to theological reflection for Evangelicals. The book is divided into two sections: the first presents […]

March 1, 2022 by Ken Yates in Book Reviews

Practical Faith & Active Love: Meditations on the Epistle to James. By Joel W. Huffstetler. Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphile Press. 2020. 109 pp. Paper, $16.95. Joel Huffstetler is an Episcopal priest. This book originally caught my eye because I was curious as to how somebody from his background would interpret the book of James. Most […]

March 1, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

My Vertical Neighborhood: How Strangers Became a Community. By Lynda MacGibbon. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2021. 160 pp. Paper, $17.00. We are all surrounded by neighbors, but how do you get to know them? In My Vertical Neighborhood, former journalist Lynda MacGibbon tells the story of moving from rural New Brunswick to take a job […]

March 1, 2022   in Book Reviews

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary. By Robert Alter. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. 3500 pp. Hardcover, $125.00. Christian interpreters of the OT run into two common struggles when reading the OT. The first is the tendency to read our Christian perspective into passages where it is not warranted. The […]

March 1, 2022 by Kathryn Wright in Book Reviews

Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew. By Hans Boersma. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2021. 152 pp. Paper, $15.59. Boersma is a deacon in the Anglican church. In general terms, a Biblical scholar is seen in the book as one who uses historical-grammatical exegesis to find the authorial intent of the Biblical author. He […]

March 1, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Book Reviews

Invitation to Evangelism: Sharing the Gospel with Compassion and Conviction. By Timothy K. Beougher. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2021. 403 pp. Cloth, $39.99. Beougher is the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and the associate dean of the Billy Graham School at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His book is endorsed by many people from that […]

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