August 28, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Book Reviews

A CRITIQUE OF KEITH A. FOURNIER’S A House United? Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A Winning Alliance for the 21st Century1 Robert N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX I. Introduction I am very interested in this book for a number of reasons. First, the man who assisted in the writing of this book, […]

August 28, 2017   in Book Reviews

Jehovah’s Witnesses on Trial: The Testimony of the Early Church Fathers. By Robert U. Finnerty. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1993. 164 pp. Paper, $8.95. Robert Finnerty writes specifically over the early church fathers’ views of the Trinity, Jesus’ deity, the Holy Spirit’s personality, the soul, bodily resurrection and eternal punishment. As the title […]

August 28, 2017   in Book Reviews

Satisfied by the Promise of the Spirit: Affirming the Fullness of God’s Provision for Spiritual Living. By Thomas R. Edgar. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1996. 263 pp. Paper, $12.99. Dr. Thomas R. Edgar, Professor of New Testament at Capital Bible Seminary, presents a rebuttal of the writings of Dr. Jack Deere and his phrase “Surprised […]

August 28, 2017 by Zane Hodges in Book Reviews

POST-EVANGELICALISM CONFRONTS THE POSTMODERN AGE A Review of The Challenge of Postmodernism ZANE C. HODGES Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Mesquite, Texas In the cloistered halls of academia one of the newer buzz words is postmodernism. Postmodernism expresses the widely held view that modernity has somehow come to an end and that […]

August 28, 2017 by Ken Yates in Blog
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory

­­­Almost all of us have faced something that was unpleasant but needed to be done. For those who have served in the military, an example of that would be basic training. Usually around six weeks long, we knew that it was going to be physically and mentally challenging. For most of us it was the […]

August 25, 2017   in Book Reviews

The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism. By D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996. 640 pp. Cloth, $24.99. Most books on pluralism deal with specific issues such as the biblical response to it or its philosophical problems. Carson has traced the origin and effect of pluralism in our society. He considers pluralism […]

August 25, 2017 by Ken Yates in Blog
We should ask the Lord for opportunities to do so, even if it means we have to leave our cufflinks at home or listen to a drum

Recently, my daughter and I attended a Bible conference. We attended it because they had a high view of the inspiration of the Bible and were premillennialists. Since we those things in common we thought it would be a constructive time. Unfortunately, the conference did not spend a great deal of time on either inerrancy […]

August 24, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
Can Satan Devour True Christians?

A friend emailed me a message by Dr. John Piper called, “Can Satan Devour True Christians?” It is a sermon and transcript from 1994. He was speaking on 1 Pet 5:8-9. This message was posted on the DesiringGod.org website on July 13, 2016. His answer may surprise you. Here is Piper’s answer to his own […]

August 23, 2017 by Ken Yates in Blog
Col 1_13

I think it is human nature to take things for granted. When things are going well, we often don’t think about how fortunate we are. Even when we go through a difficult time, once that difficulty is gone we become complacent and often times forget what it was like when we went through a tough […]

August 22, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
Phil 1_6

I received the following question in response to a blog I wrote on Walking in the Spirit: Bob, I like the explanation but how does Philippians 1:6 apply here? Paul says, “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ […]

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