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March 1, 2014   in Grace in Focus Articles

By Staff Does the Parable of the Talents Refer to Church-Age or Tribulation Believers? Q: My questions have to do with the Parable of the Talents found in Matt 25:14-30. In verses 21 and 23 we read, “Well done, good and faithful servant…” These are words we would all love to hear at the Judgment […]

I wrote my dissertation on the question of repentance and salvation in the NT. Croteau quotes me a number of times in this article (though he seems unaware that I changed my understanding of repentance in 1998, 16 years ago). Though this is a 27-page article, the author’s contentions are quite simple and easy to […]

March 1, 2014 by Ken Yates in Book Reviews

To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain. By Matt Chandler. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2013. 224 pp. Hardback, $11.99. This book by Matt Chandler, the pastor of The Village Church in Dallas, TX, is a devotional commentary on the book of Philippians. However, it does not provide an exposition of the book. […]

March 1, 2014 by Bob Wilkin in Book Reviews

Israel and the Church: The Origin and Effects of Replacement Theology. By Ronald E. Diprose. Waynesboro, GA: Authentic, 2004. 265 pp. Paper, $18.00. In the Preface, Diprose says that in Christendom, “During the early centuries, Israel was thought to be a renegade nation that should be treated with contempt. However, after the Shoah [the desolation, […]

March 1, 2014   in Book Reviews

An Introduction to the New Covenant. By Gary Gilley, David Gunn, Don Trest, Christopher Cone, Charlie Clough, and George Gunn. General editor Christopher Cone. Hurst, TX: Tyndale Seminary Press, 2013. 375 pp. Paper, $27.00. This is a book by Dispensationalists who espouse a particular view of the New Covenant for Dispensationalists of every stripe. The […]

March 1, 2014   in Book Reviews

The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples. By Michael Horton. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011. 321 pp. Paper, $16.99. Before I read The Gospel Commission, I had only read a couple of books by Michael Horton. Overall, I was pleased with the direction of the book and was surprised to find out that […]

March 1, 2014 by Bob Wilkin in Book Reviews

The Wonder of Heaven: A Biblical Tour of Our Eternal Home. By Ron Rhodes. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2009. 266 pp. Paper, $13.99. As part of a recent book which had a chapter on heaven, I read a number of books on heaven. This is one of those books. The author’s basic premise is that […]

March 1, 2014 by Ken Yates in Book Reviews

By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation, 2nd edition. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2013. 141 pp. Paper, $9.99. Gaffin is the Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. Not surprisingly, he comes from a Calvinistic and Reformed perspective (p. 4). Mark […]

March 1, 2014 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

Religion on Trial. By Craig A. Parton. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008. 97 pp. Paper, $14.00. Craig Parton’s Religion on Trial is an introductory defense of Christianity in the tradition of legal apologetics. The back cover description claims that Parton “argues that religions uniformly fail the simplest tests of admissibility for their respective claims.” […]

March 1, 2014 by Bob Wilkin in Book Reviews

Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. By R. Albert Mohler Jr., Peter Enns, Michael Bird, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and John R. Franke. Edited by J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013. 328 pp. Paper, $19.99. Of the five authors, three have their doctorates from liberal schools (Enns, Harvard; Franke, Oxford; Vanhoozer, Cambridge). […]

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