Romans Unlocked – Power to Deliver

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Romans Unlocked – Power to Deliver. By Rene A. Lopez. Springfield : 21st Century Press, 2005. 319 pp. Paper. $15.99. The commentary literature on the book of Romans is absolutely voluminous, so why the need for yet another commentary on this book? Simply put, this one is both briefenough to attract a wide range of
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Can it Be True? A Personal Pilgrimage through Faith and Doubt

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Can it Be True? A Personal Pilgrimage through Faith and Doubt. By Michael Wakely. Grand Rapids : Kregel Publishing, 2002. 224 pp. Paper. $11.99. The presently popular evangelical (in the most liberal sense of the word) postmodernist, Brian McClaren sug ges ts in his writings that doubt serves as a Christian virtue. While he believes
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The Passion of Jesus Christ

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The Passion of Jesus Christ. By John Piper. Wheaton, IL : Crossway Books, 2004. 125 pp. Paper. $7.99. This is a short book containing 50 chapters (most are 2 pages or less) explaining 50 reasons why Jesus suffered and died. This is good theology and very practical. There are, of course, places where the author’s
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A Pilgrimage to Grace

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by Kenneth Mitchell My journey to understand the wonderful grace of God began in earnest when I was a student in seminary. I earned a Master of Theology degree and even completed all of the course work for a Doctor of Theology. I left seminary to begin my first pastorate in Detroit, Michigan, yet I
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In the Name of Jesus

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Recently, Bob Wilkin and Zane Hodges have been meeting to discuss tough texts of the NT. Here is an excerpt from Matthew 7:21-23.* BW: In Matthew 7:21-23, the people who face the judgment are those who say they’ve performed good works in the name of Jesus. This suggests that the passage particularly has in view
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Have You Justified God? Luke 7:29

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There is an unusual use of the word justified (Greek: dikaiow) in Luke 7. There Jesus says that the tax collectors “justified God” by being baptized with the baptism of John the Baptist. Say what? How can any human being justify God? He is the one that justifies us. We don’t justify Him. Or, maybe
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