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Frances Mosher Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, TX If Christ comes back in winter, when earth lies cold and pale, Will He find pilgrims watching, or will our hearts’ love fail? O hail our King in white! He comes from heaven to save us from tribulation’s night. If Christ comes back in springtime, when burst the […]
A recent political cartoon in USA Today caught my attention. It is surprisingly relevant to my subject. In the cartoon a man and a woman were facing each other. Both of them looked like somewhat off-beat types. In the first panel, the man said, “Elvis is alive,” and the woman replied something like, “I agree […]
The Heart of Christianity: What It Means to Believe in Jesus.By Ron Rhodes. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1996. 208 pp. Paper, $8.99. This book will both please and disappoint most JOTGES readers. It will please in that Rhodes repeatedly speaks of the gift of eternal life and of faith in Christ being the sole […]
What’s So Amazing About Grace? By Philip Yancey. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1997. 304 pp. Cloth, $19.99. I was delighted to get a chance to read this new book on grace. We can not have too many. I was not disappointed with the book, but it was not exactly what I expected. I thought […]
Free and Clear: Understanding & Communicating God’s Offer of Eternal Life. By R. Larry Moyer. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1997. 272 pp. Paper, $13.99. Larry Moyer, co-founder and executive director of EvanTell ministry in Dallas, has been a Free Grace evangelist for over twenty years. In this book Larry shares insights gained from his many […]
The NIV Application Commentary: Galatians. By Scot McKnight. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. 320 pp. Paper, $22.99. McKnight is professor of biblical and theological studies at North Park College in Chicago. This commentary is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, designed to provide both scholarship and application: “bringing an ancient message into a […]
Grace Rules. By Steve McVey. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1998. 203 pp. Paper, $8.99. This book has a simple message on how to live the Christian life: Focus on Jesus Christ in us and not on rules. Living by rules does not mature us or please God. The difference is between compliance and obedience, […]
DAVID R. ANDERSON Pastor Faith Community Church The Woodlands, TX John the Baptist had a clear, concise message to Israel: Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt 3:2). Jesus had exactly the same message: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matt 4:17). And the people responded. They came in […]
This article is chapter 1 in a book by this author entitled Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works set for a February 1999 release date. ROBERT N. WILKIN Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX Confusion over the gospel abounds. I hear it from people all over the country and around […]
This article appeared originally as the first three chapters in J. Irvin Overholtzer’s book by the same title, Salvation by Grace (Grand Rapids: Child Evangelism Fellowship Press, 1958). Minor adjustments have been made in spelling (e.g., Saviour to Savior) and capitalization (words in upper case were converted to lower case italics). A few sections of […]
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