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Vital Theological Issues

This Vital Issues Series is being produced by Bibliotheca Sacra, of which Zuck is the editor, and published by Kregel. This volume on theological issues proved to be well worth the investment. Many of the articles are new such as Prayer and the Sovereignty of God by John Hannah, The Doctrine of Conscience by Zuck […]

Reclaiming Authentic Fundamentalism

It was refreshing and stimulating to read a book on Fundamentalism by a fundamentalist whom we all know well. We don’t seem to mind the pointed corrections when they come from one of us. McLachlan does a good job of putting his finger on the problems of a powerless ministry and outlining biblical solutions which […]

Mere Christianity (on cassette)

Having reviewed this Lewis work with many of his others already, I can’t help but recommend that you listen to this classic on cassette. This is the kind of book where concentration is difficult and reading this kind of writing is already slow. I took this along on a long trip so I could listen […]

What’s Wrong with the World

I found another Chesterton book, written in 1910, in the Theology section of our Christian bookstore (that section is the smallest in the store so its not hard to spot things). The title is a good clue to the book’s contents. Written almost a century ago in another country, Chesterton offers unbiased yet entirely relevant […]

Deceived by the Light

This is a response to Betty Eadie’s best-selling book Embraced by the Light, a supposed near death experience that has generated new interest in such things. Groothuis says, ‘‘Not all spiritual experiences are safe or dependable. Spiritual deception is far from rare. If we do not discern and reject deceptive claims to the truth, we […]

Christianity That Counts

This was my first book by Groothuis, an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Denver Seminary.  He has written three other books, all of which deal with the New Age movement.   He writes, “My hope is that these essays and reviews, written over the last ten or so years, will equip the reader to […]

Modern Art and the Death of a Culture

This book, first printed in 1970, was just reprinted in 1994.  Rookmaaker was a life-long friend of Francis Schaeffer who also wrote in this area. This is an evaluation of art from the middle ages through the 1960’s. He says, ‘‘My aim in this book is to show the relationship between the great cultural revolution […]

Orthodoxy

Chesterton is one of the most quoted authors of this century (1874-1036), but his books have been some of the most difficult to find. Now the Wheaton Literary Series (1994) has reproduced this 1908 classic. In his own words, ‘‘If any one is entertained by learning how the flowers of the field or the phrases […]

Fit Bodies, Fat Minds

Os Guinness is becoming a well-known speaker and writer. He is enjoyable to read and targets today’s Evangelicalism with wit and insight. The sub-title of this book is, ‘‘Why Evangelicals don’t think and what to do about it.’’ If that suggests an air of sarcasm toward evangelical Christianity in general, it should. He says, ‘‘Failing […]

The Abolition of Man

Six Spiritual Classics Rather than apologizing for quoting so much from C.S. Lewis over the past few months I decided to recommend a set of his books (some of which I have reviewed). This last year I decided to read a whole set (plus a biography) and have not at all regretted the project. As […]