I have reread Norman Geisler’s 1999 book (by Bethany House Publishers) which I first reviewed in 2001. I have always liked Geisler’s view on salvation and election. Geisler calls himself a modified Calvinist. He describes five-point Calvinists as extreme, places himself as a modified Calvinist, calls conservative Arminians modified Arminian, and open theism as extreme […]
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The Role of Women in the Church
This is a classic work by Charles Ryrie, first published in 1958 and now in 2011. Ryrie’s unique layout of the book includes an introduction and three sections: The introduction covers the life of women in the Greek and Roman world; in “Part I” he covers the life of women in the life of Christ; […]
The Promise of Heaven
This is a 2025 book by Dr. Jeremiah. I have been intersted in the subject of heaven lately and have read a number of books on it by well-known authors. I found this (and John MacArthur’s) one of the most satisfying. Of special interest to me has been the New Creation Model which, I believe, […]
The Potter’s Promise
This is the second book I’ve read by Leighton Flowers. Flowers call himslef a “provisionist” meaning that he holds that God’s provision for salvation is valid for every human being. I agree with that as it is called unlimited atonement. This book is basically a study of Romans 9-11 from that point of view. Flowers […]
God’s Provision For All
Leighton Flowers calls himself a “Provisionist.” By this he is describing a view that says, God is good, man has a free will, and all lost people have the ability to come to God by faith without added supernatural working from God. He sees his view different from Calvinism and Arminianism. Whereby Calvinists believe a […]
John Nelson Darby
Max Weremchuk has been a biographer of J.N. Darby since 1992 when he wrote his first edition of this book. In this edition he admits to expanding and even correcting things not available in his original research (from the 1980s). F.F. Bruce said of this up-to-date edition, “This is most interesting, and it reflects a […]
The Glory of Heaven
John MacArthur wrote this book in 1996 and it was republished by Crossway Books in 2013. It is a timely book today (2025) because of the controversies and various views on what heaven will be like. This is especially critical due to the recent view called The New Creation Model. In that view heaven is […]
Charles C. Ryrie, The Man, His Ministry,...
Paul Weaver is an Associate Professor at Dallas Seminary. He wrote this short biography while Ryrie was still alive including many personal interviews. It is an easy read but very up to date on current subjects important to today e.g., progressive dispensationalism and related hermeneutics. Weaver covers Ryrie’s early life (The Man) and his early […]
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth–A bri
I have read C.I. Scofield’s small book a number of times. My last review of the book was written in 2013, and that was an update of an earlier review. The reason for this brief update is due to the current writings, podcasts, and negative interviews pushing back against dispensationalism and its adjoining doctrines such […]
Communion & Disunion
This is a second book by Kevin Bauder and Central Seminary in a new series titled, “Christian Crossroads.” This is a series produced by the faculty of the seminary of which Bauder is Research Professor of Systematic Theology. In my 50+ years of ministry, I’m sure I have read dozens upon dozens of books on […]