This dictionary, obviously from a premillennial, dispensational point of view, pictures on the front, J.N. Darby, C.I. Scofield, L.S. Chafer, H.A. Ironside, John Walvoord, J.Dwight Pentecost. It contains more article-length entries rather than paragraph-length definitions. Many of the articles are on the lives of well-known Christian leaders, historical and contemporary, as well as on many […]
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Westminster Dictionary of Theological Te...
The comparison of these two theological dictionaries provides interesting reading. Both were published in 1996, one from Westminster John Knox Press, the other from Kregel. The Westminster Dictionary is much more of an alphabetical listing of terms. Interesting ones are: Baptismal vows: “The promises made by parents for a child at the time of infant […]
Worship, Community and the Triune God of...
Torrance is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the university of Aberdeen, Scotland. His Reformed views on worship are an obvious contrast from much of what we hear today. I found myself agreeing and disagreeing with things that Torrance writes. I found it greatly refreshing to have worship defined in terms of our participation in […]
Real Christianity
Bethany House has published what it calls “Classics of Faith and Devotion,” reprints of classic works in history. Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a Christian politician in England who greatly influenced public policy with Christian belief. This book, Real Christianity, has the subtitle of Discerning True and False Faith. We all wonder what it would be like […]
Answers to the Most Important Questions ...
D. James Kennedy and the Coral Ridge Ministries prepared this book to warn people of the impending problem in case it really takes place. To each question about what may happen on January 1, three scenarios are given. “The Alarmist View” gives the doomsday approach. “The Conservative View” gives the nonchalant approach. “The Moderate View” […]
Chameleon Christianity
This is a 1999 Baker Book by a former associate of Francis Schaeffer at the L’Abri Fellowship. The description of Chameleon Christians is only half the analogy. The other half is of the Musk Ox Christian. The Chameleon becomes exactly like his surroundings in order to protect himself, the Musk Ox retreats into a closed […]
Why God Used D.L. Moody
I came across this older booklet, written by Moody’s long-time associate, in a stack of old evangelism papers. I find this kind of reading, a refreshing break from much of the dry and dull informational writing today. It helped expand my illustration file quite a bit! Torrey’s eye-witness account of the life of the great […]
Creating God in the Image of Man?
Geisler, now the President of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC, makes a current (1997) critique of “neotheism,” the open view of God espoused by Clark Pinnock and others, and “panentheism” or “process theology,” the view that God is actually changing as He gains knowledge of how the world is unfolding. “This book warns of […]
The Openness of God
This is one of a number of books in which Clark Pinnock is involved in questioning orthodox Christianity. His denial of hell as a literal place of torment is well known. In this book (first printed in 1994 by IVP) Pinnock and others (Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker, David Basinger) challenge the “traditional” view […]
Whatever Happened to Worship?
This volume was also printed by Christian Publications, but in 1985. I purchased both volumes by Tozer recently. Some of the material I have read in his other books, much of it is taken from his sermons and has not previously been in book form. Though Tozer’s CMA background is heavily felt throughout his books, […]