This is one in a series of old books reprinted by AMG Publishers, Chattanooga, TN. It was originally written by Pierson in 1910. It is 50 chapters and 350 pages packed full of details, topical lists, grammatical helps and interesting outlines from the Bible. This is a great refresher course in Hermeneutics, covering topics from […]
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Living by the Book
I was given this 1991 book and could tell immediately that it would be a profitable guide for Christian men and women to learn to read and study their Bibles. Its three-fold outline of Observation, Interpretation, Application, provides a solid approach (ie grammatical-historical) to rightly dividing the Word. It deals gently with the biblical languages […]
Luther’s Theology of the Cross
The title of this book would not have been inviting to me except for a desire to understand the biblical concept of being crucified with Christ. Whether or not one is a fan of Lutheran or Reformation theology, understanding the personal struggle of this Augustinian monk from works to grace is uplifting. The author notes, […]
George Whitefield: Divine Dramatists
NOTE: In recent months I have reviewed a number of biographies. Some have been older editions and some newer. My objectives are these: to be uplifted by the faith of past saints, many of whom have struggled and suffered far more than we; to notice parallels in history of circumstances and issues that we face, […]
Jonathan Edwards: the Preacher
NOTE: In recent months I have reviewed a number of biographies. Some have been older editions and some newer. My objectives are these: to be uplifted by the faith of past saints, many of whom have struggled and suffered far more than we; to notice parallels in history of circumstances and issues that we face, […]
Has Democracy Had Its Day?
As I read this diminutive book, I wondered what caused Richard Land (SBC Christian Life Commission) to call Carl Henry “the twentieth century’s greatest evangelical theologian” and then to declare this book “to be one of the most important things ever written by Dr. Henry.” The book has some interesting points concerning democracy as Henry […]
Why the Left is not Right
This book is subtitled “The Religious Left: Who They Are and What They Believe.” It is a critique of liberal political action taken by left-wing evangelicals including socialist and communist connections within the WCC and NCC. I was pleasantly surprised that Nash takes the conservative stance he does while criticizing fellow evangelicals. Of special interest […]
Holy Laughter & the Toronto Blessing
This is a 1995 Zondervan book that investigates the recent “Holy Laughter” phenomenon. Beverley is professor of theology at Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto. His report is not as doctrinally precise as John MacArthur’s or as antagonistic as Hank Hanegraaff’s and, in my opinion, not as Scripturally weighted as it needs to be. Beverley, though […]
Biblical Separation
This is not quite an “Old Book Update” but it is a used book reminder! I first read this book when it was published in 1979, having known of Dr. Pickering for some time before. It was a timely book, coming before the 80’s and some struggles among churches over things like “secondary separation.” It […]
J. Gresham Machen: a Silhouette
John Gresham Machen was born July 28, 1881 and died January, 1937. Machen was another great Greek teacher, a Presbyterian, at Princeton Seminary in the days of B.B. Warfield, Charles Hodge and Geerhardus Vos. Machen is best known for his conservative stand against the liberalism within his own denomination in the early 1930’s. Machen (and […]