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 […]
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What On Earth Is A Dispensation?
The best book to come out by the new publishing company in Springfield, MO is this 1994 volume. It is authored by nine capable men who are dispensational pretribulationalists and connected with the Baptist Bible Tribune, Baptist Bible College and Graduate School. The uniqueness of the book, in a market flooded with this subject, is […]
Dispensationalism
This is the 1995 update of the original 1966 Dispensationalism Today. It has been updated to include references to more recent works and a critique of progressive dispensationalism. The ‘‘plea’’ at the end has also been expanded to include these developments. I was glad to see, and this isn’t the first place, that Ryrie has […]
Leadership in Christian Ministry
(Reviewed by John Rysdyk) Few books provide such immediate and practical help in ministry. It deals with the church as both organization and organism. “Leadership in the church has a two-fold function, both elements equal in importance. One focuses on task . . . the other relationships.” function, both elements equal in importance. One focuses […]
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 […]
Can Man Live Without God?
Ravi Zacharias is fast becoming the Josh McDowell of the 90’s. He is in constant demand at the world’s leading educational institutions. This book (his first, A Shattered Visage: the real face of atheism, should also be read) is the result of lectures given at Harvard and Ohio State universities arguing Christianity’s unique answer to […]
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 […]
Mere Christianity
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 […]
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 […]