For those who want to catch up or keep up on their theology (and why wouldn’t we want to study the meat of the Word?) these (three) volumes of selected writings by various theologians throughout the church age is a good exercise. Erickson (author of the most valuable Christian Theology and professor of theology at […]
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The Vanishing Conscience
This is a well written book on an important subject. Regardless of your view of the author’s previous books, this is a subject on which every Christian should read. MacArthur has little time for the self-help and self-esteem teachings and believes we already think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think and that […]
The Church at the End of the 20th Centur...
I read this 1970 book along with the previous book. I give Schaeffer credit for consistency of conviction over the years. This is more of a historical and cultural study of our generation. Schaeffer calls for a cultural revolution built on truth. ‘‘But we must not align ourselves as though we are in any camp […]
The Great Evangelical Disaster
This 1984 book by Schaeffer is a needed book, especially for the generation to whom he writes. I think that the last ten years would not make the author glad if he were still alive. In ‘84 he called the great evangelical disaster ‘‘the failure of the evangelical world to stand for truth as truth. […]
A Church for the 21st Century
Leith Anderson writes about local church polity much like George Barna or Elmer Towns write about church movements. Anderson offers many unique insights into different kinds of churches that exist today though Anderson himself is more on the culturally relevant side seeing culture as ideologically neutral. He says, ‘‘That is not to say that absolute […]
Technopoly
Technopoly is a condition that exists when technology begins to control too many areas of human life. But, of course, that is a ‘‘catch 22’’ situation. We need and usually desire to have technological advantages but we often hate what they do to our lives. The clock was invented to regulate the prayer time of […]
Modern Fascism
I have thought for a long time that the fall of the Roman Empire is not as important to modern America as is Nazi Germany. Think of that great nation with a Christian Reformation heritage. It only took the right kind of man at the right time to produce Nazi Germany. I made a list […]
Miracles
I just read this 1947 book by Lewis as a part of a study on present day Charismatics. Among more recent books on the miraculous, this was a pleasant discovery and a refreshing engagement. Though you have to read Lewis in low gear, the slow journey is always worth it. Chapter fourteen, ‘‘The Grand Miracle’’ […]
Postmodern Times
As I have written in this month’s article, ‘‘postmodern’’ describes the times in which we live. This is a 1994 book and none of the books in the footnotes on this subject date before 1989. Veith presents a sobering and thought-provoking look at ourselves, especially in America. He quotes Princeton theologian Diogenes Allen saying, ‘‘A […]
Counterfeit Miracles
If you are interested in reading other evaluations of the Vineyard movement, many of which are more thorough, I would suggest the following books and articles. Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur, chapter six, ‘‘What is behind the ‘Third Wave’ and where is it going?’’ Power Religion, edited by Michael Horton, part two, which has three chapters by […]