The sub-title to this timely book is: ‘‘An Introduction to Biblical Catastrophism.’’ It’s not so much that I needed an introduction to the subject, but I needed an update! In preaching through the life of Noah this second quarter, I wanted to refresh myself on flood geology and what has been happening in Creationism over […]
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The Death of Ethics in America
Cal Thomas is one of those unusually blessed writers who is able to keep his head above the water in the secular world of editorialists. Besides his daily wisdom as a Los Angeles Times Syndicated Columnist, he has written books which challenge our thinking toward our own generation. Though this book was written before the […]
The Power of Vision
I have profited from George Barna’s books that have dealt with statistics and polls concerning the church in this decade. That is obviously his field. Barna made an attempt with this book to deal with the topic of vision from a biblical perspective but, I think, unsuccessfully. Actually the book comes from more of a […]
Liberating Ministry from the Success Syn...
What a refreshing book to find now (it was written in 1987) in the midst of a flood of materials pushing us into the success syndrome! This is one of those books from which you will say, ‘‘I wish I had said that.’’ Even if you just read part one which describes the authors’ rise […]
Charismatic Chaos
I think the two greatest contributions John MacArthur has made are his study of the church at Corinth and his analysis of the Charismatic movement. This latest book (1992) is, of course, a follow-up to his earlier book, The Charismatics (1978). It is still one of the best sources of information and reference to give […]
A Handbook of Contemporary Theology
The most pleasant surprise on the theology shelf (which is quickly shrinking into nirvana in every Christian book store!) this last year is this volume by David Smith. The sub-title is ‘‘Tracing trends and discerning directions in today’s theological landscape.’’ It is difficult enough to keep up with new theology books that cover the same […]
On the Crest of the Wave: Becoming A Wor...
Peter Wagner has become a common name in missiology. This book fairly represents his views and opinions on modern missions. In my opinion it has much good and some bad. Wagner warns against the dangers of universalism, the benevolent theory that all will ultimately go to heaven. He believes that everlasting punishment for the lost […]
Rethinking Our Priorities
Once in a while we stumble onto an older book and ask ourselves, ‘‘How did I ever get by without reading that before?’’ Such is the case with this old but timely book. Written in 1974, Dr. Baxter evaluates American Fundamental and Evangelical churches from a Britisher’s point of view. He writes also from our […]
The Four Loves
I read this beautiful book by C.S. Lewis while teaching on love last month. The book was originally published in 1960 and was republished in 1988. There is an audio version of this series that is, I understand, the only recording of C.S. Lewis. Lewis calls storge ‘‘affection’’ and defines it as the normal love […]
Made In America
This is the same Michael Horton who edited The Agony Of Deceit, which informed us very well about the practice and theology of Charismatics. This time, as author, Horton focuses on America as a whole and its growing atheism. I think he does us a service by reminding Christians not to sell their souls to […]