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Born Crucified

This little book has been read by many in search of a deeper walk with God.  It is one of those books (and authors) that people either absolutely love or hate.  I think that is because it represents the thirst in America for true, Holy Spirit revival and yet at the same time is a […]

The Cost of Discipleship

After hearing this book quoted regarding “cheap grace” so often (even by Swindoll on Grace) I decided I wanted to read it cover to cover and see for myself (I used it in this month’s article).  I would say that more people who quote it should read it.  I enjoyed its unique context and viewpoint […]

Our High Calling

I finally got around to the third book by Baxter on Christian holiness.  I have liked his definitions of sanctification and holiness as a remedy for a  disease that lies within each of us, an infection that was inherited from Adam.  We can be healthy or we can be unhealthy, but we always live with […]

The Perfect Will Of God

Two older devotional books that I found to be delightful were G. Christian Weiss’ The Perfect Will Of God and Vance Havner’s Rest Awhile. Weiss’ treatment of God’s will is unencumbered by today’s emotional, psychical style of writing on this subject.  Don’t expect too little from this old saint. He says “Unholy people are in […]

Rest Awhile

Two older devotional books that I found to be delightful were G. Christian Weiss’ The Perfect Will Of God and Vance Havner’s Rest Awhile. Weiss’ treatment of God’s will is unencumbered by today’s emotional, psychical style of writing on this subject.  Don’t expect too little from this old saint. He says “Unholy people are in no position to know […]

A New Call To Holiness

I have always enjoyed reading J. Sidlow Baxter. He is a middle ground between Reformed and Pentecostal views of holiness.  He argues at length against the eradication view of the old nature, but believes that true holiness is really attainable by the person we really are. He writes, “Before all else, even before orthodox dogma, […]

He That Is Spiritual

I have enjoyed Chafer much more in my ministry than I did as a student.  Perhaps because now I don’t have anyone telling me how “shallow” he was.  I still find his book True Evangelism to be the best I have read on the subject. In this area of the filling of the Spirit, I […]

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 […]