I’ve always enjoyed Robert Lightner’s books. I bought this 1973 edition in the FaithBaptist Bible College bookstore on the markdown shelf. The bonus is that this book is personally signed by Lightner and adressed to George Houghton, and also has Dr. George’s signature in it. I tried not to mark it up too much. How […]
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Free Grace Theology: 5 ways it diminish...
Wayne Grudem wrote this valuable book in 2016. He points out that the Free Grace movement diminishes the gospel in a number of ways. Free Grace is a movement that insists that faith must stand alone i.e., it is not accompanied by repentance, acceptance (fiducia), good works, or even assurance. To add any of these […]
The Forgotten Fear
This is a recent and timely book on the fear of God, published by Reformation Heritage Books in 2015. The subtitle is: “Where have all the God-fearers gone?” Martin is a Reformed writer who has also become a popular source for this topic. This book is laid out in a practical way, defining the fear […]
Theologies of the 21st Century
This is an update (2014) on Smith’s earlier edition, A Handbook on Contemporary Theology, published in 1992. These are helpful summaries of various contemporary theological movements and trends. The new version repeats some of the earlier ones with updated material, yet has new additions such as a history of theology from the Enlightenment, theologies of the […]
Five Views on Sanctification
Stanley Gundry is editor of this volume and the “Counterpoints” series. This volume was first published in 1987 but continues to be relevant to any age. The five views on sanctification are the Wesleyan, Reformed, Pentecostal, Keswick, and Augustinian-Dispensational perspectives. John Walvoord wrote the dispensational perspective and gives the traditional point of view from that […]
The New Nature
Showers first wrote this book in 1986. It is a good review of what the Bible means by “old man,” “new man,” “old nature,” and “new nature.” Showers prefers to use the term “disposition” rather than nature because the nature is a “disposition” toward God. His view is, and I agree, that the terms old […]
Mission Drift
This is a 2014 book about the danger of Christian organizations drifting away from their stated purpose. It is written almost entirely about para-church organizations and has some application to local churches. It is written from an evangelical point of view so a conservative reader can not expect to see separation from that point of […]
Marching Off the Map
This new book (2017) is a secular version of George Barna. Elmore (who writes with Andrew McPeak, both secular educators) is describing generationZ, those who are born after 2000 i.e., after the millennials. He points out that this generation is unique because of the technological world in which they have been born and raised. They […]
Life in the Spirit
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) was a Welsch physician-turned-preacher who served at Westminster Chapel, briefly under G. Campbell Morgan, becoming the senior pastor in 1943 during the war years when Morgan retired. Jones preached against liberal Christianity and the ecumenical movement. Though leaning toward pietistic positions of the Spirit, Jones was a powerful preacher in London in […]
True Spirituality (Again)
After twenty years I picked up Schaeffer’s book again. I am more in a quest for true spirituality than ever before. When I first read Schaeffer I was thrilled by his intellectual approach to a post-Christian (his term) America. I still think he was a prophet before his time in this regard. His warning about […]