I continue to be blessed by these 1917 writings from men such as James M. Gray, A.T. Pierson, Philip Mauro, B.B. Warfield, James Orr, and R.A. Torrey. This volume deals mostly with the deity of Christ, the inspiration of Scripture and the personality of the Holy Spirit. Four times the originals alone are said to […]
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The Fundamentals, Vol 1
This reprint of the original four-volume set first published in 1917, has been made available by Baker Books since 2000. I have decided to read these volumes before the end of the year. Many people talk about these writings from which we get our name “Fundamentalists,” but I have wondered how those men actually wrote. […]
The Word To The Reader – TNIV
Co-sponsored with the International Bible Society, Zondervan has published the Today’s New International Version New Testament, with the Old expected in 2005. Three objectives are stated: 1) translation is never finished, 2) the need for accuracy, and 3) the correction of the gender problem. The third objective has generated such changes as “Messiah” rather than […]
Christian Theology
We mostly read dead theologians. Millard Erickson is a contemporary theologian that many are using today because he gives current material on some old doctrines. Long time theology professor at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul (at the completion of his theology) he now is at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. This large volume of over 1200 […]
Why Not Just Be Christians?
This 1964 book is probably more relevant today than when Havner wrote it. Though he would be counted irrelevant today as would many of his contemporaries, he speaks as the voice of a gray hero to us. “A worried airplane passenger asked a calm fellow traveler, ‘Are you a Christian Scientist?’ ‘No,’ was the reply, […]
The Potter’s Freedom
The sub-title of the book is “A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal of Norman Geisler’s Chosen But Free.” I reviewed Geisler’s book in the July, 2001 issue of Aletheia to which I gave a favorable review because I like Geisler’s position. I have liked White’s material before, but I don’t hold his extreme […]
Know WHAT You Believe
This easy to read book is good for believers who wish to think through the basic doctrines of the faith. It is not so much an apologetic as an identification of fundamental Christian doctrines along with some points to ponder concerning each one. It does not defend particular positions but rather presents various articles of […]
The Holy Spirit and His Gifts
This book on the Holy Spirit was first written in 1940 and then revised by the author in 1970. I found that most of the major works on the Holy Spirit in the last century referred to Sanders in some way. It is a thorough study of the major areas of pneumatology and also includes […]
Basic Theology
In doing some work for a class this fall, I finished reading Ryrie’s one-volume theology. This volume serves a needful purpose of making sound theology available to the average reader. Many of the older, standard works are voluminous in content and varied in theological perspective. Ryrie is well known for his orthodoxy as a premillennialist […]
God in the Manger: the miraculous birth ...
This is a 2001 book that can be a blessing at the Christmas season. MacArthur does his usual good job of giving many helpful details regarding the whole scenario of Christ’s birth from the politics of the time to the godly men and women involved in the biblical story. The book also begins with an […]