I was glad to see the second book on the Bible Version debate come from Central Seminary. The first book, The Bible Version Debate, came out in 1997. This new book includes some of the basic material from the first book but expands the topics to include the background of the debate, translation theory, frequently […]
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Tag: Doctrine / Theology
God, Creation and Providence in the Thou...
These kinds of books take a great deal of patience to read through. However, today’s debates over the nature of God’s foreknowledge demand that we make honest effort at understanding men like Arminius. He, no doubt, was a thoughtful theologian with a desire to retain the sovereignty of God and the free will of man […]
The Mystery of the Holy Spirit
Few Evangelical writers have turned out more books in the last ten years than R.C. Sproul. Many of us appreciate his stand against the ECT document and other compromises of the grace of God. I enjoy his doctrinal books because of the amount of Scripture and information included. I always take exception to his hyper-Calvinism […]
Chosen But Free
I have always enjoyed reading Geisler, and most of us have read him for years in the field of apologetics and philosophy. Here, Geisler speaks to the current issues of “Extreme Arminianism” (seen in the elimination of God’s sovereignty) and “Extreme Calvinism” (seen in the elimination of Man’s free will). Geisler takes issue with Extreme […]
No Past, No Future, No God!
Blaise Pascal wrote, “We are so unwise that we wander about in times that do not belong to us and do not think of the only one that does; so vain that we dream of times that are not and blindly flee the only one that is.”1 It seems that in times of unbelief, the […]
Understanding the Holy Spirit
This is a book combining writings by Morgan with twelve sermons by Spurgeon. The seven chapters by G. Campbell Morgan were extremely refreshing and have that “old book” ability to readjust and refresh one’s perspective of ministry. In a day like ours, which relies on administration and methodology to produce results, the reader quickly gets […]
The Weigh Down Diet
This is one of those books that becomes popular because people like dieting, not because they like to be biblical. Pastors need to read this book before they invite the program into the church! Actually, the diet is fine, if she would just leave the Bible out of it. Shamblin denies the Trinity, and while […]
The Restitution of Man
It was actually the sub-title that caught my eye: C.S. Lewis and the case against scientism. The author traces Lewis’ fight (as well as other theistic defenders) against the cold, scientific approach of the last two hundred years. One example is the comparison between scientia (as homo sciens man is only a knower of facts) […]
Five Views on Apologetics
If you are interested in knowing whether you are Classical, Evidential, Cumulative, Presuppositional or Reformed in your apologetical approach to evangelism, you might try this book. This is one of the Counterpoints series edited by Stanley Gundry. Can you appeal to a lost man’s ability to reason spiritual things? Your answer to that question might […]
Heretics / Orthodoxy
I had read Orthodoxy years ago but had not read the earlier Heretics. This volume also contains a helpful time-line of Chesterton’s life and when he wrote his books. G.K.C. is one of the most quoted British writers and was instrumental in the conversion of C.S. Lewis. He argues for Christianity in the face of […]