Month: December 2014

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Review of ‘God’s Super-Apostles’ and ‘A New Apostolic Reformation?’ by R. Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec

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            Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec, God Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide Prophets and Apostles Movement (Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2014). Paperback | Kindle Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec, A New Apostolic Reformation: A Biblical Response to a Worldwide Movement (Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2014). Paperback | Kindle In Christianity, every biblical truth has a corresponding distortion. For example, the apostle Paul writes, “where sin increased, grace increased all the more” (Romans 5:20). He immediately went on to deny, however, that believers should “go on sinning so that grace may increase” (6:1) in light … Continue reading Review of ‘God’s Super-Apostles’ and ‘A New Apostolic Reformation?’ by R. Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec

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Review of ‘The Psalms, ESV’

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The Psalms, ESV (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014). Hardcover The Psalter is the prayerbook of Israel and the Church. Unfortunately, many American evangelicals do not make regular use of it in their personal and corporate worship. Some years ago, I began using it for morning and evening prayer, and I have found my faith in God enriched through the practice. A few months ago, I discovered that Crossway had published The Psalms, using its English Standard Version. The ESV is a good translation, though it is not the translation I use most regularly. Nonetheless, I was impressed with the beauty and … Continue reading Review of ‘The Psalms, ESV’

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Review of ‘George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father’ by Thomas S. Kidd

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 Thomas S. Kidd, George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father (New Haven, CT: Yale, 2014). Hardcover / Kindle George Whitefield is not well known by Americans today, including American evangelical Christians, his spiritual heirs. In the eighteenth century, however, Whitefield was well known not only in America, but also in his native England—well known, well loved, and widely criticized. Thomas S. Kidd outlines the life of this influential evangelist in George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father. Whitefield was born in a Gloucester inn on December 16, 1714, to hardworking though not particularly religious parents. He secured a work-scholarship to Oxford University, … Continue reading Review of ‘George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father’ by Thomas S. Kidd

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Review of ‘The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition’ by C. S. Lewis

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C. S. Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition, ed. David C. Downing (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014). Hardcover First published in 1933, The Pilgrim’s Regress by C. S. Lewis is “an allegorical apology for Christianity, reason, and romanticism” (in the words of the subtitle). It was Lewis’s first Christian book, written over the course of two weeks (August 15–29, 1932) while Lewis stayed in Belfast with his lifelong friend, Arthur Greeves. Lewis had converted—or perhaps, reconverted—to Christianity in either 1929 or 1930 (the date is disputed by Lewis scholars) after a long intellectual sojourn through various intellectual points … Continue reading Review of ‘The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition’ by C. S. Lewis

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Review of ‘From This Day Forward’ by Craig and Amy Groeschel

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 Craig and Amy Groeschel, From This Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail-Proof Your Marriage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014). Paperback / Kindle Marriage is delightful. It is also difficult, however. While the divorce rate may not be the oft-quoted 50 percent, it is still significant.[1] The relevant question, then, for Christians getting married or already wed is this: What can a couple do to make sure their marriage thrives? Craig and Amy Groeschel offer an answer to this question in their new book, From This Day Forward. Craig is the founding senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, an innovative multisite church best … Continue reading Review of ‘From This Day Forward’ by Craig and Amy Groeschel

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Review of ‘Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage,’ 2nd ed., by Donald W. Dayton

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 Donald W. Dayton with Douglas M. Strong, Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage: A Tradition and Trajectory of Integrating Piety and Justice, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014). Paperback / Kindle In 1973, some North American church leaders asked Billy Graham to use his influence with President Richard Nixon to try to stop the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Graham replied in the pages of Christianity Today by saying, in part, “I am convinced that God has called me to be a New Testament evangelist, not an Old Testament prophet! An evangelist is a proclaimer of the message of God’s … Continue reading Review of ‘Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage,’ 2nd ed., by Donald W. Dayton