Calvin Anticipates Revivalism’s “New Measures”

In reply to those who affirm certainty of faith for this life but deny any certainty of faith in the next life, Calvin says:
Then, how absurd it is that the certainty of faith be limited to some point of time, when by its very nature it looks to a future immortality after this life is [...]

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Review: Redemption Accomplished and Applied — by John Murray

ISBN: 9780802811431 — Worldcat; Google Books
Publisher: Eerdmans (1955)
Genre: Systematic theology
Reading Level: college
Worthy read? Yes
Price: $9.10 @ WTS Books
What is this book about?
This book is about the atonement (6, 9) as it is viewed objective and subjectively, that is, the atonement seen both from the perspective of historia salutis (i.e. Christ’s once-for-all accomplishment of redemption) and [...]

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Becoming a Better Pelagian: Horton Reviews Osteen’s Become a Better You

As a follow up to his recent interview on 60 minutes regarding Joel Osteen’s heterodox theology, Dr. Mike Horton published a review of Osteen’s latest book, Become a Better You. The essence of Horton’s review comes as no surprise:

Osteen preaches a health-and-wealth/prosperity Gospel, which comes across even more strongly in this second book (as compared [...]

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Review: The Healing Path by Dan Allender

The Healing Path: How the Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life
by Dan Allender; Paperback; ISBN: 1578563917
Thesis: God even uses hurts to sanctify Christians
Positioning himself in a long line of Christian tradition that seeks to draw Christians onto the “way of life” (i.e. Didache 1:1-2; c.f. Deut. 30:19, Psa. 1:1-2; [...]

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Is Alcholics Anonymous A Christian Means of Sanctification?

My name is Laurence, and I’m not an alcoholic, but I visited the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at [removed for privacy] for the purpose of evaluating whether AA can be a helpful tool in a Christian minister’s toolbox. I had no prior experience with AA’s methods or teachings, and this was my first visit to an [...]

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Preaching and Living “By Faith Alone”: An Interview with Dr. Scott Clark

What is the difference between Dr. Phil and Christianity’s Gospel? Not much (sadly!) in many explanations of Christianity. But in the Sacred Scriptures, the two could not be further apart! For, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is by faith alone; Dr. Phil-type behaviorism is by works alone. The one is law and gospel, the other [...]

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Joel Osteen Interviewed on 60 Minutes and Critiqued Briefly by Dr. Horton

Watch the full version of the 60 Minutes interview with Joel Osteen (14 Oct. 2007), complete with Dr. Horton’s brief critique of Osteen’s “prosperity gospel.”
Popular preacher Joel Osteen’s positive message packs 42,000 a week at his Houston Lakewood Church. But critics complain he’s dumbing down the faith. Byron Pitts reports.
A short portion of the full, [...]

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Review: Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell

I believe that preaching the Word of God is to be highly valued. Thus Bryan Chapell’s Christ-Centered Preaching (ISBN: 0801027985) delights and challenges my heart to faithfully proclaim the Gospel of grace from the whole of Scripture.
Overview
Chapell’s work is an entry-level introduction to preaching aimed at faithfully unfolding and applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ [...]

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