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Sanctification Debates Part 3
(Volume 24, Issue 3, June/July 2018) In this concluding article on sanctification debates centered around what is often termed Liberate Theology (LT), and at other times the “grace model” or “monergistic” sanctification, the goal is to evaluate the basic teachings behind this model through the lens of Scripture. That is, are the teachings of LT consistent with NT Scriptures or do they present a view of sanctification that is out of balance? Have the key leaders of the movement overreacted to perceived views of Christian growth found within evangelicalism leading to legalism and pietism? Are the common theological views held by most evangelicals throughout the church age, which understand that spiritual maturity is made possible through the energy and power of the Holy Spirit, as the believer cooperates through use of means given by the Lord, application of truth and obedience to the directives found in the Scriptures, in error?…Read More »
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Sanctification Debates Part 2
(Volume 24, Issue 2, April/May 2018) Liberate Theology (LT), as we saw in Part 1 of this series, is a method of sanctification which focuses on what its teachers call the indicatives of Scripture, rather than the imperatives. Indicatives are …Read More »Sanctification Debates Part 1
(Volume 24, Issue 1, January-March 2018) Throughout church history the issue of sanctification, how Christians change, grow and mature, has been hotly debated. Those who cling to the Reformed position on salvation, that is, salvation is a gift of God …Read More »My Favorite Books Part V
(Volume 23, Issue 6, November/December 2017) Since I began writing book reviews a number of years ago, it seemed to some that the majority of these reviews dealt with books that were either errant or at best mixed in their …Read More »The New Apostolic Reformation An Examination of the Five-Fold Ministries Part 2
( Volume 23, Issue 5, September/October 2017) Having surveyed the foundation of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and some of its theological distinctives in the first part of this article, we will now press on to investigate its infiltration into wider …Read More »
Recent Book Reviews
Has the Church Replaced Israel? A Theological Evaluation by Michael J. Vlach
Michael Vlach, professor of theology at The Master’s Seminary, addresses thoroughly and with clarity one of the major debates within conservative evangelical theology: Has the church replaced Israel? “The position that the church is the ‘new’ or ‘true’ Israel that …Read More »The Checklist Manifesto, How to Get Things Right By Atul Gawande
Despite our vast knowledge in virtually every area of life, Gawande believes we are still deeply prone to failure. He believes many such failures could be overcome (and, conversely, much success obtained) through a simple but often ignored tool, the …Read More »Christianity Explored, What’s the Best News You’ve Ever Heard? (Leader’s Handbook 4th Edition)
This handbook accompanies a student manual and is designed to lead a small group of unbelievers on a seven-week study through the Gospel of Mark. Attention is focused on three threads that are traced throughout the Gospel. The identity of …Read More »Faith Alone, the Doctrine of Justification What the Reformers Taught…and Why It Still Matters by Thomas Schreiner
Thomas Schreiner, professor of New Testament at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, contributes this volume on Sola Fide to the 5 Solas Series, published by Zondervan and edited by Matthew Barrett. The book is broken down into three parts, the …Read More »