The Fear that Drives Out All Other Fears
Volume 29, Issue 2 | March 2023by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor/Teacher Southern View Chapel Fear is a normal part of life. We fear many things, and some fears are baked into our DNA by God to protect us from true dangers. It is not a phobia to fear jumping into a river full of piranhas or alligators; it is a self-preservative fear. There are hundreds of such healthy fears. Entertainer Dean Martin said, “Show me a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the word fear, and I’ll show you a dummy who gets beat up a lot.”[i] But the concept of fearing God is largely foreign to our modern minds and culture. Our emphasis today is on the love of God and not the
Christian Nationalism – Strategy
Volume 29, Issue 1, January/February 2023 In part one of this series, the “Great Hibernation,” we looked at the various ways Americans understand and process Christian
Christian Nationalism = Christendom
Volume 28, Issue 8, December 2022 The first paper in this series, “Christian Nationalism and the Great Hibernation,” demonstrated that Christian Nationalism is an often
Christian Nationalism and Eschatology
Volume 28, Issue 7, October 2022 “If we change our eschatology, we will change the world — and take dominion of it for the glory
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Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
Jinger Vuolo is well known as the sixth child of the Duggar family from TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting reality TV show. She and most of her family are avowed
The Good Life, Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
In 1938 the Harvard Study of Adult Development was initiated to try to determine what made people thrive. Beginning with 724 participants, it is still ongoing and in its third
The Pastor as Public Theologian, Reclaiming a Lost Vision by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan
The Pastor as Public Theologian follows the same lines as Gerald Heistand’s and Todd Wilson’s The Pastor Theologian and D. A. Carson’s and John Piper’s The Pastor as Scholar and
George Whitefield, The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the 18th-Century Revival
Arnold Dallimore’s two-volume biography is massive and detailed. It encompasses over 1,200 pages of small print and is filled with historical information, events, and accomplishments of George Whitefield who many
A Biblical Theology of the Doctrines of Sovereign Grace
George Zemek has written a scholarly and valuable work dealing with, as the title indicates, “exegetical considerations of key anthropological, hamartiogical and soteriological terms and motifs.” His approach is to
Deep Discipleship, How the Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus
J. T. English was a pastor at Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, but recently took the lead pastor position at Storyline Fellowship in Arvada, Colorado. While at Village he
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The Good Life, Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
In 1938 the Harvard Study of Adult Development was initiated to try to determine what made people thrive. Beginning with 724 participants, it is still
Do More Better, A Practical Guide to Productivity
Do More Better is a short book with the goal of enabling its readers to live a “calm and orderly life, sure of your responsibilities
Climate Change, A Convenient Truth by Jim Hollingsworth
Jim Hollingsworth is a retired building contractor who has obviously devoted much time and energy to researching the issue of climate change. He does not
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
The Pleasures of Reading, in short, is a pleasure – if you love to read. Alan Jacobs is a professor of English at Wheaton College,
Taking America Back for God by Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry
Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry are both professors of sociology at respected American universities. This co-authored volume reflects their scholarship and painstaking research on the
White Fragility, Why It’s Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility is one of the most popular books spreading the worldview of Critical Race Theory and reshaping Western thought concerning racism. DiAngelo’s thesis is
Just Mercy
Just Mercy, a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (New York: Random House, 2015) 349 pp + xiv, paper $17.00 Shortly after graduating
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Christian Nationalism and the Great Hibernation
Volume 28, Issue 6, September 2022 Christian attempts at hibernating from corrupt world systems, people, and governments, are nothing new. From monasticism in post-apostolic times to utopian societies to cults to the new monasticism, Christians and others have sought protection throughout the years from tyranny, moral pollution, and governmental overreach.
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The Battle for God – Part 5
Volume 28, Issue 5, June 2022 In the previous “The Battle for God” article,” I affirmed general agreement with Classical Theism and its Nicene and
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Volume 28, Issue 4, May 2022 Since publishing the first three parts in “The God Debate” series, I have read Matthew Barrett’s Simply Trinity and
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Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2022 While debates concerning the nature of God can be traced throughout church history, often resulting in creeds such as
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Volume 27, Issue 9, December 2021 In part one of this series, the origin of the debate between classical theists and theistic mutualists concerning the
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