Inerrancy Under Attack
Volume 29, Issue 3, May 2023 by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor/teacher Southern View Chapel Many have said that inerrancy is the doctrine upon which evangelicalism stands or falls, and it is one of only two doctrines that the Evangelical Theological Society requires its members to hold.[1] It is therefore vital to understand how evangelicals today define the term. Looking back a few years, a “battle for the Bible” took place within American Christianity between 1955 and 1985 (what J. I. Packer has dubbed the “30 years war.”)[2] Harold Lindsell’s 1976 book by the same title brought the discussion to a head, and the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (CSBI) written in 1978 presumably laid the issue to rest by providing a precise definition of inerrancy
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,
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
Book Reviews
The Pastor’s Bookshelf, Why Reading Matters for Ministry
I have a passion for reading and when I discovered that this book had received Christianity Today’s 2022 Book of Merit award in the pastoral leadership category, I was immediately
Live Your Truth and Other Lies, Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed
Live Your Truth is a follow up book to Childer’s Another Gospel? in which she exposed the lies of progressive Christianity. This volume addresses a dozen other popular lies that
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, Discovering the Grace of Lament
Following the stillborn death of his daughter Sylvia in 2004, Pastor Mark Vroegop experienced deep sorrow for the first time in his life. This period of sorrow started Vroegop on
The Thrill of Orthodoxy, Rediscovering the Adventure of Christian Faith
The Thrill of Orthodoxy received Christianity Today’s 2022 award of merit for Book of the Year in the theological category, and it was deserved. Trevin Wax, who wears many hats,
Our Hope for Isabelle, Grieving with Joy and Hope for Eternity Through Infant Loss
This volume tells the sad but hope-filled story of a young Christian couple’s journey involving the birth, and four days later the death, of their little girl from Trisomy 18
Overcoming Apathy, Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care
This book addressing apathy among Christians, written by a professor of theology at Talbot School of Theology, received Christianity Today’s book of the year award for 2022. The purpose of
All About
Christian Living
Christian Nationalism – Strategy
Best Books
My Favorite Books Volume 6
The Enneagram – Part 2
The Enneagram – Part 1
Biblical Fundamentalism*
Non-Fiction In the world
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
ADVERTISMENT
ADVERTISMENT
Non-Fiction In The World
Conferences
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 of God. That is the single most important task in all of Christendom second only to spreading the gospel.”[1] So says Andrew Torba and Andrew
Doctrine
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
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
The Battle for God – Part 4
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
The Battle for God – Part 3
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
ADVERTISMENT
Apologetics
& False
Religion
Watch A Wonderful Day in the Lord
Join Pastor Gary weekday mornings as he helps us jump start our mornings in the Word.
