December 11th, 2007

The Coming Evangelical Crisis

This review first appeared in The Founders Journal, Issue 30, Fall 1997,.
John H. Armstrong, ed.
Chicago: Moody Press (1996)
269 pages, paperback, $12.99
Reviewed by Douglas R. Shivers
Please accept my nomination of the word “crisis” for chronic overuse. There’s a bewildering array of crises in economics, politics, culture, racial interaction, families, […]

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December 11th, 2007

Spiritual Discipline Within the Church

This review first appeared in Reformation and Revival Journal, Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1997, pp. 172-73.
Donald S. WhitneyChicago: Moody Press (1996)216 pages, paper, $10.99.
Reviewed by Douglas R. Shivers
“Can you show me from the New Testament that I’m supposed to officially join anything?. . .If I come and worship as often […]

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December 11th, 2007

In The Face of God

This review first appeared in Reformation and Revival Journal, volume 6, Number 3, Summer 1997, pp. 235-37
In The Face of GodMichael HortonDallas: Word Publishing, Inc. (1996)241 pages, hardback, $18.99
Reviewed by Douglas R. Shivers
In a day when there are attempts to make the Almighty a tame deity, Michael Horton declares, to our […]

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December 11th, 2007

Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology

This review first appeared in Reformation and Revival Journal, Volume 6, Number 4, Fall 1997, pp. 189-191.
R.C. SproulGrand Rapids, MI: Baker Books230 pages, hardback, $16.99
Reviewed by Douglas R. Shivers
I would like to propose a new politically correct category for evangelicals: the theologically-challenged. It’s high time we gave this burgeoning […]

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December 11th, 2007

Counterfeit Revival

This review first appeared in The Founders Journal, Issue 31, Winter 1998, pp. 24-25.
Hank HanegraaffDallas: Word (1997)315 pages, hardback, $19.99Reviewed by Douglas R. Shivers
On one of the days of my tender youth, amid the pastoral bliss that was my home, a bovine behemoth kicked a solid oak gate into my face. An […]

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December 3rd, 2007

Celebrating the Sabbath

This review first appeared in Reformation and Revival Journal, Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2000, pp. 187-194.
Bruce A. RayPhillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing (2000)125 pages, paper, $8.99
It was a very hot Saturday in June. Sitting in the shade of the truck and enjoying a slow drink of cold water I […]

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