Book Review: John M. Frame, No Other God: A Response to Open Theism, (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2001). 236pp. – ISBN 0-87552-185-1.

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Of the many works now available addressing the heresy of Open Theism, this volume by John Frame is surpassed by none. Clear, fair, philosophically responsible, and above all biblically faithful this volume deserves a place in every Bible-centered church library and in the hands of every well-informed Christian.  Highly recommended.

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Book Review: D. G. Hart, Deconstructing Evangelicalismrom: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham, (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004), 224pp. - ISBN 0-8010-2728-4

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In this volume historian  D. G. Hart makes a case for the abandoning the concept of “evangelicalism” as a separate religious identity and its “minimalist account of the Christian faith” in favor of American Christians rediscovering their theological heritage.  It is done with historical insight, wit and daring.  This is a thought provoking piece of historical theology, and while not on a list of “must-read titles,” it is worth consideration.

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To quote Tim LaHaye, “This book deserves to be read carefully by anyone interested in the true nature of God..”  This volume is less a debate than an exposition of the tragic results when an unbiblical concept (libertarian free will) becomes the starting point and filter through which the understanding of the nature of God and man is attempted.  James White’s argumentation is relentlessly biblical. Recommended.

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Book Review: Robert L. Thomas, Evangelical Hermeneutics: The New Versus the Old, (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2003), 524pp. - ISBN 0-8254-3839-X

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In this volume Dr. Thomas sets out with a four-fold goal:

• To discuss the recent changes in evangelical hermeneutics

• To show new meanings being attached to grammatical-historical interpretation

• To compare traditional grammatical-historical interpretation with new evangelical hermeneutics

• To identify the dominant principles of new evangelical hermeneutics

Carefully chronicling and evaluating shifts in evangelical hermeneutics, Dr. Thomas has produced a must-read volume that waves a red flag of warning to all who love and labor in the Word.

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This Festschrift, in honor of R. C. Sproul, reflects in clear, readable language the "five points of Calvinism" and the five "solas" of the Reformation.  Its clarity and its insistence to be biblical  is marred by Douglas Wilson's referring to John 3:3-8 as an allusion to the rebirth of Israel as the new Israel- the church (p.139). This unfortunate instance of theology determining interpretation rather than sound hermeneutics determining theology does not, however diminish the overall value of this volume. This is well worth your time time and effort. Recommended.

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