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John MacArthur (From the Foreword)

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July 2003 Archive

Book Review - The Case For Christ (07/26/03 - 2 Comments)
The Case For Christ should be required reading for all Christians. A bold statement, I know, but it truly is an incredible book. I certainly would not say it is the best book I've ever read, nor the most profound. But what this book does, and does very well, is set forth in a clear and unequivocal manner, the evidence that Christ existed and that He was exactly who and what He said He was....

What Is Baptism (07/24/03 - 0 Comments)
Baptism means different things to different people within the Christian world. There are disagreements in the meaning, the methodology and the importance of baptism. In this four part message series, John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, seeks to interpret the Biblical meaning of baptism. To understand Piper's analysis of baptism, it helps to know a bit of his background. He is pastor of a Baptist church and thus believes in believer's baptism by immersion....

Book Review - Charismatic Chaos (07/23/03 - 3 Comments)
Before I begin a review of Charismatic Chaos it is only fair to point out that I have really come to appreciate John MacArthur Jr. I cannot think of many contemporary authors whose beliefs and theology line up so closely with my own. So having been challenged to discern what the Bible says about speaking in tongues, signs and wonders and other marks of the charismatic movement, it only made sense that I would read...

The Ring Of Power (07/21/03 - 1 Comments)
Browsing through one of my favorite Web sites yesterday, I found that someone had posted a link to an article about the life of Jeffrey Dahmer. I assume that most North Americans are familiar with him, as he gained great notoriety in the 1990's as one of America's most vile serial killers. Over a two-decade period he was responsible for the murder (and sometimes cannibalization and other unmentionable acts) of seventeen men. The usual American...

Book Review - How To Study Your Bible (07/16/03 - 3 Comments)
Just a few months ago I came to the sudden and perhaps not-so-startling realization that although I have been reading the Bible for more than twenty years I had never really been taught how to study it. I have been told of the importance of spending time each day reading God's Word, meditating on it and even memorizing it, but I do not ever recall being taught how to systematically study it....

Book Review - Who You Are When No One's Looking (07/12/03 - 0 Comments)
From the time we are young children we are taught to behave ourselves in public. We quickly learn what behaviour is and is not acceptable when the eyes of our families and friends are on us. But who we are in public is not an accurate guage of our character. Our true character is shown when we are alone and no one is looking. It is at these times that we display our true colours....

Book Review - The Upside Down Church (07/05/03 - 2 Comments)
Before I began to read The Upside Down Church I had already decided I was not going to like it. I'm not sure if it was the picture of Greg Laurie sitting on his Harley that turned me off (to my shame) or if it was that I had just read The Purpose Driven Church and I didn't much want to hear another theory on church growth. My first two minutes of reading only confirmed...