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Review: Four Views on Hell

Four Views on HellI recently read Four Views on Hell and reviewed it for school. I have posted the review below. This is an interesting book and useful for almost anyone. Read below…

Introduction

This work is an interesting and helpful piece.  The idea of accumulating four of the main opinions on the existence and nature of hell and using the leading minds in each area to discuss them has produced a handy guide.  The four views that have been discussed are the literal view, metaphorical view, purgatorial view, and the conditional view. Continue reading ‘Review: Four Views on Hell’

A Man & His Books: Wayne Grudem

Dr. Wayne Grudem

While I have been contemplating/working on a rough draft of my next post, The Evils of Higher Criticism, I ran across this great interview of Dr. Wayne Grudem.  Yes, you seminary students and graduates will recognize what is probably his most famous book: Systematic Theology.  In this interview by C.J. Mahaney you will find out about the devotional life and reading habits of a man that is amazingly committed to his Lord.

One of the great parts of this interview is Grudem’s discussion regarding his devotional prayer time.

“I find in those times of quietness, when I’m not praying about anything in particular but simply resting in the Lord’s presence, that he will bring to mind solutions for problems, or people I need to contact, or things I need to write, or things I should not spend time doing, or any of a number of other things.  I also find that over the course of the entire Bible reading and prayer time a deeper sense of peace and rest in the Lord’s presence comes on my heart.”

I hope to have my post ready for you later today, or tomorrow.  But until then…Read Here.

Quote of the Day

C.S. LewisIf you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
~C.S. Lewis, “Mere Christianity”

Quote of the Day

The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is too ordinary, His judgement is too benign, His gospel is too easy, and His Christ is too common.   ~David Wells, “God in the Wasteland”

Reflections on the Psalms: A Review

A renowned author approaches the Old Testament book of Psalms with humility. Lewis himself describes his knowledge and approach as “amateur.” However, one should not understand this to mean that he is unlearned on the subject. It is clear that he has great insight into the Psalter. He writes for the student, although it quickly becomes obvious that his thoughts would be beneficial to anyone. For the layman and aspiring scholar, they are wonderful groundwork to cause them to think outside their normal process. While for the advanced scholar and pastor, they are great reminders of things that they likely have already learned and yet may have forgotten.

Lewis suggests that Christians often take the Psalms for granted and read their worldview into the scripture. Thus, he spends the majority of his time discussing the background to the major types of Psalms. It is through this effort that one is expected to regain the Old Testament “Jewishness” of the Psalms. Continue reading ‘Reflections on the Psalms: A Review’