Man's relationship to God in creation was based on works. What Adam failed to achieve, Christ, the second Adam, succeeded in achieving. Ultimately the only way one can be justified is by works. (R.C.Sproul) Works! Works! A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! (George Whitefield) “With the wolves you cannot be too severe. With the weak sheep you cannot be too gentle.” (Martin Luther on false teachers)

Friday, October 10, 2008

Can it be? Could it be? Is it true? Say it ain't so!

Now, we're getting a bit too theological. The implications of a 'mere' promotion are staggering, if they might be taken seriously. Here's what Martin Downes here says about Steve Levy's book, BIBLE OVERVIEW: The book should stir up some debate on important issues, not least of which is the content of the faith of Old Testament saints. One wonders whether liberal theology and higher critical Old Testament scholarship eviscerated evangelical confidence that David knew that Christ was his Lord, that Israel grieved the Holy Spirit in the wilderness, and that the Church in the Old Testament wasn't Unitarian.
"Church in the Old Testament"? "Wasn't Unitarian"? "David knew that Christ was his Lord"? It better be convincing! It better provide some serious hermeneutics, some solid exegesis. Psst, I bet it does! Somehow I just don't think that reading this book would bode-well for the on-going health, or survival, of my inner-dispensationalist - and I haven't even read the 'kiver'!

Steve Levy is the pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church – a thriving city centre church in Swansea, Wales.

BIBLE OVERVIEW is published by Christian Focus. The publisher's release date is November 9, 2008. Order it from Amazon.com

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