The Gospel
Book Review: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, by Rob Bell
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Emerging Church | 03.03.2003Bell’s “questions” are not as innocuous as they first sound. They are the means by which he permits one to disconnect and throw away the springs one doesn’t like.
Book Review: Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional, by Jim Belcher
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 2) | 03.02.2003The reunion Belcher is hoping for here is just not going to happen.
The Gospel and its Implications for the Church with Michael Horton
By M. Dever, M. Horton | 06.18.2002Dr. Michael S. Horton, fiery author, seminary professor, and editor of Modern Reformation, discusses the importance of the objective Cross-work of Christ over against the emphasis on subjective interpretation common in evangelical circles today.
Book Review: What’s So Amazing About Grace?, by Philip Yancey
Review by Greg Gilbert | 06.02.2002In the end, Yancey’s conception of grace is inadequate at best.
Book Review: The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views, ed. by James Beilby and Paul Eddy
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2002This book discusses the question: “What image or understanding of the atonement does Scripture present as primary?”
Book(s) Review: T. D. Jakes: Various Works
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.22.2001On the whole, most of T.D. Jakes’s works belong on the psychology shelves at the bookstore.
Book Review: Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.08.2001If Joel Osteen wants to be the Norman Vincent Peale of the twenty-first century, he has every right to give it a shot. But he should stop marketing his message as Christianity, because it is not.
Review of Rob Bell’s NOOMA — Part 2
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 03.08.2001Having watched so many of these videos, it strikes me just now how seldom Bell uses the traditional Christian language to name Jesus.
