False Gospels
Book Review: Health, Wealth, and Happiness, by David Jones and Russell Woodbridge
Review by Trevin Wax | 9Marks Journal: Don't Be Too Cool for Sunday School | 12.29.2011Pastors will want to have not merely one copy of this on their bookshelf, but multiple copies to hand out to church members.
Book Review: Preachers of a Different Gospel, by Femi Adeleye
Review by Trevin Wax | 9Marks Journal: Don't Be Too Cool for Sunday School | 12.19.2011This book is a heartfelt plea to reject the prosperity gospel and embrace the biblical message that saves.
Does God promise Christians material wealth and physical health in this life?
9MarksIn the gospel, God gives us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (Eph. 1:3): we’re made righteous in his sight, freed from slavery to sin, given the Holy Spirit to dwell in us, adopted into God’s family, and ultimately given eternal life.
What is the difference between a man-centered gospel and the true gospel?
9MarksThere are countless man-centered “gospels” on offer today. Such “gospels” say things like, “God wants to make you rich and prosperous in this life,” or “God wants to heal you of every physical and emotional ailment,” or “God wants to provide for whatever needs you feel you have.”
But how do these man-centered gospels differ from the true, biblical, God-centered gospel?
What are the most dangerous threats to the gospel today?
9MarksIt’s impossible to answer what’s “most” dangerous to the gospel today without God’s knowledge of everything. But here are some prominent threats that loom on the horizon:
Why should churches draw doctrinal boundaries?
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Book Review: Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, by D. A. Carson
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010What good is evangelistic ministry if we lose the evangel?
Book Review: The Lost Message of Jesus, by Steve Chalke
Review by Mike Gilbart-Smith | 03.05.2010OUTLINE
Book Review: The Church Beyond the Congregation, by James Thwaites
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.03.2010James Thwaites is a sobering example of what can happen when we allow a philosophy or idea to gain ascendancy in our minds, and only then ask the Scriptures to agree with us.
Book Review: The Prayer of Jabez, by Bruce Wilkinson
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.03.2010The theology of prayer that Wilkinson teaches in the book is entirely unconnected to the Christian gospel.
Book Review: A New Kind of Christian, by Brian McLaren
Review by Mark Dever | 03.02.2010The church of Christ can survive both bad books and bad reviews. Perhaps in this case, it will have to survive both.
Book Review: The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne
Review by Shane Walker | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.02.2010The book’s theology is an unbiblical and incoherent synthesis which might be described as popularized Christian anarchism for young, disaffected, middle-class Americans.
