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| Grace to You |
In an age of open-mindedness, many believers accept too much, using little discernment resulting in confusion. False teaching and trends need to be evaluated for their soundness. 1 Thess 5:21, 1 John 4:1.
This book is a collection of essays from various authors that encourage the reader to have a miner’s discrimination and fortitude applied to discerning truth from error. Returning to the authority of Scripture is stressed, which is much needed today. Sound biblical teaching is in short supply and this book was a refreshing find.
Detecting a spiritual counterfeit requires discipline. Titus 1:9 says; “holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.”
Each chapter of this book addresses a different subject on trends and false teaching. Part Two titled: Practicing discernment in your local bookstore was one of the most helpful sections of the book. An evaluation of four popular best-selling books are biblically discerned by the writers with Scripture. The concluding chapter gives practical and biblical instruction on applying discernment by the sufficiency of Scripture. God’s Word is an anchor in our faith, and it provides instruction on how to evaluate and test - every spiritual message we receive and discern between trends, traditions and truth. This book will equip you with a solid foundation for which to exercise the practice of biblical discernment.
Some of the authors who contributed individual chapters in this book are: Nathan Busenitz, Phil Johnson, Daniel Gillespie, Rick Holland, Carey Hardy, Kurt Gebhards, Dan Dumas.
John MacArthur is pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California and president of The Master’s College and Seminary. He is the author and editor of many books. John MacArthur can be heard on “Grace to You” radio program which broadcasts daily across the country on nearly 300 stations.
Grace to you website- www.gty.org
Copyright © 2005 by the Shepherd’s Fellowship
Published by Crossway Books - www.crossway.com
ISBN- 1-58134-726-X