Book Reviews

Quotes from Jack Deere’s “Surprised by the Power of the Spirit: Discovering How God Speaks and Heals Today”

March 12, 2015 By ray

Jack Deere, formerly an associate professor of Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, is a writer and lecturer who speaks throughout the world on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The real reason Christians do not believe in the miraculous gifts is simply because they have Inot seen miracles in their present experience.… Read more

Quotes from “The Spirit-filled Church” by Terry Virgo

May 30, 2014 By ray

Terry Virgo is founder of Newfrontiers, a global Christian movement spanning over 60 countries and 800 churches. This book has given me much food for thought… There seemed to be a number of different schools of thought regarding receiving the Spirit. Some simply taught that if you were a Christian you had already received the Holy Spirit, and that was that!… Read more

Book Review and Quotes from “The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Gifts” (Sam Storms)

March 11, 2014 By ray

Luke 11 (HCSB) 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Dr.… Read more

The King in His Beauty: Tom Schreiner on His New Biblical Theology

January 23, 2014 By ray

This article was posted on the Gospel Coalition website. Really good book if you are trying to get deeper in the Word. In the closing chapter of the Bible, faith vanishes into sight and the “age of the ear” yields to the “age of the eye” as God’s people see his face (Rev.… Read more

Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 5)

September 23, 2011 By ray

Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 5) The church, the bride of Christ, is the Second Eve. She is Christ in another form for she was taken out of Him. She takes the name of her Bridegroom. Just as Eve had Adam’s name before the fall, so the bride of Christ takes the name of Christ.… Read more

Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 1-4)

August 4, 2011 By ray

May God bless you with new insights as you contemplate the mystery of Christ’s passionate love for His church. Chapter 1: The Hidden Romance of the Bible In Genesis 1 and 2, the Bible opens up with a woman and a man. In Revelation 21 and 22, the Bible closes with a woman and a man.… Read more