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Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology is widely influential. It is well laid out, easy to understand, and has components that make working through it a spiritual experience. The problem is that it is wrong at a number of fundamental points. This is the first of seven e-booklets summarizing and evaluating Grudem's theology. This first e-booklet evaluates his theology of Scripture, whose underlying problem is that it is riddled with anachronistic thinking. Grudem neither knows how to fully read the books of the Bible in context, nor is aware of how fundamentalist Reformed influences have skewed ...

Those who believe God is loving and good have always wrestled with the question of why he allows evil and suffering to continue in the world. This book goes through the various issues and options, processing these questions and the best suggestions for answers. The best answers are that evil exists because of the freedom God has given us as free moral agents and that this often results in suffering. Meanwhile, God often allows suffering so that we can grow in character. In the end, we must have faith in God's goodness despite our lack of full understanding.

In the spirit of John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the New Testament, Ken Schenck translates Galatians verse by verse and gives general insights into the original meaning and connotations of this central letter of Paul. The explanatory notes incorporate expert debates over Galatians without the footnotes.

It is common to speak of the attributes or characteristics of God. This book picks ten key characteristics of God and explores them both biblically and theologically. God is mystery, love, power, knowledge, presence, Immanuel, good, parent, justice, and savior.

In the spirit of John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the New Testament, Ken Schenck translates 1 and 2 Thessalonians verse by verse. The book gives general insights into the original meaning of Paul's earliest letter, as well as plenty of speculation about the setting of Paul's most mysterious letter.

Gabriel is the arch-angel God uses more than any other to communicate with the universe. In this first of several entries into his diary, Gabriel recounts the coming of the Logos to the Earth as Jesus the Christ.

This book is part of a number of "Explanatory Notes" I have published on the New Testament. This one looks at the birth stories in Matthew and Luke, as well as the Prologue in the Gospel of John. We go verse by verse through the biblical text, with a special view to the original meaning, but also to theological and practical significance.

In the first installment of his diary, the archangel Gabriel shared his reflections on Jesus' incarnation as a child. In this second volume, he shares the story of Jesus' earthly ministry, death, and resurrection.