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Title: Major Bible Themes by Lewis Sperry Chafer, John F. Walvoord ISBN: 0-310-22390-3 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 17 March, 1974 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellence resource to study the Bible
Comment: We've used this book since 1982 for individual studies and Bible study groups. It's an excellent resource for studying the Bible. It's just as valuable for new Christians as it is helpful for mature believers. The book contains 52 vital doctrines of the Bible, the cardinal doctrines that are essential for the understanding of Christianity and a Christian's growth. It features chapters on the "Bible," "God the Son," "God the Trinity," "God the Holy Spirit," "Satan," "Man," "The Church," "The Second Coming of Christ," and so much more. At the end of each chapter it has a short test which will be very helpful in Bible study groups as well as for individual studies. Everything is explained in an easy-to-understand format and it also discusses various viewpoints of a certain doctrine. This book is also helpful as a quick reference guide. We highly recommend this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resource to study the Bible
Comment: We've used this book since 1982 for individual studies and Bible study groups. It's an excellent resource for studying the Bible. It's just as valuable for new Christians as it is helpful for mature believers. The book contains 52 vital doctrines of the Bible, the cardinal doctrines that are essential for the understanding of Christianity and for a Christian's growth. It features chapters on "The Bible," "God the Son," "God the Trinity," "God the Holy Spirit," "Satan," "Man," "The Church," "The Second Coming of Christ," and so much more. Each chapter concludes with a short test which will be very helpful in Bible study groups. Everything is explained in an easy-to-understand format. This book is very helpful and we highly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good solid survey of Bible doctrine
Comment: Lewis Sperry Chafer is one of my all time favorite theologians. Dr. Chafer was a champion of conservative dispensational-premellinnial and "Free Grace" theology, and this work is nothing less than a delightful treatment of many of the major themes in the Bible.
For many who do not have the luxury of reading Chafer's eight volume Systematic Theolgy (in which I must confess, I have a long way to go), Major Bible Themes can serve as a helpful substitute.
But, because this book represents a systematic theology, I must split a few hairs.
Though Dr. Chafer was the original writer who helped me to understand that my assurance of salvation is based solely on Christ's promises, he does confuse the issue a bit in this work. He does not go so far to say, as many Reformed scholars do (in strong disagreement with Calvin who said assurance is of the essence of saving faith), that assurance cannot be had apart from a radically changed life, yet he does say that works do play a small role in assurance. The problem here, is that if works of any kind play any role in assurance, then assurance must necessarily be less than sure. In fact, the closer one walks with the Lord, the worse his life will seem to himself. Only by then comparing ourself to others can assurance be regained (which is clearly a faulty idea, since a Christian's standard of holiness is much higher than anyone we can observe [Matt 5:48]). The inconsistency here is minor but it does put a foot in the door for all kinds of mess.
Along the same lines, there are related passages such as Hebrews 6:4-9 where I disagree with Dr. Chafer (see Kem Oberholtzer's articles on the warning passages in Hebrews in Bibliotheca Sacra for a view similar to mine), but this is bound to be the case for nearly any author.
I commend Dr. Chafer highly for his stance on James 2:14-26 (on page 200). To the detriment of the church, his view is so rarely held today (Zane Hodges makes a strong exegetical argument for this view in his commentary on James available on Amazon.com).
All in all, I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars because, like all systematic works, there is bound to be some areas of disagreement. But I do recommend this book to anyone who recognizes that it is a helpful tool, not a substitute for your own personal exegetical work.
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Title: He That Is Spiritual by Lewis Sperry Chafer ISBN: 0310223415 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 20 October, 1983 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Grace: An Exposition of God's Marvelous Gift by Lewis Sperry Chafer ISBN: 0825423414 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Satan: His Motives and Methods by Lewis Sperry Chafer ISBN: 0825423449 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth by Charles Caldwell Ryrie ISBN: 0802427340 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Survey of Bible Doctrine by Charles Caldwell Ryrie ISBN: 0802484387 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: November, 1972 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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