Fool's gold? : discerning truth in an age of error

Title
Fool's gold? : discerning truth in an age of error

Personal Author EPSB
John (ed.) MacArthur

Summary
God's Word makes it clear that not everything that glitters is gold. In this uncompromising book, John MacArthur and the contributors lay a foundation for biblical discernment and use these principles to assess several current Christian trends. Readers will find honest, biblical analyses of some of today's most popular Christian books, music, and ideas. They will be equipped with a foundation for biblical discernment that will enable them to make careful distinctions in their thinking about truth. General editor John MacArthur and the contributors of this uncompromising book define the principles of biblical discernment and use them to address several contemporary Christian issues. They provide straightforward, biblical critiques of some popular but unfortunate Christian trends, such as watered-down preaching and doctrinally questionable best-selling books. Dr. MacArthur ends with a practical plan for cultivating discernment in the Christian life.

Year Published
2005

Physical Description
224 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents
Promoting discernment in an age of blind acceptance -- Practicing discernment in your local bookstore -- Practicing discernment in your local church -- Pursuing discernment in your daily life.

Subject
Evangelicalism.
 
Christian life -- Biblical teaching.
 
Discernment (Christian theology)

Added Author
MacArthur, John, 1939-
 
Busenitz, Nathan.
 
Johnson, Phillip R., 1953-
 
Lang, Scott, 1966-

Summary
God's Word makes it clear that not everything that glitters is gold. In this uncompromising book, John MacArthur and the contributors lay a foundation for biblical discernment and use these principles to assess several current Christian trends. Readers will find honest, biblical analyses of some of today's most popular Christian books, music, and ideas. They will be equipped with a foundation for biblical discernment that will enable them to make careful distinctions in their thinking about truth. General editor John MacArthur and the contributors of this uncompromising book define the principles of biblical discernment and use them to address several contemporary Christian issues. They provide straightforward, biblical critiques of some popular but unfortunate Christian trends, such as watered-down preaching and doctrinally questionable best-selling books. Dr. MacArthur ends with a practical plan for cultivating discernment in the Christian life.

ISBN
9781581347265

Publisher
Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, c2005.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High239 MACBook30905000038327Non-Fiction