Who wants to read about stuffy old law, anyway? Jesus came and we have grace and love now, right? Jani Ortlund, the wife of Ray Ortland Jr., and author of His Loving Law, Our Lasting Legacy would graciously counter that grace was given to the Israelites before the law, and that the law was a gift of love from God, not slavery. In her interview she discusses her love of the Bible and commands that are not only in the Old Testament, but the New. She informs us that the law is meant to point us to Jesus as we cannot live up to its standards. Jesus cleanses us and frees us to love him back, and the law is a picture of what God is like. Formerly a school teacher, Jani saw the removal of the Ten Commandments from the walls of her school. With a deep love for Jesus and the law that God gave, she was burdened to share with families the practical teaching of the Ten Commandments as conduits to Christ and a gift of life to be passed on to the next generation. This wise and gracious woman clearly loves Jesus and clearly loves the Word.

An Interview with Dr. Alistair McGrath

The right for believers to interpret Scripture lies at the core of Protestantism. Dr. McGrath writes his latest book Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution – A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First to help the church today remember the roots and adaptability of Protestantism. With a balance of criticism and encouragement, McGrath clearly presents the development of Protestantism over the past 500 years. He concludes with great insight on the tremendous upside of Protestantism in that it continues to be close to the culture yet faithful to preaching the gospel. We are very thankful for his flexibility to do this interview over the phone with us (especially with the time difference involved!).

Mark Dever, pastor at Capital Hill Baptist Church and 9Marks Ministry, interviews with Resurgence about his latest book What is a Healthy Church. This short and biblically concise book is a must read for the Church today, especially its leaders. In fact humbly Pastor Mark refers first to Joshua Harris’ book Stop Dating the Church as a nice prequel to this work. But if anyone knows the work of Mark Dever they will know that through biblical faithfulness we are presented with great essentials of a growing vibrant church community imparted in this book. He also briefly comments on his upcoming book, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism which should be a great book in practical wisdom for fulfilling the call of the Great Commission.

An interview with Lee Strobel

Please enjoy this quick interview that Resurgence had with Lee Strobel, a New York Times best selling author and believer in Jesus. Apologies in advance for the interview being so short due to my lingering side effects of being a jock. Lee Strobel has just came out with a very helpful resource The Case for the Real Jesus and he does an excellent job again at investigating to the core the six major challenges today brought up against Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. You will want this book in your library.

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Christian Focus Publications, 2002
57 pages

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275 pages

My 1st Book of Memory Verses
Carine MacKenzie
Christian Focus Publications, 2002
www.christianfocus.com
62 pages

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E. Stanley Ott
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans (2002)
113 pages

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Christian Focus Publications, (2002)
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