Sunday, December 30, 2007

Book Recommendation


I am currently making my way through Foundations of Grace, the first book in a series by Steven Lawson entitled, A Long Line of Godly Men. The book is published by Reformation Trust and focuses on the Doctrines of Grace as they are taught in Scripture. In Foundations of Grace Lawson gives a Genesis through Revelation tour of the Biblical authors who wrote of sovereignty of God in nearly 600 pages of Bible saturated, God exalting, humanity humbling truth. At the close of the Old Testament portion Lawson writes:
"All preachers today should speak Biblically and boldly on this truth. To fail to teach the doctrines of grace is to speak with a different voice than the prophets. To withhold preaching on the sovereign grace of God is to break rank with these Biblical authors. It is to deliver a different message than what is recorded in the pages of sacred Scripture. This is a critical time in the history of the church, a day that begs for the clear declaration of the unchanging truth of the infallible Word of God. This is not an hour for silence on such a weighty subject as God's sovereignty in man's salvation. Voices must be lifted. Sovereign grace must be declared. The full counsel of God must be heard. Where are faithful men today who will deliver this message? Where are the saints who will support such noble messengers? ...May men of God in every place join their voices with the prophets of old in declaring the sovereign rule of God in the salvation of fallen man. "

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