MARK PEMBERTON
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The Westminster Confession Exploded(Deliverance from the Law) by John Metcalfe.
Irony was, I enjoyed it at the time !
Any book by Dr. P. S. Ruckman.
Irony was, I enjoyed it at the time !
Any book by Dr. P. S. Ruckman.
Worst Books
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Bladestunner316
Puritan Board Doctor
Anything Pentecostal
Worst written or most damaging?
MARK PEMBERTON
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Deadly.
luvroftheWord
Puritan Board Sophomore
1. What Love is This? - Dave Hunt
2. Chosen But Free - Norman Geisler (actually, James White's "The Potter's Freedom" almost makes CBF worth the effort to read)
3. Absolutely Free - Zane Hodges
4. Eternal Security - Charles Stanley
5. The Left Behind Series (You gotta read "Right Behind" by Nathan Wilson)
6. The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson (You gotta read "The Mantra of Jabez" by Doug Jones)
2. Chosen But Free - Norman Geisler (actually, James White's "The Potter's Freedom" almost makes CBF worth the effort to read)
3. Absolutely Free - Zane Hodges
4. Eternal Security - Charles Stanley
5. The Left Behind Series (You gotta read "Right Behind" by Nathan Wilson)
6. The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson (You gotta read "The Mantra of Jabez" by Doug Jones)
MARK PEMBERTON
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Dave Hunt causes much concern here.
How is he handled state-side ?
How is he handled state-side ?
Christopher
Puritan Board Freshman
Well, the funnies "theological" books I have read were a few books by Hal Lindsey. Funny!!!:bigsmile::biggrin:
Christopher
Puritan Board Freshman
J.R. Graves I think (without looking). And yes it is bad.
cupotea
Puritan Board Junior
anything by peretti (sadly, I have most of his stuff... even have an autographed copy of "Prophet" on my shelf... went through a phase a few years back 
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"The Feminist's Bible" or something like that... forget the exact title. They went through and changed all of the gender titles refering to God to female.
)."The Feminist's Bible" or something like that... forget the exact title. They went through and changed all of the gender titles refering to God to female.
As I mentioned on another Thread, Hal Lindsey's [i:70a32110ff]Road to Holocaust[/i:70a32110ff] is one of the worse books ever written by him. His other ones are bad of course, but not as bad as this one.
Another "worse" book would be R.T Kendall's [i:70a32110ff]Once Saved Always Saved[/i:70a32110ff].
Richard Alderson wrote a rebuttal to this antinomian work by Kendall, entitled, [i:70a32110ff]No Holiness, No Heaven![/i:70a32110ff].
Another "worse" book, is David Engelsma's [i:70a32110ff]Christ's Spiritual Kingdom, A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism[/i:70a32110ff]. It is one of the [u:70a32110ff]most slanderous works ever written by him[/u:70a32110ff]. But it does reveal the consistency of pessimism with modern Amillennialism.
Colin
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Another "worse" book would be R.T Kendall's [i:70a32110ff]Once Saved Always Saved[/i:70a32110ff].
Richard Alderson wrote a rebuttal to this antinomian work by Kendall, entitled, [i:70a32110ff]No Holiness, No Heaven![/i:70a32110ff].
Another "worse" book, is David Engelsma's [i:70a32110ff]Christ's Spiritual Kingdom, A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism[/i:70a32110ff]. It is one of the [u:70a32110ff]most slanderous works ever written by him[/u:70a32110ff]. But it does reveal the consistency of pessimism with modern Amillennialism.
Colin
[Edited on 6-1-2003 by CT292]
luvroftheWord
Puritan Board Sophomore
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Also, I've not read it all, nor most of it, but enough to gag:
The Trail of Blood
I can't remember the author, but it was about Baptist Successionism. Ick
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I totally agree.
I come from an independent fundamental baptist background and my pastor has preached I dont know how many series of sermons on why Baptist churches are the true churches because they can be traced back all the way through history. I took a semester of church history and can I just say that most of the pockets of groups mentioned in that book as being baptists have historically been defined as heretics in many respects. To say that the "Paulicians" got their name because they adhered to the teaching of the apostle Paul is absurd. Does not every group of Christians claim to teach what Paul taught?
For a little more info, my pastor is part of the Landmark Baptist tradition that denies the doctrine of the universal church. He says that the word "church" is ONLY used to describe local churches in the NT, not the "family of God", which is how he refers to the biblical doctrine of the universal church. The fact that he can't get away with denying the reality of the universal church and has to come up with another name for it to make his theology consistent speaks volumes about Landmarkism.
Also, I've not read it all, nor most of it, but enough to gag:
The Trail of Blood
I can't remember the author, but it was about Baptist Successionism. Ick
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I totally agree.
I come from an independent fundamental baptist background and my pastor has preached I dont know how many series of sermons on why Baptist churches are the true churches because they can be traced back all the way through history. I took a semester of church history and can I just say that most of the pockets of groups mentioned in that book as being baptists have historically been defined as heretics in many respects. To say that the "Paulicians" got their name because they adhered to the teaching of the apostle Paul is absurd. Does not every group of Christians claim to teach what Paul taught?
For a little more info, my pastor is part of the Landmark Baptist tradition that denies the doctrine of the universal church. He says that the word "church" is ONLY used to describe local churches in the NT, not the "family of God", which is how he refers to the biblical doctrine of the universal church. The fact that he can't get away with denying the reality of the universal church and has to come up with another name for it to make his theology consistent speaks volumes about Landmarkism.
Colin-
I've never read that book before, but you do realize the critique of it came from Credenda Agenda, right? I enjoy Credenda, but it usually attempts making points by exaggeration. It can't see beyond it's own postimillenialism, which is what makes it funny too.
Oh yeah, worst theological book:
Deep breath....I've actually read a John Hagee book!
Also, "What about those who have never heard?" edited by John Sanders. There is only one author in that book that even tried to be biblical. Sanders is a pluralist, so political correctness and cheesy lets get alongism is his mantra. One guy actually tried to defend the idea that people who haven't heard the gospel will have it preached to them after they die...it was quite strange.
Open Theism: A biblical defense
I'm sure there are others I've read, but I'm literally trying to suppress them!
[Edited on 6-2-2003 by Craig]
I've never read that book before, but you do realize the critique of it came from Credenda Agenda, right? I enjoy Credenda, but it usually attempts making points by exaggeration. It can't see beyond it's own postimillenialism, which is what makes it funny too.
Oh yeah, worst theological book:
Deep breath....I've actually read a John Hagee book!
Also, "What about those who have never heard?" edited by John Sanders. There is only one author in that book that even tried to be biblical. Sanders is a pluralist, so political correctness and cheesy lets get alongism is his mantra. One guy actually tried to defend the idea that people who haven't heard the gospel will have it preached to them after they die...it was quite strange.
Open Theism: A biblical defense
I'm sure there are others I've read, but I'm literally trying to suppress them!
[Edited on 6-2-2003 by Craig]
Landmark Baptists
Just for clarity's sake, the book, [i:4c4ea5258e]The Trail of Blood[/i:4c4ea5258e] was written by J. M. [u:4c4ea5258e]Carroll[/u:4c4ea5258e], not to be confused with B.H. Carroll, although there are some similarities beside the name. (I do not know if they were related.) B.H. Carroll was the founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Just for clarity's sake, the book, [i:4c4ea5258e]The Trail of Blood[/i:4c4ea5258e] was written by J. M. [u:4c4ea5258e]Carroll[/u:4c4ea5258e], not to be confused with B.H. Carroll, although there are some similarities beside the name. (I do not know if they were related.) B.H. Carroll was the founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Christopher
Puritan Board Freshman
[quote:e0b60d939b][i:e0b60d939b]Originally posted by lkjohnson[/i:e0b60d939b]
Just for clarity's sake, the book, [i:e0b60d939b]The Trail of Blood[/i:e0b60d939b] was written by J. M. [u:e0b60d939b]Carroll[/u:e0b60d939b], not to be confused with B.H. Carroll, although there are some similarities beside the name. (I do not know if they were related.) B.H. Carroll was the founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. [/quote:e0b60d939b]
Thats right. I think I made the same mistake on an exam in Seminary with putting Graves' name down as the author instead of Carroll's. Oh well. :no:
Just for clarity's sake, the book, [i:e0b60d939b]The Trail of Blood[/i:e0b60d939b] was written by J. M. [u:e0b60d939b]Carroll[/u:e0b60d939b], not to be confused with B.H. Carroll, although there are some similarities beside the name. (I do not know if they were related.) B.H. Carroll was the founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. [/quote:e0b60d939b]
Thats right. I think I made the same mistake on an exam in Seminary with putting Graves' name down as the author instead of Carroll's. Oh well. :no:
JasonGoodwin
Puritan Board Sophomore
I remember in my early days in the Doctrines of Grace when I received David Engelsma's Standard Bearer newsletters. He would often quote the Belgic confession. Yet, I found that there was something amiss when he said something to the effect that believing children should not witness to their unbelieving parents since they are subject to them. Pardon me, but isn't that a violation of the commandment "Honour thy Father and Mother"? That kind of attitude (if that is what he truly said) shackles a child from being an example to his parents. I have heard countless stories of how children witnessed to their parents and they were converted. Engelsma has some very disturbing theology which makes me feel extremely uncomfortable.
Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
Here are the most-damaging books in no particular order... some cross over into worst written category as well.
- And the Truth Shall Set You Free by Richard Nixon
- Chosen but Free: A Balanced View of Divine Election by Norman Geisler
- Communist Manifesto, The by K. Marx
- Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, An by Charles Beard
- Green Book, The by Mohammar Qaddafi
- Late Great Planet Earth, The by Hal Lindsay
- Left Behind Series by Tim LaHaye
- Mein Kampf by A. Hitler
- My Life by Bill Clinton
- Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy (completely ghost-written by some Harvard guy other than JFK)
- Red Book, The Little by Mao Tse-Tung
- Scofield Bible, The by C.I. Scofield
- What Love Is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God by Dave Hunt
- Probably, half of the New York Times Bestseller list as well...
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Did Nixon really write that?
:bigsmile:
[Edited on 3-19-2005 by Puritanhead]
Average Joey
Puritan Board Junior
What gets me about Dave Hunt,is that he loses all of his public debates againsts Calvinists,and yet he still writes a book.
Anton Bruckner
Puritan Board Professor
:bigsmile::bigsmile:
Ryan, Are we being generous or what?
14. Probably, half of the New York Times Bestseller list as well...
[Edited on 3-21-2005 by puritancovenanter]
14. Probably, half of the New York Times Bestseller list as well...
[Edited on 3-21-2005 by puritancovenanter]
Archlute
Puritan Board Senior
I believe that the title of the book was "The Battlefield of the Mind" by Joyce Meyers. It consisted of 85% Scripture quotations, followed by the other 15% of her thoughts on what they meant (in a charismaticy, spiritual-warfare-like way). Not only were her conclusions off-base, but I sat there thinking, "What a way to make a buck!" It also helped to solidify my veiws on the impropriety of women publishing "theological" materials for the church at large (this may offend some kind ladies here, but after dealing with feminist nuts at my 1st seminary I've grown a thick hide on this issue; I mean you no ill.)
[Edited on 3-27-2005 by Archlute]
[Edited on 3-27-2005 by Archlute]
ABondSlaveofChristJesus
Puritan Board Freshman
why is this book bad?
Also anything by John R. Rice
I am filled with indignation toward that guy. He has really goofed up my grandpa...
[Edited on 3-27-2005 by ABondSlaveofChristJesus]
Solo Christo
Puritan Board Freshman
Stanley is a OSAS Arminian who hands out a liscense to sin while claiming that Christ's warning about weeping and gnashing of teeth is actually about heaven. It doesn't get any worse.
Lesson learned: always preach eternal security as perseverance.
[Edited on 4-7-2005 by Solo Christo]
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