books by Michael Horton
books:
Michael Horton
People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology
Michael S. Horton
Westminster John Knox Press
, 2008
Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives
Leonard Sweet
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Andy Crouch
, ...
Zondervan/Youth Specialties
, 2003
Decent introduction of topic
The book gives five different perspectives, from five different authors, on how the church should respond to an increasing post-modern culture. It is in a sense a modern day discussion of H. Richard Niebuhr's classic text Christ and Culture. The five perspectives are ...
Covenant and Salvation: Union with Christ
Michael S. Horton
Westminster John Knox Press
, 2007
A Covenantal Account of Justification and Union
Michael Horton, professor of apologetics and theology at Westminster Seminary California, is truly a "fresh voice" in theology today, as David Kelsey has said. Steeped in the wake of the Reformation and Reformed confessional theology, Horton's third volume (with the ...
Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
Michael Horton
Baker Books
, 2008
Horton Dismantles the Alternative Gospel
It is no small thing to take upon oneself the name Christian. Though it was first used as a form of derision when unbelievers mocked the "little Christs," the name was embraced by the earliest believers. The term, even when used mockingly, nicely encapsulated what they ...
Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama
Michael S. Horton
Westminster John Knox Press
, 2002
The Death of False Dichotomies
This is Horton's Ph.D dissertation finally come to light. It is a thick and enlightening piece of scholarship. Horton brings in the greats of the Christian Faith in support of his thesis that theology need not be torn assunder by so many false dichotomies. We ...
Too Good to Be True: Finding Hope in a World of Hype
Michael S. Horton
Zondervan
, 2006
2Good2BTrue
I'm thinking that this book should be required reading for: 1. Pastors 2. Lay people 3. Anyone who is considering, or has responded to, the call to follow Christ When I'm out and about, or even just flipping through the channels on TV, I am often confronted ...
Baptism And Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today (IVP Classics)
John R. W. Stott
IVP Books
, 2007
Baptism and fullness - a review
Although it was written in 1964 (and before the modern charismatic movement hit its stride), this book is one of the best short treatments of the work of the Spirit that I have read. I especially appreciate the spirit of humility in which it is written. Emphasis in ...
God of Promise: Introducing Covenant Theology
Michael Horton
Baker Books
, 2006
Horton's book on covenant theology
i would say first of all that this is not to be read as a bedtime book. i had to be awake and alert to be thoughtful enough to follow. a bit complex, but thorough, at the start. book is easier to understand as it progresses. take time to read decent sized pieces of ...
Four Views on Eternal Security
Zondervan
, 2002
This book proves that Wesleyanism denies Faith Alone
This book is a fairly good introduction to the issue of eternal security (or perseverance of the saints). There are four main essays in the book (with responses): Classical Calvinism--Michael Horton; Moderate Calvinism--Norman Geisler; Reformed Arminianism (or True ...
Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel
Michael Horton
Baker Books
, 2002
The Right Book and the Right Time
I have been re-re-reading "Putting Amazing Back into Grace" by Michael Horton and am stunned once again! Any book that can capture your thoughts the third time around and make you expand on those thoughts is a book that you can really enjoy over and over until the ...
Mary Black's Family Quilts: Memory and Meaning in Everyday Life
Laurel Horton
University of South Carolina Press
, 2006
Don't expect a quilter's handbook here: this is local history at its best
Laurel Horton is an independent folklorist and textile scholar who examines the family quilting traditions of six generations in Mary Black's Family Quilts: Memory And Meaning In Everyday Life. Sixteen quilts here tell the story of the family, a South Carolina legend - ...
Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment
Southern Illinois University Press
, 2007
Must read.
Great new interpretations on slavery, emancipation, and the pivotal role they played in nineteenth century history. A very insightful, enlightening, and interesting read.
Power Religion: The Selling Out of the Evangelical Church?
J. I. Packer
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R. C. Sproul
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Moody Pr
, 1997
Should be required reading for all church leaders.
Many of the issues up for discussion are simply based upon the age-old debate between, semi-Pelagianism and Augustinianism. However the contributers adroitly cut through the flesh and get at the heart of contemporary church issues. This debate is not over a matter of ...
Better Way, A: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship
Michael Horton
Baker Books
, 2003
Strongly recommended as a profound, life-changing book
A Better Way: Rediscovering The Drama Of God-Centered Worship by Rev. Michael Horton (Associate Professor, Westminister Theological Seminary, California) is a clear and careful examination of the Christian worship of God. Individual chapters address the Biblical ...
Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism (Counterpoints)
Zondervan
, 2004
First 100 pages...
I'm giving this book five stars because of the first section. Nassif does an incredible job at showing how Eastern Orthodoxy is basically the epitome of the criterion for Evangelicalism, as defined by Evangelicals. The scheme he uses is the Bebbington quadrilateral, ...
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