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The Genesis Factor: Probing Life's Big Questions

1 review
David R. Helm, Jon Dennis

Crossway Books, 2001

The Genesis Factor
I grew up in the home of a pastor. I learned early that unless you wanted to sit for an hour and listen to your dad talk, you don't ask complicated questions. I was reminded of that feeling while reading "The Genesis Factor." Written by two pastors, "The Genesis Factor" touts its intended audience as "seekers," and uses the example of college students wrestling with questions of origins and ...

The Big Picture Story Bible

36 reviews
David R. Helm

Crossway Books, 2004

Best Storybook Bible
Hands down, this is the best story Bible I have ever read, reviewed, or recommended. It is a theological homerun, is kid-friendly, and is superbly written. Our church now uses it as a gift to every family with a new baby. I could not be more excited about this resource, and if you're looking for a story Bible, I'd say start here. David Morris, Associate Pastor (with an emphasis on children's ...

1 and 2 Peter and Jude: Sharing Christ's Sufferings (Preaching the Word Commentaries)
David R. Helm

Crossway Books, 2008

Neither Peter nor Jude minced words about the realities that would confront every Christian and that were confronting the church at large?suffering and persecution, contradictory views of the gospel, constant challenges to the faith at the hands of false teachers. Yet even in the face of these harsh realities, both biblical writers unswervingly declared that there is no cause for despair as long as one’s foundation and identity are in ...

Divine Foreknowledge: 4 Views

9 reviews

InterVarsity Press, 2001

Excellent Introduction to the Foreknowledge debate
Most of the reviews on this page miss the boat entirely. Rather than actually reviewing or recommending DF the reviewers are merely venting their anger because their particular view is challenged. Pay them no mind. DF is an excellent book. Buy it and read all the views with as much of an open humble mind as you can. It's better than the alternative spoon feeding that is rampant in many ...