War Against the Idols
Carlos M. N. Eire   
This book is an excellent review of the Calvinist phase of the Great Protestant Reformation. It shows the difference between the Lutheran phase, that stressed soteriology, and the Calvinist phase that stressed the true worship of God. It shows that the heart of the Calvinist struggle to reform the church was against Roman catholic idolatry. This is a lesson for contemporary Calvinists, most of whom, as this book demonstrates, are more Lutheran than Calvinist, and need to learn this, as the Calvinist doctrine of worship is virtually extinct. To see the full review click on the title.

Calvinism In History
N. S. McFetridge   
This book is a review of the impact that Calvinism has had on history. It deals with the influence of Calvinism on politics, on politics in the United States, on Calvinism as a moral force and on Calvinism as an evangelizing force. It demonstrates that as a political force Calvinism created modern Scotland, England, and the Netherlands, and that Calvinism was the ideology that gave birth to the United States as the American Revolution was essentially a Calvinist revolt against tyranny.   Although the boo has some defects it is still a worthy review of this important subject.  To see the full review click on the title.

Theology & Revolution in the Scottish Reformation
Richard L. Greaves   
This book fills a real need. ,any volumes have been written on the thought of such reformers as Luther and Calvin, but little on the thought of John Knox. As a major reformer in his own right and the man used of the Lord to establish the Reformation in Scotland this has been a great omission. This is especially true since all Presbyterians trace their ecclesiastical lineage to the Church of Scotland that was founded by Knox and formed into a true Presbyterian church by his successor Andrew Melville. 
Greaves has done his homework and his treatment of Knox's views on such issue as church authority (Knox was a fervent defender of the regulative principle and held that only the word of God was authoritative), the right of resistance to political and religious tyranny (Knox believed in a right of revolution), the legitimacy of female rulers (Except in rare exceptions it is illegitimate and a sign of God's judgment), is thorough and interesting. 
The development and source of these views and their impact on the history of the times are all covered in a fascinating way. This is a book well worth reading by students of the Reformation.

Will My Children Go To Heaven? 
Edward M. Gross  
This book, written by a Presbyterian pastor, teaches that if parents are faithful in carrying out their Scriptural obligations in raising their covenant children the Scriptures guarantee that their children will all be saved.  It also teaches that if ministers or elders have any unconverted children then they are unfit to hold their office.  And finally it teaches that all children who die in infancy are saved.  The review examines and presents a brief refutation of all three positions. To see the full review click on the title.

God of the Possible
Gregory A. Boyd   
This book is a popular defense of the views of Open Theism. Written so as to be understandable to laypeople, it is probably one of the more effective polemics attempting to make this heretofore scholarly debate popular with the evangelical masses. Nonetheless, no mater how appealing Boyd makes his pitch, discerning readers will note that his god is a far cry from the omniscient, omnipotent God of the Scriptures, who is sovereign over history and able to work all his will and good pleasure. To see the full review click on the title.

The Openness of God
Clark Pinnock, et al.   
This book is composed of five chapters, by five different authors, all professional theologians, and is a more scholarly attempt to popularize the view of Open Theism. It demonstrates the radical Arminianism that gave birth to these views and the resultant caricature of God that appears. It clearly shows the theological issues on which these views rest and the interpretations of Scripture that are necessary to any attempt to defend them. 
It is a scholarly and forthright defense of these views and a good introduction to what Open Theism is, what it believes, how it interprets the relevant Scripture texts, and the ideological assumptions that drives its agenda. Open Theism is a major challenge to the traditional, and we believe the Biblical, view of God, so prepare to be shocked at the conclusions of this new theory about the very nature of God.   To see the full review click on the title.

God's Lesser Glory
Richard L. Greaves   
This is a fascinating book, especially for Calvinists. Open Theism, the view that God does not know the future because it is unknowable because the free will choices of individuals upon which future events are contingent have not been as yet been made, is essentially an exercise in extreme, and rigorous Arminianism. It is the doctrine of libertarian free will taken to its logical conclusions. It is Arminianism with a vengeance. And Bruce Ware does an excellent job of demonstrating how radically unbiblical this heresy is, as well as the destructive practical results of this type of thinking about God. This is a great book. If you only read book about Open Theism this is the one to read. Even if you are not concerned about the issue of Open Theism the book's exposition and defense of the majesty, sovereignty, and glory of God are so edifying, uplifting, and comforting that that alone makes it worth reading.   To see the full review click on the title.