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Summary: Highest Praise!! Well written and well received.
Review: Mr. Deere has written a truly wonderful book. His writing isclear. His citations and examples are both excellent and presented ina manner that certainly enlightened this reader. Thanks to Mr. Deere and praise to the Lord for his inspiration.
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Summary: Radical middle between the Word and the Spirit
Review: Not only is Dr. Deere a good teacher, he's also a good writer. This book is full of insight, and is certainly worth more than one reading - just like his first book. Yet it's easy to read, entertaining and hard to put down, so much that I've endured a few blurry-eyed mornings due to having stayed up reading too long! Apologists like Deere, Fee and Grudem make a strong case for Charismatic/Empowered Evangelicals to be the biblical norm and the New Testament model.
It should be said that the previous reviewer's interview snippet is highly misleading. The internet is full of witch hunters, prowling like lions, seeking to devour whom they can by ruining reputations. The false accusation that Deere "doesn't know what the Gospel is" is an old one. Look up the Vineyard Position Papers on the www for the full story. We should examine and weight all the evidence (and put it in situational context in this case!) before judging someone. Personally, I think Deere showed great restraint. Someone else might have socked the questioner with a punch in the nose!
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Summary: Perversion!
Review: Taken from an interview from http://withchrist.org/MJS/jack_deere.htmQuestioner: I wonder if you might tell me why you felt my explanation of the Gospel given yesterday was defective. [I said that Christ died for our sins, was buried, raised on the third day, and that it is this Gospel by which we are saved.] Dr. Deere: I am not prepared to talk about that. Questioner: Well, just offhand, what do you think the Gospel is? Dr. Deere: I am not prepared to make a formal statement about that. Questioner: Could you tell me informally what the Gospel is? Dr. Deere: I am not sure. Questioner: I find that surprising--that you are not sure just what the Gospel is. Dr. Deere: I used to be just like you--thinking the Gospel was simply justification. Questioner: Are you saying that the Gospel is more than justification by faith? Dr. Deere: Yes. Questioner: What would you add to it? Dr. Deere: Deliverance. Questioner: What do you mean by deliverance? Dr. Deere: Things like demons and healing and.... Questioner: You would add as an essential part of the saving Gospel things like exorcising of demons and healing? Dr. Deere: Yes. Questioner: But you are not sure exactly what should be included? Dr. Deere: No, not yet. Questioner: Would it be fair to say that you are in a state of flux since joining the Wimber thing? Dr. Deere: We are always in a state of flux--you are.... Questioner: But in the Gospel message? Surely that is one thing we should have worked out. Don't you think we can reduce the Gospel to some sort of summary statement like Paul does in say 1 Corinthians 1 and 2, or 15; or 1 Thessalonians 4, or Romans 5? Dr. Deere: [No response, except a shrug of the shoulders.]
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