I am continuing with the best books that I read in
2013. This book comes in at number nine
but before I get into this book review, I have to tell you where I found
it. The Tuesday after Labor Day, I flew
to Portland, Oregon to preach for Pastor Ron Bohde. I have certainly come to realize that Pastor
Bohde, his family, and his church contributed far more to me than I did for
them. The trip will fall into one of the
lifetime memory categories. Whether you
are aware of it or not, there is a bookstore in Portland that is the biggest
used bookstore in the United States. It
is called Powell’s Used Books and takes up an entire city block in the downtown
area. It has four floors along with a
basement and it is an absolute paradise for anyone who even remotely loves
books. Pastor Bohde was kind enough to
leave me there for almost seven hours and it was a great event for me!
I would think that most of those who are involved in
ministry especially that of preaching would almost certainly have to be aware
of the strong influence that John Calvin and his deadly doctrine has come into
play in our generation. This has been
very much influenced by the seminaries of various faiths in the evangelical
world. Some have dropped their
denominational boundaries and are falling under the “reformed” tent and have
really made great inroads into the younger men who are graduating from their
seminaries.
