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Seventy Five Bible Questions Your Instructors Pray You Won't Ask
Seventy Five Bible Questions Your Instructors Pray You Won't Ask (80079) Paperback - June, 1984
238 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1984
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Gary North
173 books96 followersGary North received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. He served on the Senior Staff of the Foundation for Economic Education, in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, and was the president of the Institute for Christian Economics. Dr. North’s essays and reviews have appeared in three dozen magazines and journals, including The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Spectator, and others.
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April 25, 2022
I picked this book up read a little, and then I would put it down for a while. Took me way to long to crank out but we made it. I would highly recommend this introductory resource into reformed theology, theonomy, and postmillenialism by North. God bless Dr. North and all the work he did for the Lord. I commend this.
February 9, 2020
Great popular level summary of the arguments for Calvinist predestination, postmillenial eschatology, and Christian Reconstruction.
May 2, 2014
He should have stopped after page thirty, for then it would have been a magnificent pamphlet instead of a painful book. The opening section defending Reformed soteriology is probably the best in print. The next section on God's law is decent but the theonomy debate has moved on.
The final section on eschatology is just bad. There are good varieties of postmiillennialism. This isn't it. He offered no exegesis on the timing of the resurrection and the Bock/Blaising/Blomberg crowd have already won the debate. Further, he cannot explain why men live longer in the millennium (though he is correct, contra amillennialism, that they will and these passages should be read literally). Further, he cannot locate a "link" between dominion and the return of Christ, which is brand of postmillennialism desperately needs (it makes sense after a few moments thought: if there is no link between our current obedience and dominion and the late-return of Christ, then we cannot define the texts as postmillennial. We can just as legitimately see an era like the Reformation as the "golden age" and expect an apostasy now.)
The appendices alternated between insightful and sinful. His tactics of resistance are necessary against a humanist institution. They are sinful against a Christian institution (even one as corrupt as a certain one in the American South; 1 Corinthians 6). This is particularly ironic since he (rightly) earlier says we should have Christian courts to adjudicate these matters.
The final section on eschatology is just bad. There are good varieties of postmiillennialism. This isn't it. He offered no exegesis on the timing of the resurrection and the Bock/Blaising/Blomberg crowd have already won the debate. Further, he cannot explain why men live longer in the millennium (though he is correct, contra amillennialism, that they will and these passages should be read literally). Further, he cannot locate a "link" between dominion and the return of Christ, which is brand of postmillennialism desperately needs (it makes sense after a few moments thought: if there is no link between our current obedience and dominion and the late-return of Christ, then we cannot define the texts as postmillennial. We can just as legitimately see an era like the Reformation as the "golden age" and expect an apostasy now.)
The appendices alternated between insightful and sinful. His tactics of resistance are necessary against a humanist institution. They are sinful against a Christian institution (even one as corrupt as a certain one in the American South; 1 Corinthians 6). This is particularly ironic since he (rightly) earlier says we should have Christian courts to adjudicate these matters.
February 1, 2022
This has a pretty click-bait title even before such things were termed. The book is split into three sections:
The first 25 questions deal specifically with God's sovereignty in terms of Calvinism. These were really good and worth the price of the book. The structure is thus - A question is given, North answers it, a "questionable response" is given, and North corrects it. This continues throughout the whole book with short sections in between to summarize and give reading suggestions.
The second section gave 25 additional questions that dealt with God's law in society, specifically theonomy. I've long held that theonomists ask the right questions and just give wrong answers to those questions. So the questions for this section were good, but the answers were either so-so or just poor.
The last section provided 25 more questions that had to do with the present reign of Christ in light of the future eschaton, specifically postmillennialism. This section was better than the second, but was still lacking. A lot of the things that North affirmed could also be affirmed in the other eschatology positions. The optimism was a nice touch though and ended the book on a positive note. Everyone hopes postmillennials are right to some degree.
The first 25 questions deal specifically with God's sovereignty in terms of Calvinism. These were really good and worth the price of the book. The structure is thus - A question is given, North answers it, a "questionable response" is given, and North corrects it. This continues throughout the whole book with short sections in between to summarize and give reading suggestions.
The second section gave 25 additional questions that dealt with God's law in society, specifically theonomy. I've long held that theonomists ask the right questions and just give wrong answers to those questions. So the questions for this section were good, but the answers were either so-so or just poor.
The last section provided 25 more questions that had to do with the present reign of Christ in light of the future eschaton, specifically postmillennialism. This section was better than the second, but was still lacking. A lot of the things that North affirmed could also be affirmed in the other eschatology positions. The optimism was a nice touch though and ended the book on a positive note. Everyone hopes postmillennials are right to some degree.
July 2, 2019
This is a small book, but it is very dense. North asks valid questions and he wrote this book during a time where these questions were not popular. North encourages that people ask more good questions. His book is essentially divided into three sections: God's Sovereignty, God's Law, and God's Kingdom. Each section contains 25 questions. Very good book and highly recommend it. But you can probably skip over the Appendix portion of this book.
October 30, 2013
It's been awhile since a theology book made me laugh out loud -- and not derisively. The conclusion and the appendices are worth the whole book. The aforementioned and the last third of the book had insight after insight into relating God's character and His Word.
Good stuff. Very helpful.
Good stuff. Very helpful.
May 3, 2014
I'm not a theonomist or a postmillenialist, but North makes a good case for his theology, particularly Reformed soteriology. The questions are good ones and made me think. The book overall was intriguing to me and I plan to read it again with a notebook.
March 9, 2019
One of many conservative books written at the time as "stumper questions" for teachers in public education and colleges and universities around the country. This one is designed to allow you to annoy and harass your Sunday school teachers, seminary professors, and pastors.
January 3, 2023
I no longer share the authors worldview and find it to be toxic and insane.
June 16, 2023
An interesting read, though a bit repetitive at points.
March 31, 2016
Well. I am thoroughly impressed with Gary North and now need to read many more of his books!
An excellent and thought provoking book. His style is easy to read, but his content is hard hitting, to the point, and significant in drawing out deep wells of thought. If you don't want your faith to be challenged, don't read this book. These are great questions every single Christian ought to ask themselves and be able to answer scripturally. It's not just for those in college, rather I think this is a book for everyone. The appendices may be more geared toward those in college.
It's so funny how when I read books that have extremely short chapters (each question is two pages long) I immediately categorize it as a "devotional" merely because of the slew of "Devos" I read growing up and that was the format, short and easy. Well these may be short, but these are vastly superior devotional chapters to read! So pick it up as your next "devotional" and ask the Holy Spirit of God to deepen your relationship and understanding of faith with God!
This is more of a spring board book, an intro and the Mr North gives great direction for further reading.
An excellent and thought provoking book. His style is easy to read, but his content is hard hitting, to the point, and significant in drawing out deep wells of thought. If you don't want your faith to be challenged, don't read this book. These are great questions every single Christian ought to ask themselves and be able to answer scripturally. It's not just for those in college, rather I think this is a book for everyone. The appendices may be more geared toward those in college.
It's so funny how when I read books that have extremely short chapters (each question is two pages long) I immediately categorize it as a "devotional" merely because of the slew of "Devos" I read growing up and that was the format, short and easy. Well these may be short, but these are vastly superior devotional chapters to read! So pick it up as your next "devotional" and ask the Holy Spirit of God to deepen your relationship and understanding of faith with God!
This is more of a spring board book, an intro and the Mr North gives great direction for further reading.
March 15, 2017
75 Bible Questions Your Instructors Pray You Won’t Ask is Gary at his best. WARNING: Gary North does not write for the faint of heart! 75 Bible Questions is no exception. Arranged into three parts, Gary North presents a case for 3 specific applications of the fact of God’s sovereignty: salvation, arguing for the doctrines of grace; law, arguing for theonomy; and history, arguing for an optimistic and postmillennial eschatology. Twenty-five questions are given for each of the three subjects according to the following pattern: a pointed question, then Gary’s answer, followed by a common objection, then Gary’s final response, concluding with suggested Scripture readings. A bibliography is provided for further study. A supplement is also provided reprinting excerpts from historic creeds upon which his position is based: Anglican, Baptist, Congregationalist, Lutheran, Reformed, and Presbyterian.
April 20, 2013
Gary North, like many Christian writers, espouses a particular view of Christianity. His is a Calvinist Protestantism that moves from strict interpretation of biblical truth. In this book he asks and answers 75 questions that he warns will get Christian College Students in a lot of trouble if they ask the same questions and challenge the answers in theology classes.
I honestly don't know if that's true, never having attended a Christian college, and only rarely bible studies.
I'm concerned of any approach that boils down significant questions, the answers to any of which could be full-length books, to a two-page, canned answer.
The 75 questions are not an end, but a beginning.
I honestly don't know if that's true, never having attended a Christian college, and only rarely bible studies.
I'm concerned of any approach that boils down significant questions, the answers to any of which could be full-length books, to a two-page, canned answer.
The 75 questions are not an end, but a beginning.
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