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REVIEWS

Book
Reviews
OUTSTANDING

GOOD
PERFECTLY OK BUT NOT
VERY EXCITING

LIFE IS TOO SHORT
TO SPEND TIME ON
THIS BOOK

SHOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN

PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN
THEOLOGY (Fourth Edition)
Floyd H Barackman, Kregel
Publications/Alban Books
This is, in every sense, a big book. It is a very
long, detailed and comprehensive examination
of the great doctrines of the faith and yet the
author states in his preface that he does not
offer it as ‘being complete or final’. A more
complete or final edition I would be surprised
to see.
The book examines twelve different doctrines:
the Bible, the Doctrine of God, the Father, Lord
Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Angels, Man, Sin,
Salvation, Christian Life, Christian Church and
Future Prophetic Events. Barackman’s theology
is based on the conviction that the Bible is
the divinely given, inerrant Word of God and
that in order for any reader to understand the
Bible’s truth, he or she has to stand in a right
relationship with God and be taught by the
Holy Spirit.
The wonderful thing about this book is that,
despite its weightiness, it will appeal just
as much to the lay reader as the academic
student. Open it at any page and you are
immediately immersed in interesting and
relevant details of different aspects of our
faith. This book should be required reading
for all Christians as it addresses all that is
fundamental to our beliefs and the application
of those beliefs to everyday life.
RAY TAYLOR

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