Levels Of Perspicuity In The Old Testament Scriptures
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JOURNAL of DISPENSATIONAL
THEOLOGY
August, 2012 Volume 16, Number 48
Editorial…………….…………....……………….………..…….5
What Is Man? or, The Image of God……......………….................................................13Shaun Lewis
Levels of Perspicuity in the Old Testament Scriptures…..…....29Brian H. Wagner
Challenges to Biblical Authority in Baptist Life………….........55Kenneth Dowlen
The Church: Visible or Invisible in a Fallen World……...............69Samuiel Bâlc
Book ReviewsCahn, Jonathan. The Harbinger……………...…….………......84Campbell, Constantine. Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek….......................................................................................................89Keller, Timothy. The Prodigal God:Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith...................................91Voskamp, Ann. One Thousand Gifts,A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are......……………….....85Whitten, Clark. Pure Grace…………………………….………81
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