AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT OF FINDING GOD'S WILL
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT OF FINDING GOD’S WILL
By Forrest W. Schultz
A review of Jeffrey Gante, Simplified Exclamations About God’s Will, (Mustang, OK:
Tate Publishing Co., 2005) ISBN 1-9332909-3-5 $9.95 70 pp
Before getting into the content of the book, I would like to say that it has one of the most beautiful covers I have ever seen – front and back.
As to the title, I am puzzled because it seems like the author really meant to say “Explanations” rather than “Exclamations”. And, this book is one of the best I have ever seen in providing an introduction to the subject of the thorny topic of finding God’s Will. But it must be seen as such, and therefore the reader should not expect to find answers to the complex questions which have been raised down thru history such as the validity of various methods sometimes used to try to find God’s Will. You will not find here any discussion of “putting out a fleece”, “open and closed doors”, “The Lucky Dip Into the Bible” method, nor will you find any discussion of related controversies such as whether or not there is a ranking of approximations to God’s Will – His Perfect Will, His next best will, his third best will, etc. nor does Gante deal with the concept of being in “The Center” of God’s Will.
I guess the simplest way of summing up Gante’s message here is that there really is not a whole lot of need to worry because God’s providential rule will see to it that you get into the place where God wants you. In short, the terminology – finding God’s Will – is Arminian but the theological content of the book is Calvinistic.
By Forrest W. Schultz
A review of Jeffrey Gante, Simplified Exclamations About God’s Will, (Mustang, OK:
Tate Publishing Co., 2005) ISBN 1-9332909-3-5 $9.95 70 pp
Before getting into the content of the book, I would like to say that it has one of the most beautiful covers I have ever seen – front and back.
As to the title, I am puzzled because it seems like the author really meant to say “Explanations” rather than “Exclamations”. And, this book is one of the best I have ever seen in providing an introduction to the subject of the thorny topic of finding God’s Will. But it must be seen as such, and therefore the reader should not expect to find answers to the complex questions which have been raised down thru history such as the validity of various methods sometimes used to try to find God’s Will. You will not find here any discussion of “putting out a fleece”, “open and closed doors”, “The Lucky Dip Into the Bible” method, nor will you find any discussion of related controversies such as whether or not there is a ranking of approximations to God’s Will – His Perfect Will, His next best will, his third best will, etc. nor does Gante deal with the concept of being in “The Center” of God’s Will.
I guess the simplest way of summing up Gante’s message here is that there really is not a whole lot of need to worry because God’s providential rule will see to it that you get into the place where God wants you. In short, the terminology – finding God’s Will – is Arminian but the theological content of the book is Calvinistic.
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