Congratulations to our winners of the Paul Washer Giveaway. Jacob A. Davis won a copy of The Truth About Man. Michael Pittman, who writes at Transplant Ministries and is on Twitter @LawGrace, won a copy of The One True God. Stephen Newell, of the Silent Holocron and on Twitter at @Stephen_Newell, won the grand prize of both books. Stay tuned every Wednesday for a new give away. God bless.

Washer, Paul David. The Truth About Man. Hannibal: Granted Ministries Press, 2nd ed. 2009. 168 pp. $19.95. Purchase at Amazon.  FYI: Granted Ministries is selling them for $15.00 or less depending on how many you purchase!

Introduction

Paul Washer has written his second doctrinal study. This time he focuses on who man is in relation to the holy God that his previous study established. That study, entitled The One True God was reviewed back in July and can be read here. It is only natural that one would want to know who we are and how we relate to an all holy God. Paul Washer answers that question and many more in The Truth About Man.

Review

Paul Washer takes the student from the creation of man, to the fall of Adam and mankind through to God’s judgment of the wicked and the doctrine of Hell. Along the way, you will learn what the Bible says about our enslavement to sin and God’s disposition towards the sinner (not a pretty picture).

There is plenty of Scripture to read and study as well as a lot of note taking. Paul adds plenty of notes and contextual definitions to help any student to discern what is found in the Scriptures regarding man and, perhaps more importantly, what is not found in the Scriptures about man.

One of the more useful sections of The Truth About Man begins on page 25 where Paul answers “Important Questions about the Fall.” Here, he answers three essential questions to understanding the magnitude of Genesis 3. They are

• How could Adam Fall?
• Did God ordain the Fall?
• What is God’s eternal purpose in the Fall?

Recommendation

As I said in my review of The One True God, this book makes an excellent resource for a new believer’s class or any discipleship group.  I would recommend that you start with The One True God before moving into The Truth About Man simply because the truth of who God is should be the foundation for all that we do and study as believers in His Son, Jesus Christ.  Nonetheless, this book is worth studying by itself if you are not able to study the first book.

Giveaway

Granted Ministries has been so kind as to sponsor a giveaway this week.  They are giving away 2 copies each of The One True God and The Truth About Man.  We will give away one copy of The Truth About Man and one copy of The One True God as our first and second place drawing.  The Grand Prize will be the set of both study books.

Here is how to enter:

1. Become a NEW subscriber to Christian Book Notes either through our RSS Feed or our Email subscription. If you do this, please send me an email at tdelaney017 [@] yahoo [dot] com or use my contact page above.
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4. Leave a comment below about how Paul Washer’s ministry (both preaching and the HeartCry Missionary Society) has impacted you.

You can enter using all four ways but only once per type of entry, please.  The drawing will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:00 pm.  God bless and good providence!

Washer, Paul David. The One True God. Hannibal: Granted Ministries Press, 3rd ed. 2009. 184 pp. $21.95. Purchase at Amazon for $21.95.

Publisher Introduction

Granted Ministries Press is the publishing arm of Granted Ministries located in Hannibal, Mo. Some titles that they have published include, Valuable Selections from the Writings of George Müller, Justification and Regeneration by Charles Leiter and The One True God by Paul David Washer. Granted Ministries is of the Reformed Baptist heritage. Check out their website and prayerfully support their ministry.

Introduction

Paul Washer is well known in Christian circles. His preaching ministry has impacted countless Christians young and old–me included. His sermons are regularly one of the top downloaded at SermonAudio.com. He preaches with a passion that is unmet by most preachers today. He is the founder and director of the HeartCry Missionary Society located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama as a ministry of Grace Life Church. In The One True God, we learn the driving force behind everything Paul Washer does–it is God and His grace.

Synopsis

The One True God is a workbook designed to guide the reader through a Biblical study of who God is; i.e., the doctrine of God. This is the third edition and first time being published by Granted Ministries. The first two editions were published by HeartCry.

The chapters move systematically through one’s understanding of who God is. Chapter one is aptly titled God is one. From there, the study takes you through God is…

• spirit,
• greatand perfect,
• eternal, self-existent, and immutable
• omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient
• holy
• righteous
• true and truthful
• faithful
• love
• creator and sustainer
• Lord over all
• lawgiver and judge

The last chapter details the names of God.

If you are going to do this study, you had better have your Bible sitting by your side. You will be forced into the Scriptures to learn what the Bible says about God. Basically, you will be learning what God truly says about Himself and there is nothing wrong with that.

One of the nice “extra” features of the third edition is the spiral bounding and hardback cover as opposed to the paperback, glued bonding of the first two editions. This is a very nice touch, and I believe a much needed upgrade–my first edition copy is worn out from referring back to it so often.

Recommendation

Iain H. Murray says, “The One True God , is the best introductory work known to me. It sets out great truths in clear and balanced form. Young Christians could scarcely spend their time better than working carefully through these pages.”

With the third edition being revised and expanded (the study is longer than it was in the first edition), The One True God makes for an excellent resource to study on your own or in a group. To be able to study God as His Word describes Him is a privilege beyond compare. Studying the Scriptures with The One True God by your side will keep you from falling into error as a young believer and will straighten you out where you possibly have fallen into error. This workbook is not only a foundation setter, it is also a correction to false beliefs which will do nothing but hinder your growth in faith.

This workbook makes for an excellent resource for a new believer’s class or a Discipleship group. I have recommended and given this workbook to new believers, struggling believers, and older believers in the past. I am excited to see this third edition and will gladly continue to pass it along to those needing to get to know God for who He is in the future.