Theodore Zachariades

An analysis of the Covenant Of Grace and God's purpose in election to save a people out of this world with special reference to New Covenant Theology, Law and Gospel and the teaching of Henry Bullinger, John Gill and John Durie

In recent years, Charismatics have gone on the offensive with assertions that Cessationism cannot be sustained biblically. One of the most vocal is Michael Brown of AskDrBrown fame. He struck out at the Strange Fire book & conference with a volume entitled, Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire. Brown's work is full of anecdotes and assertions. His use of Scripture is suspect as he confuses categories and evades evidence. His approach smacks of desperation with repeated rhetorical rants. To refute this work of Brown, Thy Word is Fire, will demonstrate that Cessationism is biblical. It will show the evidence with a close and careful exegesis of various passages, especially those misunderstood by Brown. Get ready to open your Bible to burn away your errors and warm your heart, for indeed, Thy Word is Fire

This important book reassesses the classic Chalcedonian view of Jesus: "one person, two natures". It carefully rejects all forms of kenotic Christology and affirms that Jesus possessed and used all the divine attributes, in particular, that of omnipresence, arguing that evangelical scholars have abandoned this important truth. This has ramifications for our view of the Holy Spirit and of Christ's presence with his people. It challenges us to read the Scriptures again and to live in the presence of Jesus. - Publisher Commendation: "In this important study of orthodox Christology, Dr Zachariades develops an aspect of it that has generally been neglected. How should we understand the universal presence of the risen, ascended an glorified Christ? Starting with the controversies of the early church, he takes us through the questions involved in the discussion and points us to a deeper understanding of how Christ is both God and man at the same time." Gerald L. Bray, Research Professor of Divinity, History and Doctrine, Beeson Divinity School, USA