This book deserves a
5 star rating for the careful, thorough, fair and discerning presentation of
the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. The authors make clear in the
preface the 15 criteria they used in evaluating the movement to give it a fair
and balanced treatment. Both the order of topics and the content reflect the conscientious
use of the criteria. I particularly appreciated the authors taking time to
define the movement giving an historical account of the developments in the
movement since it started in the 1980s. Fairness is evident in the structure of
the book, as the movement is carefully described first (6 chapters) before an
evaluation is attempted. What follows the description is a biblical definition
of Apostles, a comparison of NAR Apostles with the Bible’s Apostles then an evaluation
of NAR Apostles against the Biblical definition. The same process is used for
Prophets and for Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare. Each chapter is concluded
with a very concise summary. Everything is well documented with footnotes,
referring to published works and websites.
Another outstanding strength of this book are discussions in
chapters 7, 12, 19 and Appendix A, which discuss Apostles, Prophets, miracles
and the continuance of authoritative revelation. These chapters alone make a
great resource for foundational knowledge needed by bible teachers who can
expect questions about these topics to arise regularly in bible studies. This
book added to my ability to discern truth from error.
I received this resource for free from
Weaver Book Company via Cross Focused Reviews for this review. I was not
required to write a positive review.
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