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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: As in Letters to a Skeptic, Dr Boyd presents both a scholarly and Biblical approach to the doctrine of the Trinity. This book really opened my eyes to the unbiblical doctrines of the UPC. Oneness is only one of the heretical doctrines taught by the UPC. This book also shows how Oneness Pentecostals have a basic misunderstanding of what the doctrine of the Trinity really teaches.This book has also strengthened my belief in the Trinity. Dr Boyd quotes extensively from accepted Oneness doctrine and Oneness writers, so I think it's unfair to say that the Oneness position is misrepresented. I read this book after reading "Christianity Without the Cross" and found that Dr Boyd's book describes very well what Oneness Pentecostals believe. I highly recommmend this book to anyone who wants solid Biblical support for the doctrine of the Trinity or to refute Oneness doctrine.
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Summary: Balanced presentation of an important issue facing the Churc
Review: Due to a new relationship in my life, I have been spending time learning about Oneness Pentecostalism. I have a master's degree in theology, and I have read several books written by Oneness theologians (David Bernard, Mark Bassett) and these authors have only suceeded in adding to my confusion over a subject that I already think makes little sense. It was refreshing to read Boyd's presentation of Oneness theology and be able to comprehend it. And while I still do not believe that this approach to understanding the realtionship between God, Jesus and the Spirit has any real merit, I am able to now appreciate/better understand those who do subscribe to this line of thought. I was curious to read the one negative review posted on this site concerning Boyd's book, and was disappointed that if the reviewer truly felt Boyd misrepresented Oneness Pentecostalism, he was unable to site one single example to support his statements. Unfortunately, this seems to be the same way other Oneness Pentecostals I have spoken to apologize their faith. Boyd's book should be read by all who desire a clear understanding of this topic.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: Gregory A. Boyd exposes this heretical group by comparing their doctrine with what the Bible actually says. Boyd presents the facts in an un-biased way that any "Oneness" member should take a close look at. My experience with the "Oneness" members leads me to believe they are more "cultic" than mainline Christianity. He shows them to be classic twisters of Scripture.
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Summary: Oneness Pentecostals Exposed in Light of the Bible
Review: Gregory A. Boyd exposes this heretical group by comparing their doctrine with what the Bible actually says. Boyd presents the facts in an un-biased way that any "Oneness" member should take a close look at. My experience with the "Oneness" members leads me to believe they are more "cultic" than mainline Christianity. He shows them to be classic twisters of Scripture.
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: Gregory A. Boyd is a Professor of Theology who clearly has done his homework on Oneness Pentecostalism. As a former Oneness Pentecostal myself, I found that Boyd convincingly cuts through the smoke and mirror rhetoric of Oneness, probing the underlying problems inherent in their theology and the often damaging psycho-spiritual baggage that results. Somehow, he pulls this off without gratuituously attacking Oneness believers themselves. He seems to truly understand the inner-working psychology of the people behind the movement. Even one of the leading apologists for Oneness Pentecostalism, David K. Bernard, has acknowledged that Boyd has handled Oneness belief fairly, even if a bit roughly. I think that says it all. If you can only get one popular book on Oneness Pentecostalism, this is it! My only complaint is that I wish it had been published much earlier - it would've saved me from much needless pain and aggravation in my own "spiritual journey".
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Summary: A rather weak presentation.
Review: I am not a "Oneness Pentecostal." Nonetheless I found Prof. Boyd's book as a work of "scholarship" to be a disappointment. It is rather poorly written and in many of his arguments for the Trinity Prof. Boyd makes use of common fallacies of logic, and his knowledge of biblical Greek is inadequate for the task at hand. His occasional use of 'ad hominem' regarding his opponents (e.g., p. 84 - "cultic reasoning") has no place in a supposed work of objective scholarship. The lack of subject, author and scripture indexes make it inconvenient to use as a reference tool.
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Summary: A scholarly look at the beliefs of "oneness" churches.
Review: Mr Boyd has written a thoughtful and scholarly book that examins the oneness doctrine in comparison to the historical Christian view of the Trinity. He does indeed step on some toes here, but in light of 2000 years of traditional Christian belief her raises some very valid points. A glossary of theological terms would have been a helpul additio
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Summary: Too Partisan to be Enlightening
Review: The reason I say some truths is because there are some truths to the things he writes, that are wrong in the UPC. However there are some glaring untruths also which only serve to foment animosity rather than examine the truth itself. This could have been a good work were it not for this. One does not have to use vociferous jargon to disagree with something and because you are the biggest on the block does not make you right, For that matter slavery was right, many "Trinitarian Christians" practiced it. If anything heresy could be applied to those who have foster a term that is NO where in the New Testament, "TRINITY", why is that not also true? Who knows all that there is to know of GOD?
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Summary: ON THE MARK!
Review: THIS BOOK HIT HOME. AS ONE WHO GREW UP IN THE UPCI, I IDENTIFIED WITH MOST ALL OF WHAT THE AUTHOR WROTE REGARDING THE LEGALISMS AND CONTINUAL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SALVATION. I CONTINUALLY STRUGGLED WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS AS THE AUTHOR. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANY OTHER SEARCHING "ONENESS" BELEIVERS. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN A COHERENT EXPLANATION OF THE TRINITY. THIS IS THE BEST I'VE READ. FINALLY, AN AUTHOR WHO CAN MAKE SENSE AND LOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THIS CONCEPT OF THE GODHEAD. I DID FEEL, HOWEVER, THE AUTHOR MAY HAVE OVERSTATED THE "CONTROVERSY" ON WATER BAPTISM AND TONGUES TO A DEGREE (MAYBE I'VE JUST BEEN AWAY FROM THE ONENESS MOVEMENT FOR TOO LONG). IN MY ESTIMATION, MR. BOYD WAS MUCH MORE SOLID WHEN DISCUSSING THE TRINITY VS ONENESS "DEBATE" AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SALVATION.
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Summary: ON THE MARK!
Review: THIS BOOK HIT HOME. AS ONE WHO GREW UP IN THE UPCI, I IDENTIFIED WITH MOST ALL OF WHAT THE AUTHOR WROTE REGARDING THE LEGALISMS AND CONTINUAL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SALVATION. I CONTINUALLY STRUGGLED WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS AS THE AUTHOR. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANY OTHER SEARCHING "ONENESS" BELEIVERS. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN A COHERENT EXPLANATION OF THE TRINITY. THIS IS THE BEST I'VE READ. FINALLY, AN AUTHOR WHO CAN MAKE SENSE AND LOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THIS CONCEPT OF THE GODHEAD. I DID FEEL, HOWEVER, THE AUTHOR MAY HAVE OVERSTATED THE "CONTROVERSY" ON WATER BAPTISM AND TONGUES TO A DEGREE (MAYBE I'VE JUST BEEN AWAY FROM THE ONENESS MOVEMENT FOR TOO LONG). IN MY ESTIMATION, MR. BOYD WAS MUCH MORE SOLID WHEN DISCUSSING THE TRINITY VS ONENESS "DEBATE" AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SALVATION.
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