The Mystery of Salvation
Its reading makes for a peculiar experience of being lifted up one minute by what seems to be clear biblical truth only to be cast down the next by woolly theological error. If ever a book was to qualify for the curate's egg of the year award (good in parts, bad in others) this wins hands down.
Melvin Tinker
Church House Publications. £6.99
Of the 18 members of the doctrine commission that produced the report The Mystery of Salvation, published in January, seven would wish to be known as evangelicals, a fact which makes this document all the more disturbing and significant.
