Walter J. Chantry was born in 1938 at Norristown, Pennsylvania, raised in the Presbyterian Church; graduated B.A. in History from Dickinson College, Carlisle in 1960, and a B.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1963, from which time he has been pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Carlisle. He is married with three children.

MYTH OF FREE WILL
MAN'S WILL FREE, YET BOUND
BAPTISM AND COVENANT THEOLOGY
THE HIGH CALLING OF MOTHERHOOD
Italian:  PRENDI LA TUA CROCE
English:  TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
JOY BEYOND THE CROSS

Today's Gospel, Authentic or Synthetic?
By Walter Chantry

Long before John MacArthur started the "Lordship salvation" war men such as Chantry warned that the gospel message was being watered down by an easy believeism that gutted the gospel of its true message. Chantry declares that, "Differences between much of today's preaching and that of Jesus are not petty; they are enormous. The chief errors are not in emphasis or approach but in the heart of the Gospel message."

Based on the account of the Rich Young Ruler, Chantry demonstrates that what passes for the gospel message today is not what Jesus was teaching. This little book (less than 100 pages long) is a must read for anyone trying to comprehend the Lordship battles. The author is obviously Reformed in doctrine, and as such, some will flinch at a few concepts, but overall this is an excellent study on the subject of the true gospel message and its illegitimate cousins.

The message of the Cross is the heart of the Christian gospel. The records of the life of Jesus devote more attention to it than any other part of his ministry. The rest of the New Testament consistanly underlines its centrality for Christian faith.

But Jesus and the apostles spoke of ?the cross? as a principle of Christian experience as well as the chief symbol of God?s love. Belonging to Jesus Christ(he said) meant taking up the cross personally and living for him rather than for ourselves.

In the Shadow of the Cross, Walter J. Chantry restores this often neglected teaching to its central place. Writing with the stirring and probing sharp-edged style which is the hallmark of all his books, he expounds in brief compass the practical necessity of bearing the cross and the joy of living under its shadow. He then applies to such areas as Marriage, Christian liberty, and the work of the mininstry and prayer.