This is a 2020 book by Cal Thomas, a well-known evangelical syndicated columnist. The title expects more than it delivers. Thomas is not setting a date but is interacting with historian Sir John Glubb, a WWI British veteran. In 1976 he wrote, The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival. “Sir John asserted we refuse to […]
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Grandparenting with a Purpose
Of a growing number of books on grandparenting, this is a 2019 book by Lillian Penner which is an update of a 2010 book. This book majors on how to pray for grandchildren. It is more a book of methodology rather than exposition. Penner gives numerous examples of how you might pray for this characteristic […]
Grandparenting with Grace
Larry McCall is a graduate of Grace College and Theological Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and now pastors a church in Winona Lake, Indiana. In my reading of books on grandparenting, this was good in the areas of Leading a child to Christ (an area usually avoided or passed over quickly), dealing with divorce […]
Readings in Christian Theology, Vol. 3
It was in 1994 when I read two and one half of this three-volume set, edited by Millard Erickson. Now in 2020 I picked up the third volume and finished it. This third volume has three parts to it: New Life in individual experience, in collective expression, and in future extension. It was the third […]
The Gathering Storm
Albert Mohler serves the church well in writing both an update of current cultural trends and also a warning for the church to be aware and ready for battles to come in the future. This is a 2020 book, written prior to the selection of democratic candidtes, but includes an interesting chapter on each of […]
Wisdom for the Walk
Peter Teague was the long-time president (1999-2019) of Lancaster Bible Collge/Capital Seminary & Graduate School. Now Dr. Teague gives board training for ABHE schools. I heard him speak for two days to the board of Faith Baptist Bible Collge and Theological Seminary. He is a delightful speaker and brings a wealth of information for the […]
Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade did an interesting job of writing the history of that famous battle and also of what happened in the aftermath and how Houston avenged the death of those at the Alamo by defeating the Mexican general Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna in a later battle, the Battle of San Jacinto. The book also […]
Leisureville
This is a 2008 secular book about the “Villages,” a super-retirement community in central Florida. It’s author, Andrew Blechman, finds his neighbors retiring and moving to Florida to the Villages so he decides the make a visit there and see what it’s all about. The book cover describes this much, “Larger than Manhatten, with a […]
The Best of G. Campbell Morgan
This is a 1972 reprint by Baker Book of Morgan’s sermons compiled by Ralph Turnbull. Morgan (1863-1945) was a well-known British preacher and pastor of Westminster Chapel in London. I have always enjoyed his commentaries and I equally enjoy reading his sermons. Campbell was encouraged to preach as a young man after hearing D.L. Moody […]
Quick Answers to Social Issues
This is a new book of about 100 pages by Answers in Genesis, Master Books. It gives two-page answers to 1) Life Issues: abortion, fetus, right to die, cloning and stem cells; 2) Equality issues: racism, interracial marriage, slavery, sexism, feminism, intersectionality and social justice, genocide; 3) Marriage, Sexual, & Gender Issues: Sex, marriage, homosexuality, […]