In the Preface the reader is told, “The content of this book is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment of manuscripts or archaeological findings” (p. 17). However, by the time the reader is into Part One, he is more than knee deep in the history of the findings, their significance to the authority of […]
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This World: Playground or Battleground?
What Christian doesn’t enjoy another book by A.W. Tozer? After all that I have read of Tozer over the years, this title was brought to my attention in a recent article and I had not read it. The publisher’s forward (for Wing Spread Publishers, Camphill, PA) explains that these writings were originally editorials that Tozer […]
Things Which Become Sound Doctrine
In my year of concentrating on reading more theology, some of these shorter books (See Ryrie, A Survey of Bible Doctrine in the January issue) serve as great refreshers and reminders of important doctrines. This is a 1965 edition from Pentecost, long-time professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary. Pentecost is well known for […]
The Light and the Glory
One of my fondest colleagues and a superb teacher of American History, Carol Sweigert, always assigned this book as required reading for her classes. For parents with middle to high school aged students of history, it is an easy reading chronological account of the founding fathers, the founding communities, and the solid faith that came […]
A Survey of Bible Doctrine
Charles Ryrie (1925-2016) was long-time professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary and Dean of Doctoral Studies. He was an ardent dispensationalist, pretribulationalist, and premillennialist. His book, Dispensationalism Today (now reprinted as Dispensationalism, of which I treasure an autographed copy from him in person) has been a standard text book for conservative schools for […]
Give Them Grace
Mother and daughter authors, Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson make an excellent main point in Give Them Grace that truly righteous and godly children are products of their own personal relationship to God. It was good to be reminded that there really is no perfect parenting formula for raising godly children. This is a concept that ought […]
The Pilgrim Chronicles
If one appears in court and is compelled to provide evidence to win his case, the best witness is an eye-witness. Here-say is dismissed by the court and vigorously challenged by the opposition. An eye witness, however, can win the case. That is also the reason many states issue penalties for an eye witness leaving […]
Jesus On Trial
I am always open to reading new material from a variety of authors. I have been interested in seeing and hearing David Limbaugh (the brother of the well known Rush) on television and radio because of his conversion to Christianity and his effective witness in those public forums. This is a 2014 book on apologetics […]
Thomas Cranmer
While visiting my son’s apartment, I spent the afternoon reading this small book which is in a series on church history. Having been in England many times and being interested in its history, especially from Henry VIII forward, I found this book fascinating. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was an evangelical force behind Henry VIII’s departure from […]
The Sackett Series
I don’t know if you like reading things that are different from your normal reading and that allow your mind to rest a while. For me this is usually night-stand reading. I like western Americana and adventure, and I have reported before on Zane Grey, Louis L’Armour, John Fox, Jr., and Harold Bell Wright (even […]