Over the last few months I have read three books in this “Baptist Classics” series. The first two, on E.Y. Mullins and J.M. Frost and their contemporaries, were more encouraging histories of the Southern Baptist Convention from the days before liberalism set in. This volume highlights Herschel Hobbs who was the chairman of the committee […]
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Half the Church
Carolyn Custis James wrote this book as her own addendum to the best selling secular book, Half the Sky, which is a book based on the Chinese proverb that women hold up half the sky. It is a cry for justice and action against the oppression of women and girls around the world. Without having […]
Baptist Why and Why Not
This is one in a series of books called the Library of Baptist Classics by Broadman and Holman Publishers and is therefore mostly Southern Baptist history but I have found them to be very interesting and encouraging. J.M. Frost wrote and compiled this book in 1900. He was a pastor and long-time secretary of the […]
Why I Am A Baptist
I have had this book for a long time and decided to read it now along with some others about what has happened to our churches in the last fifty years. This book was published by Broadman Press in 1972 mainly for Southern Baptists, but contains contributions from independent Baptists including my former professor Noel […]
The Story of Winona Lake
I came across this book on a used book shelf and it stirred my interest. I have heard of the Winona Lake Bible Conferences and also the connection of Grace Theological Seminary to Winona Lake. Gaddis wrote the first edition in 1949 and in 1960 Huffman updated the history with a few chapters. “Built upon […]
The Battle For The Schools
I was asked about this book by a good friend who is in Bible College education. I found it in the Faith BBC library and had two days to read it, which I did with much interest. Best was a missionary in Brazil and wrote this critique of the current Christian college situation in 1982. […]
The Subtle Body
This is a 2010 book by Syman, a literature graduate of Yale University. I first heard of the book when Albert Mohler wrote a review of it. Syman practiced yoga for fifteen years before writing this historical review. It is not a Christian book or even religious for that matter. Syman tells the story of […]
For Many Shall Come in My Name
In choosing books to read on the subject of yoga and other cults, I found this book by Yungen who has studied the New Age movement for thirty years and has found yoga to be a central part of that subject. It is published by Lighthouse Trails Publishing, 2007, 2015. Yungen writes, “A perfect example […]
Occult Practices and Beliefs
The subtitle of this small book is “A Biblical Examination from A to Z.” Koch (Th.D, Tübingen) lists cults alphabetically, but gives the most space to yoga. In these pages he gives a list of yoga doctrines including: Every bodily organ is related to the soul. Every person has a physical and spiritual nature which […]
Did Jesus Command Immersion?
This is a 1915 publication by The Standard Publishing Company of Cincinnati. James Gilchrist Lawson (1874-1946) was a British author and compiler, his most well-known book being Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians. He wrote many biographical sketches and also edited early reference Bibles. Much of his writing was connected to Pentecostal history, though Lawson himself […]