Dr. Lavender is the pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Kansas City and is also Vice President of Carver Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. His thoughts on the danger of the Charismatic movement, especially the health and wealth gospel, are pointed and also timely. I appreciate him sending me a copy!
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A History of Spurgeon’s Tabernacle
A few weeks ago I ordered a very nice reprint of Spurgeon’s autobiography from Pilgrim Publications, Pasadena, CA. Along with the 4-volume set they included a copy of this book by Eric Hayden, pastor of Metropolitan Tabernacle from 1956 until 1962. We attended Metropolitan a couple of weeks ago on our Baptist History tour. The […]
Helen of the Old House
Of the nineteen HBW books, this title was the biggest deterrent to reading the book. But since it was the next one, I read it. But low and behold it turned out to be one of the best. It is about market economy versus unionism; capitalism versus socialism. And this written in 1921! What Wright […]
Liberty and Tyranny
I’m not one to recommend books from radio personalities but I couldn’t refuse this one. I read it and would recommend it to others who, like myself, need a refresher course in constitutional law and the founding documents of our country. The contrast between what our founding fathers believed and what we are hearing today […]
Isaac Watts: His Life and Hymns
I’m interested in Watts (1674-1748) first for his great contribution to our hymn book. Second because he was an influential pastor, educator, poet, and hymn writer in England just before the time of the Wesleys, John Newton, and William Cowper. Watts was instrumental in getting hymn singing back into the church services among the nonconformist […]
The Story of the Reformation
This book on the Reformation, including Scotland, is much more satisfying because Stevenson is a Presbyterian, the national religion of Scotland. Stevenson’s chapter on Anabaptists is one of the most complimentary that I have read from a non-Baptist. The accounts of their sufferings at the hands of Catholics, Protestants, and the secular authorities is specific […]
A History of Scotland
This secular book on the history of Scotland gives an interesting perspective to a country that largely has a religious history and government. Even John Knox only receives passing notice and the national covenant becomes only an interesting religious phenomenon. I suppose it is instructive to see how secular writers see history.
Great Tales from English History 2 & 3
My interest in English history is fueled by our Baptist History tours in the United Kingdom, and also by a growing acquaintance with the tragic decline of Christianity in the country of our heritage. These two volumes are the middle two of four but they cover the periods of history that greatly affect our Baptist […]
Re-Thinking the Rapture
In a recent series of messages on the rapture, I reread this small book by Dr. English and again appreciated his insight and graciousness on the subject. As our pre-tribulational view of the rapture has fallen out of favor with some, we will do well to bring great books like this back to the fore. […]
From Eternity to Eternity
This third book was first published in 1954. It includes Sauer’s dispensational chart which is a large fold-out chart glued in the back of the book. On this chart the rapture is pictured as pre-tribulational. Sauer scans the entire Biblical history and then, at great length, answers thirteen objections to the literal nature of the […]