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Balancing the Christian Life

I first read this book years ago (and that review is already logged) but I had loaned the book to someone who decided he needed it worse than I.  Eventually I obtained another copy and finally had reason to read it again.  Ryrie first published the book in 1969 and it went through five printings […]

Ethics and the Christian

R.C. Sproul wrote this book (of only 94 pages) in 1983.  My marks were in it from years ago but I didn’t recall reading it.  As I read it I was satisfied again to be reading in the area of Christian ethics.  Sproul dealt with ethics and morals, legalism and antinomianism.  In these areas he […]

The Rise and Progress of Religion in the...

Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), the last of twenty children, was from a long line of British nonconformists.  Doddridge was a pastor and educator and also a prolific writer, writing books and over 400 hymns, the best known being O Happy Day, and Grace! Tis a Charming Sound.  This, his best known work, Charles Spurgeon often referred […]

How In This World Can I Be Holy?

Although I had read this book years ago, I have not written a review until now.  In my study on walking with God I have tried to read a variety of authors from a large span of time to discover what has been said on this important topic.  Lutzer was the pastor of Moody Memorial […]

The Christ-Life for the Self-Life

Frederick Brotherton Meyer (1847-1929) was a Baptist pastor and author in England, writing over 75 books and pastoring four churches in Leicester and London.  While visiting America in the 1870s he became acquainted with D.L Moody and they became life-long friends.  Meyer often spoke at Northfield but was also a frequent speaker in the Higher […]

Holy Spirit Power

Having been given this book by a good friend, it allowed me to continue my pursuit of books and writings that speak of walking with God.  There is hardly a better place to go than to Mr. Spurgeon when thinking of walking with God, and the subject of the Holy Spirit is vital to the […]

The Real Hate Crime

Our world is full of  contradictions.  We all see them and do them to some degree.  What was once called free love was no more than unrestrained lust.  What is called pro-choice is really a horrid restriction on another person’s chance to live.  What one person insists is his right to marry the same sex […]

John Ploughman’s Talk

C.H.  Spurgeon had an amazing ability to speak or write to a wide variety of audiences.  Among the many things that he wrote, this little book became one of the most popular among laymen.  Here Spurgeon assumes the name John Bloughman and writes to the common man about common things.  “Ploughman” immediately drew pictures of […]

The New Life in Christ Jesus

Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921) is best known for The Scofield Refence Bible, originally printed in 1909 by Oxford University Press, and revised in 1917, and then the New Scofield Reference Bible, printed in 1967.  But some may not realize that Scofield also wrote many small books, some of which were reprints of his sermons from […]