Editor’s note: After almost 30 years of writing book reviews for this website I come to a unique turn of events. The author of this book, Dr. Matthew C. Shrader, is my youngest son. It is a blessing to know that when a son stands on the shoulders of a father he reaches higher and […]
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America’s Expiration Date
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 […]
Irresistible
Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed from the world. Zondervan, 2018 By writing this book, Andy Stanley has taken a big step into questionable Bibliology. He has written with a positive motive: wanting to win our current generation to Christ, a generation that has either left the faith or will not come to the faith […]
Revival in Rose Street
The subtitle to this book is, “Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh, 1808-2008. Ian Balfour is a long-time member of this church and a fine historian. We met Ian Balfour a few years ago on one of our Baptist History tours when he spoke to us at a lunch. This year we found that the Chapel had […]
John Knox and the Reformation
Many books have been written about the reformer John Knox. This book is unique in that it is authored by Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Iain Murray. Lloyd-Jones writes the first two sections which are actually addresses he made to the Free Church of Scotland in 1960 on the 400th anniversary of the Reformation in Scotland. The […]
The Chronological life of Christ, Vol. 2
I read this book on Kindle for an online class. The two volumes were first printed in 1996 and 1997. Volume 2 takes the reader through the passion week of Christ unto His ascension. It reads like a harmony of the gospels with a few paragraphs of comments after each section. It is basically sound, […]
Easter Enigma
This is a 1992 book on the chronological problems that revolve around the resurrection of Jesus. The supposed descrepencies in the gospel accounts have caused many to doubt the veracity of the gospels. Wenham concludes that these can be reconciled in a good manner which retains the integrity of the four gospels. Wenham will include […]
Chronological Aspects of the Life of Chr...
I had read my first copy of Hoehner years ago and have since lost the copy. I was glad for the chance to read him again. If you enjoy New Testament history and the Life of Christ in any way you have to enjoy a book like this. Setting the times and dates in the […]
Steal Away Home
I was given this book by a friend who knows I love the Spurgeon history. I have walked this history in England many times and am very familiar with the Spurgeon Center which is now at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City where I currently live. This book is a story written in historical fiction about […]
The Autobiography of George Muller
George Müller (1805-1898) was a British preacher and director of Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He is known for his prayer life and utter dependence on God alone for the financial support of his ministry. In all, Müller supported over 1000 children in his orphanage and established over a hundred schools for educating children. […]