F.F. Bruce is usually a good source especially for history of the Bible and Bible history. In this book, first published in 1961, the edition I have in 1978, you will find a good detailed history of the English Bible leading up to the King James Version, and a few after that. It is an […]
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The Christian Faith in the Modern World
I have found that anything written by J. Gresham Machen is worth reading. I was browsing a journal about Biblical subjects when I saw a chapter from this book reprinted in that publication. I immediately found a copy of the book on Amazon and bought it. It was originally published in 1936 but that publication […]
The Royal Mile and New Town
I still have a great interest in the United Kingdom, especially the Baptist history of England and Scotland. Edinburgh may have more bizarre and creepy stories of any older or ancient city—like the story of Margaret Dickson who was hanged for illicit behavior, only when they heard tapping on her casket and opened it, she […]
Fools Rush In Where Monkeys Fear To Trea...
I found Trueman as an author not long ago and have thoroughly enjoyed him. I read this delightful book on my Kindle, then I bought two hard copies and have given them both away. Carl Trueman is an Englishman by birth and now teaches at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He is typically Reformed in his […]
The Reformation In England
The English Reformation isn’t as popular as the German, Swiss, or even the Scottish Reformations. There you have singularly interesting figures like Luther, Calvin, and Knox. In England you have characters like Henry VIII and Bloody Mary, but you also have Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer and others who lost their lives in the reformation process. […]
Rediscovering the Church Fathers
I first read this book several years ago on several consecutive Saturday mornings with some friends as we all attempted to learn a little more about a long passed over aspect of our church history. Reading this book again highlighted a few things that make this book worth reading. For one, knowing more about the […]
The Question of Freemasonry and the Foun...
I’ve only recently found a few of David Burton’s books recommended to me by a friend. I learned a lot from this short book on the Freemasons. Burton’s premise is that America’s founding fathers were not as involved in Freemasonry as many would have us believe, and that those who were, were not involved very […]
Reformation Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
I had not read Trueman in book form before this. I enjoyed it and found him (a British professor and author) to be conservative and to the point. To the contemporary evangelical scene he says, “A movement that cannot or will not draw boundaries, or that allows the modern cultural fear of exclusion to set […]
Histories and Fallacies
The subtitle of this book is: Problems faced in the writing of history. It is just as helpful to consider the information in this book when reading history so that you can have a more discerning eye. Trueman is one of my favorite commentators on historical issues ranging from the Reformation to contemporary evangelicalism. He […]
The Gospel and Narrative
Long John Silver is a prominent name in the minds of those young (and older) boys who have read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Throughout the entire story young Jim Hawkins struggles with who the real Long John Silver is and how to understand his actions. Is he the affable, generous sea cook, and friend […]