OFFICE NOTES

 

Due to some back numbers being lost in the printer’s storage room, our bound volume for 1971-72, entitled The Restoration Mind, will be later than planned, for some of the issues must be reprinted. But we have plans for a handsome volume, and it will be forthcoming. Those who have ordered will be billed when the book is mailed to you. Others of you who desire this volume should place your order. The price is not yet determined, but it will be nominal for a book of nearly 400 pages.

John R. W. Stott, who ministers to All Souls Church in London, a popular evangelical Anglican church, is doing some unusually fine writing. We commend all his books to you that we have available: Basic Christianity (1.50), The Baptism and Fullness of the Holy Spirit (.95), What Christ Thinks of the Church (1.50), and Christ the Controversialist (2.50). All these really speak to the “now” in terms that mince no words.

For 4.95 we will send you an enlightening volume on Revolution in Rome by David Wells. The changes and goings on in the Roman church will astonish you, and yet they are sympathetically handled by the author. As a Roman priest has commented: “Mr. Wells sees quite clearly the major thrusts of post-conciliar Catholicism, both the good and the bad.”

Os Guinness is a widely-traveled Englishman who has been an associate with Francis Schaeffer at the L’Abri Fellowship. He has taken a critical look at institutionalism, the drug culture, technology, humanism, violence, and even Satanism and spiritism. In a 420-page book, The Dust of Death, he examines the impact of the counter culture and proposes a “Third Way” as the answer to our dying culture. It is a highly informative and interesting volume, and, being paperback, is only 4.95. It is ideal reading for college youth or anyone who seeks an honest appraisal of our predicament and a Christian response.

Francis Schaeffer believes the book of Genesis speaks to the tough questions posed by modern man, being an account of what really happened in the beginning. If you have been exposed to the view that the Bible’s first book is but a collection of myths believed by an ancient tribe, then you’ll be encouraged by Genesis in Space and Time at only 2.25. Along with this, you might also want Schaeffer’s The New Super Spirituality , which is a different kind of critique of the new Pentecostalism. Only 75 cents.

We can supply The Children’s Living Bible, which is the entire Bible beautifully bound and illustrated with unusually attractive pictures. 4.95. And we still insist that you have a copy of the Declaration and Address by Thomas Campbell, which includes Barton Stone’s Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery. 1.50.

E. C. McKinzie, one of our retired ministers, has several thin paperbacks of quips, quotes, and squibs. The one before me has 1800 such and sells for only 1.25. Some are just plain fun: “Some men marry poor girls to settle down, and others marry rich ones to settle up,” while others convey wisdom: “Use silence to please never to punish.” My boys got quite a bang out of reading them at random at the dinner table. We will fill your order at this office.

Edward Fudge, one of the editors of Gospel Guardian, has authored Our Man in Heaven, an exposition of the book of Hebrews. Not inclined to worry one with introductory problems (only four pages), Edward gets right into the text, which also benefits from his brevity (162 pages). The ideas are well paragraphed and references are easy to find. And he does not belabor the obvious. His comments are informative and concise. To “sin wilfully,” for instance (10:26) is shown to be a continued practice of sin, especially of disbelief, and not a single act of weakness or ignorance. A surprising, though appropriate, feature is the inclusion of appendices on the priesthood (Edersheim), sacrifice (Vos) and the Day of Atonement (Moses ben Maimon), which reflect the author’s concern that the reader have some background for an understanding of the themes of Hebrews. Another pleasant surprise is the Foreword by F. F. Bruce, Rylands professor of biblical criticism at the University of Manchester. This rare outreach of fellowship with those beyond our pale is most encouraging. Bruce sees Hebrews as up-to-date and relevant to our needs, and he commends Fudge’s work to that end. All this for only 4.95 in hardback.