OFFICE NOTES

 

Some paperbacks that are speaking to the issues: The Emerging Church (Bruce Larson) on where the church is headed for the next decade, 1.25. Who Moved the Stone (Frank Morison) started out to be one kind of book, but turned out to be a persuasive argument for the resurrection of Jesus, 2.45. Christ the Controversialist (John R. W. Stott), which deals with the basic issue of authentic faith over against sectarianism, Jesus vs. the Pharisees, 2.50.

The Anabaptists are sometimes called “the stepchildren of the Reformation,” and one surely understands better both the Reformation and the Restoration if he knows about these terribly persecuted people. The Anabaptist Story will soon be off the press in paperback, written by W. R. Estep of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. We’ll send you one as soon as they arrive for 3.95.

A little volume, written in 1957, on What Makes America Great? is well worth reading in these days when our nation’s integrity is being questioned. The chapters on what is right with America and why believe in America are good stuff before or after Watergate. We got them on special purchase and will send you one for 1.00 as long as they last.

Also for but 1.00 we will send you Your Mind Matters by John R. W. Stott. It shows the place for reason and argument in Christian faith, and yet it relates intellectual activity to life in the Spirit.

For 2.95 we will send God’s City in the Jungle, the story of how Ticuna Indians in Peru, who had no written language and were ignorant of the outside world, were changed by the gospel of Christ. It is a moving story of a primitive people, wracked by fear, hatred and drunkenness, becoming a new society in God, even if in a jungle.

We have a new supply of Heaven Help Us by Carl Ketcherside (2.95) and Baptism Fulness of the Holy Spirit by John R. W. Stott (1.25), both of which are very helpful studies on the work of the Spirit in the life of the believer. They go well together, though you may order them separately.

I will be with the Base Line Church of Christ, 749 E. Base Line Rd., Phoenix, Arizona, April 11-13. Bob Cannon at 602-968-4744 can supply further information.

I plan to report at length on some rather unique experiences in recent journeys to El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, and to New Orleans, La. and Waco and Austin, Texas. In Juarez I assisted Vic Richards in the immersing of 27 Roman Catholics before an audience most of whom had never before witnessed an immersion. In Waco I had the pleasure of sharing with Baylor profs and graduate students, as well as meeting with a group of young, free souls who are a beautiful illustration of the emerging Church of Christ. In New Orleans Ouida and I saw firsthand how a free Church of Christ can really make it in the face of lots of opposition. Rather than yield to sectarian pressure they simply yielded to Jesus, so that now their worst critics are backing off and taking a second look. In Austin I had sessions at the Brentwood Church of Christ with folk of diverse background relative to unity and fellowship, and I addressed the congregation one evening, drawing lessons from the first eight verses of Titus 3. An evening of sharing in the home of Ray Chester, one of the ministers at Brentwood and truly a great spirit among us, was especially delightful.

We will soon be mailing out our bound volume for 1973-74, entitled The Church of Christ: Yesterday and Today. The price will be 4.50, or thereabout, for the 400 page double volume. It will have a preface, a table of contents, and a special artistic cover. We have six other bound volumes, dating back to 1966, five of them (single volumes) at 3.50 and one double volume at 4.50.

We have upwards of 80 different issues, loose copies, that are only 20 cents each, or 6 for 1.00. If you will send us 3.00, we will send you a random selection of 18 different issues dating back 17 years, which will give our newer readers a chance to see what we’ve been up to.

We hope you will be with us for the unity meeting in Bethany, July 3-5; We are making it a family vacation. Room and board for the entire family is reasonable, and it will be the trip of your life. Robert Lohman, Bethany College, Bethany, WV 26032, will provide details.