BOOK NOTES

Almost all the books we recommend in this column are inexpensive paperbacks. Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations by William Neil at 7.95 is an exception. It makes for delightful, informative reading, with 2500 perceptive quotes gathered from a lifetime of study and from the great minds of history. William Barclay says of it, "Its unique quality is that at one and the same time it suits the desk, the armchair and the bedside."

Gifford H. Roux of Wood River, Il. writes that The Way of Salvation by K. C. Moser is all that we said it was, adding `It's deep enough for any scholar and simple enough for the babe in Christ." It brings home to you the meaning of the grace of God and that from an old‑time Church of Christ minister. 3.75 postpaid.

For 3.20 we will send you The Prophets Speak Again, by Barbara Jurgensen, which really makes the prophets come alive for our time. It moves from "the prophet that was kidnapped" to "the fish that went manning." "My dreams are getting weirder all the time" is the chapter heading for Zechariah. You'll cotton to this one!

The Way It Was in Bible Times, by Merrill Gilbertson, tells you how everything was in Bible times, whether houses, education, cooking, clothes, customs at home, music, synagogue, daily life and work, holy days, money, distances, on and on. You step inside the biblical world. 3.25.

The Land of Jesus, a new book issued by Lutherans, is a pictorial narrative of 120 pages. There are over 100 large pictures, some in color, with narrative on how the various scenes tell the biblical story. This would make an attractive gift. 6.95.

To what sources other than the New Testament can we turn for information about Jesus and the early church? F. F. Bruce answers this clearly and interestingly in Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament. Did you know, for instance, that Jesus is referred to in the Koran? 3.70.

We have two new reprints of John R. W. Stott, both colorful, handsome editions. We recommend both highly. Basic Christianity at 1.75 and Baptism and Fullness, which is on the work of the Holy Spirit today, at 2.50.

Laity" could have been written by a confirmed Campbellite. You'll also gain rich insight into the nature of the kingdom in the chapter on "The Violence of the Kingdom." A real bargain at 3.20.

Is a woman a doormat or a disciple? A woman lays it on the line in a humble but straightforward manner in Daughters of the King. It is a startling proclamation for all women who wish to be truly free. 3.20.

We again remind our readers of recent years that you can have 18 assorted back issues of this journal for only 3.00, postpaid, most of them being issues out of the 1960's. This will give you a feel of what we've been saying though the years.

We expect to have our 1975‑76 bound volume in the mail to those who ordered it by the time you receive this issue. An invoice will be enclosed. The regular price for this volume will be given in our next. Those who would like to examine our bound volumes could start with The Church of Christ: Yesterday and Today (1973‑74), which has been very well received at 4.95.

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