BOOK NOTES

 

Since there is a renewal of interest in the book of Revelation, we continue to call your attention to helpful titles. For 5.45 we will send you Harry Boer’s The Book of Revelation, and for 4.45 you may have George Eldon Ladd’s A Commentary on the Book of Revelation. A shorter study by Ladd and a most helpful one is The Last Things for only 3.40. You will especially appreciate his chapter on how to study prophecy, and he briefly and clearly writes of the Antichrist, the rapture, judgement, second coming, and the kingdom of God. Prices include postage, which is no longer inexpensive.

Another book on prophecy by a highly readable scholar is The Time Is Fulfilled by F. F. Bruce at 3.45. You do well to read anything by John R. W. Stott, and his latest title is Christian Counter-Culture, which is on the Sermon on the Mount. He is concerned about the lack of distinction between Christians and the world, a distinction he sees as the theme of the Sermon. 4.45 postpaid.

Two books about Jesus that you will find exciting and resourceful are William Barclay’s Jesus As They Saw Him at 5.40 and A. M. Hunter’s Jesus, Lord and Saviour at 5.45. Hunter is always a fascinating writer and is excellent in giving background information in an inspiring way. All prices postpaid.

There is always a place for a new book on how to improve oneself, and we recommend How to Achieve Security, Confidence, and Peace by James Lee Beall. He tells you how to accept yourself, build a life of trust and self-esteem, re-channel your energies, and find your niche in our kind of world. He even tells you how to overcome aggression with gentleness. 5.45 postpaid.

We are pleased that the handsome 2-volume set of Campbell’s Millennial Harbinger is still available at 14.95. It is a compilation of the best of his writings spanning forty years as an editor.

We have good news to those who have special interest in the intellectual background of the Restoration Movement. By special purchase from the M.LT. Press we can offer at 3.95 each two books by Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man and Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind. There is an introduction on Reid in both books. Reid took Adam Smith’s chair at Glasgow University in 1764 and became the founder of the so-called Common Sense school in Scotland. Reid was one of Thomas Campbell’s teachers, and influences the reformers in Scotland and America. These books are vital for Restoration studies, either or both of them, and they are tremendous bargains. Supply is limited in this case.

B. W. Johnson was one of the great editors and scholars in our early movement. His People’s New Testament with Explanatory Notes has remained in print all these years and is available now for 9.95. Being in a single volume, it is ideal to take to Bible study. The comments are crisp and to the point.

If you are interested in the history of the Restoration Movement, you do well to study the biography of our leaders. We recommend the Life of Elder Walter Scott and the Biography of John T. Johnson at 6.50 each. These are exciting stories of men who made our history, with many interesting anecdotes.