BOOK NOTES

 

For 7.95 we will send you The New Testament for the Deaf, which is also issued under a different cover as a children’s edition. If you collect versions, this should be included, especially since it is issued by our own Church of Christ folk.

We have a fresh stock of The Mormon Papers, which because of the zeal of the Mormons is a fast seller. Within but 100 pages this book exposes the claims of the Mormons from their own documents. It is a no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point presentation by a Christian Church brother who has since died in a plane crash. 3.40

James Kilgore’s Try Marriage Before Divorce will be a real blessing not only to a marriage in trouble but to any marriage. Is marriage really tried, or is divorce viewed as an escape hatch just in case the going gets rough? The book teaches a couple how to communicate without defenses, and you will like his self-help suggestions. You will be impressed by the many helpful points he makes from the years of counseling that he has done, dealing with such problems that most marriages have. This is a new book that is really on target. 5.95

If you like William Barclay, and there is something wrong with you if you don’t, we offer four of his titles with enthusiasm: A Spiritual Autobiography, which is a joyous affirmation of his life and faith, 1.95; The Ten Commandments, timeless truths for today’s moral issues, 2.40; The Old and the New Law, which draws crucial lessons from the Sermon on the Mount, 3.40; Jesus as They Saw Him, a study of Jesus by the many titles ascribed to him, 5.40.

C. S. Lewis was one of the great Christian writers of this century. The Taste for the Other is a study of his social and ethical thought, which all admirers of Lewis should read. It deals with Lewis’ thesis that every person is made for life in community with God and others. 6.95

The best Bible dictionary is more than a dictionary, for it is a gold mine of Biblical information, and since it is a library of information it is not all that expensive at 14.95. The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible is several books in one.

Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free by F. F. Bruce is one of the most resourceful books that we have ever noticed in this column. You learn not only about Paul but NT backgrounds and even theology. Bruce teaches that Paul believed that he would never be without a body, and that at death the child of God immediately receives a new embodiment, which is but a sample of the many insights. It is high at 13.95 but it is a substantial volume and is worth the price of a fistful of paperbacks. Bruce’s The Time is Fulfilled, which deals with God’s eternal purpose, is available at 3.40.

We can send you Watchman Nee’s classic The Normal Christian Life for 2.90. It is a heartwarming book on how to be a victorious believer.

All our prices are postpaid.

 

So far this year we have added almost 500 new readers, and we can add that many more by mid-year if you will take advantage of our club rate: 5 names (including your own renewal if you wish) for only 10.00. We welcome our new readers and invite them to write to us and tell us what they think. It often happens that the new ones, introduced by old subscribers, in turn send the paper to others. Remember that you can get our bound volume for 1977, Principles of Unity and Fellowship for only 5.50, and the double volume for 1975-76, The Word Abused, for 5.95. Those in the Dallas area may hear Carl Ketcherside, whose life story is now appearing in these columns, at the Central Church of Christ in Irving, 1710 W. Airport Fwy., April 29-May 2, 7:30 p.m. (Phone 214-259-2631).