BOOK NOTES

 

For 11.50 we can send you People’s New Testament with Explanatory Notes by B. W. Johnson. There is an introduction to each book and many useful, no-nonsense comments on the text. It has long been a favorite among our people.

But I Never Thought He’d Die by William Baker Nye tells how a widow can create a satisfying new life for herself. The author, who writes a newspaper advice column, was a widow who is now happily remarried. It deals with all the questions of widowhood and is suitable for friends of widows as well as widows. 5.45 postpaid.

Merlin Carothers has written several books on praise. Now in Victory on Praise Mountain he tells his own story, showing how a life of praise has made a difference. 3.55 postpaid.

For 14.95 you can get The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible by H. S. Gehman, which must be the best that money can buy. It has over 1,000 pages of the latest biblical data, colored maps, and hundreds of pictures and illustrations. Beautifully bound, it makes a splendid gift for a lover of the Bible.

For children 3-13 (and for everyone in a way) we recommend The Child’s Story Bible, which is not only true to the Bible but has many colorful pictures illustrating the stories. This is one of the tried and tested storybooks for children, revised again and again through the years. 9.95 postpaid.

Ideal for personal or group study is The Epistles of John by F. F. Bruce. One does well to read anything that Bruce writes. Since the Asian Christians to whom John wrote were facing a schism that threatened their faith, it is vital for us to see how the apostle gave them assurances that saved them from the peril. 4.55 postpaid.

Lewis B. Smedes’ Love Within Limits is a realist’s view of 1 Cor. 13. He shows how finite man, beset by all that is human, can approximate the great ideals of Paul’s love hymn. You will be impressed by both its practicality and depth. He tells, for instance, how agapic love reduces irritability. If you and someone you care for ever read a book to each other, as Ouida and I do, I’d recommend this one. 4.55 postpaid.

There are some really helpful chapters in Try Marriage Before Divorce by James E. Kilgore, who draws upon many years of experience as a marriage counselor. He provides some self-disclosure exercises that can turn one’s life around. I like his chapter on how to be an attractive woman. 5.95 pp.

We have four bound volumes of this journal available, and since two of them are double volumes they cover six years of publication. They are: The Restoration Mind, which includes a lot about Alexander Campbell, (1971-72) 4.95; The Word Abused, which shows how we have twisted and warped the scriptures for our factions, (1975-76) 5.95; Principles of Unity and Fellowship (1977) 5.50; The Ancient Order (1978) 5.50. These are beautifully bound with dustcovers and indexes, and only a little more than regular subscription cost.

Some of our hundreds of new subscribers are interested in what we have been saying before they started reading us. A good way to get an idea is to order the bound volumes from past years, or you can start by letting us send you 18 back issues, selected at random, for only 3.00.

A reader in Columbia, Mo. sent an interesting appraisal of this journal: “I would hate to miss an issue of what proves to be a continual disclosure of truth (usually), insight (often), and honesty (always). The call of unity in Christ is being heard. Keep up the good work.” We thought the adverbs were especially pungent! But the nouns well express our goals, however frail be our efforts: truth, insight, honesty and of course the call for unity.

You can be our fellow laborers in pursuing these goals by acquainting others with this paper. You can send it to five or more at only 2.00 per name per year, and we do all the mailing. Many of our most appreciative readers have been found in this way. Why not give it a try? Or we will send you a bundle each month to distribute as you will at 20 cents per copy.