BOOK NOTES

 

Be Brief About It by Robert D. Young is a book you should buy for your preacher in that it tells the minister how to preach an effective sermon in as little as 10 minutes! Not only is it a plea for shorter sermons, but it contends that short sermons are more effective and that one actually gets more said, not less. Along the way it is packed with lots of vital information about life and preaching. 7.95 postpaid.

A father upon learning his son was “coming out” as gay, threatened him. A minister said to the son: “You realize, don’t you, why your father is so angry with you. You killed his son!” Parents of the Homosexual by David and Shirley Oates, a couple that counsels with both gays and their parents, is a no-nonsense treatment of a problem the church is slow in facing. The chapter on “We’ve Lost Our Child” will both sober and educate you. Whether or not your life is directly touched, you will be better informed by reading this one. 6.50 postpaid.

Coping With Difficult People deserves mentioning a second time. It gives priceless descriptions of the doormat, the egg smasher, the crisis creator, the emotional cripple, the short fuse, the sneakin’ deacon, the white tornado. Understanding why people are the way they are is a big step toward dealing with them. You may yourself become less difficult! 6.50 postpaid.

New Directions in New Testament Study by Patrick Henry brings you up to date on what is going on in New Testament studies. Dealing as it does with the various approaches to problems of interpretation, it challenges the reader to take a fresh look at many questions. It deals, for instance, with the question of unity and diversity in the NT. Soft cover is only 9.95 postpaid.

We are especially impressed with the writings of John R. W. Stott and recommend his titles highly. We can send you Baptism and Fullness, which deals with work of Spirit today (2.75); Basic Christianity (1.95); What Christ Thinks of the Church, based on letters to seven churches (2.50); Christ the Controversialist, which deals with Jesus’ confrontation with Jewish leaders and tradition (4.50); Guard the Gospel, a heart-warming study of 2 Timothy (3.50).

There are several scholarly but readable studies on various subjects that we suggest: Baptism in the New Testament by Oscar Cullmann (4.50); The Last Things by George Eldon Ladd, on the millennium and questions on end-time (3.50); The Lord’s Supper by Martin E. Marty (2.75).

We have a new supply of The Fool of God, a novel on life of Alexander Campbell. 5.50 postpaid.

Johnson’s New Testament Notes is available in one volume for only 10.00, and we can supply the best Bible dictionary of all, New Westminister Dictionary of the Bible, for 14.95.