BOOK NOTES

 

You would do well to get acquainted with the writings of John White, a Canadian psychiatrist, who writes plainly to believers about their problems. Parents in Pain offers comfort and counsel to parents who have to cope with alcoholism, crime, homosexuality, and suicide in their children, 5.50 postpaid. The Golden Cow deals with today’s materialism, especially the church’s preoccupation with material things; you’ll be interested in what he says about “Christian junk mail” and fund raising schemes, 4.50 postpaid. Daring to Draw Near is a Biblical study of people in prayer, especially the change that is wrought by prayer, 4.50 postpaid.

Preaching Through the Bible by Edwin V. Hayden is not just for preachers, for the study outlines are packed with vital information about much of the Bible. While it guides the preacher in Biblical preaching, it provides anyone with a useful tool for study. Only 8.95 in soft cover.

Howard Snyder has done the church a great service in pointing to the church as community. You will thrill over his The Community of the King. You would think him a Campbellite when he talks of the unity of the church. 4.75 postpaid. He is also the author of The Problem of Wine Skins, which deals with the problem of structures. What he says about church buildings will make you think. 5.50 postpaid.

K. C. Moser’s books are from the past generation, but they continue to be appreciated since Moser was one of the first Church of Christ preachers to discover the beauty of the gospel of grace. The Gist of Romans and The Way of Salvation are 5.50 each, or both for 10.00 pp.

You can now get the entire Bible in Today’s English Version, and we stock a handsome blue denim edition for 8.95 pp. You might also want to pick up a copy of Barclay’s translation of NT for 3.50 pp.

We have a few copies of Ann Kiemal’s I Love the Word Impossible, which makes a most thoughtful gift, at only 2.50 pp. Charlie Shedd’s The Fat Is In Your Head, which tells you how to take it off, is only 2.50 pp., and we have two inexpensive paperbacks by Elton Trueblood: Confronting Christ (1.75 pp.) and Alternative to Futility (1.50 pp.)

For your library on our history you may not always have a chance to get Robert Richardson’s Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, two vols. in one, which remains the richest source on our Movement. 19.95 pp. The Biography of J. T. Johnson is also a must. 7.50 pp. The People’s New Testament by B. W. Johnson has long been a favorite commentary. You can get two volumes in one for only 12.50 pp.

And remember that the Stone-Campbell Movement: An Anecdotal History of Three Churches by Leroy Garrett, a 739-page study of our history from its inception in Europe to the Churches of Christ, Christian Churches, and Disciples of Christ today, is now available. 19.95 plus 1.25 postage, but we will pay the postage if you pay in advance.

We have three bound volumes of Restoration Review still available. Principles of Unity and Fellowship (1977) and The Ancient Order (1978) are 5.50 each; Blessed Are the Peacemakers and With All the Mind (1979-1980), a double volume, is 8.50.

Since we no longer have time to keep books, we ask that all book orders (except our own books: the history and the bound volumes) be cash.

You will notice that for 1982 we have a modest increase in the subscription for Restoration Review. Single subs, 5.00 for one year, 8.00 for two years; in clubs of four or more, 3.00 per name per year, with no limit to the number; this can include one’s own renewal.