BOOK NOTES

 

A new book that deals with a long-neglected problem is now available. Too Close Too Soon, especially for the young, tells how to distinguish between attraction and love and how to avoid the disillusionment of premature intimacy. The authors have tested ways to avoid some of the pitfalls of dating. It would not be a bad graduation present at 5.50 postpaid.

Perhaps it would take a missionary like Lester Sumrall to write a spiritually-packed study on The Names of God, which will help you to practice the presence of God. Throughout the Old Testament God revealed himself through various names, such as Jehovah-Jireh. When the author deals with this name, he thrills your soul with the story of Abraham’s faith. This book will be a spiritual feast. 5.50 postpaid.

I consider the retired professor of New Testament of Aberdeen U. in Scotland, A.M. Hunter, one of the exciting writers in that field. Anything he writes is worth reading, especially his Preaching the New Testament, which is rooted in the Good News. You will revel in his resourcefulness on old topics such as the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. 5.50 postpaid.

There is a new printing of a book that has for a generation been highly respected for its treatment of a highly controversialism. Fundamentalism and the Word of God by J. I. Packer will prove to be a challenge to all, whether they are Fundamentalists or liberals. 4.50 postpaid.

Westminster Press has issued a very attractive series called the Library of Living Faith with four different titles thus far. These are The Joy of Worship, Becoming Human, Last Things First (a study of the end of the world, judgment, second coming), and New Life in the Spirit. You may order anyone of them or all at 6.50 each postpaid.

For 8.95 we will send you a new book, Stress Management for Ministers, a book for preachers who deny themselves of what they seek to give to others.

We consider The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible the best of the Bible dictionaries. Highly illustrated, it is a goldmine of information, up-to-date and reliable. 18.95 postpaid.

Some of you may be fans of Paul Tournier, the renowned Christian psychiatrist. If so you will want Reflections, which he has written as a personal guide for life’s most crucial questions, such as fear, prayer, love, self-discovery, sickness and suffering. 7.95 postpaid.

This column informed you earlier of the new Daily Study Bible on the Old Testament, patterned after Barclay’s popular set on the New Testament. They are thus a balance between scholarly study and devotional reading. The two volumes of Genesis are now available, as well as Daniel and Leviticus, four volumes in all. The hard cover is 10.95, but the soft cover at 5.95 each is a super buy. If you buy all four we pay the postage. Otherwise 6.50 each postpaid.

If you have difficulty with the Biblical doctrine of Satan, then you should read I Believe in Satan’s Downfall by Michael Green, who is one of the church’s great writers. With this book you will better understand the whole problem of evil. 6.50 postpaid.

For lovers of Restoration history we are sorry to announce that The Fool of God, by the beloved Louis Cochran, is now out of print. We have seven copies in stock at 5.75 postpaid on a first come first served basis. Still available is The Biography of John T. Johnson at 7.00 pp, and The Gist of Romans and The Way of Salvation, both by K. C. Moser, at 5.50 each postpaid.