BOOK NOTES

 

Being an admirer of the Russian novelist whose prophetic voice is heard in East and West alike, I have special interest in Edward Ericson’s Solzhenitsyn: The Moral Vision. The author takes each of the great novels and shows that Solzhenitsyn is to be read as a moral prophet rather than a political writer. 6.95 post paid.

We have a new supply of that informative little book, The Difficult Sayings of Jesus by William Neil at only 2.10 postpaid. Another small but challenging volume is Malcolm Muggeridge’s The End of Christendom, which is a daring critique of modern Christianity. 3.10 pp.

John R. W. Stott’s titles are among the few that we stock permanently, for we highly recommend everything he has written. Christ the Controversalist is a must, 4.50 pp. Others are Our Guilty Silence (3.50), Basic Christianity (3.50), Your Mind Matters (2.25), and Men Made New, which is an exposition on Rom. 5-8, (3.50).

If you are interested in reading about other religions, we suggest Dialogue: The Key to Understanding Other Religions, by Donald Swearer, 5.95.

The Meaning of the Millennium, edited by Robert Clouse, is an excellent study of four views, historic premillennialism, postmillennialism, dispensationalism, amillennialism. One finds each view attractively, even persuasively, set forth. The men then respond to each other. 4.75 pp.

John White’s little book, The Cost of Commitment, tells you what it means to take up your cross daily. He tells you how this relates our situation of not being called upon to suffer persecution. 2.75 pp. A similar book that questions whether Christians can “play it safe” and calls for a new way for God’s people is Bruce Larson’s Risky Christianity, 4.95 pp.

Dorothy Pape’s In Search of God’s Ideal Woman at 6.50 is an honest examination of all the NT teaching on women and their ministry. The chapter on women’s role in the early church is especially challenging.

Harry Boer’s A Short History of the Early Church at 5.50 pp. continues to sell, perhaps because it gives a brief account of so many subjects that we need to know something about: persecutions, Gnosticism, Marcionism, Diocletian, Constantine, Nicean creed, etc., etc.

Robert Richardson’s Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, two volumes complete in one volume, is a gold mine of information on our history. 19.95 pp.

If you have any interest at all in your heritage, you should read The Stone-Campbell Movement: An Anecdotal History of Three Churches by the editor of Restoration Review, a hardbound 739-page book at only 21.95 postpaid. We believe it is safe to recommend this book to those who do not ordinarily enjoy reading history.

Some of our new subscribers might be interested in our bound volumes, which cost but little more than the yearly subscription. Principles of Unity and Fellowship (1977) and The Ancient Order (1978) are 5.50 each, while our double volume for 1979-80, entitled Blessed Are the Peacemakers and With All the Mind is 8.50.

Please, since we cannot take the time for bookkeeping, send your check in advance. The prices include the postage.

If you do not care to buy bound volumes, but would like a sampling of loose copies over the past decade, we will send you 18 back issues, selected at random, for only 3.00.