BOOK NOTES

 

We are stocking Robert H. Schuller’s Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!, a book that will inspire you to climb even higher, and it makes a nice gift. Only 6.50 in paperback, postpaid.

Conversions, edited by Hugh T. Kerr, is a collection of some fifty accounts of conversions from Paul and Augustine to Charles Spurgeon and C. S. Lewis - and even Ethel Waters and Dorothy Day! —written by themselves. I was pleased to find Barton Stone’s eye-witness account of the great Cane Ridge revival. Our price is 9.95 postpaid, which corrects the previous price we gave for this item.

If you are interested in archaeology, especially in reference to the New Testament, we recommend an exciting new book, The Archaeology of the New Testament, which tells about “the surprise” of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the archaeology of the Empty Tomb, of the Book of Revelation, of the Early Church, and much more. 6.95 postpaid.

In these days when many in Churches of Christ are taking a brave look at both our polity and our attitudes, I suggest a few titles by our own folk that have special value: K. C. Moser’s two titles, The Gist of Romans and The Way of Salvation are 5.95 each postpaid; Olan Hicks’ In Search of Peace, Unity, and Truth is 3.95 postpaid; Waymon D. Miller’s The Role of Elders in the New Testament Church is as liberating as it is informative, 3.95 postpaid.

Restoration history students should get two reprints while they are still available: Memoirs of Alexander Campbell at 21.95 and The Campbell-Rice Debate at 19.95, postpaid. And our own The Stone-Campbell Movement: An Anecdotal History of Three Churches continues to be read and appreciated at home and abroad, especially by the rank and file. The price is 21.95 postpaid, or you can receive a bonus copy by sending us eight new subs (you can count your own as new or renewal) at 3.00 per name, total 24.00.

Marriage in the Fast Lane, by Perry C. Cotham, is to be appreciated for its balance of theory and practice. It properly calls itself a survival manual in an age when marriage is having difficulty. Its practicality is touched by humor in such titles as “Is Your Marriage Holy Wedlock or Wholly Deadlock?” and “Are You Married ‘Till Debt Do Us Part?’” And he talks meaningfully about sex, children, unfaithfulness, conflicts, and even old marriages. 4.95 postpaid.

A book soon to be published is J. B. Phillips: The Wounded Healer, written by his widow and assisted by a close friend. I look forward to this book about a very human and influential Christian as well as a Bible translator, for it tells the story of his lifetime struggle with anxiety and depression. To read current Christian biography is an excellent way to stay out on the growing edge. We will have this book by the time you send us your order, 6.50 pp.

Anything Michael Green writes is worth the while, including this new title Running from Reality, in which he argues that it is the agnostic, the secularist, the hedonist, those who build Utopias and take refuge in Eastern religions that are running from reality. It is a Christian apologetic on escapism in our time. 4.25 pp.

We will still sell you a copy of a little book that could change your marriage and your life, or we will give you one if need be: Do Yourself a Favor: Love Your Wife. 3.65 postpaid.


Our current series on The Adventures of the Early Church will encompass two volumes, extending through 1986, after which it will be bound in one book to match previous volumes. It is not too early to reserve a copy. Our upcoming bound volume, entitled The Doe of the Dawn, will have all the numbers for 1983-84. We will mail this book this spring to all who have reserved a copy with invoice enclosed. We are still accepting orders for this book and you need send no money.

Be sure to send us both your old and new addresses before you move if possible.

We get good responses from our bound volume for 1981-82, entitled Jesus Today. We will send you a copy for 9.00.

You can help us circulate this journal by sending us clubs of four or more subs (including your own renewal) at 3.00 each for the year. Otherwise the sub rate is 5.00 per year or 8.00 for two years. We hope to hold the rate at these prices.

If you send us eight names, total 24.00, we will send you a free copy of The Stone-Campbell Movement by Leroy Garrett, but you must request the book with your order.

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