BOOK NOTES

 

The six-pac of C. S. Lewis in matching volumes in paperback is still available at only $19.00 for the set. They are The Problem of. Pain, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Miracles, The Abolition of Man, and Mere Christianity. Singly they are $3.75. Many have given C. S. Lewis credit for turning their lives around. If you have not read him, here is the place to start.

Anything that Leslie Newbegin writes is worth reading. One of the builders of the modern ecumenical movement, he understands cross-cultural problems in the church’s witness to the world. This makes his Foolishness to the Greeks, as study in the gospel and western culture, promising reading. $7.95 postpaid.

It is rare to see a responsible treatment these days on the Christian view of politics and government. Paul Marshall’s Thine Is the Kingdom is such a book. He discusses everything from the nature of politics and justice to war, abortion and pornography. It closes with a guide for Christian action. $7.95 postpaid.

We have a fresh supply of one of our most popular titles, A Short History of the Early Church by Harry Boer. $6.95 postpaid. Also The Mormon Papers by Harry Ropp at $4.50 postpaid.

William Neil was an old Scotsman that pored over the teaching of Jesus as if he were mining for gold, particularly the difficult teachings of Jesus. This resulted in two books, The Difficult Sayings of Jesus and More Difficult Sayings of Jesus. They are a veritable gold mine of information. These are $3.50 and $6.50; $9.00 for both postpaid.

We are delighted with the response to our offer of a bonus copy of Leroy Garrett’s The Stone-Campbell Movement, a readable history of Christian Churches-Churches of Christ. We will continue to offer a free copy when you send us eight subs to this journal at the club rate of $3.00 each ($24.00 total), new subs or renewals, including your own, but you must request the free copy.