BOOK NOTES

 

Since there will be only 15 more issues of this journal, the Dec. 1992 issue being the final number, we would appreciate your help in giving these the widest circulation possible. We have two extended series going, one on the Old Testament and one on what the Church of Christ must do to be saved. You know people that would be helped by both of these. You can bless others and help us all by sending us a list of such folk. You get the club rate of only $4.00 per name for 10 issues ($6 each for the remaining 15 issues) in lists of four or more, which may include your own renewal. Since renewals will drop off during our last year, we can use some help from those who love us the most.

We will continue to dispose of our back issues at less-than-cost, and we expect more demand for these as we wind down. While they last the price is 15 copies for $4.00 or 25 copies for $6.00, postpaid, selected at random by us for many years back. If you select the ones you want, the price is 40 cents each, plus postage, if we have them.

We are pleased with the looks of our new bound volume of this journal for 1989-90, titled The Hope of the Believer. We have mailed a copy to each one that reserved one. The price is $15.00 postpaid.

We expect to have Carl Ketcherside’s autobiography, Pilgrimage of Joy, later this year. The prepublication price is $15.00, and we advise that you reserve a copy to make sure you get one.

We were also able to get more copies of another book that is going out of print, but highly worth reading. Grace Thus Far by David H. C. Read is the story of a preacher who was a chaplain prisoner of war during WWII, then pastor in Britain and America. His story is a learning experience, especially if you are a preacher. It would make an ideal little gift for a preacher. His chapter on “The Politics of the Pastor” will at least confirm that you are not alone in what you have to put up with. But his experience seems to make it less difficult. Usually $8.95, we can offer it at $6.95 postpaid.

Another “learning” book that will really stretch your mind is How Karl Barth Changed My Mind. When 26 scholars tell how one man changed their thinking, and in what way, it is worth reading. One theologian reports that he really came to see what “good news” is by reading Barth. Part of the book shows how Barth greatly influenced others because his own mind kept changing. I should give a complimentary copy to the old Church of Christ minister who proudly affirmed that he had not changed his mind about anything for 50 years! $10.50 post-paid.