BOOK NOTES

 

      Carl Ketcherside's The Twisted Scriptures has been out of print for several years. We are pleased to announce that it has been republished and is available at $7.95 postpaid, with an introduction by Leroy Garrett. It exposes the way we have abused the Bible in order to perpetuate our divisive ways.

      Our back issues are available at 40 cents each or 15 for $5.00 postpaid. Unless you specify otherwise these will be selected at random from many years back. We have six bound volumes, one single volume and five double volumes, 11 years total, from 1978 through 1990 (except 1979-80), $65.00 postpaid, which is less than the sub rate.

      For only $9.95 postpaid we will send you a copy of Our Heritage in Unity and Fellowship, edited by Cecil Hook. It is made up of select articles from Carl Ketcherside and Leroy Garrett, along with an interesting introduction by Cecil Hook. It is a beautifully designed paperback of 350 pages. The articles are not only on unity and fellowship, but on such topics as "Historic Notes On Our First Church," "The Sand Creek Declaration," and "Our Costliest Sin."

      Jack Cottrell's Feminism and the Bible is a Christian response to the feminist movement, which the author sees as a movement against the church. It identifies four streams of the movement and discusses their influence upon our society. Abortion is discussed in this context. The author shows that the Bible is not anti-woman as the feminists claim. The issues discussed, the author believes, affects us all, men and women alike. $15.50 postpaid.

      The Fire That Consumes by Edward Fudge is a biblical and historical study of the doctrine of final punishment. He concludes that the Scriptures teach that the wicked will be destroyed in hell but that there is no such thing as endless torment. A basic thesis is that humankind is not by nature immortal but that eternal life is a gift of God only to the saved. It is persuasively argued. We can supply you a copy at $21.00 postpaid.

      The Divorced and Remarried Who Would Come to God by Homer Hailey is a significant book because the author has suffered rebuke and rejection from his segment of the Church of Christ for writing it. He says the divorced and remarried may come to God without breaking up still another marriage. $5.50 postpaid.

      If you are a William Barclay reader you will want his delightful little book, A Spiritual Autobiography, which we can send you for $2.50 postpaid.

      Karl Barth was one of this century's great theologians. If you want to see how he influenced many leaders in the church, then read How Karl Barth Changed My Mind, edited by Donald McKim. It is a good way to learn more about a very influential thinker. $7.00 postpaid.

      In Through A Looking Glass John Timmerman tells the story of his life in a tight-knit religious and ethnic community. A preacher's son, he tells of experiences with which many of us can identify. It is a warm human interest story of one with strong faith in God. $.5.50 postpaid.