LITERATURE AND THE GOSPEL by Merle Meeter. Published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., Box 185, Nutley, NJ 07110. 168 pages, paperback, $3.50. Reviewed by Peter De Jong. The Problem of Christian Education Many of us are familiar with the problem of first getting and then continuing to maintain a Christian School for the train […]
THE NEW TESTAMENT STUDENT AND BIBLE TRANSLATION (Vol. IV of THE NEW TESTAMENT STUDENT), edited by John H. Skilton. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., Phillips· burg, New Jersey, 1978. 241 pp. $5.00, paperback. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa. Generally the essays in this volume are […]
A WORLD TO WIN: PREACHING WORLD MISSIONS TODAY, edited by Roger S. Greenway. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1975. 135 pp. $3.95, paper. Review ed by Rev. Jerome Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa. The six contributors to this book are experienced foreign missionaries. All but one, Arthur Glasser, contribute […]
THE STRENGTH OF THE HILLS, Elswyth Thane, Christian Herald House, Chappaqua, New York. 219 pp. $6.95. Copyrighted 1950, 1976. Reviewed by Marian M. Schoolland. Originally published under the title Reluctant Farmer, this charming book of Elswyth Thane has reappeared with a new title, one which at first blush suggests a devotional book. It is not […]
THE LIVES OF PHILIP AND MATTHEW HENRY, by J. B. Williams. Banner of Truth, Edinburgh. 1974. xlvili + 488 + xxxii + 323 pages, $11.95. THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF ASAHEL NETTLETON, by Bennet Tyler and Andre’v Bonar. Banner of Truth, Edinburgh. 1975. xvi +454 pages. $8.50. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome Julien, pastor of the First […]
THE PROPHET JONAH by Hugh Martin. Paperback. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich. $6.95. Reviewed by Fred Gunnink. Here is a commentary that should be welcomed into every preacher’s library. Its sheer volume, 460 pages, gives the indication that a thorough study and exegesis has gone into its preparation. And the reader will not be […]
THE RICHES OF JOHN BUNYAN by John Bunyan. Reprinted by Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. $3.45. Reviewed by Rev. Harold Hollander. Here is an opportunity for the scholar or avid reader of theological works to become acquainted with some of John Bunyan’s theological writings. In the first he makes a good case for holding […]
AN URBAN STRATEGY FOR AFRICA by Dr. Timothy Monsma, Published by William Carey Library, Pasadena, Calif. 175 pages, price $6.95. Reviewed by Harold De Groot, Sioux Falls, S.D. Even though the research for the book was done in preparation for a doctoral dissertation, the author has succeeded in writing a very factual, readable, interesting book […]
Trusting God, Jerry Bridges. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2008. Reprint edition, 2017. Paperback. 368 pages. $15.99. “Nothing, not even the smallest virus escapes His care and control” (13). This quote jumped off the page on a reread of my favorite book, Trusting God, by the late Jerry Bridges. In his preface, the author says that […]
John Newton, Christian Biographies for Young Readers, Simonetta Carr. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2018. Hardcover. 64 pages. $18.00. Julia Gonzaga, Christian Biographies for Young Readers, Simonetta Carr. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2018. Hardcover. 64 pages. $18.00. Mrs. Carr is providing a marvelous series of volumes entitled Christian Biographies for Young Readers. Although they […]