Book Review Trumpeter of God. A Biography of John Knox. by W. Stanford Reid. 1974. paperback edition by Baker Book House 1982. 353 pp. $8.95. After the Reformed Fellowship began a third of a century ago its periodical for most of the first two decades was called Torch and Trumpet; then, perhaps because the old […]
MARRIAGE TO A DIFFICULT MAN: THE “UNCOMMON UNION” OF JONATHAN AND SARAH EDWARDS Elisabeth D. Dodds This is a delightful historical novel about the life and times of the Puritans in New England. One commentator remarked: “That it is a tempting blend of family guidance book sociological study, psychologically, and devotionally American historical biography.” Many […]
Jehovah’s Mighty Acts, Nathan J. Langerak. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2019. 100 pages, hardbound. $24.95. His Friends and Servants, Nathan J. Langerak. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2020. 95 pages, hardbound. $24.95. Both of these volumes are in a new set of Bible stories entitled Tell His Wonders, a title that comes […]
What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO, Mike Lindell. Chaska, MN: Lindell Publishing, 2019. Paperback. 325 pages. $19.99. Mike Lindell is quite familiar to us from his My Pillow television infomercials. Behind the inventor of this pillow is a most interesting story which he shares in this book. Dr. Ben Carson writes on […]
The Unknown Hour: Biblical Signs Warnings, Hope and Peace, edited by Gaylord Haan and Jerome Julien. Grand Rapids: Reformed Fellowship, 2020. Paperback. 248 pages. $18.95. It is far easier to fill a bookshelf with hyperbolic predictions and conspiracy theories about the end of the world from ostensibly Christian authors than it is to locate a […]
The Drama of Christianity, An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation by S.L. Morris. Baker Book House. 147 pages. $4.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. There is a reason why many preachers shy away from preaching on Revelation, or otherwise do no more with it than have a few sermons on the letters to the […]
D. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES: THE FIRST FORTY YEARS 1899–1939, by Iain H. Murray. Published by the Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Carlisle, PA, USA, 1983. Hardcover, 394pp. $15.95. The former editor of the Banner of Truth publications provides us with a fascinating and illuminating account of the first half of the 80-year life of […]
A review article on A Christian Approach to Economics and the Cultural Condition, by Douglas Vickers. Published by Exposition Press, Smithtown, N.Y. 1982, hardcover, 198 pp., $12.50. In the prevailing current concern with economic problems there is a need and opportunity for a book such as this which attempts to deal with these matters from […]
MARKINGS ON A LONG JOURNEY WRITINGS OF JOHN J. TIMMERMAN; Rodney J . Mulder and John H. Timmerman, Editors; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 300 pages, $9.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Timmerman’s excellence in style, his magnanimous spirit that shines through, his knowledgeable comments in the field of literature, and his healthy Christian […]
THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA Illustrated. In Four Volumes. Volume Two: E-J. Fully Revised. 1175 pages, 1982. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $35.00. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Its reputation being clearly established as a scholarly reference for well over three score years, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is definitely a must for the library of […]