The Wrong Messiah : The real story of Jesus of Nazareth by Nick PageHodder & Stoughton, 2012 313 pages £8.99 ISBN 978 0 340 996 287 A book with the subtitle ‘the real story’ would, almost certainly, raise the suspicion that the author has an axe to grind. That is not so in this case,…
Death in the City by Francis A Schaeffer IVP, 1969 127 pages £11.00 ISBN 0 851 103 472 Dr Schaeffer was a leading, American, evangelical theologian and philosopher of the last century. He was most closely associated with L’Abri Fellowship based in Switzerland, using his knowledge and skills in apologetics and philosophy to bring many…
A Christian Manifesto by Rev Dr Francis Schaeffer dvd 60 minutes also available on YouTube This was a lecture given in 1982 in Florida by a leading American evangelical, a philosopher and theologian whose influence was widely felt not just in the USA but in Europe as well. The substance of the lecture, given in…
The Miracle Maker dvd Icon Films, 1999 87 minutes £7.00 A book with the same title is also available : Hodder & Stoughton, 2000 £2.00ISBN 978 0 340 735 633 This animated cartoon is a graphic re-telling of the story of Jesus based on the gospel accounts as seen through the eyes of Tamar, the…
My Brother’s Keeper by Rod Gragg. Little, Brown & Co., 2016 250 pages £12.99ISBN 978 1 455 566 280 What a beautiful book. Beautiful for two reasons. Firstly, its 250 pages yield 30 different stories, so, about 8 pages for each story – not enough to get bored ! This book can be put…
The story of Ruth in the Old Testament is so rich in meaning that thousands of sermons must havefound their inspiration from its words. Here are just some of the ideas to be found in this short lovestory – The love of Ruth for her mother-in-law provokes Ruth to say “Where you go, I will…
Rescuing Darwin : God and evolution in Britain today by Nick Spencer and Denis Alexander.Theos, 2009 65 pages £10 ISBN 978 0 955 445 354 For all that this is a short book it really packs a powerful punch. Nick Spencer was director of Studies (now Senior Fellow) at Theos, the public theology network and…
Difficult histories : Christian memory and historic injustice by John Coffey Cambridge Papers vol. 29 no. 4 December 2020 6 pages ISSN 1361-7710 The full paper can be downloaded to read by clicking this link John Coffey is Professor of History at the University of Leicester and has written a topical paper relating to ‘contested…
Shropshire saint : a study in the ministry and spirituality of Fletcher of Madeley by George Lawton Epworth Press, 1960 136 pages £16 (The Wesley Historical Society Lecture, no. 26) If there is anything at all which would encourage you to read the life of John Fletcher of Madeley, it must be the accolade proposed…
The Prince of Egypt dvd 1998 100 minutes £6 This colourful, animated cartoon is based on the Exodus story of Moses and his people, slaves in Egypt, and their ultimate release from bondage. The essential elements of the Biblical story are there but some poetic licence has been taken in order to ensure the even…