A sense of humour is an asset at any time but especially so when times are drab and dreary, colourless, hemmed in with restrictions. At such a time, where is it possible to find something to raise a laugh, a chuckle or just a grin ? Going back in time, one can recall the antics…
By Dr Werner Gitt Master Books, 2006 264 pages £10 ISBN 978 0 890 514 610 Dr Gitt is a German scientist and a convinced Christian. In this book, translated from the German, we are presented with strong evidence from a variety of sciences, especially biology, to support the rational and reasonable basis…
Methodism : Her Unfinished Task by WE Sangster Epworth Press, 1950 128 pages out of print but may be available secondhand Is it worth reviewing a book published 70 years ago ? The question has to be asked and deserves to be answered. At the time (1950) Dr Sangster was minister at Central Hall, Westminster.…
Has science buried God ? Fixed Point Foundation, 2009 dvd £4 81 mins. Available on You Tube The debate on this topic between Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor John Lennox took place in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The choice of venue was quite deliberate as it was here in 1860, a year…
by Dwight Pryor CFI Communications 3 cds £12 2 1/2 hours Dr Dwight Pryor is a Messianic Jew, that is, he recognises and accepts Jesus Christ as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, the Son of God and Saviour. Dr Pryor is a very experienced Bible teacher. In these cds he explores…
Susanna Wesley by Arnold Dallimore Baker Books, 1993 £6.99 168 pagesISBN 978 0 801 030 185 Also available as an audiobook Among the many published books on the life of Susanna Wesley, Arnold Dallimore’s biography, especially written for women, is better viewed as a family portrait with Susanna as the central figure. There are…
Through a glass darkly : journeys through science, faith and doubt – a memoir by Alister McGrath Hodder & Stoughton, 2020 225 pages ISBN 978 1 529 327 601 also available as an ebook Alister McGrath takes us through his life’s journey from an ardent atheist as a teenager and a temporary flirt with Marxism leading…
Moral questions of the Bible : timeless truth in a changing world by David Instone-Brewer Lexham Press, 2019 286 pages £12 ISBN 978 1 683 592 952 This is an excellent book well worth dipping in to and keeping for future reference. Dr Instone-Brewer is a Research Fellow at Tyndale House in Cambridge and is…
Man’s search for meaning : the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E. Frankl Rider, 2004 154 pages £7.99 ISBN 978 1 844 132 393 I was moved by this book. Who could ever fail to be moved by such a story ? Part of its power is surely that Viktor Frankl…
Finding the Path : the search for spiritual reality by Roger Forster new, revised edition, Frameworks, 1991 96 pages ISBN 978 0 851 112 183 Originally written for university and college students, this revised version is a happy combination of evangelism and doughty defence of the Christian faith. Roger Forster, trained at Cambridge in mathematics…