Haunted by Christ : modern writers and the struggle for faith by Richard Harries. SPCK, 2019£9.99 228 pages ISBN 978 0 281 079 346 also available as an ebook The former Bishop of Oxford has written here about 20 modern writers, mostly British, in 15chapters. The approach, in particular, is to examine what part Christian…
A thousand tongues : the Wesley hymns as a guide to scriptural teaching by John Lawson. Paternoster, 2007 ISBN 978 1 842 275 504 £12.99 Wesley hymns. Hinde St. Methodist Church, 2018 ISBN 978 0 992 613 204 £18 The volume and extent of Charles Wesley’s hymns reveal only too clearly the breadth, depth…
The Alpha course attracts positive and negative comment. Consider, for example, the story of Simon Dixon, a talented musician who began the piano at the age of 5. Simon’s story is too long to go into all the detail here but a full career in church music, teaching, conducting and concerts filled his life, ‘music…
Scripture Twisting : twenty ways the cults misread the Bible by James W Sire IVP Books, 1980180 pages £14 ISBN 978 0 877 846 116 That there are so many competing religions and philosophies with ardent followers is sign enoughof hunger for the meaning of life, spiritual satisfaction and moral certainty – as the experience…
God of Wonders dvd Eternal Productions, 2008 84 mins. £12 Available from Amazon and Eden Bookshop, Cambridge Watching this film is worth it for the beautiful photography alone but the American producers do use the opportunity to preach the gospel. Critics and committed unbelievers might find the interspersed commentary superfluous, spoiling enjoyment of the magnificent…
Roger Forster and Paul Marston 3rd edition revised, Push Publishing, 2013 208 pages £7.00 ISBN 978 0 955 378 355 available as Kindle and in print from Eden Bookshop, Cambridge This is simple, straightforward Biblical overview as you have never known it. That it has gone to three editions is testimony itself to its enduring…
You can’t fail to have noticed the words ‘normal’ and ‘normality’. They are to be heard and read everywhere. For the Christian disciple, ‘normal’ and ‘normality’ both have a meaning far beyond their current usage. Years ago, I heard a lecture by an American theologian and philosopher, Dr Francis Schaeffer, who, in the course of the lecture,…
The Weight of Glory by CS Lewis SPCK, 1942 23 pages available in many of CS Lewis’s books of collected writings Combine a healthy, focussed imagination with a deep understanding of the way Christians see things, add an enviable command of language and you will eventually come up with CS Lewis. Such gifts are…
The Remarkable Journey of Jonah by Henry Morris Master Books, 2003 £8 135 pages ISBN 978 0 890 514 078 There are some who believe that the book of Jonah in the Old Testament is a fairy story rather than real history. Henry Morris does not subscribe to this view. He takes it…
This is a thought-provoking book and definitely worth a read.