Expelled – no intelligence allowed dvd, NPN Videos. 95 minutes £8 The widely-felt tension between faith and science is still very much a live issue and shows no sign of going away. The views of moderates in both camps does not hold much sway so the arena is sadly left open to extremists. This…
I came across this reworking of psalm 23 by a Japanese Christian, Toki Miyashiro and thought it would be good to share here: The Lord is my pace-setter; I shall not rush; He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals. He provides me with images of stillness which restore my serenity, He leads me…
Cows, curses and Christ : disciple making among the Laarim of South Sudan by Philip and Linda Byler.Privately published, 2012 1786 pages £4 (available from Amazon) ISBN 978 8 718 387 742 This is a well told story of missionary work in a very troubled part of Africa – Sudan. It has one very…
A quick check of the internet throws up the interesting (startling) fact that of the approximately 200 countries in the world, over 25% or one quarter of them are ruled by autocrats or dictators. Some are so well known and obvious that we could rattle of their names without much hesitation. There are some who…
Under the same sky : from starvation in North Korea to salvation in America by Joseph Kim with Stephen Talty Mariner Books, 2016 273 pages £12ISBN 978 0 544 705 272 The particular interest of this story about North Korea is that it is written by an insider, an eyewitness in a very secretive society.…
War and Faith : short biographies from the Second World War by Don Stephens EP Books, 2016141 pages £6.99 ISBN 978 1 783 971 503 In this sequel to his book ‘War and Grace’, Don Stephens tells the stories of eight people of varied nationalities who, in one way or another, went through World War…
The Force of Truth by Thomas Scott Banner of Truth, 1984 (first published 1779) 127 pages £2.95ISBN 0 851 514 251 This is a spiritual autobiography from the 18th century by Thomas Scott (1747-1821), a contemporary of the Wesleys. The interest of this narrative is that by his own admission the author became a priest…
Who wrote the New Testament ? dvd S4C, 2003 3 hours £13 ISBN 0 564 035 36X According to the producers, this is ‘the story of 27 compositions that changed the course of history’. The 27 compositions in question are the 27 books of the New Testament. In 3 presentations of about an hour each,…
Kingdom of Fools : the unlikely rise of the early church by Nick PageHodder & Stoughton, 2013 £9.99 389 pages ISBN 978 0 340 996 263 Nick Page has written what is, in effect, a very detailed examination of the book of Acts with a little history before and after the events described in Acts…
“One word of Truth…” is the title of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s acceptance speech when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. The title is part of a Russian proverb which says ‘One word of truth outweighs the whole world’. In the news very recently you will almost certainly heard or read that a…