Everything is going up. It’s in the news every day. Energy prices are going up. Petrol and diesel costs are going up. Food prices are going up. Taxes are going up. Inflation is increasing. Childcare costs are going up. Is there anything at all that is not going up ? Yes, there is. The grace…
The 400 Blows (Les 400 coups) dvd, 99 minutes French with English subtitles The title of this film can be read literally or, as in the French version, as an idiom meaning ‘running wild’. It is a truly remarkable film both in its content and because of the time when it was produced – 1959.…
2084 : Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by John C LennoxZondervan Reflective, 2020 239 pages £12 ISBN 978 0 310 109 563 Professor John Lennox is well known for tackling current scientific issues from a Biblical point of view – a careful and thoughtful defender of the Christian faith of the first order.…
Success and failure can be seen in secular as well as religious situations. Looking at sport is an easy example of both success and failure in non-religious circumstances. That renowned character of doom and gloom, the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, is a prime example of both success and failure at one and the same time…
Time for truth : living free in a world of lies, hype and spin by Os Guinness Baker Books, 2000127 pages £5 ISBN 0 801 011 957 Despite the age and primary focus of this book, there is much of value in what Dr Guinness writes here. The main thrust of the book is…
Two addresses by Rev Dr WE Sangster MA, DD 1) What it is to be a Christian and 2) Why I believe in the gospel for England Evangelical Recordings Ltd (ELP 2200) Long-play record out of print The inimitable voice of a great Methodist preacher can be heard on both sides of this vinyl recording. The…
Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit by Janet and Geoff Benge YWAM Publishing, 2005(Christian Heroes Then and Now) 183 pages £7.00 ISBN 978 1 576 582 626 Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, (1700 – 1760), a count of the Holy Roman Empire was an unusually mature Christian at a very young age. His father died six weeks…
Prophetic untimeliness : a challenge to the idol of relevance by Os GuinnessBaker Books, 2003 123 pages £ ISBN 978 0 801 065 606 The key to getting the main thrust of Os Guinness’s work is in the subtitle – ‘the idol of relevance’. The Christian gospel has ever been a challenge to the…
Faith in the Age of Reason by Jonathan HillLion, 2004 208 pages £8.99 ISBN 0 745 951 309 Setting the scene first in the Middle Ages, Jonathan Hill then embarks on a sweeping, historical survey of the impact of the Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, on the Christian faith. The movement of ideas is traced…
Return from a distant country by Alister McGrathDarton, Longman and Todd, 2021 (My Theology series) 92 pages £8.99 ISBN 978 1 913 657 406 It’s always a joy to read the limpid prose, careful thought and Alister McGrath’s compellingly presented arguments in favour of the Christian faith. As a young man committed to Marxism as…