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…
With a discerning eye it is easy to see the abundant generosity of God in all areas of life in creation and the material necessities of life – the beauty of creation itself – the air we breathe – the water we drink – the food we eat in…
How should we then live ? By Dr Francis A Schaeffer dvd (2 discs) 1977 with Study Guide£31 from Amazon Can be seen on You Tube In 10 programmes Dr Schaeffer covers the rise and decline of western thought and culture, the movement and development of thought and ideas from Roman times to the present,…
The Most Reluctant Convert : the untold story of CS LewisDVD – Fellowship for Performing Arts, 2021 74 minutes £12.99 This is a quite excellent production, superbly acted and filmed in and around Oxford, showing the progress of the life of CS Lewis from ‘hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian author of the past…
1 Corinthians 13 – A paraphrase IF I have the language never so perfectly and speak like a pundit and have not the knack of love that grips the heart, I am nothing. IF I have decorations and diplomas and am proficient in all up to date methods and have not …
Revelation and Reason : Wesleyan responses to eighteenth century rationalismBy Arthur Skevington Wood The Wesley Fellowship, 1992 103 pages ISBN 0 951 633 228 “This book examines the reaction of John Wesley himself together with two of his associates – John William Fletcher and Joseph Benson – to the challenges of reductionist rationalism in…
Cyrus nations ?: Blessings, Curses or Coincidence ? The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Hatikvah Films dvd, 2017 59 minutes £9.99 Cyrus was the Persian king who allowed the Jewish captives in Babylon to return to their own country to rebuild Jerusalem, the city and the Temple. It was the fulfillment of Isaiah’s…