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…
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…