Methodism mocked : the satiric reaction to Methodism in the 18th century by Albert M LylesEpworth Press, 1960 191 pages (out of print but may be available secondhand) The author of this interesting book is a lecturer in English at an American university, clearly well versed in literary genres. He examines the very hostile reaction as…
2 Kings : The Power and the Fury by Dale Ralph Davis. Christian Focus, 2005(Focus on the Bible) 363 pages £9 ISBN 978 1 845 500 962 Dale Ralph Davis has written a first class commentary on the book of 2 Kings. His background as an academic (prof of Old Testament) as well as a…
John Wesley’s theology of Christian Perfection by William M Greathouse MA, DDWesley Fellowship, 1989 (Occasional Paper No. 4) 24 pages £2 This is a paper presented to the Wesley Fellowship in October 1988 by Dr William Greathouse of the Church of the Nazarenes. So much has been published on John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection…
Eye Can Write by Jonathan BryanPublished by Blink Publishing, 2019 A few weeks ago a good friend said to me ” Sadly Jonathan Bryan has died”. I had not heard of him but she sent me a copy of his book as a gift. I have since bought 4 copies to give to others. Some of…
Joshua and the flow of Biblical history by Dr Francis Schaeffer.Hodder & Stoughton, 1975 192 pages £ 2.95 ISBN 0 340 185 540 The central argument of Francis Schaeffer’s book is the continuous flow of Biblical history. In this case, Joshua acts as a crucial link between Moses, the Pentateuch and the rest of the…
Cosmic chemistry : do God and Science mix ? By John C LennoxLion, 2021 400 pages £13.99 ISBN 978 0 745 981 406 – Also available as an eBook This work is a complete revamp of the author’s previous works in the same vein – God’s Undertaker : Has science buried God ? (2007 and…
The Root and Fruit of Replacement Theology by Derek WhiteChristian Friends of Israel, [2003] with CD-ROM PowerPoint presentation 51 pages out of print This booklet is a summary of the historical development of the idea that the church at Pentecost replaced Israel as God’s chosen people (replacement theology) coupled with the origin and growth of…
England before and after Wesley : the Evangelical Revival and Social Reform by J. Wesley Bready Regent College Publishing, 2021 reprint (originally published 1938)£24 463 pages ISBN 978 1 573 835 947 As an analysis of the impact of the 18th century Evangelical Revival and the part played by John Wesley especially, but by his brother…
The Badly Behaved Bible : thinking again about the story of Scripture by Nick PageHodder & Stoughton, 2020 £10 260 pagesISBN 978 1 473 686 212 Also available on Kindle Nick Page is a well known author with over 80 books to his credit. He has been called ‘God’s most dangerous writer’. The quotation from…
Gypsy Smith : the forgotten evangelist by Bill CurtisSeed Publishing Group (US), 2017 240 pages £12ISBN 978 0 996 841 290 This is a study of Rodney Gypsy Smith (1860-1947) by an American Baptist pastor who earned a PhD doing this research. It bears all the necessarily pedantic hallmarks of academic research. If you are…