Reviews (Page 10)

David by Duff Cooper

David  by Duff Cooper    Cape, 1943  224 pages  out of print but available secondhand It’s always a pleasure to read a book on a subject written with such good English with which the author shows such mastery. David is here the hero of the Jewish faith. Duff Cooper was an aristocrat (1st Viscount Norwich)…

Beyond coincidence – DVD

Beyond coincidence   dvd, Koinonia House, 2010  120 minutes  US$19.99 Video and audio downloads available Dr Chuck Missler introduces an in-depth study of what has become known as ‘the Anthropic Principle’. This principle was so named by Paul Dirac in 1937 and by Robert Dicke in 1961. Ir describes the appearance of the universe as having…

KJB : the book that changed the world

KJB : the book that changed the world  dvd, 2010  94 minutes £5.99 Presented by John Rhys-Davies and scripted by Murray Watts, this film tells the amazing tale of events leading up to the birth of the King James Bible.  Looking back 6 or 7 centuries with the help of some dramatised episodes, the presenter…

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse : what Hawking said and why it matters  by David Hutchings and David Wilkinson  SPCK, 2020  210 pages  £9.99    ISBN 978 0 281 081 912also available as an ebook There are so many plaudits from scientists that there must be something very special about this book. Indeed there is, for…

Death in the City by Francis A Schaeffer

Death in the City by Francis A Schaeffer  IVP, 1969  127 pages £11.00 ISBN 0 851 103 472 Dr Schaeffer was a leading, American, evangelical theologian and philosopher of the last century. He was most closely associated with L’Abri Fellowship based in Switzerland, using his  knowledge and skills in apologetics and philosophy to bring many…

A Christian Manifesto – DVD Review

A Christian Manifesto  by Rev Dr Francis Schaeffer   dvd  60 minutes also available on YouTube This was a lecture given in 1982 in Florida by a leading American evangelical, a philosopher and theologian whose influence was widely felt not just in the USA but in Europe as well. The substance of the lecture, given in…

The Miracle Maker – DVD Review

The Miracle Maker dvd Icon Films, 1999 87 minutes £7.00 A book with the same title is also available : Hodder & Stoughton, 2000 £2.00ISBN 978 0 340 735 633 This animated cartoon is a graphic re-telling of the story of Jesus based on the gospel accounts as seen through the eyes of Tamar, the…