Through a glass darkly : journeys through science, faith and doubt – a memoir by Alister McGrath Hodder & Stoughton, 2020 225 pages ISBN 978 1 529 327 601 also available as an ebook Alister McGrath takes us through his life’s journey from an ardent atheist as a teenager and a temporary flirt with Marxism leading…
Moral questions of the Bible : timeless truth in a changing world by David Instone-Brewer Lexham Press, 2019 286 pages £12 ISBN 978 1 683 592 952 This is an excellent book well worth dipping in to and keeping for future reference. Dr Instone-Brewer is a Research Fellow at Tyndale House in Cambridge and is…
Man’s search for meaning : the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E. Frankl Rider, 2004 154 pages £7.99 ISBN 978 1 844 132 393 I was moved by this book. Who could ever fail to be moved by such a story ? Part of its power is surely that Viktor Frankl…
Finding the Path : the search for spiritual reality by Roger Forster new, revised edition, Frameworks, 1991 96 pages ISBN 978 0 851 112 183 Originally written for university and college students, this revised version is a happy combination of evangelism and doughty defence of the Christian faith. Roger Forster, trained at Cambridge in mathematics…
The Upside-Down Kingdom by Donald B Kraybill Marshalls, 1978 318 pages 978 0 551 011 885 Donald Kraybill is, in his own words, ‘a theological layman’. His graduate qualifications in sociology become quickly apparent as you read this book for there is a great deal of sociological reference and explanation in this work – too…
A Flame of Love : a personal choice of Charles Wesley’s verse by Timothy Dudley-Smith Triangle (SPCK), 1987 160 pages Available second-hand from Amazon ISBN 978 0 281 043 002 To remember the bicentenary of the death of Charles Wesley, the greatest of all English hymn writers, as well as the 250th anniversary of…
The preaching service – the glory of the Methodists : a study of the piety, ethos and development of the Methodist preaching service by Adrian Burdon Grove Books, 1991 42 pages £3.50 ISBN 1 851 741 712 These words of John Wesley appear on the title page – “The morning preaching is the glory…
On Jesus by Douglas Groothuis Wadsworth, 2002 £20 98 pages ISBN 978 0 534 583 941 (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) This is one of a series of well over 70 compact volumes dealing with the work and thought of great philosophers, both classic and contemporary. This book by a scholar (professor of philosophy…
Doubt : how to handle it honestly by Alister McGrath IVP, 1990 £2.30 (Amazon) 144 pages ISBN 0 851 108 504 In just six chapters Alister McGrath grapples honestly and positively with one of the difficulties in the Christian life faced by many at some time or other in their Christian journey. Sadly, some regard…
Every square inch : an introduction to cultural engagement for Christians by Bruce Riley Ashford Lexham Press, 2015 160 pages £12 ISBN 978 1 577 996 200 What an excellent little book ! The author, professor of theology and culture at an American theological college, writes about how Christians can and should engage with their…