‘One word of Truth…’ the Nobel Speech on Literature 1970 by Alexander SolzhenitsynThe Bodley Head, 1972 27 pages ISBN 0 370 104 919also available on the internet – look for Nobel Prizes Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) ends his Nobel Prize speech with these words – ‘In Russian the most popular proverbs are about truth. They express…
The Cross and the Swastika by FT Grossmith Word Publishing, 1988 125 pages out of print ISBN 978 0 850 091 526 The author presents an unusual insight and perspective on the Nuremberg trials held after the end of the Second World War. This is the story of Major Henry Gerecke, an American army chaplain…
Faith in the Wilderness : words of exhortation from the Chinese churchHannah Nation and Simon Liu editors Kirkdale Press, 2022 ISBN 978 1 683 596 042Also available digitally from Lexham Press A collection of nine sermons by different Chinese pastors in a book of about 150 pages is nothing extraordinary, you might say. Yet there…
The Book of Ruth : a journey of faith dvd High Fliers Films, 2019 86 minutes This film is a fairly faithful representation of the Old Testament story of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz with such additional characters and dialogue as judged necessary to make the story flow. A narrator helps the story along but only…
Jeremiah (The Soncino Books of the Bible), commentary by Rabbi Dr H FreedmanSoncino Press, 1949 369 pages available from Langdon eTraders via Amazon £15 This commentary on the Old Testament book of Jeremiah is one of a series (14 vols in all) published, with many reprints, just after the second World War. Rabbi Dr H…
The 400 Blows (Les 400 coups) dvd, 99 minutes French with English subtitles The title of this film can be read literally or, as in the French version, as an idiom meaning ‘running wild’. It is a truly remarkable film both in its content and because of the time when it was produced – 1959.…
2084 : Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by John C LennoxZondervan Reflective, 2020 239 pages £12 ISBN 978 0 310 109 563 Professor John Lennox is well known for tackling current scientific issues from a Biblical point of view – a careful and thoughtful defender of the Christian faith of the first order.…
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…