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…
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…
Revelation and Reason : Wesleyan responses to eighteenth century rationalismBy Arthur Skevington Wood The Wesley Fellowship, 1992 103 pages ISBN 0 951 633 228 “This book examines the reaction of John Wesley himself together with two of his associates – John William Fletcher and Joseph Benson – to the challenges of reductionist rationalism in…
Cyrus nations ?: Blessings, Curses or Coincidence ? The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Hatikvah Films dvd, 2017 59 minutes £9.99 Cyrus was the Persian king who allowed the Jewish captives in Babylon to return to their own country to rebuild Jerusalem, the city and the Temple. It was the fulfillment of Isaiah’s…
Gods and Kings : a novel by Lynn Austin (Chronicles of the Kings vol. 1)Bethany House Publishers, 2005 316 pages £9 ISBN 078 0 764 229 893 This is a novel about Hezekiah, 14th King of Judah (one of the ‘good’ kings) who reigned from 716BC to 687BC. His father was Ahaz, a ‘bad’ king…
Who do you think you are ? God thinks you are amazing ! By Steve MawstonScripture Union, 1997 127 pages £1 ISBN 978 1 859 992 036 Specifically aimed at teenagers, this book not only deals with the many anxieties and worries of youngsters beginning to find their identity but successfully manages to relate identity…