Morality : Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan SacksHodder & Stoughton, 2020 365 pages £8 ISBN 978 1 473 617 339Also available on Kindle and as an Audiobook. Reading this book has been a rich and rewarding experience, both instructive and inspiring.If ever there was a case for seeing the world as…
Romans : Encountering the Gospel’s Power : 20 studies with commentary for individuals and groups by John Stott IVP, 1998 111 pages ISBN 9768 0 851 113 944 In 20 studies, John Stott takes you through the entirety of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome. Not only is there helpful and…
Faith of |Our Father : Expositions of Genesis 12 – 25 by Dale Ralph Davis Christian Focus, 2015166 pages £8.99 ISBN 978 1 781 916 445 Also available as an eBook To find a book of printed sermons which yet retain all the immediacy and attraction of the spoken original is a…
The Message of Romans : God’s good news for the world by John RW Stott IVP, 1994(The Bible speaks Today) with Study Guide 432 pages £12 ISBN 978 0 851 111 438 There are so many commentaries on Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome that it would be difficult to rate this commentary by…
The Book of Daniel dvd, Pure Flix Entertainment, 2013 83 minutes £16 Jeremiah proved to be a reliable, albeit reluctant, prophet and servant of God when he declared that Jerusalem and its people were to be besieged by King Nebuchadnezzar and taken into captivity to Babylon. Daniel, of noble or royal birth, and his compatriots…
Your mind matters : the place of the mind in the Christian life by John Stott IVP, 1972 47 pagesISBN 0 851 100 333 John Stott was a fine example of a leading Christian who used his mind to advance the gospel. In this public address from 1972, he strikes a healthy balance between arid…
The Father dvd, 2021 with Anthony Hopkins 94 minutes £6.99 This film is a powerful and disturbing portrayal of the relationship between a daughter and her father. It is a study of the growing onset of dementia in an old man although the word never appears in the dialogue. Powerful for its narrow, concentrated focus…
The Bible in translation : Ancient and English versions by Bruce M MetzgerBaker Academic, 2001 200 pages £12.99 ISBN 978 0 801 022 827 Bruce Metzger (1914-2007) was Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary for 46 years.. In the wide-ranging survey of many translations (and some paraphrases) of the Bible…
Making sense of the Trinity : 3 crucial questions by Millard J Erickson Baker Books, 2000 £8.99108 pages ISBN 978 0 801 062 872 This is an excellent book dealing with a difficult doctrine in the Christian faith. Millard Erickson is an American scholar, a professor of theology. In answering three crucial questions Is the…
The Sunflower : on the possibilities and limits of forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal and othersSchocken Books, NY Revised and expanded edition, 1997 ISBN 978 0 805 210 606 Simon nWiesenthal is a Holocaust survivor and well-known as the founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre which, through its investigations, brought more than 1000 Nazi criminals…