Posts about books that I’ve read.
Below is the text for a possible children’s book that would introduce them to the Bible. Of course, there would be illustrations, too, but I can’t draw, or at least not very well. Or a parent or grandparent could just read this text to his or her child or grandchild. WHAT IS THE BIBLE? What … [Read more…]
This book’s author, Michael Novak, was erudite and rightly acclaimed. He was around for a long time; he cites in this 2008 book a few times his own book Belief and Unbelief — which he wrote in 1965, more than forty years earlier. And I enjoyed the book I’ll be discussing here. *** The book’s overarching … [Read more…]
Our church recently distributed this book to its “small group” leaders, and a good friend who’d already read it said this was the best book on evangelism he ever read (he noted in particular its emphasis on the importance of replication). The whole book is online here: [link: https://campusministryunited.com/Documents/MasterPlanOfEvangelism.pdf]. The title contains the theme: “Master … [Read more…]
This book was given to me by a good friend, who noted that the author has written books with William Lane Craig, whom I greatly admire (Craig is mentioned a couple of times in this book). I was happy to see in it several references to Blaise Pascal and C.S. Lewis, namesake authors of this … [Read more…]
This is a good biography of William Tyndale by a Protestant — and of course the Protestant take on Tyndale is that, for translating the Bible into English, the Catholic Church hunted him down and killed him (by strangulation, explosion, and burning — you can’t take any chances with these heretics!). The Catholic Church, also … [Read more…]
The Old Testament volume here was highly recommended by a very good friend who knows his Bible, and I then discovered that there was a New Testament volume following the same approach, so I checked them both out on interlibrary loan. Good move on my part! I think these would be excellent reference books for … [Read more…]
I checked out this book after reading a convincing recommendation of it by a young online pundit — and I’m glad I did. The whole book is online here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8092/8092-h/8092-h.htm#link2H_4_0012 G.K. Chesterton is, of course, an important Christian writer and apologist, his writings influencing, among others, C.S. Lewis. Now, this particular book is simply a … [Read more…]
C.S. Lewis wrote, “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” And if you’re looking for an old book, I just finished reading two that I’m happy to recommend. I hasten to add that neither of them would … [Read more…]
R.C. Sproul is an important American Reformed theologian, and John Piper calls this book a “classic.” One fan of Dr. Sproul told me that a great value of this book is that the holiness of God reminds us how unholy we are. Along those lines, I noted, “Fear, discomfort, other-ness: That and not simple adoration … [Read more…]
I have Professor William Lane Craig to thank for flagging this amazing book, in a video of him speaking that I watched and took notes on years ago. It is a tour de force argument in favor of the historicity of the book of Acts. It is also extraordinarily evenhanded. The book’s basic scope and … [Read more…]