Web Reviews of Banner Books 2009 No. 6
‘A wonderful book . . . a real treasure. Here are lessons for preachers and pastors, lessons for churches and lessons also for all those who seek to grow in grace! (Stephen Richardson on Iain Murray’s A Scottish Christian Heritage)
Below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles posted (mainly) during September and October 2009. The views expressed are of course those of the respective bloggers. For each title mentioned, a link is also provided to the appropriate page of the Banner online Bookstore, where orders can be placed.
Notes
Micah Bickford (Warminster, Pennsylvania) at the Westminster Bookstore Blog.
Susan Peters (Draper, Virginia) at The Aquila Report of Reformed Theological Seminary.
Jeremy Roe (Ossett, West Yorkshire) at the Talking Shop blog.
My God Is True!
Lessons Learned Along Cancer's Dark Road
price From: £5.60Description
One man’s chronicle of the ‘Lessons learned Along Cancer’s Dark Road’. Paul Wolfe points to the glory, grace and — above all — the faithfulness of God. There is reason — even in the midst of suffering — to worship and rejoice. 168pp.
The MidWest Book Review (Scroll down to ‘The Gospel as Taught by Calvin’).
T. David Gordon at Ordained Servant Online
The Undercover Revolution
How Fiction Changed Britain
price From: £4.50Description
Looks at ‘How Fiction Changed Britain’ in late Victorian and Edwardian times. The second part of the book is a defence of the truth of Christianity. 112pp.
price From: £10.00Description
Iain Murray writes on specific aspects of some of the Christians he particularly admires from past years. Most space is given to little-known figures, such as Robert Kalley and William Hewitson, missionaries to Madeira, and Charles and Mary Colcock Jones of Georgia. 320pp.
Jonathan Edwards
A New Biography
price £15.50Description
Edwards’ theology is here set in its proper context of his life. We see him in public and private, as pastor in the days of the Great Awakening, as well as in the ‘wilderness’ years in Stockbridge. 536pp. Illustrated.
price From: £3.50Description
Endorsement ‘To read the work of a Puritan doctor of the soul is to enter a rich world of spiritual theology to feed the mind, heart-searching analysis to probe the conscience, Christ-centred grace to transform the heart, and wise counsel to direct the life. This series of Pocket Puritans provides all this in miniature, but […]
Princeton and Preaching
Archibald Alexander and the Christian Ministry
price £16.75Description
The insights into the Christian ministry of Archibald Alexander, ‘Old’ Princeton’s first principal and professor. 304pp.
Princeton vs. the New Divinity
The Meaning of Sin, Grace, Salvation, Revival
price £13.50Description
Articles from the Princeton Review, refuting the teaching underlying Finney’s views of sin, grace, salvation and revival. 352pp.
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