Book Reviews!

"We read to know that we are not alone."          -C. S. Lewis

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2011:

•  Jan. 2011  "Worshipping With the Church Fathers" (Christopher A. Hall)

•  Jan. 2011  "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" (Allen)

•  Jan. 2011  "The Message of Holiness" (Derek Tidball)

•  Feb. 2011  "The Shape of the Liturgy" (Dom Gregory Dix)

•  Feb. 2011  "The Conferences: John Cassian" (Monasticism/Church Fathers)

• Mar. 2011  "Amish Peace" (Suzanne Woods Fisher/Christian Growth)

• Mar. 2011  "The Desert Fathers" (Translated and Introduced by Helen Waddell)

• Apr. 2011  "I Believe: The Nicene Creed" (Illustrated by: Pauline Baynes)

• Apr. 2011  "Living the Extraordinary Life" (Charles Stanley/Christian Growth)

• Apr. 2011  "Christian History" Magazine (Our All-Time Favorite Magazine)

•  May 2011  "Common Roots: The Original Call to An Ancient-Future Faith"

•  May 2011  "Dramatized New Testament - KJV" (Narrator: Alexander Scourby)

• June 2011  "Ancient-Future Time: ...Spirituality Through the Christian Year"

•  Oct. 2011  "A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought...Early Church"

•  Oct. 2011  "Ancient-Future Faith: ...Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World"

   (Find over 250 more Book Reviews from previous years further Below on this Page)

Coming Reviews:

2012:

•   Jan. 2012  "My Utmost for His Highest" AudioBook (Oswald Chambers)

•   Feb. 2012  "Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming / Enacting God's Narrative"

•  Mar. 2012   "Knowing Scripture" AudioBook (R.C. Sproul)

•  Apr. 2012   "Knowing God" AudioBook (J.I. Packer)

•  May 2012  "Entrances: Gregorian Chant in Daily Life" (Rembert Herbert)

• June 2012   "The Spirit of the Border" (Zane Grey) Moravian Missions: 1777

•  July 2012  "Growing In Christ" (J. I. Packer)

•  Aug. 2012  "Celtic Year: Celebration of Celtic Christian Saints, Sites, Festivals

•  Sept. 2012  "Services of the Christian Year" (Compl. Libr. of Christian Worship)

•   Nov. 2012   "Battling Unbelief" AudioBook (John Piper)

•   Dec. 2012   "Christ in the Psalms" (Patrick Henry Reardon)

2010:

•   Feb. 2010  "Word of Promise Old Testament" (NKJV: Dramatic Audio Theater)

• April 2010  "Beyond Smells and Bells: Wonder & Power of Christian Liturgy"

•   Dec. 2010  "Worship Without Words: Signs & Symbols of Our Faith" (P. Klein)

•   Dec. 2010  "The Total Money Makeover" (Dave Ramsey)

  2009:

•  Feb. 2009  "Credo: Hist. Theol. Guide Creeds/Confessions" (Jaroslav Pelikan)    

•  Feb. 2009  "Whose Bible Is It?: History of the Scriptures" (Jaroslav Pelikan)

• Mar. 2009  "Know Who You Believe" by Paul E. Little (IVP)

•  Oct. 2009  "Johnny Cash: Reading the Complete New Testament" (NKJV)

•  Oct. 2009  "The Sign of the Cross: The Gesture, The Mystery, The History"

•  Dec. 2009  "Every Woman in the Bible" by Sue and Larry Richards

•  Dec. 2009  "St. Patrick's Breastplate"  (C. Alexander Vers.) Intro.: Alf MCreary

  2008:

•      Jan. 2008 "The Pursuit of Holiness" by Jerry Bridges (Audio CD)

•      Feb. 2008 "Cameron Townsend" (Founder, Wycliffe Bible Translators)

•      Feb. 2008 "Ancient Christian Devotional" Edited by Thomas C. Oden

•      Feb. 2008 "The Path of Celtic Prayer" by Calvin Miller

•      Nov. 2008 "A Hunger for God" by John Piper (Prayer & Fasting)

•      Nov. 2008 "Getting to Know the Church Fathers" by Bryan M. Litfin

•      Nov. 2008 "The Works of Josephus" by Flavius Josephus (Trans. by Whiston)

•      Nov. 2008 "Desiring God" by John Piper (Christian Growth)

•      Dec. 2008 "Retrieving the Tradition & Renewing Evangelicalism" (Williams)

•      Dec. 2008 "The Christian Tradition" (Vols. I-5) by Jaroslav Pelikan

2007:

•      Jan. 2007 "Release the Power of Prayer" by George Müller

•      Jan. 2007 "The Autobiography of George Muller" by George Muller

•      Jan. 2007 "Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective"

•      Jan. 2007 "An Introduction to Mennonite History"

•      Feb. 2007 "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties" by Gleason L. Archer Jr.

•      Feb. 2007 "Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers" by Christopher Hall

•      Feb. 2007 "Ancient Christian Commentary On Scripture" Edited: Oden & Hall

•      Feb. 2007 "Ken Taylor: Bringing the Bible to Life" (Living Bible/Tyndale)

•    Mar. 2007 "History of the Christian Church" by Philip Schaff

•    Mar. 2007 "Well With My Soul: Four Stories of Great Hymn Writers"

•    Mar. 2007 "Mere Christianity" (CD Audiobook) by C. S. Lewis

•    Mar. 2007 "The Practice of the Presence of God" (CD) -Bro. Lawrence

•    Apr. 2007 "Power Through Prayer" (CD Audiobook) by E. M. Bounds

•    Apr. 2007  "Free Indeed: African American Christians Struggle for Equality"

•    Apr. 2007  "Learning Theology with the Church Fathers" by Christopher Hall

•    Apr. 2007  "George Washington's Sacred Fire" by Peter A. Lillback

•    May 2007  "The Problem of Pain" (CD Audiobook) by C. S. Lewis

•    May 2007  "The Four Loves" (CD Audiobook)  by C. S. Lewis

•    May 2007  "The Rebirth of Orthodoxy" by Thomas C. Oden

•    May 2007  "Missionary Patriarch: The True Story of John G. Paton"

•    May 2007  "The Psalms for Prayer" by T. M. Moore

•  June 2007  "The Chronicles of Narnia" (CD Audiobook)  by C. S. Lewis

•  June 2007  "The Necessity of Prayer" (CD Audiobook) by E. M. Bounds

•  June 2007  "The Apocalypse Code" (End Times/Revelation) by Hank Hanegraaff

• June 2007  "Prayer & Praying Men" (CD Audiobook) by E. M. Bounds

•  July 2007  "Creeds of Christendom" (3 Volumes) by Philip Schaff

•  July 2007  "E. M. Bounds: Man of Prayer" (CD Audiobook) by Lyle W. Dorsett

•  July 2007  "Purpose in Prayer" (Audiobook on Cassette) by E. M. Bounds

•  July 2007  "Miracles" by Dr. Olen R. Brown (Apologetics)

• Aug. 2007  "God's Smuggler" by Brother Andrew (Missions)

• Aug. 2007  "Luther and His World" by Graham Tomlin (History/Biography)

• Aug. 2007  "Why Revival Tarries" by Leonard Ravenhill (Prayer)

• Aug. 2007  "Faith in the Medieval World" by G. R. Evans (History)

• Sept. 2007  "Faith in the Byzantine World" by Mary B. Cunningham (History)

• Sept. 2007  "Christianity & the Celts" by Ted Olsen (History/Celtic)

• Sept. 2007  "The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in...White House"

• Sept. 2007  "Your Mind Matters" by John W. Stott

•  Oct. 2007  "Life of St. Antony" by St. Athanasius (Monasticism)

• Oct. 2007  "Thin Places: An Evangelical Journey into Celtic Christianity"

• Oct. 2007  "Francis of Assisi and His World" by Mark Galli (IVP Histories)

• Oct. 2007  "Word of Promise New Testament" (NKJV: Dramatic Audio Theater)

• Nov. 2007  "Finding the Will of God"  by Bruce K. Waltke

• Nov. 2007  "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" by John Foxe (Prepared by: W. G. Berry)

• Nov. 2007  "Knowing God" by J. I. Packer

• Dec. 2007  "Holman Christian Standard Bible" Celtic Design (Green, Red, Tan)

2006:

• Aug. 2006  "The Mortification of Sin" by John Owen / Introduction: J. I. Packer

• Sept. 2006  "The Father Brown Omnibus" by G. K. Chesterton (Detective Fiction)

•  Oct. 2006  "The Great Divorce" by C. S. Lewis (CD Audiobook)

•  Oct. 2006  "Prayer Works" by Brother Andrew (Prayer)

•  Nov. 2006  "Church History In Plain Language" by Bruce L. Shelley (History)

•  Nov. 2006  "131 Christians Everyone Should Know" by Mark Galli (Biography)

•  Nov. 2006  "Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?" by Philip Yancey (Prayer)

•  Nov. 2006  "The Story of Sadhu Sundar Singh" by Cyril J. Davey (Missions)

•  Dec. 2006 "George Müller: Delighted in God" by Roger Steer (Prayer)

2005:

•  Feb. 2005  I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (Geisler/Turek)

•  Feb. 2005  Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer by C. S. Lewis (Prayer)

•  Feb. 2005  David Brainerd by Ranelda Hunsicker (Prayer/Missions)

• Mar. 2005  The Word (Bible Selections: Charlton Heston - Cassette or CD)

• Mar. 2005  Praying Hyde Edited by L. G. Carré (Prayer/India Missions)

• Mar. 2005  The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith

• Mar. 2005  Harriet Tubman by Rebecca Janney (Underground Railroad)

•  Apr. 2005  John Hyde: The Apostle of Prayer by Francis McGaw (Biography)

•  Apr. 2005  Jonathan Goforth by Rosalind Goforth (China Missions)

• Apr. 2005   Hind's Feet On High Places by Hannah Hurnard (Inspirational)

• Apr. 2005   The Path of Prayer by Samuel Chadwick (Prayer)

• May 2005   Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (Inspirational)

• May 2005   Living a Prayerful Life by Andrew Murray (Prayer)

• May 2005   The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee (Christian Life)

• June 2005  Sundar Singh by Janet & Geoff Benge (Biog.: India/Tibet)

• June 2005  The Joy of Answered Prayer by D. L. Moody

• June 2005  By My Spirit by Jonathan Goforth (China Missions)

• June 2005  Ilumina (Bible Reference: CD-ROM) 

• June 2005  Celtic Daily Prayer by Northumbria Community (Prayer/Devotional)

• June 2005  Why Not Women? by Loren Cunningham (Women in Ministry)

• June 2005  Answers to Prayer from George Mueller's Narratives (Prayer)

• June 2005  Every Pilgrim's Guide to Celtic Britain and Ireland (Travel)

• June 2005  Christianity In Crisis (Tapes/Book) by Hank Hanegraaff (Cults)

• June 2005  The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon (Psalms Commentary)

• July 2005  Prayer & Spiritual Warfare by Charles Spurgeon (Prayer)

• July 2005  New Unger's Bible Dictionary by Merrill F. Unger (Reference)

• July 2005  Mountains of Spices by Hannah Hurnard (Inspirational)

• July 2005  Spurgeon: A New Biography by Arnold Dallimore (Biography)

• July 2005  For Kirk and Covenant by Douglas Wilson (Biography: John Knox)

• July 2005  John Paton by Benjamin Unseth (Missions: Polynesia - 1800's)

• July 2005  Sit, Walk, Stand by Watchman Nee (Christian Life)

• July 2005  The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom (Biography/Nazi Era)

• July 2005  Loren Cunningham by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Founder: YWAM)

• July 2005  Thru The Bible With J. Vernon McGee (Commentary)

• Aug. 2005  New Dare To Discipline by Dr. James Dobson (Family)

• Aug. 2005  Betty Greene by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Missions: Ecuador - 1900's)

• Aug. 2005  Rowland Bingham by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Miss.: Polynesia- 1800's) 

• Aug. 2005  Lilian Trasher by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Missions: Egypt - 1900's)

• Aug. 2005  New Testament - KJV Narrated by Alexander Scourby (CD/Cassette)

• Aug. 2005  Holy Bible - KJV Narrated by Alexander Scourby (CD/Cassette)

• Aug. 2005  John Williams: Messenger of Peace by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Pacific)

• Aug. 2005  Wilfred Grenfell by Janet & Jeff  Benge (Missions: Newfoundland)

• Aug. 2005  How I Know God Answers Prayer by Rosalind Goforth (Prayer)

• Sept. 2005  Celtic Sites and Their Saints by Elizabeth Rees (Travel Guide)

• Sept. 2005  Prayer by O. Hallesby (Prayer Classic)

•  Oct. 2005  Counterfeit Revival by Hank Hanegraaff (Compar. Religion/Cults)

•  Oct. 2005  One Nation Under Gods by Richard Abanes (Compar. Religion/Cults)

2004:

•   Jan.  2004  E. M. Bounds: The Man Whose Life of Prayer Inspired Millions

•   Jan.  2004  The Confessions (of St. Augustine)

•   Jan.  2004  In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon

•   Jan.  2004  On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius (Forward by C. S. Lewis)

•   Jan.  2004  Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray

•   Feb.  2004  Prayer Made Easy by Mark Water

•   Feb.  2004  The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Edited by Jonathan Edwards)

•   Feb.  2004  How to Give Away Your Faith by Paul E. Little

•   Feb.  2004  Knowing Scripture by R. C. Sproul  

•   Feb.  2004  The Kneeling Christian by An Unknown Christian

•  Mar.  2004  A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller

•  Mar.  2004  My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers

•  Mar.  2004  Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor

•  Mar.  2004  The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

•  Apr.  2004  The Rule of St. Benedict by St. Benedict of Nursia

•  Apr.  2004  Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by R. Foster

•  Apr.  2004  Raising a Modern-Day Knight by Robert Lewis

•  Apr.  2004  Spirit Warriors by Stu Weber

•  Apr.  2004  The Hour That Changes the World by Dick Eastman

•  May  2004  Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney

•  May  2004  Bake and Be Blessed:...a Metaphor for Spiritual Growth

• June  2004  Oswald Chambers by David W. Lambert

• June  2004  Power Through Prayer by E. M. Bounds

• June  2004  With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray

•  July  2004  The Bible Answer Book by Hank Hanegraaff (Bible Answer Man)

•  July  2004  Isobel Kuhn: The Canadian Girl Who Felt God's Call to China

•  July  2004  Hard To Believe by John MacArthur

•  July  2004  God Wrote A Book by James MacDonald

•  July  2004  Freedom of Simplicity by Richard J. Foster

•  Aug. 2004  New Evidence That Demands A Verdict by Josh McDowell

•  Aug. 2004  The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life by Charles Spurgeon

•  Aug. 2004  J. Vernon McGee On Prayer

•  Sept. 2004  Borden of Yale by Mrs. Howard Taylor

•  Sept. 2004  Andrew Murray by Dr. William Lindner, Jr.

•  Sept. 2004  The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

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We have noticed that many Christian Bookstores (as for-profit businesses) unfortunately seem to carry everything that anyone might want.

Generally, 1/3 of their books are very good, 1/3 are very poor (some are even outright heretical) and the other 1/3 we know nothing about, one way or the other. 

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...It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one until you have read an old one in between.  

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