Anyone who takes on the challenge of a book on suffering and evil, bases it on Job, and does so in less than 60 pages deserves our admiration and respect. Scott Petty is just such a man and the result is highly commendable. Petty has a thoroughly engaging style and this little book, probably aimed…
This is a collection of testimonies from a wide range of people, some well known and others less so, as to the impact of the Bible on their lives. The 44 contributors range from theologians like Jim Packer and Alec Motyer, to preachers like Iain D Campbell and David Robertson, to well known Christians like…
“I never thought I would live to be this old. All my life I was taught how to die as a Christian, but no one ever taught me how I ought to live in the years before I die. I wish they had because I am an old man now, and believe me, it’s not…
If you’re looking for a detailed exegetical commentary on The Lord’s Prayer, then you won’t find it here. On the other hand if you want a personal guide to take you through each of the components of the prayer, highlighting what to look out for as you go and explaining things that may be familiar…
It’s a while since I read anything by Larry Crabb, and then it was more in the realm of his renowned writings on counselling. So I didn’t quite know what to expect when I received a copy of this little devotional book for review. God’s Love Letters to You is described as “A 40 Day…
This book contains 50 very good reasons to buy and read it. That’s the number of short chapters in this collection of studies which first saw the light of day as articles in the Eternity and Tabletalk magazines. No chapter is more than four pages long, and they are grouped together in six sections, each…
This is a book review with a difference, in that I am only, at least at this stage, reviewing a section of it. By way of explanation, I am privileged to be taking part in a blog tour for How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens by Michael Williams and published by Zondervan,…
Isaac Liu is the son of `The Heavenly Man’ whose story caused quite a stir and not a little controversy several years ago. Now, Isaac tells his own story of being brought up in a home from which his father was absent for long periods of time because he was either in prison or on…
There’s no question but that Scott Petty writes well, with a style and a passion that is engaging. Neither is there any question that he is up for a challenge. Here, in this addition to the Little Black Book series from Matthias, he takes on the relationship between Science and God and much of it…
The publishers describe this volume as “An introduction to Calvinism” and it certainly is that; but it is so much more. Where else would you find in one book an historical, theological and practical overview of the tenets of the reformed faith including how it viewed atitudes as an employee or how to enjoy sexual…