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Web Reviews of Banner Books 2009 No. 4

Category Book Reviews
Date May 15, 2009

‘one of the most beautifully named Puritan books, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment . . Some of [Burroughs’] insights and comments are challenging. I don’t like some of them! But maybe it’s the ones I don’t like that should instruct me the most! (Lex Loizides).

Below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles posted during April 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

Lex Loizides (Cape Town, South Africa) on his eponymous blog, in a review entitled ‘Wealth, Comfort and the Gospel – A Puritan Perspective’.

Mike Leake (New London, Missouri) on his Borrowed Light blog.

Terry Enns (Granbury, Texas) on his Words of Grace blog.

Terry Enns (Granbury, Texas) on his Words of Grace blog.

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