What They’re Saying About Banner Books (2014 No. 4)
‘Dripping with doctrine yet easy to follow, with apt illustration and rich vocabulary, this book can be placed in the hands of the newest believer or the oldest saint for their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace.’ – Bob Thomas on the Trust’s new paperback of Spurgeon’s sermons, Christ’s Glorious Achievements.
In the Notes below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles, posted July-September 2014. The views expressed are of course those of the respective bloggers/reviewers. For each title mentioned, a link is also provided to the appropriate page of the Trust’s online Bookstore, where orders can be placed.
Notes
Bob Thomas (Melbourne), in Australia’s online Christian newspaper, New Life (1 September 2014, page 16), finds Spurgeon – in Christ’s Glorious Achievements – ‘the great exemplar’ for preaching ‘Christ and him crucified.’
And Alan Hill (Montreux, Switzerland) says that Christ’s Glorious Achievements is ‘a glorious book on a glorious subject,’ at the Good Book Reviews website.
price From: £5.40Description
Endorsements If you have never read anything of Spurgeon before, this book is for you, and a treat awaits you. If you want to press in to know Christ better, to know all he is for you and what he has done for you, read this. , MICHAEL REEVES Book Description CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON was […]
Terry Delaney (Mexico, Missouri), on his ‘Christian Book Notes’ blog, recommends Hugh Martin’s The Atonement, and ‘cannot think of any other treatment of the subject that is more in depth.’
He also recommends the new Pocket Puritan of John Flavel quotations, None but Jesus, ‘a way to introduce one of the choicest of divines to modern readers.’
Alan Hill (Good Book Reviews website) is equally enthusiastic: ‘a wonderful hors d’oeuvres—full of tasty titbits.’
None But Jesus
Selections from the writings of John Flavel
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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 […]
He has also been reading Pleading for a Reformation Vision: The Life & Selected Writings of William Childs Robinson (1897-1982). ‘you will . . . find your mind stretched and your spiritual horizons widened as you read excerpts from one of the 20th century’s most faithful theologians.’
Pleading for a Reformation Vision
The Life and Selected Writings of William Childs Robinson
price From: £9.00Description
The biography and letters of William Childs Robinson: an influential Presbyterian minister in the 20th century, who sounded the vital affirmations of the Protestant Reformation. 336pp.
Greg Goswell (Sydney, Australia), in New Life (15 August 2014, page 15) finds it ‘a great treat’ to read Selected Writings of Benjamin Morgan Palmer – ‘writing that does not quickly date, for it is at once devotional, expository and practical.’
Selected Writings of Benjamin Morgan Palmer
Articles written for The Southwestern Presbyterian in the years 1869-70
price £9.50Description
Endorsements ‘No expression of mine is adequate to convey the power of this book. It is to be hoped that readers will rise from these incomparable Selected Writings to the magisterial Life of Benjamin Morgan Palmer, by Thomas Cary Johnson, also published by the Trust.’ , JOHN R. DE WITT ‘Benjamin Morgan Palmer’s life and […]
He was also enthusiastic about Andrew Bonar’s Gospel Basics, again in New Life (1 July 2014, page 16) – ‘Every preacher of the Gospel should read this book.’
Gospel Basics
Trusting, Following, and Winning Christ
price £6.50Description
In sixteen brief chapters, Bonar deals with a wide range of important subjects related to the Christian life, such as, coming to Christ, growing in grace and holiness, and serving the Lord in the work of the gospel. 184pp.
Finally, George Hunter found ‘gems of insight into the text’ in the latest title in the ‘Let’s Study’ series – Mark Johnston’s Let’s Study Colossians and Philemon – on the Baptist Union of Scotland website (you will need to scroll down to find it, as reviews do not have their own URL).
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EndorsementsRead More ↓ ‘Mark Johnston’s Let’s Study Colossians and Philemon is packed tight with informed insight, clear and concise summaries of otherwise complex issues, and relevant and wide-ranging application. Designed to aid Bible Study, this book should prove a first choice resource. All who follow the author’s fast-flowing argument and analysis will find their heads […]
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