Web Reviews of Banner Books 2008 No. 3
This article provides a number of links to blogs where comments on or reviews of Banner of Truth titles have been posted. The previous article in the series was added to the website on 19 February 2008. This one covers web reviews posted since that time. 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
Jeremy Roe of The Christian Bookshop, Ossett, West Yorkshire, England, comparing the Banner and CFP editions at Talking Shop.
Lorna Roe of The Christian Bookshop, Ossett, West Yorkshire, England at Talking Shop.
price From: £5.00Description
Endorsement ‘Surprising though it may seem in a world of large books, of all those owned by our family this may be the one we have most often lent or quoted to friends. It is full of rich spiritual wisdom and insight culled from the experience of a man who knew both the sorrows of […]
John Piper (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in an article entitled ‘Christ is the Staff of Old Age’ at desiringGod.
Letters of John Newton
With Biographical Sketches and Notes by Josiah Bull
price £16.50Description
This selection by Newton’s biographer covers a wide variety of subjects and aims ‘to conform the believer to Christ.’ Includes biographical sketches and historical notes by the editor. 432pp.
Dean Olive (Madison, Alabama) on his Life & Letters blog.
Matthew Brennan (Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland) on his I Will Build My Church…in Ireland blog.
History of the English Calvinistic Baptists 1791-1892
From John Gill to C.H. Spurgeon
price £16.50Description
Covering the period 1771–1892, from the death of John Gill to that of C. H. Spurgeon, gives a fascinating look at the lives and perspectives of both theological giants and lesser-known lights among the Baptists. 432pp.
James M Renihan at The Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, Westminster Seminary, Escondido, California. A joint review with Kenneth Dix’s Strict and Particular: English Strict and Particular Baptists in the 19th Century (Didcot: The Baptist Historical Society for the Strict Baptist Historical Society, 2001).
Mike Leake (New London, Missouri) on his Borrowed Light blog.
Mark Tubbs (Vancouver, British Columbia) at Discerning Reader.
Morris Brooks (Midland, Texas) in a piece on devotional reading on his Pressing On blog.
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