Web Reviews of Banner Books 2009 No. 1
‘A no-fuss, no-nonsense overview of biblical teaching on heaven and hell . . . dedicates equal time to both subjects, first allowing the heart and spirit to recoil at the thought of hell but then comforting it with the knowledge of heaven. Throughout the book Donnelly is pastoral, often challenging the reader and continually returning to the gospel . . .’ [Tim Challies on Edward Donnelly’s Heaven and Hell at discerningreader.com]
Below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles posted during January 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
Tim Challies (Toronto, Ontario) at Discerning Reader.
Both Pocket Puritans reviewed by Terry Delaney (Louisville, Kentucky) at GoingToSeminary.com.
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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 […]
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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 […]
Nathan White (Atlanta, Georgia),on his Shepherd the Flock blog.
Mike Leake (Hannibal, Missouri) on his Borrowed Light blog.
Byron Snapp (Hampton, Virginia) at the Calvary Herald, the web magazine of Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Byron Snapp (Hampton, Virginia) at the Calvary Herald.
The Writings of Thomas Peck
3 Volume Set: Selected and Arranged by T.C. Johnson
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Book Description As a teacher, Peck was in the front rank. ‘As an expositor of truth, as an exegete of Scripture,’ his successor C.R. Vaughan believed, ‘he was probably without a rival in his day.’ But it was not mere teachers that he laboured to prepare for the gospel ministry but rather men ‘with a […]
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