Web Reviews of Banner Books 2011 No. 3
‘While it may not end up being the most complete biography, it is hard to imagine that there will be one as well-written and interesting.’
[John Bird on Iain Murray’s new biography of John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock at his ‘While We Sojourn’ blog.]
Below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles, mostly posted April – June 2011. 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.
John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock
by Iain H. Murray
John Bird (Weatherford, Texas) at his While We Sojourn blog.
Tim Challies (Toronto, Ontario) at his Challies.com blog.
John Knox and the Reformation
by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Iain H. Murray
Alan Hill (Montreux, Switzerland) at The Good Book Stall website.
John Bird (Weatherford, Texas) at the Discerning Reader website.
Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks
Selections from Thomas Brooks by C. H. Spurgeon
Alan Hill (Montreux, Switzerland) at The Good Book Stall website.
John Bird (Weatherford, Texas) at the Discerning Reader website.
Wait Till You See the Butterfly, and Other Short Stories for Boys and Girls
by Doreen Tamminga
Paula Hill (Montreux, Switzerland) at The Good Book Stall website.
Heroes of the Faith series
by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Guy Davies (Westbury, Wiltshire) on his Exiled Preacher blog.
A Day’s March Nearer Home: The Autobiography of J. Graham Miller
Edited by Iain H. Murray
Paul Levy (London) at the Reformation21 website.
Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland, Jr.
Edited by Grant Gordon
David Daniels (Richmond Hill, Ontario) at the Christian Week website (September 2010).
Voices from the Past: Puritan Devotional Readings
Edited by Richard Rushing
Jayson Byrd (Greenville, S Carolina) at his Byrd’s Eye View blog.
A Bible Alphabet
A Bible Alphabet Activity Book
by Alison Brown
Jennifer McIlwain (Cape Coral, Florida) at her Mother of Three blog.
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