What They’re Saying About Banner Books (2015 No. 5)
‘it is now possible for multitudes of individuals from all generations and from all over the world to reap the benefits and blessings of God’s gift to His church in the form of the life and ministry of one of His most able preachers.’ – Julian Bull on the Media Gratiae multimedia presentation Logic on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
In the Notes below are links to selected online reviews of Banner titles, mostly posted July/September 2015. 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
Logic On Fire
The Life and Legacy of Dr. martyn Lloyd-Jones (DVD Documentary)
price £25.00Description
Logic on Fire is a feature-length documentary with over 4.5 hours of special features, a 128-page book, and much more. View the “DVD Features” below to see all that is included in this 3-DVD special edition set. Cinematic Trailer Product Preview EndorsementsRead More ↓ ‘I think it was Packer who said, to hear Lloyd-Jones was […]
Julian Bull (Perth, Western Australia) found the Media Gratiae DVD documentary Logic on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones (promoted by the Trust) ‘edifying, challenging and informative’ in his review in New Life (October 1, 2015, page 9).
You Must Read
Books that have shaped our lives
price From: £7.80Description
Book Description Have you ever wondered what influences have shaped the preachers, teachers and authors you respect? You Must Read brings together more than thirty well-known Christian leaders and gives them the opportunity to talk about a book that has made a lasting impact on their lives. Their personal narratives and recommendations of the literature […]
Several reviewers have commented on You Must Read: Books That Have Shaped Our Lives.
Terry Delaney (Mexico, Missouri) on his Christian Book Notes blog – ‘an indispensable guide to some of the truly great books that have transformed, encouraged, instructed, and challenged countless Christians’ lives’.
Ivan Mesa (Louisville, Kentucky) in ‘Books in Brief (Summer 2015)’ at The Gospel Coalition – ‘a Festschrift of sorts in honor of Iain Murray’.
Bob Thomas (Mitcham, Victoria, Australia) in New Life (July 15, 2015, page 13) – ‘will provide Christians with a springboard into a sound, helpful, uplifting list of books to read’.
And it’s so good they reviewed it twice! David Burke gives ‘additional insights’ in the August 15 issue (page 13) – ‘a tasty casserole of a book … The individual contributions not only introduce a treasured word from the past but are also often a significant contemporary word in themselves’.
Andrew J. Spencer (Wake Forest, North Carolina) on the Ethics & Culture website – ‘lively essays about the book, the author of the book, and why the book is so special in the life of the reviewer’.
Scottish Theology
in relation to church history
price £16.00Description
Book Description ‘It has been my endeavour to handle my theme in a free and familiar fashion so as to avoid a coldly technical and stiff treatment of it, and to make it as instinct with human interest as the case permitted. This called for setting forth a theological discourse in a setting of real […]
Carl Trueman (Ambler, Pennsylvania) found the new reprint of John Macleod’s Scottish Theology in relation to Church History ‘a good read which gives an overall understanding of Scottish theology since the Reformation’ on his Postcards from Palookaville blog.
Amy Carmichael
Beauty for Ashes
price From: £5.80Description
Endorsements ‘This is a love story of the noblest kind. It is an enriching consideration of a woman’s relentless love for her Saviour, her Bible, her friends, and most uniquely, her love for lost, suffering and desperate sinners – to whom she gave her life. Such devotion as hers seems so distant. Reading this brief […]
Jimmy Reagan (Leesville, South Carolina) on his The Reagan Review blog – ‘Murray … distills her life for the greatest spiritual effect … a fine volume on a fine lady’.
Guy Davies (westbury, Wiltshire) at his Exiled Preacher blog – ‘a fine story of faith and fortitude, well told by Murray’.
The Works of John Knox
6 Volume Set
price £90.00Description
Book Description Unfortunately for many years hardback sets of Knox’s Works have been virtually unobtainable by, and inaccessible to, the general public. Now, to mark the 500th anniversary of his birth (probably in 1514) and the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first definitive edition of the Scottish reformer’s Works (1846-64), these rare volumes […]
Terry Delaney, also on his Christian Book Notes blog, has finished a series of reviews on the six volumes of The Works of John Knox – ‘this republication in hardback is of monumental importance in the life of the Christian church, specifically in Scotland … these six volumes are a treasure trove for the Christian today’.
price From: £4.50Description
Book Description Communicating the faith to children is one of the great responsibilities of Christian parents. In this book, Terry Johnson, a father as well as a pastor, shows how the Shorter Catechism can be of great help to parents facing this vital task. Many generations of Christian parents have found the Westminster Shorter Catechism […]
Ryan McGraw (Sunnyvale, California), in a review for New Horizons at the OPC website, says that Terry L. Johnson’s Catechizing Our Children: The Whys and Hows of Teaching the Shorter Catechism Today ‘shows us the blessing of catechizing in promoting a vibrant biblical faith’.
Bob Snyder (Fruitland, Idaho), on his Snyder’s Soapbox blog finds that the Pocket Puritan edition of Calvin’s Guide to Christian Living ‘lends itself to devotional reading’.
Right with God
A Straighforward Guide For Those Searching For a Personal Faith in God
price From: £3.50Description
ENDORSEMENT ‘An evangelistic classic. It is meticulously biblical in both its arguments and its illustrations.’ — GRACE MAGAZINE Book Description This book is written for seekers – for people who want to give sensible and honest thought to the whole question of their relationship to God. It is not an examination of all the world’s […]
Finally, Bob Thomas again, in New Life (September 15, 2015, page 13), says that John Blanchard’s popular little paperback Right with God: A Straightforward Guide for Those Searching for a Personal Faith in God is ‘a challenging book, even confrontational at times, but throughout it, John Blanchard never swerves from his aim’.
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