Choice Evangelical Books: 1969

AMERDING, HUDSON T., editor, Christianity and the World of Thought (Moody, 350 pp., $5.95). An evangelical “brain trust” brings biblical convictions and broad scholarship to bear on contemporary issues in sixteen areas of study.

BATSON, BEATRICE, A Reader’s Guide to Religious Literature (Moody, 114 pp., $3.95). A scholarly, thorough, and systematic guide to the finest in religious literature from the first century to the present.

CAILLIET, EMILE, Journey into Light (Zondervan, 117 pp., $3.95). A noted Christian philosopher tells the story of his journey from naturalism into the light of Christianity through a simple faith in Jesus Christ.

CARTER, CHARLES W., editor, The Wesleyan Bible Commentary, Volumes I and 11, Genesis through Song of Solomon (Eerdmans, 1047 and 659 pp., $8.95 each). Contributors “maintain the faith of the Father of Methodism,” and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of current biblical scholarship.

ERICKSON, MILLARD, The New Evangelical Theology (Revel!, 250 pp., $4.95). Outlines the historical development of “new evangelicalism” and analyzes the thought of some of its main spokesmen.

FIELDS, W. J., editor, The Concordia Sex Education Series (Concordia, $11.70). The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod offers this graded curriculum that presents the subject of sex to young people tastefully and forthrightly. Rooted firmly in the doctrines and principles of Scripture.

GEISLER, NORMAN L., and NIX, WILLIAM E., A General Introduction to the Bible (Moody, 480 pp., $6.95). A timely and scholarly treatment of inspiration, canonicity, and transmission, for both student and layman.

HAMILTON, KENNETH, What’s New in Religion? (Eerdmans, 176 pp., $3.95). An incisive explication and critique of the new theology that reveals its antisupernaturalism, humanism, and immature concern with newness for its own sake.

HARRISON, EVERETT, A Short Life of Christ (Eerdmans, 288 pp., $5.95). Sees the gospel narratives as evangelistically motivated and historically trustworthy, and identifies the Christ encountered today with the Jesus of history.

IRVING, ROY G., and ZUCK, ROY B., editors, Youth and the Church (Moody, 442 pp., $5.95). A survey and evaluation of the Church’s ministry to young people, written by twenty-nine leaders in Christian education.

JOCZ, JAKOB, The Covenant: A Theology of Human Destiny (Eerdmans, 320 pp., $6.95). An Anglican theologian sees the covenant relationship between God and man as the unifying principle of biblical content and answer to man’s destiny.

LADD, GEORGE ELDON, The Pattern of New Testament Truth (Eerdmans, 119 pp., $3.75). Contending for the unity of New Testament theology, this professor shows that the Synoptic writers, John, and Paul share a common view of God.

MASTON, T. B., The Christian, The Church, and Contemporary Problems (Word, 248 pp., $5.95). An evangelical faces the fact that Christians often fail to come to grips with the implications of biblical theology for the pressing social problems of our society.

MILLER, KEITH, A Second Touch (Word, 156 pp., $3.50). Those who profited from Miller’s The Taste of New Wine will like its sequel: an extremely personal and disturbingly candid approach to honest and creative Christian living.

MOLLENKOTT, VIRGINIA, Adamant and Stone Chips (Word, 113 pp., $3.50). A state-college professor of English makes a passionate appeal for a genuine Christian humanism that will relate the Lordship of Christ and the message of the Bible to the full range of human knowledge and activity.

MORRIS, HENRY M., and others, A Symposium on Creation (Baker, 156 pp., $1.95). Men of science offer scholarly essays in support of creationism.

NASH, RONALD H., editor, The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark (Presbyterian and Reformed, 516 pp., $9.95). A fascinating, challenging Festschrift on the encyclopedic thought of the outstanding evangelical Protestant philosopher of our day.

PANNELL, WILLIAM E., My Friend, the Enemy (Word, 131 · pp., $3.95). A black evangelical passionately deplores the complacency, paternalism, and hypocrisy characteristic of the racism that exists among white evangelicals.

PLANTINGA, ALVIN, God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God (Cornell, 277 pp., $8.50). In this highly technical and closely reasoned work, an able evangelical philosopher strikes a significant blow for theism in the morass of contemporary philosophy.

SCHAEFFER, FRANCIS A., The God Who Is There (Inter-Varsity, 191 pp., $4.50). Surveys the intellectual and cultural climate of the present day and contends that only historic Christianity is adequate for the predicament of modern man.

SKINNER, TOM, Black and Free (Zondervan, 154 pp., $2.95). Negro evangelical Skinner relates his rise from gang leader of Harlem Lords to his calling as a Christian evangelist and offers candid comments on black power, Dr. King, Negro evangelicals and remedies for racism.

SMITH, WILBUR M., The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven (Moody, 317 pp., $4.95). This significant work draws together scriptural teaching and scholarly judgments on many facets of a glorious but often neglected doctrine.

TENNEY, MERRILL C., editor, The Bible—The Living Word of Revelation (Zondervan, 288 pp., $6.95). Ten outstanding evangelical scholars present a solid case for their confidence in the divine origin and authority of the Scriptures.

TOURNIER, PAUL, A Place for You (Harper & Row, 224 pp., $4.95). The Swiss psychiatrist writes to help people find “a place” that will dispel loneliness, re-establish lost security, and be a base for launching new spiritual pilgrimages.

TRUEBLOOD, ELTON, A Place to Stand (Harper & Row, 128 pp., $2.95). A distinguished philosopher explains why he is convinced that the Christian faith “makes more sense” than any alternative. Demonstrates the possibility of a Christianity that is both evangelical and rational.

WIRT, SHERWOOD, The Social Conscience of the Evangelical (Harper & Row, 177 pp., $4.95). Contending that true evangelical faith leads to sensitive social concern, Wirt offers sound biblical perspectives on the vital social issues of our day.

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