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replies. They cover the areas of sports, habits, worldly amusements, the Christian’s relationship to the unsaved, and many related vital mat ters. When the records are heard and the guides properly followed, young people will find they have received a valuable lesson which may be re tained in permanent form. Cost is $4.00 postpaid, available from Accent Crusade, P.O. Box 222, Paramount, Calif. 90723. The 20th century church enjoys much limelight today as it is fea tured in book after book. The prob lem, however, lies in the content of these volumes as they vary from a few presenting a weak defense and the majority calling for radical over haul or complete dissolution and abandonment of the institutional church. This brief work faces this same question but seeks to combine a positive side, showing the useful ness of the institutionalized church and yet pointing out some of the de fects that are quite apparent. The author’s viewpoint is interesting in that it is not as extreme as many. Yet he is looking for Christians who are active about their faith. He gives his own definition and framework of the church. In light of this he pre sents his evaluation of its function and usefulness. He is calling for more meaning and involvement for the activities that are occurring at the church. The chapter on “Teaching Them . . . All Things” should be considered by both Christian educator and pas tor. Mr. Noyce sees what the church could become and there is a hopeful note within this volume but he does make it clear as to the church’s weak ness. In terms of teaching by lay men in the church he states, “In most congregational life no clear line divides the teaching of those who are moving toward participation and those who, having professed faith, are seeking to grow in it. Official membership is the only formal mark, and in mainline Protestantism mem- THE K IN G 'S BUSINESS THE CHURCH IS NOT EXPENDABLE by Gaylord B. Noyce
THE END TIMES by Herman A. Hoyt
Eschatology is the study of events which will transpire at the end of the church age. Dr. Hoyt is president of Grace College and Grace Theologi cal Seminary. He presents a very clear and understandable teaching concerning all of these subjects in cluding physical death, the interme diate state of the individual, the church and the second coming of Christ, the tribulation, the millenni al reign of the Saviour, and on through the judgments and the eter nal state of the lost as well as the saved. The volume is carefully ref erenced with Scripture portions docu menting well-prepared text. — 256 pages; cloth; Moody Press, Chicago, 111.; $4.95. For many years Dr. Barnhouse, e d i t o r of Eternity Magazine and well-known Bible teacher, a gradu ate of Biola, now home with the Lord, used his pen to point up Scrip tural truths with very practical sug gestions. Each article, about a page in length, provides excellent material for devotional studies. — 242 pages; cloth; Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, 111.; $4.95. REVIEW OF A RECORD A message entitled “Christian Liv ing in a Cruddy World,” by Ken Poure, Extension Director for Hume Lake Christian Conference and Di rector of Accent Family Crusades, was recorded live at one of the youth sessions presented during the Youth Rally of the National Sunday School Convention in September 1968, at Anaheim, California, and is now available for use with young people. What makes this record unique is that it is accompanied with direc tions for listening to it. There are Listening Guides for Sides I and II which provide questions on the ma terial presented in the records to which the young listeners write their WORDS FITLY SPOKEN by Donald Grey Barnhouse
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