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1 R e a c h C h i ld r e n ! F HEART 1 TROUBLE k — a tract for l h BOYS A N D J G I R L S ^ f l 6 p a t* * — 3 c o lo n SO for $ 1 .00 partpaié IBM Hr S17.S0 p—tpmU C H U R C H P R I S S I n SSI Gl•fidai». Confami« Awake Thou That Sleepest Witness With Scripture Tracts 100 Assorted 25c 500 Assorted $1.00 Scripture Witness, 90 Coral St., Paterson 2, New Jersey $1600 CONTEST for WRITERS OF UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS. Send for contest rules and free Brochure on pub* fishing your book. Dept. KB Pageant Press, 101 Fifth Avenue, New York 3 SELLER For 300 Years! PILGRIM'S PROGRESS IN MODERN ENGLISH by John Bunyan, retold by James H. Thomas At last this famous classic is avail able in the language of today, under standable by all ages. The inspiring record of Pilgrim and his journey has blessed uncounted multitudes. Now in this skillfully prepared moderni zation, the meanings long obscured A BEST
The prodigious labor which pro duced this work, plus the extensive use of Scripture, make it well worth reading. However, it would be well to do so with the Berean spirit of searching the Scriptures along the way to see whether these things are so.—Reviewed by Robert L. Saucy. 300 pages; cloth; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids; $4.95. James R. Adair and Ted Miller The authors and publishers of this booklet have done the Christian pub lic a fine service by putting into print these excellent personal testi monies which first appeared in the adult take-home Scripture Press Sunday School paper Power for Liv ing. Five features commend it as a most useful and practical volume for the soul-winner: (1) Its courageous stand on the truth and consequent unequivocal rejection of unscriptural teachings; (2) The personal element. These stories of the experiences of real people are readable and appeal ing; (3) Its brevity. The accounts average about five pages; (4) Its low cost. Often Christians are unable to afford books of this nature for wide distribution; (5) Inclusion of some material not often found in such publications. For example, the com munist, the beatnik and the agnostic scientist tell of their deliverance and salvation. Reviewed by Mrs. Betty Brue- chert — 76 pages; paper; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michi gan; $1.00. Young Life Campaign is one of the most successful evangelistic works among teenagers in America. Jim Rayburn started the movement while a student at Dallas Theological Semi nary in the early ’40’s. Rayburn early resisted two temptations: to become annexed to some ecclesias tical organization, and to follow time-worn methods of evangelism. The Young Life leaders go where We Found Our Way Out Edited by Young Life By Emile Cailliet
The Hope of Glory By Dale Moody
The jacket of this book by the Professor of Systematic Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville declares the contents to be “ a comprehensive guide to the biblical understanding of the hope of man, the hope of his tory, and the hope of creation.” Whether the word “ comprehensive” can be used for a single volume of 300 pages on such immense subjects may be questionable, but it does rep resent a solid work in these areas. The method used is that of con temporary biblical theology with good use of historical background and original languages. The general position is apparently pre-millennial. A conditional offer of the kingdom to national Israel was rejected (p. 151) with the consequent rejection of that nation and the giv ing of the kingdom to spiritual Israel composed of both Jews and Gentiles. Christ will return to reign on earth, for Revelation 20:4-6 “ signifies that Christ will triumph within history and not merely beyond history” (p. 232), although this section of Revela tion “ need not be taken any more literally than the rest of the Apo calypse” (p. 232), whatever that means. The dispensational concept of eschatology including the pre-tribu- lational rapture is dismissed as one among many eschatological sectarian resurgences (p. 19). Extensive footnotes to ancient and contemporary writers add to the value of the work as well as indicat ing a broad scholarly base. Also thirteen pages of Scriptural index gives evidence of Dr. Moody's de sire to give the Biblical hope. It is disappointing, however, to find numerous traits of contemporary sub-orthodox t h e o l o g y . Much of Scriptural prophecy is said to be ex pressed in “mythological thinking” (p. 171). Creation is given a Bar- thian tinge for God “ makes a cosmos from the chaos” (p. 237). Theistic evolution is espoused (p. 256) and apparently the first chapters of Gene sis are not historical for in Tillichian terminology, the Garden of Eden is the “ state of dreaming innocence be fore all history” (p. 275).
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