Book Notes

Book Note: Viktor E. Frankl. Man’s Search for Meaning.

From Amazon’s home page for Viktor E. Frankl. Man’s Search for Meaning. On Amazon there are 94,761 reviews with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5.0. These reviews have written comments on the value of the book. On Goodreads there are 848,111 ratings with an average rating of 4.4 In my ten years of […]

Book Note: J. Carl Laney. My Life as a Prof: Forty Years at Western Seminary 

J. Carl Laney. My Life as a Prof: Forty Years at Western Seminary  Some who receive this blog are or have been associated with Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. I was a student there from 1974 until 1977. I joined the faculty as Library Director and teacher of Church History in 1983. I retired in […]

Book Review: How is God Working in the World, Majority World Books.

My Pilgrimage It has been about half a century since I joined the Athletes in Action Weightlifting Team of Campus Crusade for Christ. After that came marriage, seminary, and graduate school. In 1983 I began a 35 year ministry in higher education. I was a seminary and university library director and for a short time […]

Book Review: Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West Jr. editors. The C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia.

Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West Jr. editors. The C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia. As I said in a recent post, I have finished reading the three leading Lewis biographies. I decided to buy this highly acclaimed reference book. It is about $30.00 in hardcover. I found a used copy and got it for $7.00 including […]

Book Review: Peter Kreeft. Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley

Peter Kreeft. Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley Three Deaths On November 22, 1963 during my 7th grade English class the intercom came on and the principal told the school that President Kennedy had been assassinated. The teacher wisely gave us a […]

Book Review: Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique. J. P. Moreland  (Editor), Stephen C. Meyer  (Editor), Christopher Shaw  (Editor), Ann K. Gauger(Editor), Wayne Grudem (Editor).

Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique edited by J. P. Moreland , Stephen C. Meyer, Christopher Shaw, Ann K. Gauger, and Wayne Grudem. Crossway, 2022. Most of us will want to make time for this book. It won the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Book of the Year Award for Bible Reference Works. There are over 170 reviews on […]

Book Review: What is my favorite C. S. Lewis biography?

George Sayer, Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis. Crossway, 2005. William Griffin. Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life. Harper and Row, 1986. Alister McGrath. C. S. Lewis — A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet. Tyndale, 2013. Sayer was Lewis’ student and later taught at Malvern College, a secondary school that Lewis attended before studying […]

Book Review: Ross Douthat. Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. Ross Douthat. Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics

Ross Douthat. Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious Ross Douthat. Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics Why Religion Still Matters with Ross Douthat. A podcast interview. Ross Douthat: Why Everyone Should Be Religious [Gospelbound – Ep. 147] A Gospel Coalition podcast. Why You Need Religion (with Ross Douthat) A podcast with Gavin […]

Book Note: John F. Evans. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, 11th Edition

John F. Evans. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, 11th Edition. Evans currently teaches at Union School of Theology in Wales. He has had a long and varied career including eight years at the Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. This work is over 500 pages in print. One chapter gives his recommendation […]