Book Notes

Book Note: Gerda Weissmann Klein. All But My Life: A Memoir

Gerda Weissmann Klein. All But My Life: A Memoir Gerda Weissmann was born in Poland in 1924. She was living with her parents and older brother when the Nazis invaded on September 1, 1939. Soon after invasion her uncle sent a telegram to her family telling them to evacuate immediately. They stayed because her father […]

Book Note: James Como. C. S. Lewis. A Very Short Introduction. James Como, editor. Remembering C.S. Lewis: Recollections of Those Who Knew Him

On November 7-8, 2025 I attended a series of lectures by James Como on C. S. Lewis at the Shell Point Retirement Community. I have been aware of Como’s Lewis scholarship since the 1980s. Most of the content of his lectures is contained in the following book. James Como. C. S. Lewis. A Very Short […]

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

It happened about 62 years ago on November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Tx. He died at 1:00pm Dallas time. 55 minutes earlier in a different time zone C. S. Lewis’ brother Warnie (Warren) brought him afternoon tea. Lewis was recently diagnosed with the end stages of kidney failure. He […]

Book Note: Andrew David Naselli. Tools to Study the Bible and Theology and Exegetical Fallacies (with D. A. Carson) (forthcoming August 4, 2026)

Andrew David Naselli. Tools to Study the Bible and Theology This is a free link to Naselli’s recommendations on commentaries and other resources. Excellent recommendations. We agree of his top ten recommendation and I read some of them regularly. Please consult this for your various writing, preaching and teaching ministries. Andrew David Naselli and D. […]

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 Note: 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 Note: 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 Note: 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 […]