Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: The Virgin Queen’s Daughter

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

The Virgin Queen’s Daughter, A Novel, by Ella March Chase It is a testament to the well-deserved bad reputation among the Tudors among historians and novelists that just about anything that portrays the Tudors as power-hungry schemers is plausible and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thy Rod And Thy Staff, They Comfort Me

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Thy Rod And They Staff, They Comfort Me: Christians And The Smacking Controversy, by Samuel Martin In this slim, 160-odd page book, Samuel Martin (son of Ernest Martin) makes some large and fundamental worldview errors. For one, he pits law … Continue reading →

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Book Review: What Will Happen In Harry Potter 7?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Mugglenet.com’s What Will Happen In Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls In Love And How Will The Adventure Finally End? by Ben Schoen, Emerson Spartz, Andy Gordon, Gretchen Stull & Jamie Lawrence The biggest (and for some, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: God’s Time Capsule

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

God’s Time Capsule: The Great Pyramid And Sphinx Of Giza Egypt, Volume 1, by Ralph Lyman A short (about 150 pages) but highly technical work filled with diagrams and photos (and even a few geometry proofs), this book is of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Jewish Heroes Of Christian History

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

The Jewish Heroes Of Christian History: Hebrews 11 in Literary Context, by Pamela Michelle Eisenbaum This was a slightly disappointing book for me. Eisenbaum claims immense expertise in untangling the origins of Hebrews 11 as a subtle polemic that seeks … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A High View Of Scripture?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

A High View Of Scripture?: The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon, by Craig D. Allert This book is a very useful one, but is likely to cause a great firestorm over the touchy … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Man’s Search For Meaning

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Man’s Search For Meaning: An Introduction To Logotherapy, by Viktor E. Frankl This is the second time I have read this book (it happens to also be a part of my mother’s library, where I read it first). In reading … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zoheleth

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Zoheleth, by J. Francis Hudson In many ways Zoehelth, by J. Francis Hudson, reminds me of Gods And Kings by Lynn Austin. This is not a pleasant reminder. Both are relatively popular (Zohelth less so) Christian historical fiction accounts that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Malay Archipelago

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

The Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace Despite our obvious differences regarding evolution [1], Alfred Russel Wallace is an easy person to feel sympathetic towards. In stark contrast to the aristocratic Darwin, Wallace made immense contributions to the study of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Documents Of The Christian Church

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Documents Of The Christian Church, selected and edited by Henry Bettenson It is clear from reading this book that Bettenson considers the Anglicans and Catholics of the utmost importance, and that he is a big supporter of the ecumenical movement … Continue reading →

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