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Expository Sermons on 1st Corinthians, preached in the Moody Memorial church in Chicago by Dr. Ironside a well known Plymouth brethren scholar and noted dispensationalist. One of a large series. ... Read more

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Gossip in a Library (Copyright Edition) by Edmund Gosse. 1891 hardcover published by John W. Lovell Company. ... Read more

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Individual human insights into religious culture
It is indeed a shame that John Stackhouse found the book mean spirited. I do not share the same perspective. Grainger's reflections are an authentic look and self-portrait of his experience. His connections are in personal and cultural insight and open a space for more questions. Stackhouse's "so what" may not be of interest to him as they are to me. His dismissive attitude, especially clothed in "scholarly critique" leave me wondering if he understands the value of personal narrative to some readership populations. Prompting continued questions about a powerful American religious and political culture are never "Ho-Hum". We are saturated with the unquestioned influence of popularly packaged and staged religious beliefs that fail to address the greater complexity of individual lives lived.

I found Grainger's writing to welcome readers into an excerpt of his personal narrative. The research text was both helpful and appropriate, given the compactness of his book. There were many meaningful themes, questions and thoughts addressed or suggested that speak to the human condition and human heart. I particularly valued the notions of our human responses to the uncertainties in life and the desire to hold onto beliefs for comfort, hope and rescue from the cruelties of our culture and society, whichever the decade and place.

I identified a fellow traveler seeking to live an integrated life in a world that would readily pull us in only one direction/interpretation (pick one of many), thereby neglecting the more difficult task of understanding complexity of being human in a personal, family, and societal context.

Good promise, disappointing delivery
The Plymouth Brethren are indeed a fascinating group, with influence in North American and worldwide Christianity out of all proportion to their small numbers. They deserve more considered reflection than they have received heretofore, and a memoir informed by scholarship indeed would be an excellent mode of such reflection.

Alas, Brett Grainger's book is an almost total failure.

He demonstrates only an elementary academic acquaintance with American fundamentalism and none with the Canadian fundamentalism or the Christian/Plymouth Brethren movement that are the focus of his memoir.

Recollections of incidents in his own family and his various vignettes of American fundamentalist institutions portray the spectacular extremes, not the actual normal existence, of most fundamentalists. (He does occasionally consider daily life and he is at his best when simply depicting the quotidian.)

Grainger is also mean-spirited in this book, and that's a shame. His undeniable gift for the catchy phrase frequently makes him look merely clever and sarcastic rather than acute and articulate. For instance upon his conversion, "My grandmother stood at my side, showing me off as if I were a prize pumpkin at a fair." Yet he gives us no reason to see his grandmother in this cynical way, and he seems otherwise to quite like and respect her.

Most disappointing of all, he connects the memoir with the academic context only in the most superficial ways, offering nothing in the way of actual insight. So what if the Brethren believe in creationism and there is a big creationism movement in the U.S.? So what if Brethren have been fascinated by the Tabernacle and American fundamentalists support the state of Israel? At the end, one wonders, What does all this mean? What new, interesting thing does any of this actually tell us about the true nature of the Brethren, or American fundamentalism, or the Grainger family, or anything?

The book comes off half-baked at best, and Grainger's publisher did him no service in bringing this to print without asking him to read and think a lot more about what all these bits and pieces might signify. We await the book this one promises to be.

excellent intro to the diverse world of fundamentalism
This is an excellent book for anyone curious about what fundamentalism means to fundamentalists, and to our country. The most compelling point Grainger makes is that fundamentalism isn't a monolith, but a decentralized, multitudinous movement that gives expression to a fascinatingly wide range of beliefs and practices.

Grainger weaves together his personal experiences with fundamentalism with sharp, vivid reporting on various fundamentalist groups across the States. He strikes a graceful balance between the personal and the objective - he has the hard-won sympathy of someone who grew up with fundamentalism and left it behind, without losing his fascination with what fundamentalism means to other people.

The book is slim and beautifully written - an excellent, fair minded introduction to a charged topic. Fundamentalism is as powerful a force in our culture as you may think, but not in the stereotyped ways outsiders tend to believe in. Grainger's engaging discussion of 'creation science' alone makes the book worth reading, but you will also come away with a vivid insider's stories - his and others' - of one of the most misunderstood forces in our culture.

A worthy contribution to the study of religion in America.
I highly recommend Brett Grainger's first book.It is a most intelligent and compassionate work based on experience and thorough research.So much writing has been done on the subject of fundamentalism filled with either disdain or uncritical praise neither of which brings much illumination to the subject.Grainger manages both sympathy and critique with insight and humor. One senses that he has no axes to grind merely revelations to make. The product is simply wonderful. Grainger's book works as both memoir and expose (meant here in the best since of the term). ... Read more

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Will there be a Rapture?
How will we know the Antichrist?
Can we know when the end of the world will be?
What does the Bible really say about these things?In the past ten years, few books of any variety have shown the kind of popularity and stirred the kind of controversy that have surrounded the Left Behind series of apocalyptic novels. The series has sold more than 62 million copies of its various books for adults, youth, and children, as well as been launched into a series of popular movies. This series about the end times has been a pervasive influence in our churches and in our culture.But what does the Bible really have to say about the end times? James M. Efird, a noted scholar of the Bible and apocalyptic literature, helps us explore the scriptural texts to answer the many questions raised by the series. He also guides us through an enlightening look at the peculiar history behind the books.Ideal for use by individuals or study groups curious about the end times, Left Behind? What the Bible Really Says about the End Times contains a helpful series of questions for reflection and study after each chapter. ... Read more

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Excellent resource on the Rapture for those hoping to be left behind
Though I count myself as a devoted Christian, Bible student and interested in all things religious, the "Rapture" leaves me decidedly unecstatic and still willing to meet Christ anywhere He chooses, not just midway in the air on a date to be announced.When asked, by certain among the believers, if I'm afraid to be left behind on Judgement day when the chosen elect will be carried away to heaven, my answer is definitely 'yes' if that's where God would like me to be. This has earned me hostile tongue-lashings in some quarters. However, there are also those who don't know anything about the subject, want to learn more and ask me to recommend something. I recommend this book. The author is a seasoned professor, speaker and author, able to pack complex theological contructs into succinct, understandable prose. If the reader is looking for something to validate the Rapturist view, this is not the book for the job.For a concise history, theological explanation, and Biblically-based refutation of same, buy this book and share. I have and will again.

What Scripture Says
This book presents a clear and concise statement about the rapture, the antichrist, and the millennium.The Epilogue is a summary that many bible students need to read.In a time of so many poor interpretations, Dr. Efird presents what the scripture says.I have been in his class room and the book is as close as can be to hearing him speak.

Good Introductory Study
This little book is meant to be an introductory critique to popular eschatology or "end-times views" as they have come to be known. Efird divides his book into two basic sections: historical and theological. He examines both dispensationalism and darbyism in their historical context, then examines what he considers to be the three key themes in popular eschatology--the Millennium, the Antichrist, and the Rapture. The book does not assume any prior exposure to biblical studies and is good to use as a starting place.

The book does suffer from its brevity. While I'm certain he has more to say than what he actually said, there are times when he could have elaborated a bit more and at certain points you are not certain if he is disproving a particular view or rather just asserting his own without mention.

A solid book, all in all. ... Read more

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Excellent Antidote to Illegetimate Biblical Intepretation
A highly readable and provocative investigation of what the Bible REALLY says about the rapture, the antichrist, and the millennium.Shows how popular TV preachers misinterpret biblical passages.Examines the history of this kind of misinterpretation and its cynical, manipulative use by unscrupulous "Christians." Highly recommended antidote to much that passes for biblical interpretation today. ... Read more

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One of the most powerful books one will ever read...
George Muller was an extra ordinary man.One who trusted completly on the Lord to provide all his needs, and without asking or telling anyone what was needed.The Lord tested Muller's faith many times, but always delivered on His perfect timing.For those who don't know about George Muller; he built a very large orphan housing totally by petition to God in prayer, without asking or soliciting to anyone else, but to God alone (the Triune God of Holy Scripture).God literaly gave Muller millions; for his heart was for the children and God's will, not for his gain.Muller was so blessed by his work for the Lord and the orphans, that he lived a very fulfilled, yet humble life.This is a must read if ever there was one.Sadly, it's out of print.This book must be put back in print ASAP.May God grant us all the strong Biblical faith that of Muller.God bless.PSAlso by Rodger Steer, you must read "George Muller: Delighted in God."This book is still available.

I just have ot have this book!!!
After reading David Wilkerson and Lester Jacobs promote this mans life andhistory in the Lord---I have to read this book!Is there anyone out therethat could share one with me? - Or sell me one? Publisher is sold out, soI"m counting on my christian friends out there to hep me onceagain..Thank you so much in advance...Christian Love

A Classic For All Serious Christians
This well edited selection of George Muller's own writings is a faith builder second to none. Living without fund-raising, or even letting the needs of the ministry be known, the account of the depth of trust that Mr.Muller developed in God's soveriegn supply for over 10,000 orphans, and hisreasons for doing so are practical, inspiring, and just what is needed inthe face of the post-modernist onslaught. Stories mixed with excerpts fromMr. Muller's own diary and other writing bring real life to this easy toread book. One of the very best I have ever read. ... Read more

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A biography of the German evangelist who established the first orphanages in England in the early nineteenth century. ... Read more

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Many assumptions and misconceptions have been made about the early Plymouth Christian Brethren, an evangelical secessionist movement. In this book, James Callahan discusses various aspects of the early Brethren and provides for readers an enlightened understanding of the people and their movement. He examines the issues involved in the search for a description of the movement; the basis upon which the Brethren's primitivist orientation can be explained; the idealism associated with the Brethren's primitivism; the subject of prophecy; and the revived interest in apostolic Christianity. The book is structured in a chronological pattern with a focus on the writings produced during the late 1830s through the early 1840s and on the writings that focus on that time period. ... Read more

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Warning!I couldn't put it down!
This is a must-read for evangelicals.Callahan has artfully crafted a study of an admittedly small yet influential group of Christians and the resulting dichotomy of their search for unity in Christ while maintainingorder, discipline and separation from evil among the meetings ofbelievers--as well as the movement's focus on prophecy, particularly thatwhich was seen as unfulfilled and thereby directly relevant to the presentChurch. ... Read more

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by Bonnie Harvey. A man of prayer who trusted God to supply all the needs of his orphanages and showed those around him that he was truly a man of faith. ... Read more