Finally, Free Books!
May 17, 2008Not that I need any more books, but I followed Nicks advice and filled out a form on Crossway Publisher’s website to review a couple books I was interested in and a gal wrote me back wanting to know how I would publish my reviews, I said on my blog and gave her the link. She wrote back and said no problem glad to send them and so this morning (early, 6:30am) on the way to work I nearly tripped on a box from crossway sitting right at the door! I kinda freaked for a moment - a fear cam over me a bit since I knew now I would have to be sure to read them and write up the reviews, publish them and notify the gal at crossway. So which two books did I get - well, they have a lot, and honestly not a lot I necessarily want per se, but some did interest me. The first is:
A Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume (The God Who Is There, Escape from Reason, and He Is There and He Is Not Silent). (Crossway, 1990).
Why did I want to get this? Well, it’s Francis Schaeffer. He writes a mix of theology, philosophy, apologetics, cultural analysis, and the like - he was also addressing issues of postmodernism long before other people even knew what it was - his stuff is classic. Everyone should really think about reading his some of his stuff - if not just to read it.
The second is:
David R. Helm. 1 and 2 Peter and Jude: Sharing Christ’s Sufferings. (Crossway, 2008). Crossway is publishing a Preaching the Word Commentary Series and I was curious about it - so I asked for it - it looks good and has good endorsements - plus it was free. Also, I have an interest in 2 Peter and Jude (I also have Bauckham’s WBC work on the same), so, I am interested to get into it and seeing how Helm works the texts. I am expecting it to be a bit Reformed (as are many books put out by Crossway) but that is fine, if it is good, I might check out some others. If it is too much then I’ll just stick with this one for now.
Well, off to reading, I’ve got a lot to do! Blessings!
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