2a - More about those recommendations

THE six books listed as recommendations in the article are usually in stock at The Christadelphian Office when they are in print (which most of them are: there is some doubt about Wenham's Easter Enigma) and they appear occasionally as second-hand stock. (Chapter 1a included some details about locating second-hand titles, or you can search this website.)

Here's a little more about the books in question:

The Genius of Discipleship by Brother Dennis Gillett

This is a book about discipleship and comprises 27 short chapters on subjects like: Being Called; Conviction; Trust; Surrender and Pardon. Written in Brother Dennis Gillett's carefully crafted style (he always spoke from a fully prepared text), the book is eminently readable and challenging to every disciple, young or old. If you haven't yet read it, you must!

Moses My Servant by Brother Harry Tennant

Character studies are a really easy introduction to good reading, for the Bible is all about people. Moses and his writings were widely studied by the Jews (Acts 15:21), and his prime role in the Old Testament makes him an excellent starting point. Brother Harry taught at many Bible Schools on this subject and the book was first published in 1966. The present edition is the third reprinting.

Joseph the Saviour by Brother Harry Whittaker

This book is deceptively small (just 89 pages long) but packed with good ideas. At the end of each short chapter there is a "Notes" section with some detailed comments and ideas for further study. That approach is quite typical of Brother Harry Whittaker's writing. It means that the character study reads very easily but there's plenty more to think about when you come to the book for a second reading, which you will!

A Life of Jesus by Brother Melva Purkis

This is a more substantial book than the first three recommendations, comprising 367 pages, including the Index. It is a detailed study of the life of the Lord, from his birth to his ascension and is properly devotional and has some helpful exposition. Brother Melva's writing is a little more complicated in style than the earlier books - this was a book first published in the 1950s. So a little more effort is required when reading it, but if you want to walk with the Lord and fill your mind with a contemplation of his character and his teaching, this is a book that will help you do that.

Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison

'Morison' is the pseudonym of Albert Henry Ross who was an advertising executive and who died in 1950. In the Preface, he explains that he set out to write a book that was to be critical of the Resurrection narratives. "Somehow", he says, "the perspective shifted - not suddenly ... but slowly, almost imperceptibly, by the very stubbornness of the facts themselves." This book traces that process as he looks, item by item, at the events as recorded in the Gospels and concludes that there is no other satisfactory explanation but that Jesus was raised from the dead.

Easter Enigma by John Wenham

John Wenham was living in Jerusalem at the time he wrote this book and was well placed to make a detailed examination of the people and places mentioned in the Biblical accounts of the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. In 162 pages, he works out a way of harmonising the five accounts of the resurrection appearances, using a mixture of common sense and shrewd insight. This is a slightly more studious book in its approach, but very readable even so, and the text is helpfully broken up with some nice black and white diagrams.

SOME of these books may be available second-hand, but they don't cost that much new. Remember that we only have some of the available second-hand stock on the web, so, if you are looking for anything in particular, ask us here.