The World, the Flesh and the Devil – Jack Hay
Paperback, 88 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-912522-32-3. The subjects under consideration in this brief, yet concise, study were addressed at a conference in South Wales in 2017. Now available in print to a wider audience, the importance of an acknowledgement and understanding of these topics cannot […]
New Testament Church Basics – Understanding Local Assembly Character and Purpose – Michael J. Penfold
Paperback, 60 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RL, Scotland. ISBN: 978-1-912522-29-3. For one who was brought up listening to some of the same speakers mentioned in the acknowledgements at the end of this book, it might almost appear as if this book was unnecessary. Sadly, it is not. Whilst the […]
From Glasgow to Garenganze – Ian Burness
Paperback, 339 pages, Published by OPAL Trust and Echoes International, 1 Glenannan Park, Lockerbie, DG11 2FA, UK. ISBN 978-1-907098-32-1. A debt of gratitude is owed to the writer for the very readable style in which he has written this book. His extensive and detailed research is reflected in the large number of reference documents identified […]
Collected Writings of J. M. Davies Vols. 1-3 Compiled by Mervyn Wishart
Paperback in 3 volumes, 1428 pages, Published by STL, Cookstown, N. Ireland ISBNs: 978-1-909789-25-8; 978-1-909789-26-5; 978-1-909789-27-2. Mr. J. M. Davies was born in South Wales, UK, in 1895. He attended the Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College in the USA where he acquired knowledge of Greek which was a great help to him in the […]
Truth and Training from Titus – Stephen G. Baker
Paperback, 62 pages. Available from: Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978-1-871642-94-0. The substance of this book, which runs to sixty-two pages, first appeared as a series of ten articles in the Precious Seed magazine. The writer’s stated intention is to ‘look at each phrase and statement in the […]
New Testament Priests, Speak Up! – Mike Stephenson
Paperback, 79 pages. Published by ECS Ministries, PO Box 1028, Dubuque, IA 52004-1028. ISBN: 978-1-59387-229-8. The title and theme of this book will strike a chord with many who would love to hear more audible contribution from certain fellow brethren, particularly at the Lord’s Supper. The writer explains that participation in worship is not a […]
His Coming – A Guide to Future Events – Various Authors
Paperback, 140 pages. Published by John Ritchie Ltd. 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN: 978-1-910513-42-2. Books dealing with future events are not in short supply and cover every shade of opinion that has been put forward since the scriptures were completed. This publication, however, brings together nine subjects written by authors who are currently engaged in […]
The People’s Bible – The remarkable history of the King James Version – Derek Wilson
Paperback, 222 pages; Published by Lion Hudson plc, Jordan Hill Rd. Oxford, OX2 8DR. Available from Amazon, also in Kindle, epub and PDF formats. ISBN 978-0-7459-5559-9 ISBN: 978-1-909789-31-9 Derek Wilson is an acclaimed author and historian who transports the reader back to the fourteenth century when the vast majority of people were illiterate, and scripture […]
False Apocalypse, False Gospel, False Witnesses – Donald C. B. Cameron.
Paperback, 390 pages Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN 978–1–910513–80–4. No doubt most readers of this magazine will have encountered representatives of the Jehovah’s Witness cult either on their doorsteps or, increasingly, with placards and literature in our town centres and shopping malls. Broadly speaking, these JWs, as they are widely […]
Truth for Today – Paul’s Letter to the Colossians – Edited by J. D. Rice
Paperback, 82 pages, Published by Scripture Truth Publications, 31-33 Glover Street, Crewe, CW1 3LD, UK. ISBN: 978-0-901860-58-3 As the Foreword suggests, this book might be best described as ‘suitable Bible Study material for young Christians’. It is a compilation of chapters taken from a series of talks given by different speakers on the Truth for […]
Cuckoos in the nest … apostasy in the church – Sam Gordon
Paperback, 145 pages, published by Christian Year Publications, available from John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH. ISBN 978-1-872734-43-9. A book review is, by its very nature, a subjective exercise; it is just one person’s thoughts and opinion. The sub-title of this book is, ‘Jude made simple’, yet on first reading, the writer does […]
Bethlehem to Bethany – Jack Strahan
Hardback, 192 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN: 978-1-909789-31-9 From the title alone one might consider this book to deal with familiar places in the earthly life of the Lord Jesus. In that sense, the assumption is accurate. The author does indeed cover places such as Bethlehem, Bethabara, Bethsaida, Bethesda, Bethphage, […]
Pocket Commentary Series – 1st John
Paperback, 104 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd. 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-910513-68-2. What is a pocket commentary? As the Foreword states, ‘A need has been identified … for something smaller and shorter and cheaper – a mini commentary series’. Thus, a series of articles originally written for the Believer’s Magazine has now […]
New Treasury of Bible Doctrine: ‘Things most surely believed’
Paperback, 590 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978 1 871642 84 1. First published 1977. Revised and updated 2017. This symposium of articles, mainly selected from the Precious Seed magazine, was originally issued as a companion volume to a similar symposium entitled Church Doctrine and […]
Prove it: how you can know and show that the Bible is God’s word
Paperback, 270 pages, Published by Decapolis Press (an Imprint of Precious Seed), 19 Alfreton Road, Pinxton, NG16 6JZ, UK. [Available in the Precious Seed shop:
Israel’s broken-hearted prophet
Hosea’s prophecy: an introduction and concise commentary Malcolm C. Davis Paperback, 96 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-910513-73-6. As Fraser Munro writes in the Foreword to this book, ‘Those who have benefitted from previous commentaries by Malcolm Davis will be grateful to him for turning his attention to […]
Cornerstone Magazine Edited by David Dunlap
On-line magazine, 20 pages, Published by Cornerstone Magazine, 30 Maricona Way, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2T 1H2. Available at:
The Suffering Servant of the Lord: A Prophecy of Jesus Christ
Author – David J. MacLeod. Paperback, 225 pages, Published by Emmaus Bible College, Dubuque, Iowa, 2016 ISBN 978-0-692-53824-1. David MacLeod, a Professor at Emmaus Bible College and a commended teacher among American Bible Chapels, has written a fine, if very scholarly, exposition of Isaiah’s fourth Servant Song from a thoroughly conservative evangelical and pre-millennial standpoint. […]
Opening up Proverbs – Jim Newheiser
Paperback, 182 pages, Published by Day One Publications, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. ISBN 978-1-84625-110-8. The ‘Opening up’ series covers many of the books of scripture, written by a number of respected, mainly American, authors. The book of Proverbs does not lend itself easily to analysis, nor to a verse-by-verse approach. The wise man sets out […]
Prove it How you can know and show that the Bible is God’s word – Paul McCauley
Paperback, 270 pages, Published by Decapolis Press (an Imprint of Precious Seed), 19 Alfreton Road, Pinxton, NG16 6JZ, UK.
Is the Bible Really the Word of God? – Andrew Wilson
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published by Believers Publications, North Lakes, Qld, Australia. ISBN: 9780994397713. There can be few more fundamental issues for Christianity than the trustworthiness and authority of scripture. In recent times the diversity and intensity of attacks on the Bible have been increasing. This contribution is therefore timely, and the author deals comprehensively with […]
Chitokoloki Celebrating a century of the Lord’s work in North-western Zambia – Alma Turnbull
Paperback, 163 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN: 9781927521557. This is an interesting and informative book, written by Alma Turnbull, recording how the Lord has worked in a mighty way in a settlement on the banks of the Zambezi River called Chitokoloki. The remarkable […]
Christian Frontline Series: The Christian and Money – Hansruedi Graf
Paperback, 94 pages, Chapter Two, Fountain House, 3 Conduit Mews, London, SE18 7AP, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-85307-257-4. Programmes or articles about money are usually deadly boring. Who can listen to ‘Moneybox Live’, or read the financial pages of their newspaper without their pulse slowing to 40 b.p.m. and fear of slipping in and out of […]
Beginnings: Old Testament Overview Volume 1 – Richard Catchpole
Paperback, 323 Pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978-1-871642-66-7. Precious Seed Publications set themselves the very worthy task of providing Christian readers with a series of books that offer an overview of a number of books of the Old Testament at once, arranged according to their chronological rather than […]
Precious Seed 70th Anniversary Edition
Paperback, 212 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 77 3. This well presented book incorporates scanned copies of the Precious Seed Magazines from their inception in September 1945 to the May-June 1948 issue. It is attractively bound and the front cover is a copy of the […]
Insects of the Bible – Tom H. Ratcliffe
Paperback, 81 pages, Published by Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow. [Available from John Ritchie Limited]. ISBN: 978 1 871642 810. It may be that if you have never had an interest in entomology then you may not naturally pick this book up. However, the book does live up to its promise in the foreword that […]
Day by Day – Through the Bible Edited – Ken Totton
Paperback, 381 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 80 3. The latest publication in the tried and tested Day by Day series does exactly as stated in the title. The scriptures are divided into three readings for each day through the year, two from the Old […]
The Nature of the Atonement – James Morison
Paperback, 99 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-19-7. James Morison (1816-1893) was a Scottish minister of the Gospel who was greatly used by God to bring many souls to Christ. Both this small treatise and his companion work The Extent of the Atonement went through many editions during the author’s […]
The Extent of the Atonement – James Morison
Paperback, 167 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-23-4. James Morison (1816-1893) was ordained in the Scottish United Secession Church, but was suspended from his ministry because he did not hold the doctrine of limited atonement. He continued to preach the gospel, and saw many souls saved. This treatise, and his […]
Stories from Luke’s Gospel – Robert Craig
Paperback, 160 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6. ISBN 97-81927521-63-2 Although this book is just a brief summary of selected accounts in Luke’s Gospel, there are gems on each page; it is well worth reading, and definitely holds the attention. The book is pithy in its […]
The Land and People of Israel, what does the future hold? – Drew Craig
Paperback, 63 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W. Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1897-1178-11. To many in the secular and political world, the modern state of Israel is considered a pariah nation. It is seen as aggressive, territorially ambitious, insensitive to UN resolutions, and indifferent to critical opinion. In this […]
How to Master the Bible – Martin Anstey
Paperback, 138 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, NI. ISBN 978-1-909789-16-6. This is a revised reprint of a book first published in 1931. In view of this, I imagine that the author is now in the glory and will not be too concerned if comment is made on the title of his book. When […]
Gleanings from the book of Ruth – Alex Dryburgh
Paperback, 104 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W. Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1927-5216-18. A book review is, by its very nature, a subjective exercise. The style and format of a book, though brief and merely suggestive in character, will appeal to some; others favour a more detailed and systematic […]
Looking for the Glory – An Exposition of the Epistle to Titus – Adam D. Thropay
Paperback, 103 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-22-7. Adam D. Thropay has been involved in Bible teaching in assemblies in North America for many years, and readers of this and other magazines will probably have benefited from his written ministry already. His other writings include Local Church Essentials. His aim […]
If it wasn’t for the Lighthouse – Bill and Irene Ridgeway
Paperback, 112 pages. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-927521-56-4 If you want to know if missionaries have the same anxieties as we have, the same fears when confronted with the unexpected, the same doubts and worries, then you will find this book captivating; written in […]
Wisdom for Fools – 101 Proverbs to Live By – Shane Watson
Paperback, 218 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly Street West, Port Colborne ON L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN 978-1-927521-50-2. The book of Proverbs does not lend itself to analysis, and apart from a six page introduction, Wisdom for Fools does not attempt this. This is just as well, as the introduction is the least […]
