Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 96:382 (Apr 1939)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous

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Book Reviews

Let’s Go Back to the Bible. By Dr. Will H. Houghton. Revell. 156 pp. $1.25.

Dr. Houghton is President of The Moody Bible Institute. He has accomplished much in radio messages over station WMBI which is the Institute’s own broadcasting station. These sixteen messages which comprise this book are selected from his long and fruitful ministry.

The call is Back to the Bible, but not to a mere reverence of the Sacred Book; it should be back to the Bible with a clear understanding of its message and an adjustment of life to its every precept.

Dr. Houghton has put the emphasis largely on the unique character of the Bible. He has made a strong defence of its unusual place in the world. This is needed in an age when the Bible is neglected as now. He says of this book: “The world has chased down a lot of blind alleys in the past decade or two: the blind alleys of prosperity, of pleasure, and of pride. It is time now to admit we’re up against a stone wall. It’s time for a call for help. The cry for God is only out of a deep sense of need, and that cry is never voiced in vain. How easy it is to see that a sweeping revival is the only sure answer to communism, facism, and all the other isms, political and religious, which delude sections of mankind.”

The book is highly instructive and wonderfully helpful. Young people should read it and will read it if it is brought to their attention. The reading will transform their outlook on life, and their conception of God and His Word.

L. S. Chafer

God’s Reach for Man. By Alice Bishop Kramer and Albert Ludlow Kramer. A. Ludlow Kramer, Publisher, 425 East 24th Street, New York City. $1.00.

This well prepared and attractive volume contains 405 paragraphs, each one of which is a sermonette in itself.

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These are arranged with especial care into fifteen parts. The work is highly devotional and Scriptural.

Other books by the same authors have served a genuine purpose-The Life in the Vine, The Unlocked Door, I Bring You Joy, and The Way.

Rev Ernest R. Palen, New York City, writes of Mr. and Mrs. Kramer: “Since they became connected with the Source, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ludlow Kramer have spent their time in Christian work-in writing, speaking, and in interviews with individuals. Mr. Kramer was a wealthy lawyer, banker and sportsman. He and his wife put in simple terms the way in which we can all experience for ourselves the truth of Christ’s teachings. Their influence upon the lives of ministers and laymen is a notable witness to the transforming p...