Journal: Central Bible Quarterly
Volume: CENQ 18:2 (Summer 1975)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous

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Book Reviews

Creating a Successful Christian Marriage by Cleveland McDonald (Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1975, 392 pages, $8.95) is an excellent text for the classroom, parents or the pastor. The subject matter covers the many facets and problems of the Christian home. The more than 300 volumes in the select bibliography enrich the content of the book as does the author’s strong stand on Scripture and the home. Christian schools now have available a text on this important subject from a Biblical persuasion and a Baptist writer. Congratulations go to the author.

—Gordon H. Lovik

Contemporary Counterfeits by John J. Davis (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1973, 43 pp., $1.00 paper) is a practical and Biblical evaluation of the current trends in the occult. The reader is supplied with a list of forty-one other sources on the subject of the occult. The approach of the author is to inform the reader of the magnitude, nature, error and dangers of the occult. Every interested Christian would be wise to read and then heed the message of the booklet.

—Gordon H. Lovik

The Gospel of Matthew by William Hendriksen (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1973, 1015 pp., $14.95) is another in his series of New Testament commentaries. This volume is comprehensive and well-written but from a non-dispensational point of view. Consequently, there may be many passages questioned by the reader (cf. his covenant viewpoint of the author

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must be kept in mind while reading this commentary.

—Gordon H. Lovik

Ephesians: An Exposition by W. A. Criswell (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1974, 308’pp., $6.95) is not a commentary but a series of thirty-six sermons from the’ book of Ephesians. While there is little new insight in this book, there are refreshing presentations of God’s Word.

—Gordon H. Lovik

The Nabataeans in Historical Perspective by John I. Lawlor (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1974, 159 pp., $3.95) is the eleventh volume in the Baker Studies in Biblical archaeology. The Nabataeans were a rugged people who lived in the deserts of the Negev and Southern Arabia from about 700 B.C. to A.D. 100. Lawlor presents the history of this people in a most interesting manner. His use of pictures, maps and archaeological illustrations adds value to the book and stirs the interest of the reader. The author is an instructor at Baptist Bible College, Clark Summit, Pennsylvania.

—Larry R. Thornton

Archaeology of the Jordan Valley by Elmer B. Smith (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1973, 193 pp., $4...

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