Reverberations of Good News: The Gospels in Context Then and Now
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Fringe Dweller
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Participation and Church Planting: Perspectives from Scripture, Doctrine and Practice
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Blaise Pascal
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Killing Fields Living Fields
Killing Fields Living Fields
Author Don Cormack
Publisher Dictum £12.99
Format pbk
ISBN 9781838097233
Ten Stories from the Killing Fields
Author Don Cormack
Publisher Dictum £5.99
Format pbk
ISBN 9781838097295
‘Pol Pot’, ‘Phnom Penh’ and ‘Khmer Rouge’ are names I remember from news bulletins fifty years ago, though I confess to thinking little and knowing almost nothing about them beyond recognising names. These books, though no easy read, have changed that for the good. The main book, together with the excerpts in the smaller one, gives insights into times in Cambodia, a whole country transformed into a concentration camp, which are, at the same time, moving, horrific, powerful and disturbing. Amidst these reactions are stories of deep faith, trust in the gospel and a challenge to all of us who hold a Christian faith. We might ask questions about where God was in all the horror; we might give thanks that the Pol Pot era is now history, though its impact remains. Whatever else these books do, they cannot but inspire us with their accounts of endurance and faith, and push our horizons so as to think, pray and act beyond the confines of our own churches which, thank God, have seen nothing of these horrors.
Reviewed by CHRIS BRACEGIRDLE
Persecution
A Year of the Lord’s Favour
A Year of the Lord’s Favour
Author Pete Wilcox
Publisher CHP £12.99
Format pbk
ISBN 9781781405086
This book documents an eventful year in the life of its author. He was considered but not appointed as the Bishop of Sheffield and then appointed after the withdrawal of the previous candidate, and in between the two was diagnosed with bowel cancer. It chronicles how he managed to cope with the physical limitations and relatively few people being aware of his diagnosis. The author is honest about his shortcomings in dealing with others, especially family. Using his spiritual journals, he recalls the emotions and awareness of his own mortality. Although an interesting book, I was slightly disappointed. As a retired doctor, I felt there was too much emphasis on the medical details, and the procedures of the church, rather than his emotional, spiritual feelings and his relationship with God.
Reviewed by ANN VINCENT
Memoir
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