Is The Reformation Over? – Part 2

A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth   Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. Baker Academic, 2005 This is the second of a two part-review of the book written by Mark Noll and...

Is The Reformation Over? – Part 1

A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth   Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. Baker Academic, 2005 Why take the time and effort to review a book that was published nearly six years...

J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future

A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth   We are going to take a break from reviews of books that deal with the history of the Reformation and the Bible. Rather we will review a book edited by Timothy George entitled J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: the Impact...

The Writings of J. F. Mozley – William Tyndale

A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth   This is the review of the first of the three books authored by J. F. Mozley and deals with the life of William Tyndale. When the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK) published the book in 1937 it was the first...

The Writings of J. F. Mozley

By Dr. Herbert Samworth   J. F. Mozley was the author of three books that are foundational to the history and translation of the English Bible. The first was entitled William Tyndale and was written and published in 1937. This was followed in 1940 by his vindication...

Sir Thomas More – A Man for All Seasons

A Review by Dr. Herbert Samworth   I recently had the opportunity to see a film on the life of Sir Thomas More. It was subtitled “A Man for all Seasons.” The film swept the Academy Awards when it was first released over forty years ago. It would be interesting to...

How We Got the Bible

A BOOK FOR EVERY LIBRARY A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth of Neil R. Lightfoot, How We Got the Bible, third edition, revised and expanded, Baker Books, 2003 When one reads a review of a book, he frequently meets such words as multum in parvo, a book that belongs...

God’s Bestseller

A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth One of the more interesting phenomena of the present day is to note the number of books issued from secular book houses that deal with Biblical themes. The present volume, under review, is no exception. It is entitled God’s...