March 1991

Ellen Bresee

The flowers had to be moved. I pulled up whole clumps by their roots. Carefully I separated them and set them in the soil in a new place. Yet the next day they looked wilted and almost dead. Only through daily watering and weeks of special nurturing did they finally establish new roots and bloom again. Ministerial families are like my flowers. They often find themselves being uprooted and moved. And when they are, it takes time for them to establish new roots… Continue reading...

W. Floyd Bresee

Gary Jensen

Norman R. Gulley

This small but scholarly volume dis cusses "several of the issues that have contributed to the radical change in our modern understanding of the book of Daniel." Ferch considers the academic discussion of the past 20 years concerning issues of text, canon, authorship, unity, and date of writing; and he evaluates the evidence that allegedly points to the second century B.C. as the time of the book's composition. Ferch insists that a sixth-century B.C. date for… Continue reading...

Jerry Lastine

Robert B. Watkins

Kermit Netteburg

Pop psychology, that long line of self-help and help-God books that stretches back beyond I'm OK-You're OK has another entry with this Joel Freeman book. Pop psychology is the brand that veneers the understanding of human nature with cute phrases and clever analyses with the hope of making your life a veritable nirvana on earth. Insights percepted. Challenges accepted. Problems sublimated. All in two-word sentences. Make no mistake; this is good pop psychology.… Continue reading...