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This fantasy story takes Mark to a planet called Tarlis. I thought this was a good book because: 1. It is a fantasy adventure book and I really like those kinds of books. and 2. And the characters are just great.

This fantasy story takes Mark to a planet called Tarlis. I thought this was a good book because: 1. It is a fantasy adventure book and I really like those kinds of books. and 2. And the characters are just great.

Mark, discovers a marble with magical powers. This fast-paced fantasy adventure provides a fantastic foundation for parents to guide their children in developing discernment and wisdom through life's issues as they arise. My kids loved it and set the stage for wonderful discussions about life and to value love, honor, faith and truth. Extremely well written. My kids never allowed me to read just one chapter.

I haven't come across another work which gives such an excellent examination and critique of the development of Princeton Theological Seminary and the underlying philosophies of those connected with this tradition. In doing so, Dr. Anderson seeks to address one of the foremost challenges to the Christian Faith since the Enlightenment: Faith vs. Reason. This incorporates considering the role of reason, how it has been understood, and how there is a need to more fully identify reason in its critical use. He argues that this is necessary to establish the clarity of general revelation which in turn is necessary to establish the claims of redemption within the Christian Faith. I am excited to hear that Dr. Anderson is offering a revised and updated edition to this work which will be offered in the summer of 2008, titled "Reason and Worldviews". It will include some new and updated chapters examining further work in this discussion. I would encourage anyone interested in critically examining the Christian worldview to grab a copy.

'B.B. Warfield and Right Reason' is an insightful work calling its readers to explore the rich history of apologetics with in the Christian faith and to see how B.B. Warfield understood the role 'reason' has in arguing for the validity of the Christian faith inlight of the doctrine of the clarity of general revelation. As the waves of post-modernism and dogmatic relativism flood the american culture, this work provides a light in this sea of intellectual darkness.

Benjamin B. Warfield and Right Reason: The Clarity of General Revelation and Function of Apologetics Provides a clear and concise study of the development of Princeton Theological Seminar and a profound study and refutation of common sense realism which was adopted as the epistemological method use to defend the truth of Christian Theism. Mr. Anderson does not stop by refuting common sense realism, but goes farther in seen the necessity for Christian apologetics to base its claims in the use of "right reason" to the fullest in the examination of general revelation.
Mr. Anderson exhorts Christian apologists to see where Benjamin B. Warfield and Charles Hodge needed to go further in their affirmation of the clarity of general revelation. To affirm that clarity is needed requires being able to show it. It is at this point where Mr.Anderson provides a good and needed contribution to the field of apologetics due to the present avoidance of Christian Apologist to engage with the problem that have divided and challenge the Church since the enlightenment.

Alan Sullivan and Tim Murphy's new translation of Beowulf is by far the best of the four translations I've read. (The others are the versions by Heaney, Rebsamen and Gummere, as well as selections from various others over the years.) If you're a general reader who's only likely to read one Beowulf, this is the one. And if you're a teacher who's deciding which translation to assign, I urge you to compare several passages at random from Sullivan and Murphy's version with the same passages from other versions. I'm confident you'll choose Sullivan and Murphy as well. (The wealth of literary and historical background material compiled by Sarah Anderson of Princeton is another reason why this edition is perfect for classroom use, but I'll focus here on the poem itself.)

There are several reasons why Sullivan and Murphy succeed so well. First, although the Old English of Beowulf is vastly different from modern English, Sullivan and Murphy have done a good job of approximating the sound of the original for the modern ear. They use a four-stress line (with a pause, or "caesura," between the second and third stresses) like the original. They also use strong alliteration like the original. (Typically in Old English verse, the third stressed syllable in a line begins with the same sound as one or both of the first two stressed syllables in that line. Sullivan and Murphy relax that pattern a bit, to avoid the stilted word choices that characterize some translations. But the strong alliteration can clearly be heard throughout their translation.) By contrast, though Heaney also uses a four-stress line, he greatly mutes the alliteration and the mid-line pause so that they often are scarcely noticeable.

When faced with a choice, Sullivan and Murphy also show a much stronger tendency to use the blunt, forceful words descended from Old English (as opposed to Latin-based words that arrived in English long after Beowulf). That seems appropriate for this particular poem.

While Sullivan and Murphy do a better job of capturing the music of the original, their version also reads much better and forcefully as modern English. Heaney's language sometimes sounds like comic book prose--very understandable, but not very memorable. Sullivan and Murphy are clear and understandable, too; but they're much better at catching the modern ear with just the right word or phrase. And they do so with greater economy. Because they have not bound themselves to winding up with the exact same number of lines as the original, as Heaney and some other tranlators have done, Sullivan and Murphy's version is a bit shorter, without losing any content.

It's certainly not my intent to minimize the achievement of other Beowulf translators, Heaney especially. He took a 1,200-year-old poem, brought it to a wide audience, and (with the help of the many teachers who assigned it) made it a best-seller. That's quite an accomplishment! And I enjoyed reading it. But I didn't feel the need to take the trip more than once. Sullivan and Murphy have made the voyage much more memorable, and well worth repeating!

Murphy and Sullivan's Beowulf is an ASTOUNDING contemporary English translation; its strong rhythm leaps from the page and waves its sword at you. The book as a whole is a course-in-a-text, with all the marvelous ancillary contextual readings and explanations surrounding Anglo-Saxon England (the Bede, etc.), translated variously from Latin, Old English, and Old Norse. I'd say this is THE book for undergraduate English majors (and grad students as well), as long as the prof also makes them learn to read the Old English with a supplementary text.

I've read and listened to Heaney's fine translation, but, if I may say so, this is the stronger poetry of the two. Heaney is better-known, but both Murphy and Sullivan are formidable poets in their own right--compare the two books side-by-side and see which version leaps off the page and into your blood.

This newest translation of Beowulf is spectacularly vivid, passionate, accurate, and alive. I've read the Heaney version (along with 7 or 8 others), but this is the one I prefer. If you doubt the power of the verse, you need only listen to Timothy Murphy recite aloud what he and Alan Sullivan have done (and Sullivan is responsible for probably 90% of the text). In other words, there is nothing dry or dusty about this enterprise. The scrupulous adherence to a diction probably 70% Germanic in its origin saves this version from the longeurs of polysyllabic Latinate terms and helps turn this work from verse into exciting poetry.

This is an incredible little book, thoughfully and carefully written and beautifully illustrated. It can be read as a surface story of a family and their dog, but the scriptures at the beginning and end point to its real meaning, an explanation of Jesus' love and sacrifice. It's simple enough for a child to understand and complex enough to have adults thinking deeply about what love means. The questions and answers at the back are very helpful, as are the suggestesd activities. My six-year-old loves this book, and I've used it as a devotional message with adults and kids! (original review on CBD 9/18/2006)

A truly moving book! I have all three of the books in the Big Topics for Little Kids series. My kids love them all.

I've never seen an online way to view an entire book... but if you go to the author's site (search for bigtopicsforlittlekids) and you'll be able to flip through every page of these beautiful books online!

I purchased this book for my preschooler as a way to introduce the message of salvation. This book is a fantastic parallel to the simple message of salvation. The author uses a dog that saves her family as their house burns down. It shows how the family loved the dog, and how the dog loved the family. The book then tells of the night "that changed everything". It is somewhat sad, but so is what Jesus did for us on the cross. While the story is sad, it is also heartwarming, and full of compassion. The issustrations are captivating for little ones. It also includes a question and answer session in the back in case your child has any questions. Wonderful book!

My son loves the Billy and Blaze series. The "adventures" they have are told in such a way that the children can imagine themselves taking part in them.

In this particular story Billy sets off to find a "lost" quarry. This one reminded me of many of the "adventures" my brother and I had as children in the forests near our grandparents farm in Montana.

It is nice to share a quiet, interesting story with my son. Most authors today seem to think they need to compete with television and movies, therefore their books seem to be nothing more than written out tv shows and action flicks.

The other thing my son and I enjoy in these books are the drawings. They are very good and realistic. We have the oppotunity to study some nice art while reading a pleasant book.

As a child (first and second grade) I read this series. Billy was without a doubt my favorite character from any of the childrens books available to me then. They are well writen, easily followed, in or out of torder. I am very please to be able to buy them for my nieces and my own child!

My son (4 next week) wanted some "Wild, Wild West" stories. I found the wonderful books by C.W. Anderson in the library. I bought several of the reprints in paperback because he loves the stories so. The gentle adventures of Billy and his pony Blaze are a wonderful way for young boys to learn the virtues of loyalty and friendship and the love of animals. In this book Billy and Blaze spend a day looking for a forgotten quarry. They have a few adventures trying to get over the overgrown trail. The quarry is as wonderful as Billy pictured. He gets a bonus - he finds a puppy running from a fox. Billy and Blaze take their new friend home. The realistic pen and ink drawings illustrating the story are very much enjoyed by my son. I'm happy to have found these books reprinted.

We purchased all of C.W. Anderson's Billy and Blaze series books for our homeschool. The story and the illustrations make this book a real "page turner". Each left-hand page has large text for easy reading, while each right-hand page has a full-page illustration to complement the story.

The sentence structure and vocabulary is fairly good. This particular story is about a horse riding pre-teen boy who is on the lookout for a mountain lion who is attacking livestock. The setting is in rural America (probably midwest), and in the 1930's or early 1940's.

I love this book on Blaze and the Mountain Lion part of the Billy & Blaze series.

This is when Billy and Blaze are on the ranch and his parents had come west and taken a ranch house for the summer and the had Blaze along too.

Billy & Blaze to the Rescue! So they are able to chase the wild cat into its den and save a frightened calf from near death. So Billy has an old rope he used as a lasso and he roped the calfs belly and he pulled him up.

Jim their new cowboy friend kills the mountain lion and Billy got a new lasso.

I love the Billy & Blaze books by author C. W. Anderson.

This time Billy and Blaze set out west (for a family holiday) and encounter great boy adventures and make a new cowboy friend.

Billy and Blaze books teach courage and responsibility and consideration for others. These things do seem to be lacking in a lot of children's literature these days.

If you want a classic story with good values and a great storyline, this is for you and your boys.

I felt strongly enough about this book to go out of my way to write a review (!). I learned a lot about how the Chinese government deals with the Church. I would love to meet Pastor Lamb someday.

In 1996, a friend loaned me their copy of Bold as a Lamb just one month prior to our trip to China. This book gave me a stronger understanding of the real presecution that takes place everyday in this fallen world that desperately needs Jesus Christ. This book recounts the story of one Christian man's life within the wallls of China. How he spent over 20 years of his life in prison because of his faith in Jesus Christ. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone Christian or not. Also, to those who teach High School or College students this would be an excellent book for classroom reading and discusion. While in China, I personally met Pastor Samual Lamb and worshiped with his home church.

Whether or not you are a Christian, this book will touch your soul. Samuel Lamb spent over 20 years in Chinese prisons for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. As a Christian, it has challenged me in my walk with Christ.

Via the medium of personal letters written between 1820 and 1867, the author has succesfully brought to life an era in the history of our early republic. She has defly connected them into a cohesive narrative. Her historical insights enhance the story. What I liked best was that it is a good read for the general public.

This is a wonderful book. A great read for anyone even if they aren't related to this historic family. The letters bring to life the people and life in the early 1800's. They did a wonderful job transcribing the letters and the Author has done a great job with explainations on how life was then.

Eve Anderson has created a most remarkable work with A Breach of Privilege. It is simultaneously a fascinating and truly authentic account of daily life in the early 19th-century, an engrossing chronicle of several generations of an amazing American family, and an eye-opening history of a young United States.

The events and personalities of A Breach of Privilege virtually leap off the page, and become as familiar to the reader as those of any novel. In fact, it's difficult to believe that the members of one family could have been witness to as many remarkable events in American history as were the Cilleys, but it is all true. From the quiet hills of New England to the marbled halls of the Capitol and dusty battlefields of the Civil War, their thoughts, prayers and fears come alive as can only happen in private letters.

Anderson has done a wonderful job of weaving delightful anecdotes and insightful facts into the narrative, blending them naturally with the Cilley letters themselves. As a result the lives of the characters flow seamlessly with the events of the time, an era in American history that is little studied and only vaguely understood today. It was a time of tremendous turmoil and remarkable change, and it all comes to life through the words of a Jacksonian Congressman, his pious wife, and their sons, officers in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War.

The letters are transcribed exactly as they were written, complete with spelling and grammatical errors, by the members of this singular family. They speak of a time when death was as common as life, when children were lost with frightening regularity, when the horrors of war were secondary to its glory, and when the survival of the nation was all but certain. This is a book of history, authentic to the last detail, but beyond that it is a fascinating story.

A wonderful book! Father David Anderson (an Episcopal priest from Bucks County PA) has written a book that is spiritually uplifting. It is an enjoyable read for the religious and the non-religious alike. He has elements of Buddahism as well as the Benedictine and Franciscan spirituality of seeing the wonder of the spirit of God in the daily grind that we all live each day. Highly recommended!!

The way I know if a movie is good is if I want to see it twice. The same goes for books. I've read Breakfast Epiphanies and I'm going through it again.

I read a lot in this genre of self-help and spirituality and I have to say, this book caught me by surprise. Partly it's because there's such a light touch to every story. Anderson is a pastor but he doesn't preach.

I loved the one titled, Hands off: We Hatch Alone. It's about his visit to a kindergarten class where they were hatching a box of chicks. All the children were instructed to keep their hands folded behind their backs. Anderson did too. And then he spins a gentle tale of how this simple posture of attentive detachment works in our relationships. "We cannot stop drinking for someone else...we cannot lift the pall of depression...If they are going to break into freedom, they will have to hatch themselves."

And so it goes, story after story. There's the one about the cat, Oliver, who has the instinct to hunt but when he actually gets outdoors, meekly returns to the warmth of the kitchen. I sat there thinking about all the times the door of opportunity slid open for me and I retreated. I have a name for this now. I used to call it fear. Now I call it Oliver.

Then there's the one about the woman who received last rites and came back to life for the love of meat loaf. And the one about American men (and husbands) and how the best path to spiritual growth and vital relationship with our spouse might just be dancing lessons.

Finally, I guess why I like this book is that Anderson is such a likeable guy. The book is solid gold but it has the warmth of a real person living a real life. He's smart and witty but he's also just a lot of fun, the kind of neighbor you'd be eager to see and talk to over the fence.

I loved this book. I'm giving them away for Christmas!

David Anderson manages to find the transcendent in everyday pursuits and happenings. You don't have to be an Episcopal clergyman (as he is), or have any religious belief at all, to identify, learn, and be touched by the wisdom in these brief, warm, funny, and enlightening encounters with the nitty-gritty of our lives. No story takes more than 5 minutes to read, so it's easy to pick up and put down again with little guilt - but with great reward.

I highly recommend this book to anyone raised in the church and have a warped view of God and are not experiencing His love and freedom. I struggled my whole christian life because I believed I needed to obtain a level of standard in order to be in relationship with God but this book helped me find my freedom in Christ!

As one who has struggled with legalism for years, this book was a refreshing reminder that we cannot earn our salvation. Mr. Anderson and his coauthors highlight some of the symptoms of legalism and discuss the implications of falling into a legalistic lifestyle. This book helps strugglers to understand that it is by grace alone we are saved, not by any of our efforts, without negating the importance of holiness or belitting the problem of sin.

This is one of the best books ever written about the dangers of legalism in the church and the individual believer. This book explains how legalism truly beats down and burdens believers with performance-based favor with God, Non-biblical rules and regulations (traditions made up by men). Legalism complicates the Gospel because it hands you a list of "do's" and "do Not's" that are not in the bible but their own brand of "holiness". This book also shows you how to be free from legalism if you are bound up in it. I'm glad this issue has been addressed in this book and I highly recommend it.