I need a good book!

[etexas]

Thanks, Pastor. And I thought you were fluent in 12 languages?

Josh, you might want to Amazon up some reviews! I have found good editions of various books tat way.

 

[fredtgreco]

Thanks, Pastor. And I thought you were fluent in 12 languages?

Nah, only studied 6 (including English).

 

[Iconoclast]

books

Adam,
To be Near Unto God, by Abraham Kuyper,on the back cover it says
110 meditatons on a single thought from psalm 73
Sinclair Ferguson, Know Your Christian Life. It deals with systematic themes in a very plain, yet clear and substantial way.

 

[cwjudyjr]

What is the difference?

Ahhh, you're so right! My three volumes of the abridged are falling apart, held together with a rubber band and so heavily underlined! Such great value there that one could read it daily and never tire or fail to benefit!

Is the text just abridged (and it must be one heck of an abridgement, because the original is huge) or has the text also been "tinkered with" (= dumbed down and simplified)?

I've not yet started the unabridged edition, 1180 pages. Just looking it over I dont notice that much change other than some modernization of the language. The abridged edition is 1024 pages. I ordered this new one from monergism.com.
The one mentioned above by another poster called The Embattled Christian is actually by Bryan Zacharias and is his introduction to Gurnall's work and his theme.

The abridged and unabridged editions are very close in size, counting the pages. What advantage is there to reading the abridged since it is essentially the same length? Is the language up-dated, is it formated differently? I want to get this title but am confused as to the best way to go. Thanks for your help!!!

Conrad

 

[christiana]

Is the text just abridged (and it must be one heck of an abridgement, because the original is huge) or has the text also been "tinkered with" (= dumbed down and simplified)?

I've not yet started the unabridged edition, 1180 pages. Just looking it over I dont notice that much change other than some modernization of the language. The abridged edition is 1024 pages. I ordered this new one from monergism.com.
The one mentioned above by another poster called The Embattled Christian is actually by Bryan Zacharias and is his introduction to Gurnall's work and his theme.

The abridged and unabridged editions are very close in size, counting the pages. What advantage is there to reading the abridged since it is essentially the same length? Is the language up-dated, is it formated differently? I want to get this title but am confused as to the best way to go. Thanks for your help!!!

Conrad

I'm just beginning the unabridged edition but I think if I had it to do over I would have started with this one. The language is easy to read with clarity of meaning and I prefer it to be as close to what he actually wrote as possible. The print is only slightly smaller, double column as contrasted with single column in the abridged. It is such a book that handling it in this hardback edition and marking it as I do it will hold together better. So many pages in a paper bound abridged edition do not hold together as well. Though this book is a book for preachers it is still one that reaches any heart, stimulates one to stay close, humbled and aware of Satan's attempts to intervene in our life and disrupt our doctrine! There are so many exhortations given to the minister of a flock in dealing with great struggles of the faith!
Short answer: get the unabridged; you'll love it! http://www.monergismbooks.com/completearmour1961.htm

Read these reviews: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Complete-Armour-William-Gurnall/dp/0851511961/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-0289976-0414344?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188150443&sr=1-2"]Amazon.com: Christian in Complete Armour: Books: William Gurnall[/ame]

 

[Philip A]

Fred, I already have The Brothers Karamazov, but have not read it. I'm interested to know which editions of Crime and Punishment and The Idiot I should get.

I have read the Pevear and Volokhonsky translations of The Brothers, Crime and Punishment, and Notes From Underground, and they've all been very good. They are a huband and wife team, one speaks native English and Russian as a second language, and the other vice versa. A lot of people who know much more than me recommend them; supposedly they get a little closer to Dostoevsky's original style. Plus they come in the Everyman's edition, which is absolutely beautiful, feels nice in the hand, and looks great on the shelf

I started with the Brothers, then read Notes, and then Crime and Punishment. I have Demons to read next, and really ought to have The Idiot.