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Has anybody read A.N. Wilson's "biographies" Jesus and/or Paul: The Mind of an Apostle I was just cruising around Amazon books and spotted these. I wondered if they were any good.

Skousen, Rand too hot for university library in ManilaWe hear from Mark Skousen that he's none too popular at the University of the Philippines -- or rather, too popular. In an article posted at the Human Events site, he quotes a friend's report on the situation, a former Marxist turned around by a critique of Marx in one of his books.Remember you sent me a box of The Making of Modern Economics?I donated a copy to the libraries of each of the four major universities here. Later, a friend of mine checked the library at the University of the Philippines...

A silly idea, perhaps, but there was also some truth in "The Life Millennium," a book that rated the top personalities and events of the past 1,000 years. Among the people, Martin Luther ranked third behind Edison and Columbus, beating Galileo, da Vinci and Newton. The Reformer's remarkable career is treated in the feature film "Luther" and now in two new biographies, each scholarly, yet written for swift, enjoyable reading: •"Martin Luther: A Life" (Augsburg) by James Nestingen of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. •And "Martin Luther" (Viking) by Martin Marty, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. Alas for...

My Church, Liberty Baptist Church is building a resaerch library and educational resource center. If you have any old textbooks, commentaries, Christian biographies, church histories, CD-Roms etc. Please send them to: Liberty Baptist Church 3460 Oakdale Rd #A, Modesto, CA 95355