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[GtrsRGr8]

Henry M. Morris' The Scientific Case Against Evolution is available free at several places on the Institute for Creation Research's website. The following are at least some of those places.

The 28-page pdf is here. It is a little dated, having been copyrighted in 2001:
https://www.icr.org/i/pdf/tracts/scae.pdf.

It is also available as an html on several webpages of the ICR. I am giving all of them (that I know of) in case some of the booklets are updated, or otherwise different, versions from others:
http://www.icr.org/home/resources/re...instevolution/.
http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...nst-evolution/.
Also, here:
Part 1: http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...ummary-part-1/.
Part 2: http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...summary-part-2.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Henry M. Morris' The Scientific Case Against Evolution is available free at several places on the Institute for Creation Research's website. The following are at least some of those places.

The 28-page pdf is here. It is a little dated, having been copyrighted in 2001:
https://www.icr.org/i/pdf/tracts/scae.pdf.

It is also available as an html on several webpages of the ICR. I am giving all of them (that I know of) in case some of the booklets are updated, or otherwise different, versions from others:
http://www.icr.org/home/resources/re...instevolution/.
http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...nst-evolution/.
Also, here:
Part 1: http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...ummary-part-1/.
Part 2: http://www.icr.org/article/scientifi...summary-part-2.

More, at the ICR.org website's Free Printable Tracts page:

Below is a list of tracts written by our founder, Dr. Henry M. Morris. These tracts are currently out of print but can be downloaded for free simply by clicking on the title.

Better Than the Angels
Biblical Catastrophism and Geology
Christ Our Life
Christmas in Heaven
Christmas: Pagan or Christian?
Creation and the Virgin Birth
Creationists Defense of the KJV
Days of Christmas
Emmanuel ("God with Us")
God's Only Begotten Son
God's Plan for Your Life
God's Way of Salvation
Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh
His Son's Name
How to Be Happy in Spite of Yourself
Impact of the Empty Tomb
Reason and the Christian Hope
The Amazing Prophetic Claims of the Lord Jesus Christ
The First Two Witnesses of the Resurrection
The Gifts of God
The Resurrection of Christ
The Scientific Case Against Evolution
The Two Comings of Christ
The Wonder of It All
When God Became Man
When They Saw the Star

And here is Wikipedia: Henry M. Morris.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Froide

More, at the ICR.org website's Free Printable Tracts page:
. . . .

Great find! I hadn't dug around the site enough to find them. Or maybe I hadn't dug in the right places. ha

[GtrsRGr8]

I don't know how valuable the studies on key life issues and important topics in this study Bible might be. However, there are about 50 (yes, 50) very nice color maps (with an index) therein . If you don't have these maps in another study Bible or somewhere else, they alone might be worth the price of the book ($3.99) to you.

This study Bible was published only a little over 3 years ago. I do not remember ever seeing it marked down before.

My posting of this book does not necessarily mean that I agree with any doctrinal positions taken in the non-Biblical text of it.

NIV CoffeeHouse Bible. By Zondervan. Rated 4.5 stars, but from only 4 reviews at the present moment, at Amazon; rated 4.00, but from only 1 rating at GoodReads; another edition shown at GoodReads, Coffeehouse Bible-NIV, may have the same text--it is rated 4.60, from 33,460 ratings at the present moment. Print list price $29.99; digital list(?) price $9.99; Kindle price now $3.99. Zondervan, publisher. 1216 pages. http://www.amazon.com/NIV-CoffeeHous...feeHouse+Bible.

Book Description
For many of us, the coffee shop has become our “third space”—the place we go to share life with our friends and family. It’s the place where we meet to discuss things that matter—life, love, politics, religion—and everything in between. The NIV CoffeeHouse Bible is topically divided into distinct study areas, each allowing you and your friends to consider the place of God and his Word in your life today.

Studies on key life issues and important topics will engage your coffee group gatherings for an entire year and get you thinking about things that matter in this hectic world. Each of the 52 studies is broken into sections to fit the amount of time you have. You can use these ‘short’, ‘tall’, and ‘grande’ sections by yourself or with your friends.

[Difflugia]

The End of Christianity: Finding a Good God in an Evil World by William Dembski is $.99.
B&N Christianbook Amazon

[GtrsRGr8]

The publisher of this "book" (really a compilation of several books), E4 Group, is known for cleaning up (or obtaining them already cleaned up from someone else) the texts of public domain religious books and then publishing them on the WordSearchBible/QuickVerse Bible software platform.

I was surprised to happen upon, just a few minutes ago, this Kindle ebook published by them. I was not aware that they had ventured into the ebook publishing business. However, it does not seem like they have strayed very far from what they have done in the past. For example, the books making up this "book" are all in the public domain. In fact, I have more than a hunch that the collection of books in this compilation were previously published as (maybe they still are) a book package for WordSearchBible/QuickVerse.

I was the owner and manager of a used religious book business for several years. Frankly, however, I did not recognize very many of the names of the authors or of the titles of the books making up this anthology (the titles that I did recognize, however, I believe to be excellent). However, that may very well be due to me having a weaker familiarity with good religious books of years gone by than I realize. These books very well may be gems that E4 Group has uncovered. I am anxious to see what they've found.

I may say more about this new development and E4 Group in a later post-- especially if anyone expresses interest in knowing more.

Christianity and World Religions. By Multiple Authors. No reviews yet at Amazon; the same is apparently true of ratings at GoodReads. Print list price N/A; digital list price $9.95; Kindle price now $0.00. E4 Group, publisher. 3583 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Christianity-W...d+religions+e4.

Book Description
E4's new collection Christianity and World Religions brings light to guide you through the bewildering whirlpool of belief systems that only appear to multiply. Access a cross-section of eminent authors who assist you to hear the still small voice that speaks peace, joy and everlasting hope! Scholars of repute, after serious and extensive study, expose the claims of the various religious systems that have ruled the world since early times until now.

Be aware of the superficial similarities that blur the truth. Enhance your understanding of each religious system for it is the crucial prerequisite to choose your eternal destination. Investigate the place of Christianity in the world and distinguish between the counterfeit and the real. Heed the irresistible call of Christ!

"Inspiring and interesting!"-Erin

Table of Contents

Alexander Campbell's Evidences of Christianity: A Debate Vol 1 & 2
William Muir's The Quran and the Bible
Griffith Thomas' How We Got our Bible
J. Hudson Taylor's Union and Communion
Frank F. Ellinwood's Oriental Religions and Christianity
W. St. Clair Tisdall's Leading Islamic Objections
C.G. Pfander's Balance of Truth
C.G. Pfander's The Path of Life
John Hayward's The Book of Religions: Preface - Confession of Faith
John Hayward's The Book of Religions: Church Statistics - Theological Schools
Samuel Cohon's What We Jews Believe
Charles Reginald Haines' Christianity and Islam in Spain
W.H.T. Gairdner's The Rebuke of Islam
Sir William Muir's The Apology of Al Kindy
James Freeman Clarke's Ten Religions: Vol 1 Introduction - Gods of Egypt
James Freeman Clarke's Ten Religions: Vol 2 Gods of Greece and Christianity

[GtrsRGr8]

Confessions, Creeds and Catechisms. By Various Authors. No reviews yet at Amazon; the same is apparently true of ratings at GoodReads. Print list price N/A; digital list price $9.99; Kindle price now $0.00. E4 Group, publisher. Number of pages: N/A. http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Cr...and+Catechisms.

Book Description
Throughout the centuries, Christians have used Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms to teach and affirm together what they believe. In this one-of-a-kind collection, E4 presents the most important and influential creeds, confessions, and catechisms of all time. These works can be used in small groups, Sunday school classes, as sermon series, for one-on-one discipleship, or in personal enrichment. E4's amazing search engine makes preparation easy and allows you to fully utilize these treasures of the Church.

The catechisms contained in this set can benefit children as well as adults, offering a theological depth that will not disappoint. The confessions of faith will challenge and enlighten you, while the creeds provide a sense of connection to Christians worldwide. In a time where Christian beliefs are challenged and often mocked, creeds, confessions, and catechisms can help teach and strengthen believers, making them better able to give an answer for the hope within.

Table of Contents

Charles Spurgeon: A Puritan Confession
Martin Luther: 95 Theses
The Baltimore Catechism
Benjamin Keach: The Baptist Catechism
John Calvin: The Geneva Confession
The Heidelberg Catechism
Historic Creeds of the Christian Church
The London Baptist Confession of Faith
The Westminster Larger Catechism
The Reformed Netherland Creed
Martin Luther: Large Catechism
Martin Luther: The Smalcald Articles
The Confession of St. Patrick
Philip Melanchthon: The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Philip Melanchthon: The Augsburg Confession
The Belgic Confession
The Canons of Dordt
Martin Luther: Small Catechism
The Second Helvetic Confession
The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
The Westminster Confession of Faith
John Owen: Two Short Catechisms

[TrevorViking]

Up to $9.95 now.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

Up to $9.95 now.

That's true for both of them, I see. Sorry.

The markdown on the World Religions title, at least, must not have lasted long. I posted it probably within half a day of the markdown being reported.

I'm keeping my eyes peeled for more markdowns from E4 and will, as I always do, try to post them promptly after finding out about them.

[GtrsRGr8]

Zondervan Academic publishing is offering a free pdf ebook by Jeremy Treat. All that we need to do to qualify for it is to subscribe to the Zondervan Academic Blog. The ebook is "selected from Jeremy Treat's The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology" (from the download page).

Now, there is an ebook by the name of The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology, and it is written by Jeremy Treat. It's 299 pages, and the Kindle ebook is regularly priced at $14.99. The ebook that we get is not that ebook (even with the format being disregarded). We must parse the words above carefully: the ebook is "selected from . . . ." What we get is an excerpt, chapter or two, or (the best scenario, in my opinion) an abridgment. Is that a little bit deceitful of Zondervan Academic? We each can be the judge.

Although this little ebook is only 65 pages or so long, the text is pretty tightly spaced, and kerned, and such like, so there is quite a bit of material in it. As we possibly would suspect, based upon the publisher being Zondervan Academic, the ebook probably would be difficult reading for the average church member.

Anyway, here's the link to the webpage where I found the offer. The offer is near the top righthand corner. FYI--signing up for the Blog, on that webpage, will take you to this webpage where you can download the ebook.

As usual, I will give the caveat that I give when posting books on this thread; my posting of the book does not necessarily mean that I agree with any doctrinal positions taken in the book.

[Difflugia]

The Apologetics Study Bible is $2.99.
B&N Christianbook Kobo Amazon

The Apologetics Study Bible for Students is also $2.99.
B&N Christianbook Kobo Amazon

They're DRM-free at Christianbook and coupon-eligible at Kobo.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

The Apologetics Study Bible is $2.99.
B&N Christianbook Kobo Amazon

The Apologetics Study Bible for Students is also $2.99.
B&N Christianbook Kobo Amazon

They're DRM-free at Christianbook and coupon-eligible at Kobo.

I thought that I had already purchased the regular Apologetics Study Bible from Amazon. I checked anyway and found out that I hadn't. I found out that I had bought it at Christianbook. EPub's not my fave format, but I won't spend an extra $2.99 to have the mobi. Why did I buy from Christianbook to begin with? I probably saved a few cents that way. ha

The ratings for the ASB at Amazon are not all that good. This might be a good opportunity to impress upon people who don't know it, not to trust ratings when there aren't very many raters or reviewers who gave them! They just aren't going to be reliable. There are a slew of editions of the ASB at GoodReads, it was going to be hard to figure out which one was the one that you posted. No matter, they're all very highly rated, especially for GoodReads, whose raters are, shall we say, not usually as charitable with their ratings as those at Amazon.

Also, while both of the ebooks have the same publisher (B&H = Holman), these books are not only directed toward different people, they also have completely different authors.

Thanks for the posts!

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

The ratings for the ASB at Amazon are not all that good. This might be a good opportunity to impress upon people who don't know it, not to trust ratings when there aren't very many raters or reviewers who gave them! They just aren't going to be reliable. There are a slew of editions of the ASB at GoodReads, it was going to be hard to figure out which one was the one that you posted. No matter, they're all very highly rated, especially for GoodReads, whose raters are, shall we say, not usually as charitable with their ratings as those at Amazon.

I was surprised at the low Amazon ratings, but it seems that people that rated it poorly were upset by the formatting. I downloaded the sample and it didn't even have a working table of contents.

I ran kindlegen on the epub and other than some wonky drop caps (which is a problem I've had with kindlegen in the past), everything seemed to work fine, including the table of contents. I didn't try it, but I seem to recall that Calibre does a better job with the drop caps.

I don't know what B&H did to mess up the Kindle version, but if you convert your epub to a Kindle file, you'll probably have a better experience than buying the one from Amazon.

As far as the editions go, I have a paper copy and several epubs (B&N updates the download whenever the publisher updates the file and I usually keep old ones for comparison). As far as I can tell, all of them have the same content. The only difference is that the ebook uses a slightly newer version of the HCSB text than the printed version that I have.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

I was surprised at the low Amazon ratings, but it seems that people that rated it poorly were upset by the formatting. I downloaded the sample and it didn't even have a working table of contents.

I ran kindlegen on the epub and other than some wonky drop caps (which is a problem I've had with kindlegen in the past), everything seemed to work fine, including the table of contents. I didn't try it, but I seem to recall that Calibre does a better job with the drop caps.

I don't know what B&H did to mess up the Kindle version, but if you convert your epub to a Kindle file, you'll probably have a better experience than buying the one from Amazon.

As far as the editions go, I have a paper copy and several epubs (B&N updates the download whenever the publisher updates the file and I usually keep old ones for comparison). As far as I can tell, all of them have the same content. The only difference is that the ebook uses a slightly newer version of the HCSB text than the printed version that I have.

Great information.

I never have thought about lower ratings at Amazon than GoodReads being possibly due to formatting issues. That may be due to the fact that I try to review only content when I do reviews myself. I definitely will keep that in mind, and check the reviews at Amazon more often and more carefully!

The information about kindlegen was very helpful. I did not know about it. It's probably been discussed in other forums, but I rarely go to any besides this one.

Thanks, once again for sharing your knowledge.

[GtrsRGr8]

The website thenivbible.com, which I'm sure is connected somehow with Zondervan/HarperCollins, is offering a couple of interesting pdf ebooks.

Actually, I would call them booklets, since each of them are only 10-15 pages long. But there's a lot of substance in those pages, Furthermore, they're written by a noted evangelical scholar, Douglas Moo.

Here are the direct links:

The Challenge of Bible Translation.

We Still Don't Get It: Evangelicals and Bible Translation Fifty Years After James Barr.