This book is a collection of chapters addressing specific academic disciplines from a Van Tillian viewpoint. The contents include the following:

PART ONE - EPISTEMOLOGICAL CRITICISM

Chapter 1 - The Epistemological Crisis of American Universities - by Gary North

Chapter 2 - The Quest for Common Ground - by Rousas Rushdoony

PART TWO - ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES

Chapter 3 - Psychology - by Rousas Rushdoony

Chapter 4 - History - by C. Gregg Singer

Chapter 5 - Economics - by Gary North

Chapter 6 - Education - by William Blake

Chapter 7 - Political Science - by Lawrence Pratt

Chapter 8 - Sociology - by Gary North

Chapter 9 - Mathematics - by Vern Poythress

PART THREE - FOUNDATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION

Chapter 10 - Apologetics - Greg Bahnsen

Chapter 11 - Philosophy - Greg Bahnsen

Chapter 12 - Theology - John Frame

All of the chapters are interesting, and should be read by those who are trying to understand how a Christian should approach seeming "neutral" topics like mathematics.

The article by Greg Bahnsen on apologetics is a classic. It is probably the single clearest introduction to the presuppositional approach to apologetics available anywhere. It alone is worth the price of the book.

This is a large hard cover coffee table book that covers many popular areas and locations of the Saginaw County area. The photos taken by Gary Bubliitz are from a new and fresh perspective making this book distinguishable from previous books about Saginaw of the same scale. The commentary from Greg Branch (a lifetme Saginaw resident) are both interesting and accurate and only add to the enjoyment of the book. The only drawback is that the scope of the book is limited to the businesses that funded the book which has left out many of the smaller companies that have made Saginaw the comunity which it is. Overall this book is still a must have for any Saginaw County resident or lover of Saginaw County past or present.

This, along with "Moses & Pharoah", are my two favorite books by Gary North. This book, however, is not an in depth study of Westminster Seminary's attempted rebuttal of Theonomy. A quick read of this book, tho', shows that it didn't have to be a comprehensive answer to Westminster. It's Bambi meets Godzilla, except that, this time, Bambi started the fight. In true Gary North style, tho', Godzilla crushed Bambi with one step. Good fun!

Every once in a while you come across a book that you wonder why anyone would print. Then you realize that you are part of the differing theological perspective being written about. Then it helps you to realize exactly why people are out to "slam" your position.

North's treatment of Dispensationalism is like that. He makes all of the classic criticisms of dispensationalism that Gerstner, Poythress and others have made over the years, and has yet to convince many dispensationalists to change their positions (or lose sleep over).

North makes the general claims that dispensationalism is antinomian, that they believe in more than one way of salvation. Even a quick reading of Ryrie's Dispensationalism would explain otherwise.

The criticism about lack of social action amongst dispensationalists is hardly the knock-out punch he was looking for. If he is looking for social action, he need not move far, and join the progressive dispensational movement. The debate is not even over dispensationalism in particular, but over the timing of the Kingdom to be exact. North makes little argument to explain why we are currently living in the Kingdom of God, and thereby must be involve in social action.

Unfortunately, North cannot adaquately explain away dispensationalism's chief argument, that of the time prior to Genesis 3:15. If covenant theology's main theme is restoring grace to fallen mankind (redemption), what do they do before the fall? Was creation designed to redeem man? Man hadn't even fallen! This is just one of the key arguments against covenant theology.

Another huge problem with covenant theology is their use of a non-literal hermeneutic which does not take into full-account the authorial intent of the Scriptures. Only a grammatical-historical hermeneutic can fully understand the Scriptures. It just so happens that this hermeneutic leads to dispensationalism, not convenant theology. Covenant theology will never depart from placing their own meaning on texts to prove their previous presuppositions.

If you want to read a good critique of dispensationalism, read Poythress' book. But first, to actually understand dispensationalism, read some of their literature. Read Ryrie's book, Shower's book, and others.

This is a great book, buy it!

Many make claims about North and those in the Covenant camp as using a "non-literal" hermeneutic. This is a great way of saying "I don't really have an argument, so I will use some big words to make you think that I am smarter than you so that you will trust what I say." Dispensationalists say that a literal meaning is the wooden straight forward meaning. But only when is fits their system. Matt. 24:34 is not given the literal meaning by Dispensationalists. Neither is Daniel 9:24-27. Dispensationalists look at symbols in the bible and try to come up with a meaning that fits their existing system of belief. Honest Bible readers look at the symbols in the N.T. then try to find similar language somewhere else in the Bible to compare and then realize that if it meant one thing in one place, it means the same thing in another. Finding a "literal" meaning is the meaning in relation to the kind of "LITER-ATURE" it is written in. When the Bible says 1/3 of the stars fall from heaven and hit the Earth, Dispensationalists say "not really stars, but meteorites, and not really 1/3 of the number of stars the earth would be destroyed." So where is the literal hermeneutic?? It is thrown out if it does not fit. However, if you look to the O.T. (Isa. 13:9-10; Ezek. 32:7-8; Isa. 34:4-5; Amos 5:18; 8:9) the same language is used and it is symbolic of rulers loosing their place of prominence. That is the "literal" interpretation! Don't be fooled by dogmatic statements, ask someone who makes a statement like "Only a grammatical-historical hermeneutic can fully understand the Scriptures" to explain what they mean and to give you some examples. To claim total literalism you would have to say that David not Christ will sit and reign over the millennium. You have got to get the meaning out of scripture and not guess or bring your own meaning to the text "Das ist der beste Lehrer, der seine Meinung nicht in die sondern aus der Schrift bringt." Scripture must interpret scripture, not preconceptions. If you interprit the Bible in a wooden literal way, you get nonsense, if you interpret the Bible totally symbolically, you get soup for the soul. If you take the historical meaning of a text by comparing it to the O.T. then you get the gospel, not Dispensationalism which was NEVER EVER a belief of ANYONE in all of church history until the 18th century!!!

No one does it quite like North does it here. His examination of the sociological implications of dispensational premillennialism is both on-point and damning. If his opponents actually read this stuff, they might not convert, but they'd darn sure lose some sleep. Powerful and entertaining at the same time.

The only Anglo teen in the tiny town of Tres Pinos, 15-year-old Janet finds herself something of a loner. Close to her artistic but newly-divorced mother, the girl struggles with racial isolation and strange, macho dating customs of the hispanic youth around her. At night she is haunted by a recurring dream, in which an Indian brave aims his arrow--in slow motion, never quite reaching its target--at a peaceful white doe. Is this
dream symbolic of Janet's emotional purity or of the slender, quiet girl herself? Is this a hint of things to come or a link to someone's past?

By day she is confused and embarrassed about her unexplained interest in the town bum, Billy Honcho.
Why does she feel drawn to help and befriend the old Indian wino, whom reputable townsfolk shun. Could he really once have lead his people with pride and dignity, demonstating compassion for human beings and respect for Mother Earth? Delight in Paulsen's magic--a tale of the survival of the soul; his deft literary fingers weave a gentle story of a girl's coming of age in a hostile social environment. As Janet embarks on her own personal vision quest, both centuries and cultures blur mysteriously. Is it permitted for two lonely seekers to
briefly share a love which never was, but could have been?
This book will appeal to middle schooll girls and offers excellent cross cultural insight.

Janet, a very lonely girl, has this dream about a deer, white as a pearl. An Indian brave stands, taking aim at the white deer. She wakes in time to save the deer, nearly shedding a tear. She lives in Tres Pinos, New Mexico, next to an Indian pueblo. The reason she's having this dream, shows. Once she starts seeing this Indian, how she starts to love him so. The setting of her dream is the white deer drinking in the moonlight, the holiness of the deer gleams, showing its symbol of peace and might. This story shows another view of different beliefs. It is meant-- Not to have any grief, just because of people's different beliefs. I thought this story was boring, although it had some good parts. But that's just me, saying "cause!" Hey! You out there might think it's good as a sweet tart. I found the part where Janet's dream of a white deer was not something I'd want to dream about, and then do some writing. But, again, that's just my opinion.

Isolated. Alone. Far from friends. These are all ways to describe Janet, the protagonist in The Night the White Deer Died. Janet is one of the few Anglo teens in the New Mexico art colony where she lives with her mother. For some reason she is drawn to Billy Honcho, an old, alcoholic Indian who begs some money from her. As they get to know each other, the meaning of Janet's dream (a recurring dream/nightmare of an Indian brave that stands poised to shoot a white deer drinking from a pool of water in the moonlight) begins to become clear to her. Billy becomes the brave in her dreams. I really liked this book. The plot was interesting and very realistic. The setting, in Tres Pinos, New Mexico sounded crowded and fun. If I could change one thing about this story I would have made it so Janet finished her dream, so she could have seen whether or not Billy Honcho the "brave of her dreams" would have shot the deer.

The info and analysis on the Clovis period is pretty good. However, the emphasis on the "authoritative" position that the Clovis people were the first settlers in the face of a tremendous quantity of mounting evidence that Homo sap. settled North and South America at least 20,000 years before Clovis, greatly detracts from the value of the book.

This book was a thoughtful reinterpretation of the existing data pertaining to the nature of Clovis lifeways and settlement in the New World. Rather than concerning himself with the nature or timing of the first Americans, Haynes introduces an ecological perspective to the study of Clovis, a population movement model in which adopting a very specialized adaptive strategy would enable a 'fugitive' culture such as Clovis to spread rapidly throughout the New World.

Ugh! I don't think I have the energy to write another review of books like this that just push traditional opinions rather than honestly and thoroughly examine Scripture.

Please do yourself a great favor; Don't waste your time with this book. Get a copy of Russell Earl Kelly's book, "Should The Church Teach Tithing," or "Beyond Tithes And Offerings," by Michael and Mitchell Webb.

If you don't mind admitting that you are set in your ways and are just looking for titles to agree with your opinion (whether or not they agree with clear Scripture), then buy Gary's book. But if you're a sincere student of the Word of God, I encourage you to get your hands on some real research materials and start doing your homework. In my own studies I was initially shocked to find out how many respected resource works and ministries there are that do not support the concept of tithing money to a local church as being a biblical mandate (including names like Spiros Zodhiates, Richard Lenski, C.I. Scofield, Walter A. Elwell, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Chuck Swindoll, Charles Ryrie, and tons more!) If you search the Web for my Prayer Shack website or e-mail me, you can read some of my own research in this area.

Tithing money to finance institutionalized churches is absolutely unheard of in the New Testament and the first couple of centuries of church writings. In fact, a few of the early church fathers specifically pointed out that tithing was not to be a guideline to motivate Christian giving. The whole thrust of tithing doctrine gathers its strength from romanistic influence! This is an historical fact! It wasn't until the Roman Emporer Constantine launched his grand religious building schemes that tithing was imposed as a formal requirement. The practice did not become popular in Protestant groups until about 700 years after Calvary!!!

Russell's book will draw attention to historical resources like these and all of his work is documented so that you can follow along and do the research yourself.

Gary is pushing traditional opinion, not engaging a biblical study here. You decide what is important to you.

Gary North makes a strong case from the scriptures that the whole tithe belongs to the local church. North argues that the institution which has a monopoly on the sacraments is the institution that has a monopoly on the tithe, as it was in Abraham's day. The first half of the book makes his case very well. However, the second half of the book is mostly a criticism of R.J. Rushdooney's position that the tithe does'nt necesarily need to go to the local church. I felt that using half of the book to detail this criticism was unnecessary to his arument. I give tha first half of the book 5 stars, but the second half 3 stars. The first half is worth the purchase price and I recommend that you buy it for that.

OUTSTANDING. Do you go to church, are you a Christian. Save yourself the time of wondering, buy this book. It is great, and will help you to look at the Old Testament as you should as a N.T. Christian. It is totally worth every cent.

Like a few others on here I could not read this book. It did help me fall asleep though, lol. Anyone who's looking into reading this book, Id suggest checking it out of the library before you buy it.

This is by far the worst book I have ever needed to read for school ever. When I attempted to read this book, I must've fallen asleep at least 10 times and I haven't even got past the first 2 chapters. I have no idea what my teacher was thinking when he saw this book. If it was a choice, I would choose negative 5 stars for this waste of paper and ink. It is, hands down, a boring book with absolutely not point at all except to critizice the immigration of the early Europeans. It almost seems like Nash couldn't give about the Europeans coming over here. Well, I would be quite upset if they didn't come over here, unless it would have prevented the publishing of his redundant, afwul book.

RWB by Nash attempts to present a more accurate picture of colonial society. However, in the end, I believe Nash fails to do any real justice to his examination of this society's underpinnings. Essentially, Nash abandons this pursuit very quickly into the book and deals mostly with the facts of the era. Additionally, Nash's views seem all to decidedly Neo-Progressive. He simply will not concede a point or discuss a point, which does not fit this mindset. Another perhaps more disturbing issue is Nash's like of primary sources throughout his work. The majority of his sites are from other historians' works. But before you think of moving on and passing this work up understand a few basic things about it. First, by no means am I questioning Nash's historical ability or accuracy. Second, this work provides a novice student of history and excellent foundation to start to build an understanding of the Colonial Period on. Moreover, Nash's analysis though I find fault with it is still holds water in the historical community through refinements and redefinitions of his point. I suggest that any one seeking to get a handle on the Colonial period or start a study of this era should start here. However, do not read this work and take it as anything other then a meager beginning; instead, use it as a stepping stone to branch out into other works by Winthrop Jordan, William Cronon, Edmund Morgan, Bernard Bailyn, and Laurel Ulrich.

For anyone who is interested in the use of healing herbs by Native Americans, or who is interested in herbs in general, this is the wrong book to read. It's full of misinformation of every kind, so much so that one wonders if the author's informants were pulling his leg. Plant misidentification, spelling errors, incorrect herbal information...it's all there. As a herbalist, my advice is that no one should use this book as a guide!

I found this book to be fascinating reading. It contains extremely interesting information about the Native American cultures & their uses of herbs. In this day and age when so many people are turning to alternative medicine I think anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of herbs & their uses would not be disappointed in this book. The recipe section gives great uses for herbs in the kitchen. Also, if you want to look up an ailment & find the herbal remedy for it, it's right there. I found this to be an excellent book.

When I purchased "Backroads of Minnesota," I was under the impression that it would have detailed information on where to venture for hidden treasures in terms of getting away from the big city. Well, what I got instead was a beautiful "picture" book chocked full of wonderful photography of various areas in Minnesota. So, I was disappointed and delighted at the same time. It's not what I was hoping for, but it compliments my library quite nicely.

Don't get me wrong, there are a few descriptions here and there, but don't expect to use it to find various places, but rather, to know what to you might be able to expect if you explore areas near where the photos were taken.

It's a good investment if you understand this premise.