Unlike just a few years ago, today there are many books about Netherlandish and Flemish art of all periods. "From Rogier van Der Weyden to Gerard David" is a beautiful book filled with excellent color and b/w illustrations of the works being discussed. The authors are experts who give adequate details about the artist and his immediate circle, as well as the wider European influence on him and even the artist's effect upon the art world at that time and afterward. While the style is sedate and professional, it's never stodgy or overly academic, the authors being quite good at balancing the two. There are few gaps or unincluded details or individuals, so I can heartily recommend this for anyone who already loves Flemish art or those who want to learn more and to see clear, sharp reproductions of these incredible artists' work.

Belying its 1981 publication date, this concise yet thorough volume is timeless in explaining the essentials of the Reformed / Presbyterian form of church government and the role of the Elder.

Structuring the book around St. Paul's parting instructions in Ephesus (Acts 20:28-31), Berghoef and De Koster not only skillfully explain the work of the Elder, but share insights gained over many years to guide those involved in these tasks.

"The Elder's Handbook" is laid out and written in a well-organized but conversational style, making it both an easy read and a handy reference. Those involved or interested in the Eldership will find this a valuable addition to their library, or a much-appreciated gift for those contemplating or entering this office.

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This classic work is now believed to be the original masterpiece of which Thomas A' Kempis' Imitation of Christ is a later and edited version, with additions. Groote founded the order to which Thomas A' Kempis belonged. While in the order, one of the jobs which Thomas A' Kempis was in charge of was copying the writings of their founder, because the printing press had not yet been invented. It was in doing this job that many think the confusion of authorship originates. This present work is called Groote's "Spiritual Diary". It follows his life from "conversion" from wealth and worldliness at age 30 to the heights of spirituality. Composed of brief one-sentence gems of spiritual wisdom, this magnificent book emphasizes that crucial truth that death to self is the only way to Heaven. Throughout the entire book the author never ceases to contrast the world with the spiritual life, as black against white - the flesh and the spirit - this life and eternity. Golden nuggets of profound truth for the soul to ponder!

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Gerard David comes late in the list of Northern Renaissance masters. Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, and Memling are more famous and probably more original, but there are a lot of us who dearly love David's small, jewel-like paintings, especially the two versions of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, one in New York and the other in Washington.

Until recently it has been hard to find books with good reproductions of these two pictures, and the many other less-well-known but similarly charming pictures by David which are scattered throughout the museums of Europe. The works on paper, especially, have been nearly impossible for the average museum-goer to see, since they are almost always tucked away, accessible to only the lucky few.

It is a pleasure, then, that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has decided to publish a book to document the work of this painter who has seemed until now much too elusive. And the Met has gone about the job with its usual skill and thoroughness. There are many paintings here that have probably never been reproduced before in a widely-available publication. They include some wonderful drawings and pencil studies, that give the lie to the idea that painters of David's era were tight or finicky -- some of the drawings of girls rival Watteau's for their lightness and casual perfection.

There are also dozens of x-ray-type photographs to analyze the underdrawings beneath the paintings, and even a chapter on the "dendrochronology" of the panels, in which the experts count the tree rings on the edge of the painted panel to analyze a picture's date and origin.

In fact, there is quite a bit in this book that will be of interest ONLY to those experts who go in for such thoroughness. People who love David's work and want to get every bit that they can should get this book. Others, who would be happy with well-reproduced highlights and feel they can skip the x-ray analysis, would be better off getting the Metropolitan Museum's recent book "From Van Eyck to Bruegel", which has a very good chapter on David, and much else besides.