Near to God, Nine True Stories of a Wonderful Discovery, compiled by Richard Bennett & Martin Buckingham, published by the Banner of Truth Trust, booklet, 61 pages, £2.50, obtainable from the F P Bookroom.
This booklet contains nine conversion accounts of former Roman Catholic priests. All were previously published in a larger volume, Far from Rome Near to God, which contains 50 such accounts.
It is good when Roman Catholics are being brought to realise the need “to separate themselves from the errors of [Roman] Catholicism”, as one of the priests whose accounts are printed here expressed part of their experience. We may not approve of everything these people were involved in – for example, going forward to “receive the Lord as Saviour” at an evangelistic meeting, but all of them had much to learn, given the background from which they came.
It is easy to invite rebels to return to God if there be a keeping out of view of the cause of the quarrel between the rebels and God.
There would come a time in eternity when we would be tired of the enjoyment of God if there was not an infinity in Him.
John Duncan