God Our Contemporary

by J.B. Phillips

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Genres: Christian Living, Theology

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First published January 1, 1960

About the author

John Bertram Phillips or, J. B. Phillips (16 September 1906 – 21 July 1982) was an English Bible scholar, translator, author and clergyman. He is most noted for his version of The New Testament in Modern English. Phillips was born in Barnes, Surrey. He was educated at Emanuel School in London and took an Honors Degree in Classics and English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained an Anglican clergyman in the Church of England in 1930. Phillips died in Swanage in Dorset, England in 1982.

Reviews

[Jennifer Zartman · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read all of J. B. Phillips books that I can get my hands on. I love his translation of the New Testament, and I really appreciated New Testament Christianity, Ring of Truth, and Your God is Too Small. I'm very sorry that I cannot give this book as high an endorsement. He presents excellent points in Chapter 16, in which he discusses the problems of suffering and evil, but I failed to appreciate the remainder of the book. I thought he based the book more on his personal opinion than on a Biblical world view. Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis deals with many of the same issues and gives better arguments, so I'd recommend reading Lewis instead.

[David Blankenship · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written in 1960 to a British audience, with the concern that Britain (and indeed all the west) was losing their Christian foundation. It is worth reading two generations later as the same trends are taking root in the United States. While his premise is good, this book suffers from the continual argument against the straw man. No individual examples are given, simply arguments against 'people' and 'the world'.

[Sandy McFadyean · Rating 5 out of 5]

J.B. Phillips issued a warning then about how it would be now. He'd be desperately unhappy about how right heturned out to be.