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Locked church doors and tossed rotten eggs greeted the faithful and
patient Charles Simeon in his early years as a pastor. But in
humility and simple power he was allowed by God to triumph. He
became, as John R.W. Stott notes, "one of the greatest and most
persuasive preachers the Church of England has ever known." Why did
he have such an impact? You'll discover the reasons yourself as you
read these clearflowing sermons, rich in content and clean in
style. Shining through his words are Simeon's simple devotion to
pure biblical truth, his concise and orderly presentation, and his
pastor's mind and heart. James Houston's editorial preface is an
instructive guide to Simeon's sound homiletical principles, while
Stott's introduction is an engaging portrait of Simeon as a servant
of God. Surveying his long life (1758-1836) and fruitful ministry,
Stott is especially impressed by Simeon's refreshing, unaffected
humility, and writes, "Our proud, self-confident,
self-congratulatory generation urgently needs to recover this
biblical perspective." Dr. James M. Houston, editor of the CLASSICS
OF FAITH AND DEVOTION SERIES, is a highly acclaimed scholar and
pioneer in the field of evangelical spirituality. He came to North
America from England in 1968 to lead Regent College in Vancouver,
Canada, an international graduate school of Christian studies.
Are we ready for the opportunities and challenges facing the aging
church? Now is the time for the church to offer ministry to its
increasing numbers of seniors and to benefit from ministry they can
offer. In this book James M. Houston and Michael Parker issue an
urgent call to reconceive the place and part of the elderly and
seniors in the local church congregation. Confronting the idea that
the aging are mostly a burden on the church, they boldly address
the moral issues related to caring for them, provide examples of
successful care-giving programs and challenge the church to restore
broken connections across the generations. Cowritten by a noted
theologian and an expert in the fields of social work and
gerontology, this interdisciplinary book assesses our current
cultural context and the challenges and opportunities we face. The
authors show us that seniors aren't the problem. They are the
solution.
The Psalms as Christian Lament, a companion volume to The Psalms as
Christian Worship, uniquely blends verse-by-verse commentary with a
history of Psalms interpretation in the church from the time of the
apostles to the present. Bruce Waltke, James Houston, and Erika
Moore examine ten lament psalms, including six of the seven
traditional penitential psalms, covering Psalms 5, 6, 7, 32, 38,
39, 44, 102, 130, and 143. The authors -- experts in the subject
area -- skillfully establish the meaning of the Hebrew text through
careful exegesis and trace the church's historical interpretation
and use of these psalms, highlighting their deep spiritual
significance to Christians through the ages. Though C. S. Lewis
called the -imprecatory- psalms -contemptible, - Waltke, Houston,
and Moore show that they too are profitable for sound doctrine and
so for spiritual health, demonstrating that lament is an important
aspect of the Christian life.
To often, prayer seems only to be a dreary exercise that must be
endured or a difficult skill that must be mastered. When we
misunderstand its purpose and practice, we easily fall out of the
habit of praying regularly. As a result, we miss one of the
greatest opportunities to deepen our friendship with God. In "
Prayer: The Transforming Friendship, " James Houston explores the
transforming power of prayer, illustrating how prayer begins to
change our lives and then how the way we live changes how we pray.
Through clear and compelling examinations of the Scriptures, Dr.
Houston shows the often-misunderstood spiritual realities of
prayer. And through candid accounts of his own struggles to pray
effectively, he will encourage you to engage boldly in the
life-changing practice of intimate conversation with God.
Dr. James M. Houston, a prolific author, editor, and Christian
scholar, is the founding principal, former chancellor and emeritus
professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver,
British Columbia. A native of Scotland whose parents were
missionaries to Spain, he is recognized around the world as a
leader in educating laypeople for effective ministry and in helping
to restore spirituality to evangelicalism. His other book include
The Mentored Life, The Heart's Desire, and Joyful Exiles.
Blaise Pascal, the remarkable seventeenth-century mathematician,
physicist, and religious thinker, rigorously refutes the belief
that to become a Christian you must first commit intellectual
suicide. He wrote to communicate the Christian faith to the
skeptical, to the indifferent, to the hostile. Many regard him as
the greatest of French prose writers. After his conversion at the
age of thirty-one, Pascal records how his mind blazed with the
burning conviction of being overwhelmed with light. For many years
he had examined God merely as a series of concepts. Now he stood
before God's presence and the reality of God Himself, the same God
who had appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was this that now
gave him "joy, joy, joy, tears of joy." The Mind on Fire contains
Pascals' Pensees, a systematic and uncompromising defense of
Christian belief, along with selections from his Letters to a
Provincial, his own description of his conversion, and a prayer for
the proper use of pain in his life. Dr. James M. Houston, editor of
the Classics of Faith and Devotion series, is a highly acclaimed
scholar and pioneer in the field of evangelical spirituality. He
came to North America from England in 1968 to lead Regent College
in Vancouver, Canada, a worldwide center of spiritual formation.
As a young politician, William Wilberforce (1759-1833) set out to
do two things: rouse professing Christians to understand the nature
of true faith, and bring about the end of slavery in England's
colonies. Real Christianity challenged the ruling classes of early
nineteenth-century England more than any other work. Even today
Real Christianity is a tool to soundly teach the tenets of
evangelical faith and stir the conscience of all Christians.
Sin and Temptation helps us recover the concepts of sin and
individual responsibility our world has all but destroyed. John
Owen, an English theologian of vast learning, has dealt with the
nature of sinful humanity as no writer has done as keenly or
thoroughly, arguing that sin is always a self-deceiving, blinding
folly. Owen embodied the best of Puritan devotion: the awe of God,
humility, wisdom, and an awareness of God's grace. J.I. Packer's
introductory essay describes how Owen's writings shaped his own
spiritual formation. Dr. James Houston, editor of the Classics of
Faith and Devotion series, is a highly acclaimed scholar and
pioneer int he field of evangelical spirituality. He came to North
America from England in 1968 to lead Regent College in Vancouver,
Canada, a worldwide center of spiritual formation.
The first National Forum on Christian Higher Education took place
at the King's University College in Edmonton in May 2012. The theme
for the forum was "For Christ and His Kingdom: Inspiring a New
Generation." The opening and closing plenary addresses by Bruce
Hindmarsh and Dr. James Houston, both from Regent College, served
as bookends that provided the context for the forum and the other
plenary sessions. In this publication of their addresses, Dr.
Hindmarsh presents the need for intellectual and spiritual
integrity as essential to paradosis, the transmission of a living
faith to the next generation, while Dr. Houston provides a
compelling case for a fulsome theological understanding of the
person in Christ as intrinsic to an authentic Christian education
that avoids the reductionism of secular viewpoints.
In these pages James M. Houston, one of the greatest spiritual
mentors of our time, offers a thoughtful and surprising examination
of what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. "The Mentored
Life" is a stirring call to the church to become a community of
friends and mentors, following the ultimate Mentor, Jesus Christ,
who alone can mentor us into full personhood.
"This challenging essay on being led to maturity in Christ is
emphatically a book for chewing. Your readings, I promise you, will
be time well spent, quite probably your most fruitful study time in
years."- J. I. Packer
""The Mentored Life" is a penetrating analysis of the
psychological and moral failure of contemporary individualism, and
a cogent demonstration that personhood demands Christian
discipleship. If Christian people are to bring God into their own
lives and the lives of others, it is along the lines presented in
this book." - Dallas Willard
In these pages James M. Houston, one of the greatest spiritual
mentors of our time, offers a thoughtful and surprising examination
of what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. "The Mentored
Life" is a stirring call to the church to become a community of
friends and mentors, following the ultimate Mentor, Jesus Christ,
who alone can mentor us into full personhood.
"This challenging essay on being led to maturity in Christ is
emphatically a book for chewing. Your readings, I promise you, will
be time well spent, quite probably your most fruitful study time in
years."- J. I. Packer
""The Mentored Life" is a penetrating analysis of the
psychological and moral failure of contemporary individualism, and
a cogent demonstration that personhood demands Christian
discipleship. If Christian people are to bring God into their own
lives and the lives of others, it is along the lines presented in
this book." - Dallas Willard
This commentary uniquely combines a verse-by-verse exposition of
the Hebrew text of selected Psalms with a history of their
interpretation in the Church from the time of the apostles to the
present. / Bruce K. Waltke begins the collaboration by first
skillfully establishing the meaning of the chosen psalms through
careful exegesis in which each text is interpreted in light of its
historical backgrounds, its literary form, and the poet's rhetoric.
James M. Houston then exposits each text's relevance in conjunction
with the Church's interpretation of it throughout her history. To
further the accuracy of this interpretation, he commissioned fresh
translations of numerous Latin and Middle English texts. / The
authors' purpose in creating this volume was not merely to produce
a masterful commentary. Rather, they wished to aid in enriching the
daily life of the contemporary Christian and to deepen the church's
community. Waltke and Houston here bring together the two voices of
the Holy Spirit -- heard infallibly in Scripture and edifyingly in
the Church's response -- in a rare and illuminating combination.
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