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The ESV Church History Study Bible is designed to help believers in
all seasons of life understand the Bible-featuring 20,000 study
notes from church history's most prominent figures.
'Waiting on the Spirit of Promise' is a study of the life and
ministry of Abraham Cheare (1626-1668), containing selections from
Cheare's works, and rescuing an important seventeenth-century
English Baptist from obscurity. Cheare has been overshadowed by
other more celebrated Baptist contemporaries, but as the pastor of
the Particular Baptist work in Plymouth, Devon, Cheare played a key
role in the advance of the Baptist cause in the West Country in the
1650s. His 'Sighs for Sion' is an excellent illustration of early
Baptist piety. With the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660,
Cheare, like many other Dissenters, suffered arrest for his refusal
to give up preaching. Cheare's prison writings reveal both a sturdy
faith in God and a deep-seated piety. Despite the fact that he was
incarcerated in a series of "nasty prisons", Cheare used this time
of suffering to deepen his walk with God and so provide a model for
his congregation of Christian integrity and joy in the midst of
trial. To the very end of his life, Cheare eagerly awaited further
outpourings of the Spirit of Promise upon the Church and looked
forward to that day when his Lord Jesus would make all things
right.
The year 2013 welcomes a major anniversary: 450 years of the
Heidelberg Catechism. This Protestant confessional was written in
Heidelberg in 1563 on behalf of Frederick III, Elector Palatine,
and spread over the world when it was approved on the Synod of Dort
in 1619. Since then, the Heidelberg Catechism has shaped the
spiritual and political life and became a symbol of change and
departure from the old in Europe, America, and Asia. To this day,
the Heidelberg Catechism is one of the most influential catechisms
of the Reformed Church and is in everyday use by more than 20
million people worldwide. The Palatinate Museum Heidelberg (KMH),
State Palaces and Gardens Baden-Wurttemberg (SSG), the foundation
Refo500, and the Johannes A Lasco Library (JALB) will celebrate the
anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism together with several
events. The heart of the activities is a joint exhibition presented
by KMH and SSG in two locations in Heidelberg, an exhibition at
Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, as well as this companion to the
exhibition that is realized by Refo500. In addition, the Johannes A
Lasco Library supported this project with a conference in March
2011; the conference papers are also included. In this volume,
well-known specialists in the field present how the Heidelberg
Catechism spread and influenced culture, education, and
ecclesiastical life. Together with over 700 photographs depicting
objects in the exhibition, as well as illustrating the
contributions, Power of Faith: 450 Years of the Heidelberg
Catechism is an incomparable testament to the history of the
Heidelberg Catechism, as well as its continued use today - a
fitting tribute to this important anniversary.
While Baptists through the years have been certain that "war is
hell", they have not always been able to agree on how to respond to
it. This book traces much of this troubled relationship from the
days of Baptist origins with close ties to pacifist Anabaptists to
the responses of Baptists in America to the Vietnam War. Essays
also include discussions of the English Baptist Andrew Fuller's
response to the threat of Napoleon, how Baptists in America dealt
with the War of 1812, the support of Canadian Baptists for
Britain's war in Sudan and Abyssinia in the 1880s, the decisive
effect of the First World War on Canada's T.T. Shields, the
response of Australian Baptists to the Second World War, and how
Russian Baptists dealt with the Cold War. These chapters provide
important analyses of Baptist reactions to various manifestations
of one of society's most intractable problems.
Classics of Reformed Spirituality series Samuel Pearce, a young
eighteenth-century English pastor, was described by his friend and
biographer Andrew Fuller as "another Brainerd"-a reference to the
celebrated American missionary David Brainerd. Pastor of Cannon
Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, England, during the tumultuous
1790s, and a close friend of pioneer missionary William Carey,
Pearce played a key role in the early days of the Baptist
Missionary Society. In the providence of God he died at just
thirty-three years of age, but in the eyes of many of his
contemporaries, he seemed to have condensed a lifetime of holy and
joyful ministry into a single decade. His marriage to Sarah Hopkins
was one of deep love and mutual respect and she joined him in his
passion for the salvation of sinners, both at home and abroad.
Through excerpts from Samuel and Sarah's letters and writings, we
are given a window into their rich spiritual life and living piety.
The aim of Odgaard Mollers book is threefold: The first main
section seeks to clarify how and why Jesus is presented in the
pre-1968 writings of the Danish theologian and philosopher K.E.
Logstrup (1905-1981). Throughout his work, Logstrups main focus has
been a rehabilitation of the insight that life is something
definite, because it is created. Here, Jesus primarily plays a
methodological/strategic role as the one confirming and giving
witness to Logstrups interpretation of created life in a given time
of his authorship. When faith in creation is formulated polemically
against another interpretation of life, Jesus serves as Logstrups
ally in this discussion. In the second main section, this
examination is extrapolated to include a discussion with Bultmann
and two of his students in order to clarify the character of his
Christology, not least whether -- or in what way -- this can be
characterised as implicit Christology. Finally, in the light of
Ricoeurs hermeneutic philosophy of religion, the third main section
considers the systematic-theological validity of this picture of
Jesus. The overall conclusion can be summed up in this way: The
main line in Logstrups work goes from created life to the human
being Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus incarnates created life; therefore
he is the true human being. This close connection between (created)
Life and (true) Human Being is the kernel in Logstrups thought.
This makes his perception of Jesus and his Christology distinctive,
original and specifically Logstrupian.
Friendship is a need that touches the deepest parts of the human
soul. This is especially true in ministry. It is a need that is not
simply rooted in enjoyment and companionship, but in the necessity
to care well of one's soul and survive a long-term ministry. This
book seeks to persuade every modern pastor of the essential need of
friendship. And not just any friendship, but a close, personal,
intimate, and sacrificial pastor-to-pastor friendship that
regularly turns each other's gaze to Jesus. Friends and pastors,
Michael Haykin, Brian Croft and James Carroll examine portraits of
friendship in scripture and church history, before exhorting
readers to modern pastoral friendships. Contents Foreword by Austin
Walker Introduction Part 1: Looking Back 1. Portraits of
Friendships in Scripture 2. A Pastoral Friendship (1): Basil of
Caesarea and Eusebius of Samosata (4th Century) 3. A Pastoral
Friendship (2): Benjamin Francis and Joshua Thomas (18th Century)
Part 2: Looking Ahead 4. The Command for Friendship 5. The
Blessings of Friendship 6. The Challenges of Friendship 7. Modern
Exhortations to Pastoral Friendship Conclusion
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Backslider (Paperback)
Andrew Fuller; Foreword by Michael A.G. Haykin
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John Calvin - For a New Reformation (Hardcover)
Derek Thomas, John W. Tweeddale; Afterword by R. C. Sproul; Contributions by Michael A.G. Haykin, Stephen J. Nichols, …
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Leading Reformed pastors and scholars reflect on the importance of
John Calvin's life and teaching for the church today.
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