Silent Witnesses

Lessons on theology, life, and the church from Christians of the past

Weight 0.48 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.3 × 2.2 cm
ISBN 9781800402423
Binding

Large Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Large Paperback

format

Book

page-count

352

topic

Historical Theology, Jesus Christ, Pastoral Biography, Pastoral Theology/Pastoral Helps

Banner Pub Date

May 22, 2013

Recent Pub Date Year

2022

In Silent Witnesses, Garry Williams shows us just some of the ways in which Christians in the present need the examples, encouragements, and teachings of Christians of the past.

Book Description

Garry Williams describes both famous and less well-known figures and movements from church history, from the fourth century through to the twentieth: Augustine of Hippo, the Council of Chalcedon, Martin Luther, William Tyndale, Nicholas Ridley, John Calvin, Anne Bradstreet, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, and John Laing.

As their lives are sketched and their writings expounded, they serve as silent witnesses to the essentials of the Christian faith, to the challenges of Christian living, to the work of the pastor, and to the life of the church. At the end of the book, after their stories have been told, a final chapter makes the case for a Christian view of history itself.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

Acknowledgements ix
To the Reader xi
On the Essentials
1 Prizing the Bible: William Tyndale (1494–1536) 3
2 Who is Jesus? The Council of Chalcedon (451) 21
3 The Cross and Its Caricatures: John Owen (1616–83) 41
4 The Infinite Love of the Dying Christ: Jonathan Edwards (1703–58) 57
5 The Grace of God: Augustine of Hippo (354–430) 81
6 Justified before God’s Throne: John Calvin (1509–64) 99
On the Christian Life
7 Loving God with All Your Heart: The Puritan Psychology 123
8 Trusting God in Trials: John Calvin 153
9 Identity and Loss on the Edge of the World: Anne Bradstreet (1612–72) 173
10 Working for Christ: John Laing (1879–1978) 191
Primarily for Pastors and Elders
11 Priorities for the Church: John Calvin 213
12 Preaching the God-Man: Chalcedon Revisited 247
13 Preaching the Word: Martin Luther (1483–1546) 257
14 Feasting with the Lord: Nicholas Ridley (c 1500–55) 279
Epilogue
15 Making the Case for Christian History 301
Bibliography 315

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