Christian Living
The following books on Christian discipleship focus on applying biblical and reformed theology to the Christian life. Topics include the practical implications of the doctrine of God’s providence and the doctrine of election, as well as topics like repentance and maturity in the faith. Holiness by J.C. Ryle and Following Jesus by Andrew M. Randall are two particularly edifying Christian living books worth looking into.
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Devoted To God’s Church
Core Values for Christian Fellowship
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UPCOMING RELEASE ENDORSEMENTS ‘Many people “go to church.” Sinclair Ferguson, with his typical gentleness and wisdom, teaches us how to ‘be the church’ as Christ defines it. This simple, clear, and moving book will be great help for people interested in learning more about becoming members of a church. It is also a good tool […]
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UPCOMING RELEASE Book Description Robert Traill (1642–1716) lived to span the ripest period of the Puritan age. Distinguished in the classes of Edinburgh University, Traill early felt the inner constraint to preach Christ. Although he was endowed with a first-class mind and had enjoyed a very complete theological education, Traill was above all a preacher […]
The Way of Life
Christian Belief and Experience
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NEW RELEASE Book Description ‘It is one of the clearest principles of Divine revelation, that holiness is the fruit of truth; and it is one of the plainest inferences from that principle, that the exhibition of the truth is the best means of promoting holiness. Christians regard the word of God as the only infallible […]
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NEW RELEASE Endorsements ‘In these records we are transported back three hundred and fifty years to a relatively small gathering of serious Christians. We have the privilege of eavesdropping on one of the great spiritual masters answering questions that arose in the hearts and minds of the congregation he loved an served. They are also […]
Maturity
Growing Up and Going On in the Christian Life
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Endorsements ‘Sinclair Ferguson is the purest kind of theologian. He draws doctrine from the text of Scripture. This, of course, gives confidence to the reader that the doctrines he explains are the ones that come correctly from the mouth of God. Nothing is more important for the believer than getting the doctrines related to sanctification […]
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Book Description This book, The Power and Sympathy of Christ, contains six studies on John chapter 11—one of the most remarkable chapters in all the New Testament. It deals with themes most useful and interesting to all professing believers. Just like the rest of the human race, Christians are ‘born to trouble as the sparks […]
In Their Own Words
The Testimonies of Luther, Calvin, Knox and Bunyan
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Book Description Hundreds of biographies have been written of Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox and John Bunyan. But there is something unique to be gained by listening to these men tell their stories in their own words. Here, in In Their Own Words is a collection of testimonial statements drawn from the writings of […]
The Glory of Grace
An Introduction to the Puritans in Their Own Words
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Book Description Who were the Puritans? What did they seek to achieve? What were their successes and failures? Are they of any importance to Christians today? We firmly believe that all Christians need to discover the important story of how these men and women sought to follow Jesus Christ. Their convictions resulted in a brave […]
Following Jesus
The Essentials of Christian Discipleship
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Endorsements ‘Standing in the great tradition of preachers who were once lawyers, Andrew Randall skilfully unfolds from Scripture ‘the truth . . . and nothing but the truth’ about what it means to be a Christian. Fresh and compelling, shrewd and honest, winsome and reliable, Following Jesus is exactly the kind of book every young […]
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Book Description Published the year after his Pilgrim’s Progress, in 1679, Bunyan’s Treatise on the Fear of God takes a widely misunderstood and neglected theme, wipes off the grime of confusion, and lets it sparkle. And sparkle really is the word: where most assume that the fear of God must be the gloomy theological equivalent […]
Salvation
Full and Free in Christ
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Book Description It is the greatest need and the deepest longing of all human beings who have ever lived. Throughout history, people have always longed for ‘rescue’, though often without understanding ‘from what’ and ‘by whom’. This mini-guide to Salvation explores the Bible’s teaching on this great theme in a way that takes us to […]
The Church
Glorious Body, Radiant Bride
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Book Description The church is the oldest surviving institution in the history of the world. It has changed lives and shaped nations. It has been loved, hated, and ignored in equal measure. But what is the church, and why is it important to understand its purpose in the world? This mini-guide, The Church, answers those […]
The Christian Mind
Escaping Futility
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Book Description Being able to think and reason is part of what makes us human. However clever we may or may not be, our minds matter. The Bible helps us to understand our minds more fully. It shows us that when people become Christians, their minds are made new. This mini-guide to the Christian Mind […]
Some Pastors and Teachers
Reflecting a biblical vision of what every minister is called to be
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Book Description Some Pastors and Teachers is a volume for every minister’s study and indeed for the bookshelves and bedside tables of everyone who has a concern for the ministry of the gospel and the well-being of the church in the twenty-first century. In many ways, it reflects the biblical vision of what every minister […]
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Book Description John Bunyan is known across the English-speaking world as the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress. But who was Bunyan, and what was it that provided him with the stimulus and inspiration to write that most revered and well-loved of allegories? The answer can, in part, be found in Grace Abounding, for it is […]
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Endorsements ‘A short but powerful little book that does exactly what it claims—it offers comfort to those who are sick and suffering…I went through this book with pencil and highlighter in-hand and relished every page. There is so much I want to go back to and to reflect on further. But even with a single, […]
Marching to Zion
Ancient Psalms for Modern Pilgrims
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Book Description The Psalms of Ascents (Psalms 120-134) were sung by Israelites as they made their way to Jerusalem for the annual feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. As pilgrim songs, they provide a way for believers to express their fears, needs, and aspirations as they journey through this life. These psalms are also the […]
Duties of Christian Fellowship
A Manual For Church Members
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Book Description Duties of Christian Fellowship deals with a matter of perennial concern for every truly Christian church. In just a few pages it sets out in very concise terms the responsibilities all Christians have, first, to their pastors, and then second, to one another within the fellowship of the local church. John Owen was […]
Flowers From a Puritan’s Garden
Illustrations and Meditations
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Book Description Do you ever underline helpful passages in books you are reading? This is exactly what C. H. Spurgeon used to do when reading the Puritans. Whilst reading Thomas Manton, he was struck time and time again by the ‘solid, sensible instruction, forcibly delivered’ that he found there. To Manton’s thoughts, Spurgeon added his […]
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Book Description ‘Gospel means ‘good news’. It is good news from God, about his Son Jesus Christ, for a world of perishing sinners, offering eternal life as a free gift, to be received by faith alone (John 3:16). But the gospel does so much more than rescue us from hell and save us for heaven. […]
All Things Made New
John Flavel for the Christian Life
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Book Description Numerous stories are told from John Flavel’s life of how people just ‘happened to meet him’ and yet came away deeply thankful to God, full of resolve to walk with Christ as a result. The same is true of encounters made with Flavel’s writings. Flavel spent almost his entire ministry in a busy […]
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Book Description It was said of Robert Bruce that ‘no man in his time spake with such evidence and power of the Spirit’. One is certainly left with that impression after reading The Way to True Peace and Rest, his six sermons on Isaiah 38, a chapter that records the illness that afflicted King Hezekiah […]
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Book Description Can we be saved without any personal knowledge of the Bible’s teaching? Is it necessary to think clearly and precisely about such teaching? Is God’s love such that no one will ultimately suffer the everlasting loss of body and soul? These are very important questions; the answers we give to them will have […]
The Crook in the Lot
The Sovereignty and Wisdom of God, in the Afflictions of Men Displayed
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Book Description Thomas Boston (1676-1732) was a remarkable Scottish theologian and pastor. His Works run to 12 volumes and contain some lengthy theological treatises. But Boston also wrote brief, very accessible, and pastoral books, and chief among these is the quaintly titled, The Crook in the Lot: The Sovereignty and Wisdom of God, in the […]
I Shall Not Die, But Live
Facing Death With Gospel Hope
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Endorsements ‘…a powerful testimony to the Lord’s grace through suffering.’ — TIM CHALLIES ‘We warmly commend this book to comfort the hearts of those who have but a little while longer on this earth. Pastors, busy with visiting church members and others in difficulty, often inquire as to where they may point those who need […]
Knowing God and Ourselves
Reading Calvin’s Institutes Devotionally
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Book Description The goal of Knowing God and Ourselves is to help students, especially beginning students, of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion to better understand what they are reading and to encourage them to persist in working through this important but challenging book. Calvin intended the Institutes to be a guide in reading Scripture […]
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Endorsements ‘It is a masterpiece of piety and genius; and will, we doubt not, be of standing use to the people of God be so long as the sun and moon endure.’ — A. M. TOPLADY ‘Read anything of his, and you will see that it is almost like reading the Bible itself. He had […]
Shadow of Calvary
Gethsemane, the arrest, the trial
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Endorsement ‘Martin was exceptionally gifted intellectually. For all his familiarity with the Christology of the Church, his work does not merely pour old wine into old wineskins. There is something striking, fresh, thought-demanding, about his whole approach.’ — SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON Book Description Calvary cast a shadow over the whole of Christ’s ministry. It was, […]
Devoted to God
Blueprints for Sanctification
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Endorsements ‘Devoted to God is a brilliant work and one that I think is fit to enter the rare company of the Christian classics. It is an advanced work, perhaps overwhelming for the newest Christians, but challenging for even the most seasoned. It displays a deep knowledge of Scripture, a penetrating understanding of the human […]
Knots Untied
BEING PLAIN STATEMENTS ON DISPUTED POINTS IN RELIGION, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF AN EVANGELICAL CHURCHMAN
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‘Let us remember, not least, the enormous injury which we may do to souls, if we once allow ourselves to depart in the least degree from the simplicity of the gospel either in our doctrine or in our worship. Who can estimate the shipwrecks that might occur in a single night, and the lives that […]
The Banner of Truth Magazine
Issues 1-16 (Sept 1955 through Aug 1959)
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Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its first appearance, contains the issues of the magazine from Sept. 1955–Aug. 1959. 544pp.
Every Promise of Your Word
The Gospel According to Joshua
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In ‘Every Promise of Your Word’, learn anew to rely on the God who keeps his every promise and see Jesus as he is revealed in the Scriptures. 384 pp.
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