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In Silent Witnesses<\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n

Book Description<\/h1>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nAcknowledgements<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo the Reader<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn the Essentials<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nPrizing the Bible: William Tyndale (1494\u20131536)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nWho is Jesus? The Council of Chalcedon (451)<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThe Cross and Its Caricatures: John Owen (1616\u201383)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nThe Infinite Love of the Dying Christ: Jonathan Edwards (1703\u201358)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThe Grace of God: Augustine of Hippo (354\u2013430)<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJustified before God\u2019s Throne: John Calvin (1509\u201364)<\/td>\n99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOn the Christian Life<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nLoving God with All Your Heart: The Puritan Psychology<\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTrusting God in Trials: John Calvin<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nIdentity and Loss on the Edge of the World: Anne Bradstreet (1612\u201372)<\/td>\n173<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nWorking for Christ: John Laing (1879\u20131978)<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPrimarily for Pastors and Elders<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPriorities for the Church: John Calvin<\/td>\n213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPreaching the God-Man: Chalcedon Revisited<\/td>\n247<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nPreaching the Word: Martin Luther (1483\u20131546)<\/td>\n257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nFeasting with the Lord: Nicholas Ridley (c 1500\u201355)<\/td>\n279<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEpilogue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nMaking the Case for Christian History<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBibliography<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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