Church & Ministry
The books and booklets on this page cover important practical and theological topics regarding church and ministry. These books will help pastors lead their congregations and will be a help to church members seeking to serve their church more faithfully. The audio from the Banner of Truth Ministers’ Conferences can also be found here. Popular titles include Reading the Bible and Praying in Public by Stuart Olyott and Rest in God by Iain H. Murray.
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Three addresses by ‘The Doctor’ at the IFES Conference in 1971, dealing with commitment to the biblical gospel. 80pp.
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As a pastor of the flock of God, Ryle seeks to guard Christ’s sheep and to warn them of approaching dangers. 176pp.
Visitor’s Book of Texts
A Vital Tool for Pastoral Visitation
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Much-needed advice and clear guidance on what we should say when visiting the sick. Selected scriptures are interspersed with Bonar’s brief, spiritual, helpful comments. 296pp.
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Summons us back to first principles about missions. Human need is not the starting place. The gospel is a call to know and worship God. 160pp.
Today’s Gospel
Authentic or Synthetic?
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In Today’s Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic?, Chantry uses the story of the rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-27) to present the true nature of the gospel, and expose the unbiblical ways in which it is presented today. 96pp.
Satan Cast Out
A Study in Biblical Demonology
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A lucid, biblical review of Christian teaching on such issues as the existence and activity of Satan, demon-possession and the occult. 200pp.
Preaching Christ
The Heart of Gospel Ministry
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In this address to those entering the ministry, Bishop Charles P. McIlvaine leaves no doubt about ‘The Heart of Gospel Ministry’. 96pp.
Peter: Eyewitness of His Majesty
As Disciple, Preacher, Pastor
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How the grace of God moulded the Apostle Peter as a disciple, a preacher, and a pastor. 184pp.
The Ministry
Addresses to Students of Divinity
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A statement of what Brown saw as the essence of gospel ministry— preaching with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven. 128pp.
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Demonstrates how the biblical teaching on man serves as a gateway into the entire Christian message. 168pp.
A Handful of Pebbles
Theological Liberalism and the Church
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Theological Liberalism and the Church’ — traces the origin and development of theological liberalism and how dangerous it is to the church. 96pp.
The Glorious Body Of Christ
A Scriptural Appreciation of the One Holy Church
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The church and her Antiquity and Perpetuity, Unity, Holiness, Apostolicity, Membership, Truth, Preaching, Evangelism, Worship, etc. 384pp.
Rest in God
A Calamity in Contemporary Christianity
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Subtitled ‘A Calamity in Contemporary Christianity’, shows that a day specially set apart has come down from creation, and in essence its meaning has not changed. 40pp.
The Psalter
The Only Hymnal?
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Shows that Psalms set to music are a rich heritage and one not to be set aside, but there are biblical reasons why it is a mistake to suppose that the words of the Old Testament alone are to be used in sung praise. 32pp.
Evangelical Eloquence
A Course of Lectures on Preaching
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A Course of Lectures on Preaching’. 364pp.
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A plea for a return to the right use of the Lord’s Day for meditation, rest, service, and growth in the understanding of God. 112pp.
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Shows why and how the Lord’s Day is meant to be one of joy for God’s people. 120pp.
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Two addresses on John 17 and Ephesians 4, pointing to timeless truths which should never be obscured. 96pp.
Sent By Jesus
Some Aspects of Christian Ministry Today
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Some Aspects of Christian Ministry Today’, which will encourage those who have obeyed Christ’s call to serve him. 96pp.
Princeton Sermons
Outlines of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical
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Hodge (1797-1878) was for over 50 years a professor at Princeton. This book contains the outlines of addresses given by him to students on Sunday afternoons, when they gathered in the Oratory. 400pp.
Princeton and Preaching
Archibald Alexander and the Christian Ministry
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The insights into the Christian ministry of Archibald Alexander, ‘Old’ Princeton’s first principal and professor. 304pp.
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John Carrick, a professor at Greenville Theological Seminary, explores the theology, application, content, style, structure, motive, delivery, literary features, logic and legacy of Edwards’ preaching. 480pp.
Preachers With Power
Four Stalwarts of the South
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The lives of four of the most influential men in a rich period of evangelical history in America (1791–1902)—Daniel Baker, J. H. Thornwell, Benjamin M. Palmer and John L. Girardeau. 224pp.
Lloyd-Jones
Messenger of Grace
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Concentrates on the themes of true preaching, the place of full assurance of salvation, and Lloyd-Jones’ understanding of the church. With new material, and an audio CD of Lloyd-Jones preaching. 288pp.
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A reset, complete and unabridged one-volume edition containing all three series of lectures, together with Commenting and Commentaries. 928pp.
Knowing the Times
Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions 1942 - 1977
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Knowing the Times brings together a number of addresses where Lloyd-Jones applied the burden of God’s word to the essential issues of his day. One of his most significant titles ever published, the addresses reprinted here remain ‘tracts for the times’. 400pp.
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Expounds Owen’s teaching on the fundamental themes of the Christian life, and stands on its own as a study in pastoral theology. 312pp.
The Imperative of Preaching
A Theology of Sacred Rhetoric
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A Theology of Sacred Rhetoric’, showing the importance of the true Bible message being preached in the Bible’s own style and language. 208pp.
Evangelicalism Divided
A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000
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A penetrating review of 50 years of crucial change in evangelical attitudes and alignments, 1950–2000. 352pp.
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Sets out, in a vivid and persuasive way, biblical principles for church life, ministry and discipline. First English translation by Peter Beale. 256pp.
The Christian Ministry
With an Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency
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Bridges sub-titled the study of the Christian Ministry, ‘An Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency’, and, rightly used, it is well suited to promote a faithful and effective ministry. 400pp.
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Sayings from the most influential thinkers and writers of all the Christian centuries. A store of priceless treasure. 144pp.
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