Books on History and Biography
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Scottish Theology
in relation to church history
Description
Endorsements ‘Reading Scottish Theology will prove an enlightening, heart-warming, and sobering engagement with the past and will enable us the better (hopefully) to “contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saint” in the present.’ — IAN HAMILTON Book Description ‘It has been my endeavour to handle my theme in a free and […]
The St Andrews Seven
the finest flowering of Missionary Zeal in Scottish History
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Book Description The St Andrews Seven is the moving and inspiring story of six young men whose remarkable influence on one another as fellow students in the University of St Andrews, Scotland, in the 1820s led them to the profound conviction that ‘Only one thing seemed to matter: to discover God’s will and do it’. […]
You Must Read
Books that have shaped our lives
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Book Description Have you ever wondered what influences have shaped the preachers, teachers and authors you respect? You Must Read brings together more than thirty well-known Christian leaders and gives them the opportunity to talk about a book that has made a lasting impact on their lives. Their personal narratives and recommendations of the literature […]
Amy Carmichael
Beauty for Ashes
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Endorsements ‘This is a love story of the noblest kind. It is an enriching consideration of a woman’s relentless love for her Saviour, her Bible, her friends, and most uniquely, her love for lost, suffering and desperate sinners – to whom she gave her life. Such devotion as hers seems so distant. Reading this brief […]
Logic On Fire
The Life and Legacy of Dr. martyn Lloyd-Jones (DVD Documentary)
Description
Logic on Fire is a feature-length documentary with over 4.5 hours of special features, a 128-page book, and much more. View the “DVD Features” below to see all that is included in this 3-DVD special edition set. Cinematic Trailer EndorsementsRead More ↓ ‘I think it was Packer who said, to hear Lloyd-Jones was not so […]
The Works of John Knox
6 Volume Set
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Book Description Unfortunately for many years hardback sets of Knox’s Works have been virtually unobtainable by, and inaccessible to, the general public. Now, to mark the 500th anniversary of his birth (probably in 1514) and the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first definitive edition of the Scottish reformer’s Works (1846-64), these rare volumes […]
Puritan Hope
Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy
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Subtitled ‘Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy’, this is a study of the biblical and Reformed teaching on the Christian’s hope in this world, in the prospect of the triumph of the gospel..
Douglas Higgins
Autobiography of a Yorkshire Christian
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Book Description Not every day does an autobiography appear from a man in his 100th year, but all who know Douglas Higgins never saw him as belonging to the ordinary. From astronomy to Christ at the age of twenty-two, then Art College at Sheffield, war service in the RAF, and a career in school teaching—these […]
Los puritanos
Puritans: Their Origins and Successors
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Book Description La historia cobra vida cada vez que el Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones aborda un determinado tema o personaje. Los que le conocieron simplemente como predicador se sorprenderán de la comprensión y el conocimiento que tiene de la historia de la Iglesia {…}. Estas vistas generales y de conjunto nos presentan al Dr. Lloyd-Jones en […]
Pleading for a Reformation Vision
The Life and Selected Writings of William Childs Robinson
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The biography and letters of William Childs Robinson: an influential Presbyterian ministers in the 20th century, who sounded the vital affirmations of the Protestant Reformation. 336pp.
Silent Witnesses
Lessons on theology, life, and the church from Christians of the past
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Book Description In this book Garry Williams writes about Christians of the past for Christians of the present. He 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 […]
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Book Description A man may be known by the company he keeps. Here, Faith Cook introduces us to Samuel Rutherford’s friends, who are called on to give us a fresh look at the man who has long been held in such high affection by Christian people around the world. The days in which Samuel Rutherford […]
The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones
1899-1981
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EndorsementsRead More ↓ ‘I am deeply thankful that God led me to Lloyd-Jones in 1968. He has been a constant reminder: you don’t have to be cool, hip, or clever to be powerful. In fact, the sacred annointing is simply in another world from those communication techniques. His is the world I want to live […]
John Elias
Life, Letters and Essays
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This account by Edward Morgan traces the life and ministry of Elias from his first religious impressions until the day when 10, 000 attended his funeral in Anglessey, the scene of most of his labours. 432pp.
Spurgeon y sus controversias
Spurgeon and his Controversies (Forgotten Spurgeon & Spurgeon vs HyperCalvinism)
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Book Description La figura de Spurgeon no necesita presentación en los circulos evangelicos. El conocido predicador de la época victoriana dejo una huella que se ha extendido mucho mas alla de la Inglaterra de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Sin embargo, no siempre se han aquilatado debidamente las razones de su influencia, y menos […]
Tratado de Teología
A Body of Divinity
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Book Description Este primer libro publicado por The Banner of Truth Trust en Ingles ha sido uno de sus exitos de libreria, ademas del volumen mas util e influyente de su catalogo a lo largo de los años Ello se debe a varias razones: EI tema del libro. Trata de las principales verdades doctrinales y practicas […]
The Works of Richard Sibbes
7 Volume Set
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Book Description After William Perkins, ‘the heavenly Doctor Sibbes’ was the most significant of the great Puritan preachers of Cambridge. This reprint of the complete seven-volume set of the Works of Richard Sibbes shows why this is so. Strong thoughts, simple sentences, deep knowledge of the Bible and the human heart and a sure pastoral […]
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Book Description Few Christian Leaders have suffered quite so much mis-understanding as John Calvin. He has often been dismissed as a theologian without humanity. In fact the very reverse is much nearer the truth. He was a man of deep and lasting affection, passionately concerned for the cause of Christ in the world; a man […]
The History of Providence
As Manifested in Scripture
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A subject of the deepest interest to the Christian.’ Takes the reader through the Scriptures and points to instances of God’s providence which will provide comfort for all true believers. 264pp.
Our Southern Zion
Old Columbia Seminary (1828-1927)
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Part collective biography and part narrative history, this book follows the story of Old Columbia Seminary during the years 1828-1927. 408pp.
Ernest Kevan
Leader in Twentieth Century British Evangelicalism
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A worthy memorial to a man who contributed enormously to the life and thought of English-speaking evangelicalism in the mid-twentieth century, by one of his former students at London Bible College. 312pp.
Mensajes Bíblicos
Biblical Messages
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Book Description Los Mensajes Bíblicos de Roberto McCheyne, junto con sus cartas y otros escritos, fueron recopilados por A. Bonar al año escaso de haber fallecido aquél. Aparecieron por primera vez en 1884, y la avidez con que el público inglés leyó y acogió dicha obra fué verdaderamente sensacional; prueba de ello es que a […]
The Writings of Thomas Peck
Volume 3: Selected and Arranged by T.C. Johnson
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Book Description As a teacher, Peck was in the front rank. ‘As an expositor of truth, as an exegete of Scripture,’ his successor C.R. Vaughan believed, ‘he was probably without a rival in his day.’ But it was not mere teachers that he laboured to prepare for the gospel ministry but rather men ‘with a […]
The Writings of Thomas Peck
Volume 2: Selected and Arranged by T.C. Johnson
Description
Book Description As a teacher, Peck was in the front rank. ‘As an expositor of truth, as an exegete of Scripture,’ his successor C.R. Vaughan believed, ‘he was probably without a rival in his day.’ But it was not mere teachers that he laboured to prepare for the gospel ministry but rather men ‘with a […]
Scottish Puritans
2 Volume Set: Select Biographies
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First-hand sources from the 17th century. ‘This is a magnificent two-volume set, calculated to stir the soul and to find a place of honour and affection in every Christian who loves to read the thrilling history of the Scottish church!’—Sinclair B. Ferguson. 568 & 552pp.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
2 Volume Set
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This authorised biography traces the story of the ‘Doctor’ from a Harley Street medical practice to ministry in an impoverished Welsh mining town, the pulpit of Westminster Chapel and a worldwide influence. 416 & 856pp.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Volume 1: The First Forty Years 1899 - 1939
Description
This authorised biography traces the story of the ‘Doctor’ from a Harley Street medical practice to ministry in an impoverished Welsh mining town, the pulpit of Westminster Chapel and a worldwide influence. 416 & 856pp.
Life & Sermons Of Edward D. Griffin
2 Volume Set
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A biography of Griffin (1770–1837) by W.E. Sprague, with 60 of his sermons, which are fine examples of the simple, arresting and heart-searching preaching which was so used of God. 1192pp. Set.
Princeton Seminary
Volume 2: The Majestic Testimony, 1869 - 1929
Description
In this movingly told story we meet great spirituality, great scholars, great missionary vision and great consecration to Christ. Vol. 2—The Majestic Testimony 1868–1929, 592pp.
George Whitefield
2 Volume Set: Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the 18th Century Revival
Description
An outstanding biography of the great preacher of the 18th century evangelical revival, popularly written, and with an urgent message for the present day. 612 & 620pp.
C.H. Spurgeon Autobiography
Volume 1: The Early Years
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The story of the life of the ‘prince of preachers’, largely in Spurgeon’s own words. Here is an inspiring record of a Christian life which continues to be of blessing for so many. 580 & 536pp.
Heroes of the Faith
Initial Series Set including: Ignatius, Irenaeus, and Polycarp
Description
3 volumes on the lives of Early Church Heroes of the Christian faith.
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