"Few things trouble our hearts and minds like suffering. "Why is this happening? Why me? How can I get through this? Can I get through this?"God says we can, but he says more. Suffering is not merely to be endured. It comes into our lives for good reasons. Suffering affords seasons for growth in ways we would not grow otherwise.This book prepares believers for hardship when it comes their way. Learning some of the purposes for suffering, ..."
"This call for the doxological reformation of the church is offered to "ministers who lead their congregations in worship, musicians who seek a deeper understanding of the spiritual purpose of their work, [and] seminary students who are clarifying their commitment to biblical worship. . . ."Give Praise to God continues the legacy of James Montgomery Boice by examining the biblical foundations for worship, the warranted elements of corpor ..."
"What exactly is Camping saying? How should Christians respond? Here J. Ligon Duncan and Mark R. Talbot refute the claims of this radio preacher and clearly discuss what the Bible says about the church."
""The Reformed church is notable for its biblically regulated worship. Ligon Duncan describes the principles God gives us for worship and how we can put them in action today"--"
"Some of the leading voices in evangelical Christianity reaffirm the importance of preaching biblical theology for the health of our churches. Loving, teaching, and rightly dividing the Word of God is every pastor's privilege and responsibility. If a pastor understands what the Word says about God, man, and the curse, about Christ and his substitutionary atonement, and about the call to repentance and sacrifice, he will develop an ..."
"An important anthology that reaffirms the classic doctrine of substitutionary atonement and counters the ongoing attacks against it. If ever there was a time and a need for an enthusiastic reaffirmation of the biblical doctrine of substitutionary atonement, it is now. With this foundational tenet under widespread attack, J. I. Packer and Mark Dever's anthology plays an important role, issuing a clarion call to readers to stand firm in t ..."
Fear Not!(Updated) Death and the Afterlife from a Christian Perspective by Reid . Duncan, Jerry Bridges Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Christian Focus ISBN-13: 978-1-84550-358-1, ISBN: 1-84550-358-9
""Fear Not!, which covers extensively all aspects of death, including what happens to believers immediately after death, the resurrection, the final judgment and then the eternal state...This is a book to inform and encourage every Christian. All of us will be edified by its pages. It is my pleasure to commend it to every Christian reader." Jerry Bridges in the foreword"
" The Westminster Confession is a worldwide foundational document. Churches of all sizes claim it as their confession, and hold to it with varying degrees of closeness. However, countless officeholders will have vowed to abide by it with only the most perfunctory of understanding of its relevance. Ligon Duncan has assembled an impressive array of contributors from a variety of ecclesiastical backgrounds. The aim is simple - to enable the ..."
"Through brief meditations on Psalms 88 and 89, J. Ligon Duncan points to God's promises that sustain Christians even when he seems silent through their suffering."
"From the song “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” originally recorded by Mercer
with The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston's Orchestra, Capitol Records, 1944.
Chapter 3: Trajectories toward an Adjusted Gospel 1. Nicholas Kulish, Ellen
Barry, and Michal Piotrowski, “Polish President Dies in Jet Crash in Russia,” New
York Times, April 10, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/world /europe/
11poland.html?pagewanted=1and_r=1 (accessed April 1 ..."
"Centuries ago Christ made a claim that disconcerts as many today as it did then-he is the way of salvation. Ironically, he spoke these words to comfort his disciples on the night of his arrest. Richard Phillips is just one of six highly respected authors seeking to reaffirm these comforting words and other exclusive claims of Christianity for today's reader. Each chapter proclaims, defends, and explains the Christian truths that ..."
"The Old Testament is not just a collection of disparate stories, each with its own meaning and moral lessons. Rather, it’s one cohesive story, tied together by the good news about Israel’s coming Messiah, promised from the beginning. Covering each book in the Old Testament, this volume invites readers to teach the Bible from a Reformed, covenantal, and redemptive-historical perspective. Featuring contributions from twelve respected evan ..."
"[CDATA]The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith, but now more than ever many question its historical reliability and relevance for life today. In what may become the definitive contemporary evangelical resource on this foundational topic, John MacArthur and a host of pastors, biblical scholars, historians, and theologians defend the doctrine of biblical inerrancy from their various disciplines. With contributions from evange ..."
"Responding to the perennial temptation to “tame” the message about Jesus, eight prominent church leaders, including John Piper, John MacArthur, Al Mohler, and R. C. Sproul, challenge Christians to hold fast to the faith by emphasizing the importance of maintaining a pure and unadulterated view of the gospel. Looking back at the New Testament and the church fathers and forward to the church’s continued mission of faithful biblical preac ..."
"We pray that in the pages of this book God's people may again hear the gospel message, the good news that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. We are convinced that the most important question that a person can ask is, how can a sinner be in right relationship with a holy and just God? Indeed, we are convinced that this is the central theme of the Bible. Our prayer is that the teaching of God's Word and the truth of salvati ..."
"Proclaiming the gospel is without a doubt the most important task of pastoral ministry, yet often other, seemingly more urgent activities obscure it. From time to time all pastors and preachers need to be reminded of the primacy of the gospel. Preaching the Cross does just this. It is a call to expository, gospel-centered preaching as the center of pastoral ministry. This volume showcases an unprecedented combination of pastors represe ..."
"Church bodies that believe that the direct indwelling and experience of the Holy
Spirit is to be sought independent of the Word and Holy Sacraments will be
inclined to reject liturgical texts, music, and ceremony in. 3. Hermann Sasse, “The
Liturgical Movement: Reformation or Revolution? A Letter from Hermann Sasse,”
Una Sancta 17 (1960): 21. 4. It is true that subsequent to the legalization of
Christianity as a public religion, the ..."