Great Christian Classics Volume 1

Great Christian Classics Volume 1
Author: Kevin Swanson
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2017-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1683440706

There is a wealth of great literature to study in the history of man, some written by Christians and some by non-Christians. However, the Christian student should direct special attention to literature produced by Christians. The empires of man will always crumble and fall, but the kingdom of Jesus Christ will continue forever. This collection covers five of the greatest life narratives of all time. A thorough study of these great books will help students understand the life, theology, and worldview of some of the greatest Christian men in church history. Sit at the feet of some of the best teachers God has given to His church. Augustine Confessions: (354-430) Augustine is perhaps the most influential thinker of the first thousand years of Christian history. This fifth-century Christian wrote Confessions as a biography in the form of a prayer to God. Patrick Confessions: (387-493) Amid the chaos following the collapse of the Roman Empire, Patrick, a man of legendary faith, led the way to the evangelization of the wild and pagan tribes of Ireland. John Knox History of the Reformation In Scotland (c.1510-1572) Few men have lived in more dangerous times than John Knox of Scotland. Yet he led a reformation movement in a very dangerous land, leaving a testimony for generations to come. John Bunyan Grace Abounding (1628-1688) Great men tell great stories because they live them. This is the case with John Bunyan, whose personal testimony, Grace Abounding, records one of the most tumultuous and agonizing spiritual journeys. John Paton Autobiography (1824-1907) The kingdom of God is only taken by force by courageous men of faith like John Paton, whose missionary work among the cannibals in the New Hebrides is nothing short of legendary.

Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics

Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics
Author: Jamin Goggin
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895493

This new collections of essays edited by Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin offers an evangelical hermeneutic for reading the Christian spiritual classics. Addressing the why, what and how of reading these texts, these essays challenge us to find our own questions deepened by the church's long history of spiritual reflection.

Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics

Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics
Author: Francis X. Clooney
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2019-10-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0813943124

We live in an era of unprecedented growth in knowledge. Never before has there been so great an availability of and access to information in both print and online. Yet as opportunities to educate ourselves have greatly increased, our time for reading has significantly diminished. And when we do read, we rarely have the patience to read in the slow, sustained fashion that great books require if we are to be truly transformed by them. In Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics, renowned Harvard Divinity School professor Francis Clooney argues that our increasing inability to read in a concerted manner is particularly notable in the realm of religion, where the proliferation of information detracts from the learning of practices that require slow and patient reading. Although awareness of the world’s many religions is at an all-time high, deep knowledge of the various traditions has suffered. Clooney challenges this trend by considering six classic Hindu and Christian texts dealing with ritual and law, catechesis and doctrine, and devotion and religious participation, showing how, in distinctive ways, such texts instruct, teach truth, and draw willing readers to participate in the realities they are learning. Through readings of these seminal scriptural and theological texts, he reveals the rewards of a more spiritually transformative mode of reading—and how individuals and communities can achieve it.

Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics

Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics
Author: James P. Stobaugh
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2013-01-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0890517142

Reading and understanding the classics is important for college preparation, as well as for personal enjoyment. With the Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics you can gain a deeper understanding of them from a Christian perspective. Selections include books and plays for both middle school and high school levels.

Biblical Theology

Biblical Theology
Author: Geerhardus Vos
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003-07-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1592442919

The aim of this book is no less than to provide an account of the unfolding of the mind of God in history, through the successive agents of his special revelation. Vos handles this under three main divisions: the Mosaic epoch of revelation, the prophetic epoch of revelation, and the New Testament. Such an historical approach is not meant to supplant the work of the systematic theologian; nevertheless, the Christian gospel is inextricably bound up with history, and the biblical theologian thus seeks to highlight uniqueness of each biblical document in that succession. The rich variety of Scripture is discovered anew as the progressive development of biblical themes is explicated. To read these pages--the fruit of Vos' 39 years of teaching biblical theology at Princeton - is to appreciate the late John Murray's suggestion that Geerhardus Vos was the most incisive exegete in the English-speaking world of the twentieth century.

Great Books of the Christian Tradition

Great Books of the Christian Tradition
Author: Terry W. Glaspey
Publisher: Harvest House Pub
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Best books.
ISBN: 9781565073562

Recommends both religious writings and books that reflect Christian values, and lists books suited to discussion groups and sharing with children

100 Christian Books that Changed the Century

100 Christian Books that Changed the Century
Author: William J. Petersen
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2000
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780800757359

In the twentieth century, a vibrant evangelical culture emerged. The authors explore the key books that influenced the dramatic changes of the past one hundred years.

The Promises of God

The Promises of God
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2019-06-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433563274

For a century and a half, Charles Spurgeon's classic daily devotional on God's promises has comforted the hearts of God's people. For each day of the year, Spurgeon reflects on a specific promise of God from Scripture that strengthened his own heart in times of severe depression and suffering. In this volume, Tim Chester allows Spurgeon speak to a new generation—updating archaic words, shortening sentences, and using modern word ordering—while maintaining Spurgeon's passionate and pastoral voice. These devotional readings will propel modern Christians to renewed faith in the promise-making and promise-keeping God of the Bible.

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-11-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 161898067X

'I have learned to be content in whatever state] I am'' (Phil. 4:11) Anyone who lacks true contentment may find it in this book. If not, it will be because that one would not follow the very clear and simple instructions given. The teaching is from the Bible, yet it must be described as unique. Nowhere else will you find such unusual, but Biblically authenticated thoughts: He will teach you that contentment lies in subtraction, not in addition; that the ABC's of Christianity are nothing like what you thought them to be; that there is a mystery of contentment, but that once you have learned the way from Christ's word, you will be able to attain such a depth of contentment as you never before dreamed existed. This is a key book for building up Christian maturity. Christian Contentment, what is it? ''It is a sweet, inward heart thing. It is a work of the Spirit indoors. It is a box of precious ointment, very comforting and useful for troubled hearts in times of troubled conditions.

The Reed of God

The Reed of God
Author: Caryll Houselander
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2023-11-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Reed of God is an inspirational classic written by a British Roman Catholic ecclesiastical artist, Caryll Houselander. This book contains a beautiful meditation on Mary, Mother of God and so much more. Reading this book will bring you closer to Our Blessed Mother, and hence, to Christ Himself. Filled with lyrical prose and touching analogies, the author shows how Mary was the "Reed of God" and that we are all vessels waiting to do God's work, and carrying Christ within us.