These two volumes are derived from Dr. Cunningham’s lectures to his Church History class at New College, Edinburgh between 1847–1861. Cunningham’s living faith, devout submission to God, clarity of thought, and reverence for the authority of the Bible make him well-positioned to comment on the relationship between the church and its theology.

The history of the Church is a history of God’s interaction with his people; Cunningham tells that story through the history of its theology, chronicling the theological tension between law and grace, sin and forgiveness, and Christ’s first and second coming.

Volume one covers the biblical view of the church, the church councils and the apostolic fathers, the development of the church’s central doctrines—such as the incarnation and the Trinity—as well as the rise of scholasticism, the Reformation, and the Council of Trent.

Volume two documents the development of the doctrines of justification and the atonement and the Arminian and the Socinian controversies. He also devotes lengthy discussions to Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, and the Free Church of Scotland.

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These two volumes are derived from Dr. Cunningham’s lectures to his Church History class at New College, Edinburgh between 1847–1861. Cunningham’s living faith, devout submission to God, clarity of thought, and reverence for the authority of the Bible make him well-positioned to comment on the relationship between the church and its theology.

The history of the Church is a history of God’s interaction with his people; Cunningham tells that story through the history of its theology, chronicling the theological tension between law and grace, sin and forgiveness, and Christ’s first and second coming.

Volume one covers the biblical view of the church, the church councils and the apostolic fathers, the development of the church’s central doctrines—such as the incarnation and the Trinity—as well as the rise of scholasticism, the Reformation, and the Council of Trent.

Volume two documents the development of the doctrines of justification and the atonement and the Arminian and the Socinian controversies. He also devotes lengthy discussions to Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, and the Free Church of Scotland.

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These two volumes are derived from Dr. Cunningham’s lectures to his Church History class at New College, Edinburgh between 1847–1861. Cunningham’s living faith, devout submission to God, clarity of thought, and reverence for the authority of the Bible make him well-positioned to comment on the relationship between the church and its theology.

The history of the Church is a history of God’s interaction with his people; Cunningham tells that story through the history of its theology, chronicling the theological tension between law and grace, sin and forgiveness, and Christ’s first and second coming.

Volume one covers the biblical view of the church, the church councils and the apostolic fathers, the development of the church’s central doctrines—such as the incarnation and the Trinity—as well as the rise of scholasticism, the Reformation, and the Council of Trent.

Volume two documents the development of the doctrines of justification and the atonement and the Arminian and the Socinian controversies. He also devotes lengthy discussions to Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, and the Free Church of Scotland.

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A lightweight and breathable soft shell jacket with Banner logo embroidered on left breast.

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The Larger Catechism was designed by its authors to supplement the Shorter Catechism. It presents a full, balanced, and edifying summary of the Christian faith, suitable for those who have attained some level of spiritual maturity. It expands and clarifies the teaching found in the Shorter Catechism and Confession of Faith and focuses on the outworking of that teaching within the Christian community. This compact edition is ideal for individual or group study.

‘Today, churches face a greater educational task than they have done for several centuries. Pastors are often looking for useful, effective study materials. In response to this need the church must reclaim its great educational resources from the past. The Larger Catechism is a neglected tool the church needs today to help believers develop vital and balanced Christian faith and life.’ — W. ROBERT GODFREY

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To provide an accessible way in to Iain’s work, we’re going to be offering three Iain Murray bundles at special prices – one for each of the summer months of 2024. The first bundle is composed of the following titles:

Evangelical Holiness, and Other Addresses (Paperback, 184 pages)

In London in the 1950s Martyn Lloyd-Jones gave a new meaning to ‘conferences’. For him they were not times for learned discussion, or for the reading of papers, but a means of awakening a younger generation to big spiritual issues…

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Heroes (Clothbound, 320 pages)

The Bible no more knows a separate class of heroes than it does of saints. Because of Jesus Christ, every Christian is extraordinary and attains to glory. Yet grace so shines in some, that it lightens the path of many…

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The Invitation System (Booklet, 48 pages)

In the controversy arising from the promotion of this method, three main reasons have been put forward in its defence; the argument from Scripture, the ‘psychological argument’ which asserts the helpfulness of a public response to the individual…

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The Life of John Murray (Paperback, 240 pages)

Professor John Murray was recognized in his own lifetime as one of the leading Reformed theologians in the English-speaking world. Born in Scotland, he served in France during the First World War…

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The Old Evangelicalism (Clothbound, 226 pages)

“I could wish that every preacher, pastor, missionary, and Christian worker could have [Old Evangelicalism] placed in their hands.” — MACK TOMLINSON

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Power in the Pulpit, Henry C. Fish

If there is a means more likely than any other under the Holy Spirit to bring about reformation and revival of true religion, it is the gift of powerful preachers. The object of the author in this booklet is to ascertain what, in its human aspect, are the conditions of power in the pulpit, and in so doing he deals with the matter of the sermon, the manner in which it should be delivered, and the character of the preacher.

Booklet, 32 pages. (RP £1.50).

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“We cannot cleanse ourselves; God must work in us with power. That is why the Holy Spirit is fire. We must go back into the oven when God chooses to make us new.”

– John Calvin

Book Description

Translated from the French of 1562 by Robert White

Of the many sermons which Calvin preached on the Synoptic Gospels, only the first sixty-five were recorded and published, under the title Sermons on the Harmony or Concordance of the Three Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke (1562). Eighteen of these sermons appear here, for the first time in English translation. They focus on the events of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee: his baptism, his testing by Satan, the calling of his first disciples, his teaching and his works of healing.

In consecutive sermons the preacher traces the drama of Jesus’ confrontation with the forces of darkness and unbelief, which make him a prophet without honour in his own country. For the time being, his identity as Messiah remains hidden. Already, however, he is filled with the Spirit of God who empowers and directs him; already Satan must contend with one stronger than he; already the poor have good news preached to them; already God’s kingdom is present in Jesus’ gracious words and mighty works.

These sermons, the last Calvin was to preach on a New Testament text, reveal the Reformer at his best: a lucid interpreter of Scripture, an engaging preacher, and a pastor passionate to present every soul in his care mature in Christ.

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Why should one have a high view of the visible church and its ministry? The short answer is, Because this is what the Bible requires. Jesus said ‘I will build my church.’ He charged the disciples to baptize their converts into the church and in the process teach them all of his commandments (Matt. 16:18; 28:18–20).

Bible texts not only transform one’s personal life, but also shape one’s outlook on the church–its ministry and mission. In Texts that Transform: Church and Ministry, Terry Johnson shows how the Bible determines our understanding of such things as a Christian’s calling in general, the specific role of the minister, the shape of public worship, the content of the church’s public services, and the character of the day on which those services are conducted. Why do we do what we do in life and ministry? Because these are the things that the Bible–the word of God–directs us to do.

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In 1786, at the age of twenty-two, Alexander Stewart became parish minister of Moulin, near Pitlochry, Scotland. He was as yet unconverted. Sermons from those early years he would later denounce as ‘youthful trifles, produced in the season of ignorance and darkness, possessing nothing of the savour of the gospel, abounding in errors, fit only to be pitied, fit only to be destroyed.’ When the change came it deeply impacted not only his preaching but his congregation. At the time of his settlement in Moulin most were as ignorant of the gospel as he was. As he puts it himself, ‘The opinion of their own works recommending them to the favour of God, and procuring a reward from his bounty, was almost universal.’ Now they began to think as differently about such things as their minister did. Indeed, it was not long before Moulin was in the grip of a revival that resulted in many conversions.

James Sievewright’s biography, long out of print, is an invaluable account of the steps by which Stewart was led from darkness to light, of the revival that followed, and of Stewart’s subsequent ministries in Dingwall and in Edinburgh. It introduces us to David Black, the young evangelical minister who played a major role in Stewart’s conversion, and is enriched by a selection of the letters that passed between them. It shows us, too, what a remarkable and far-reaching ministry an unconverted minister may one day exercise if God should be pleased to save him.

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The Pilgrim’s Progress has been entertaining and illuminating readers for over three centuries, and there can have been few readers more expert about both the book and its meaning than C.H. Spurgeon. Here we have the greatest of nineteenth-century preachers setting forth timeless truths from Bunyan, with infectious enthusiasm about his favourite author. ‘The reason for his liking is not far to seek,’ writes Spurgeon’s son and successor in his Introduction. ‘They both loved “the Book of books.”’ Just so, today’s reader will come away from these chapters with a renewed appreciation not only of Bunyan and Spurgeon, but of the truth and wisdom of the Scriptures.

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The last words of a dying man are often worthy of being recorded. That is especially true of those spoken by Jesus Christ while dying on the cross. His seven last words have been called ‘the bright lights of heaven shining at intervals through the darkness’ and ‘the deep solemn tones which interpret the cross.’

Just seven ‘words’, yet what fullness they contain! As the author so ably shows, they present the full gospel of salvation.

Short, instructive, and deeply moving, Light from Calvary takes us to the cross that we might fix our eyes on ‘the Saviour of the world.’

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A re-cast, condensed and, in parts, re-written version of the author’s two volumes D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (1982) and The Fight of Faith (1990). Since those dates, the life of Dr Lloyd-Jones has been the subject of comment and assessment in many publications and these have been taken into account. The main purpose of this further biography, however, is to put Dr Lloyd-Jones’ life before another generation in more accessible form. The big story is all here. (Paperback, RP £11.00).

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Volume 1 of The Works of John Owen: The Glory of Christ

Volume 1 of the Works of John Owen contains two significant works on the person and glory of Christ. For those desiring more of Christ, and a greater vision of His glory as the God-man, this is a volume to read slowly, and return to repeatedly.

Contents:

Part I – Life of Dr Owen, by Rev. A. Thomson, BA

Part II – Christologia: Or, A Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ

Part III – Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ

Part IV – Meditations and Discourses Concerning the Glory of Christ, Applied, &c

Part V – Two Short Catechisms

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The Glory of Christ (Puritan Paperback)

This paperback is an abridgement of what, in Volume 1 of Owen’s Works, is included in Parts III and IV (namely, Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ and Meditations and Discourses Concerning the Glory of Christ, Applied, &c.).

Contents:

Publisher’s Preface

1. Seeing Christ’s Glory

2. Christ’s Glory as God’s Representative

3. The Glory of Christ in His Person

4. The Glory of Christ’s Humbling Himself

5. The Glory of Christ’s Love as Mediator

6. The Glory of Christ’s Work as Mediator

7. The Glory of Christ’s Exaltation

8. The Glory of Christ under the Old Testament

9. The Glory of Christ’s Union with the Church

10. The Glory of Christ’s Giving Himself to Believers

11. The Glory of Christ in Restoring All Things

12. The First Difference between Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith and by Sight

13. The Second Difference between Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith and by Sight

14. The Third Difference between Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith and by Sight

15. Exhortation to Unbelievers

16. How to Recognize Spiritual Decay in the Soul

17. How the Soul May Be Recovered from Spiritual Decays

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• What is the Gospel?
  Ian Hamilton
• Timely Words from the Past
  Sidney Norton (1907–94) & Iain H. Murray
• Preaching Is the Word of God
  Mark G. Johnston
• Shapers of Christianity: Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724–83)
  Nick Needham
• Self-Control
  Paul Levy
• Present Sufferings and Future Glory
  Maurice Roberts
• ‘Events’
  Paul Yeulett
• Introduction from ‘The Emotional Life of Our Lord’
  B. B. Warfield
• Book Reviews

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Today many Christians have lost confidence in preaching and have replaced it with other things such as dialogue, films, dancing, and dramatic presentations. ‘Do we need preaching today?’ is a question often asked in many churches. John Cheeseman takes up this question and argues that the church must maintain the priority of preaching for both biblical and theological reasons. He then proceeds to offer helpful instruction and advice on the practical matters of preparing and delivering sermons, before finally turning his attention to the vitally important subject of the character of the preacher. This booklet is an excellent primer for all young men who believe that God may be calling them to become preachers of his Word. Booklet, 32 pages. (RP £1.50).

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This 9-volume set includes the following titles by J. C. Ryle. Click on a title below to learn more, but be sure to add this bundle to your cart to receive the Christmas special pricing!

Set Includes:

1. Charges and Addresses
2. Christian Leaders of the 18th Century
3. Holiness
4. The Upper Room
5. How Do You Read the Bible?
6. Is All Scripture Inspired?
7. The Power and Sympathy of Christ
8. Steps Toward Heaven
9. Thoughts for Young Men

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Last Things: Preparing for the Future in the Present, by David McKay

When discussing the ‘last things,’ what often comes to our minds is the book of Revelation and its striking visions – and often unhelpful speculation about their details. David McKay focuses instead on the Bible’s clear message about things to come: the Lord’s return, the certainty of judgment, the resurrection, and the reality of eternity. In doing so he returns to the real purpose of God’s revelation – providing comfort, warning, and strength to endure. (Paperback, 136 pages, ISBN 9781800403536)

Living the Psalms: Learning to Glorify and Enjoy God Each Day, by David P. Murray

Christians have long recognized the book of Psalms to be the great handbook of the spiritual life. Martin Luther thought of it as the Bible in miniature, and John Calvin prized it as ‘an anatomy of all parts of the soul.’

This mini-guide introduces the reader to this precious book. David Murray shows how the Psalms speak of Christ, whilst answering questions regarding the interpretation of some difficult passages. He explains how the Psalms ought to be used in worship, counselling, witnessing, and singing, so that believers might glorify and enjoy God each day. (Paperback, 144 pages, ISBN 9781800403673)

Suffering: God’s Purpose in Our Pain, by Paul D. Wolfe

Few topics provoke more questions in the human heart than that of suffering. Paul Wolfe addresses this painful subject with both pastoral and personal experience. Here a struggling soul can find assurance that Christ is still near, still compassionate, and still safely shepherding the Christian through every dark valley. A clear and concise Q&A section addresses both practical and theological issues. (Paperback, 120 pages, ISBN 9781800403642)

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This 10-volume set includes the following titles by Richard Sibbes and Thomas Brooks. Click on a title below to learn more, but be sure to add this bundle to your cart to receive the Christmas special pricing!

Set Includes:

1. A Heavenly Conference — Richard Sibbes
2. The Bruised Reed — Richard Sibbes
3. Glorious Freedom — Richard Sibbes
4. Josiah’s Reformation — Richard Sibbes
5. The Glorious Feast of the Gospel — Richard Sibbes
6. The Love of Christ — Richard Sibbes
7. An Ark for All God’s Noahs — Thomas Brooks
8. Heaven on Earth — Thomas Brooks
9. The Secret Key to Heaven — Thomas Brooks
10. Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks — Thomas Brooks

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2024 Calendar

Ideal for home or office use, this wall calendar features choice quotes from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford and a guide for reading the letters over the course of a year.

–   Month-to-view compact appointment wall calendar

–   W210mm, H420mm when open

–   Each month features an attractive British artwork, with a quote from one of Rutherford’s Letters

–   Letter is assigned to each day

–   Brief biographical guide to Rutherford’s correspondents is included

The Letters of Samuel Rutherford

Samuel Rutherford’s letters breathe devotion to Christ and doggedness in the pursuit of the salvation that He alone gives. Often written in the context of hardship in his own life, Rutherford’s constant desire is to magnify Christ, and to encourage his addressees to love, trust, and live for Him. 744 pages, Clothbound, RP £18.50.

Samuel Rutherford and His Friends

The days in which Samuel Rutherford (c.1600-1661) lived were ones in which ‘a man must sin or suffer’, and most of Rutherford’s friends chose the latter course. Two were martyred, two exiled and all paid a high price for allegiance to the truth. The primary aim of these short biographies is to cast light on Rutherford’s genius as a faithful counsellor and spiritual guide. We are introduced to the depth and beauty of his Letters and brought to share in the wisdom and consolation of his pastoral ministry. 168 pages, Paperback, RP £6.25.

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–   Month-to-view compact appointment wall calendar (W210mm, H420mm when open)

–   Each month features an attractive British artwork, with a quote from one of Rutherford’s Letters

–   Letter is assigned to each day

–   Brief biographical guide to Rutherford’s correspondents is included

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Once the calendar is in stock, it can be purchased with the Banner edition of the Letters of Samuel Rutherford and Faith Cook’s Samuel Rutherford and His Friends for £25.00 + P & P (normally £32.75 + P&P).

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The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1–10

Watson opens up such themes as meekness, mourning, persecution, and the beatific vision of God, from the famous words of Jesus on true blessedness. What announces itself as an exposition of Matthew 5:1-10 turns out to be a digest of all the central Puritan teaching on the Christian life. The Beatitudes are treated as mineshafts into the whole economy of grace – as indeed they are. (352 pages, RP £16.50).

Sermons on the Beatitudes

This volume presents readers with a short series of sermons on the Beatitudes, translated for the first time into English by Robert White. They comprise Calvin’s exposition of Matthew 5:1-12, Mark 3:13-19 and Luke 6:12-26. In them, Calvin deals with our attitude to the poor, with meekness and mercy, and with the recompense of those rejected by others for righteousness’ sake. (128 pages, RP £9.00).

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Few topics provoke more questions in the human heart than that of suffering. Paul Wolfe addresses this painful subject with both pastoral and personal experience. Here a struggling soul can find assurance that Christ is still near, still compassionate, and still safely shepherding the Christian through every dark valley. A clear and concise Q&A section addresses both practical and theological issues.

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Martin’s Guide, available for the first time in hardback, aims to help the would-be feaster access the nourishment available from the Puritans and their successors. That last word is significant, because the scope of Martin’s indexing work extended not merely to those in the 16th and 17th Century who might properly be called ‘Puritans’ but also to figures of the 18th to 20th centuries who have stood in the Reformed, evangelical tradition of the Puritans, both feeding on and developing their approach.

This is neither a scholarly apparatus nor a comprehensive guide to the corpus of Puritan writing. What it is, however, is a helpful orientation to a tradition, and a guide for those with an appetite to read the Puritans and their successors more, and to read them better. Those in search of what the Puritans had to say on specific topics and texts, and those eager for some direction in their reading, will be well served by the indexing labours of Robert P. Martin.

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Paul Schlehlein, himself a missionary, provides a helpful overview of John G. Paton’s life and ministry. He traces Paton’s journey from humble beginnings in Dumfriesshire, to initial ministry efforts in Glasgow, a deepening sense of call to the mission field, and then on to exploits in the New Hebrides. Readers will discover a helpfully contextualised portrait of a man whose life was marked by a simple yet remarkable faith in a God who looks after his own as they seek to glorify him.

‘I am grateful to Paul Schlehlein for providing a new look at the life and ministry of John G. Paton.’

– JOHN MACARTHUR

‘These pages will challenge your commitment to Jesus Christ and intensify your zeal to live for the glory of God.’

– STEVEN J. LAWSON

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John G. Paton: the Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides

The autobiography of John G. Paton contains everything necessary to make it a missionary classic. With ‘the wail of the perishing heathen in the South Seas’ continually sounding in his ears, he prepared himself to serve overseas and was ordained as a missionary to the New Hebrides in 1858. The difficulties that confronted Paton were accentuated by the sudden death of his wife and child within months of their arrival. Against savagery and the superstition, despite trials and the tragedies, Paton persevered and witnessed the triumph of the gospel in two of these South Sea islands. His life is almost without parallel in missionary annals and his account of it is moving and gripping.

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The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd is of much more than merely historical interest. The first internationally recognized biography ever to be published, it has had a profound impact on successive generations of Christians around the world.

The Diary covers the period from April 1742 to October 1747, and although written as a private and personal record, was published in abridged form by the great New England pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards in 1749.

Brainerd wrote the Journal, which covers the twelve months from June 1745 to June 1746, at the request of the Scottish Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, which was supporting his missionary work amongst the indigenous peoples of North America. As Sir Marcus Loane has noted in They Were Pilgrims, ‘the Diary and Journal were each written for a distinct purpose, and each had its separate character. The Diary is a remarkable record of the interior life of the soul, and its entries still throb with the tremendous earnestness of a man who whose heart was aflame for God. The Journal is an objective history of the missionary work of twelve months, and its details are an astonishing testimony to the grace of God in the lives of men.’

Jonathan Edwards’ own ‘Reflections and Observations’ on Brainerd’s life, included in this volume, are, according to Iain H. Murray in his Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography, ‘among the most important descriptive pages on the Christian life which Edwards ever wrote.’

Between 1742 and his death in 1747 David Brainerd took the gospel to the North American Indians of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He willingly ran any risk and accepted any hardship to fulfil his calling as a missionary. The amount of work which he achieved in such unpromising and difficult circumstances now seems almost incredible. Moreover his total dedication to the cause of making Christ known inspired the finest of missionaries who followed in his footsteps.

Few books have done so much to promote prayer and missionary action as The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd.

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‘Brainerd’s life is a vivid, powerful testimony to the truth that God can and does use weak, sick, discouraged, beat-down, lonely, struggling saints, who cry to him day and night, to accomplish amazing things for his glory.’ JOHN PIPER

‘I was much humbled today by reading Brainerd. O, what a disparity betwixt me and him! He always constant; I as inconstant as the wind.’  WILLIAM CAREY

‘Oh! blessed be the memory of that beloved saint! No uninspired writer ever did me so much good.’  HENRY MARTYN

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»El fin principal del hombre es glorificar a Dios
y gozar de Él para siempre«

—Catecismo Menor de Westminster

A través de esta nueva edición de la Confesión de Fe de ‌Westminster, y su respectivo Catecismo Menor, queremos invitar al pueblo cristiano hispano a continuar profundizando en aquellas verdades doctrinales que han llevado a la Iglesia, a lo largo de la historia, a glorificar a Dios. Estos documentos enriquecerán nuestra confesión del Dios trino que nos escogió, redimió y continúa santificando para así, gozar de Él para siempre. Además, hemos incluido algunos Credos cristianos universales para entregar más recursos que nos lleven a crecer en la fe que creemos y confesamos.

»La Confesión de Westminster y sus Catecismos son, por lo tanto, el fruto maduro de todo el movimiento de formación de credos a lo largo de quince siglos de historia cristiana y, en particular, la Confesión y sus Catecismos son la corona de la mayor época de exposición confesional, la Reforma protestante. Ningún otro documento similar ha concentrado en ellos, y formulado con tanta precisión, tanto de la verdad contenida en la revelación cristiana«.

—Profesor John Murray (1898–1975)

»La verdad que expresa la Confesión tiene el poder de moldear tu pensamiento; su enseñanza ampliará y aclarará tu comprensión. Además, y lo mejor de todo, la sabiduría pastoral de la Confesión de Fe te ayudará a vivir la vida cristiana con la perspectiva magníficamente expresada en la respuesta a la primera pregunta del Catecismo Menor que la acompañaba: glorificar a Dios y gozar de él para siempre».

—Sinclair B. Ferguson

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This new book is a rare combination of devotional, memoir, and Bible study that brings the reader into a sense of relationship with the author and renewed connection to God’s word. Travelling through Terry Johnson’s conversion, call, and growth in Christian understanding and character, one reflects on the passages that have influenced his spiritual life. The non-Christian reader will find a winsome companion and instructor in foundational theological truths; the Christian will be challenged to consider what verses have guided his or her own path.

The truth of the gospel, the dangers of hypocrisy and legalism, freedom from anxiety, the urgency of evangelism – these are all helpful topics. But it becomes clear that Terry’s real passion is the beauty, the humanity and the holiness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and this is the heart of this warm and pastoral book.

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When discussing the ‘last things,’ what often comes to our minds is the book of Revelation and its striking visions – and often unhelpful speculation about their details. David McKay focuses instead on the Bible’s clear message about things to come: the Lord’s return, the certainty of judgment, the resurrection, and the reality of eternity. In doing so he returns to the real purpose of God’s revelation – providing comfort, warning, and strength to endure.

About the Author

David McKay is Professor of Systematic Theology, Ethics and Apologetics at the Reformed Theological College, Belfast, and Minister of Shaftesbury Square Reformed Presbyterian Church in Belfast. He is the author of An Ecclesiastical Republic (1997), The Bond of Love (2001) and A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Humanity (2021) and has contributed to a number of theological journals and books. He is married to Valerie.

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Christians have long recognized the book of Psalms to be the great handbook of the spiritual life. Martin Luther thought of it as the Bible in miniature, and John Calvin prized it as ‘an anatomy of all parts of the soul.’

This mini-guide introduces the reader to this precious book. David Murray shows how the Psalms speak of Christ, whilst answering questions regarding the interpretation of some difficult passages. He explains how the Psalms ought to be used in worship, counselling, witnessing, and singing, so that believers might glorify and enjoy God each day.

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These thirty-eight meditations on Christ’s incarnation from the pen of C. H. Spurgeon are an ideal companion in the approach to the Christmas season. Indeed, they point believers just as emphatically toward the second advent of Christ, and so are a valuable guide at any time of year. Brief, powerful, and vivid, each ­devotional sparks renewed wonder at the grace of God in the incarnation of his Son.

Endorsements

‘Good Tidings of Great Joy takes us all by the hand to lead us to Christ. Here those who celebrate Christmas but privately realize they know too little about its significance will find a clear, straightforward, and attractive explanation of its real meaning. Here too, those who enjoy Christmas chiefly because they love Christ and want to know and love him better, will find encouragement and joy. And perhaps too some, who never celebrate “Christmas” and as a result are in danger of giving the incarnation far less attention than Scripture does, will find their affection for Christ rekindled or increased.’

-From the Foreword by Dr Sinclair Ferguson

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