"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" The life and Testament of Jim Elliot So wrote Jim Elliot at age 22, sweating over Greek roots and patristics at Wheaton College. Seven years later, writes his widow, "he and four other young men sat together on a strip of white sand on the Curaray River, deep in Ecuador s rain forest, waiting for the arrival of a group…
"If your eye causes you to sin," said Jesus, Pluck it out and throw it away." He also said : " If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,... he cannot be my disciple
Good news!It was good news not only of Jesus' birth but of what he offered to men, women and children throughout his ministry. To the sick he offered healing. To the hurting, comfort. To the outcast, acceptance. In this study guide Ada Lum leads you to discover that this message of hope and joy is for you as well!This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP's revised format features questions for starting…
In the opinion of B.B. Warfield, the Westminster divines left to posterity not only ‘the most thoroughly thought out statement ever penned of the elements of evangelical religion’ but also one which breathes ‘the finest fragrance of spiritual religion’. Their most influential work, ‘The Shorter Catechism’, was intended as a teaching basis for an introduction to the Christian Faith. …
John Newton had an unusual appreciation for the grace of God, for he had wandered a tremendous distance from it. John Newton is his own account of his journey into God's grace. In a series of fourteen letters written to a friend, John Newton discloses the many acts of Providence that eventually led to his salvation. From his early years of hardship and his life as a sailor and slavedealer, he r…
Lord, teach us to pray," Alexander Whyte declared one Sunday in the winter of 1895, quoting the Gospel of Luke 11:1. This began a long series he taught, ranging from the prayers of Jacob to Paul's prayers and thanksgivings. This compilation of powerful sermons on prayer revolves around the central theme of Luke 11:1. Whyte's use and emphasis on imagination brings the message a vividness which g…
Dalam volume kedua ini, Bobbie Wolgemuth dan Joni Eareckson Tada bekerja sama untuk menolong anda mengajarkan dua belas rohani Klasik kepada anak-anak yang Anda kasihi. Dengan diiringi musik orkestra yang indah, kisah-kisah nyata, doa-doa, dam ayat-ayat kitab suci, Kidung Rohani yang Dicintai Anak-anak akan memuaskan jiwa anak anda. Anak- Anak akan: - Terilhami oleh kisah-kisah nyata para p…
Di samping tokoh-tokoh di Alkitab, Augustinus dari Hippo adalah sosok yang paling berpengaruh di dalam sejarah gereja. Namun berapa banyak orang yang tahu tentang kisah hidupnya? Di dalam buku ini, Simonetta Carr memperkenalkan kepada para pembaca muda akan hidup dan pelayanan dari Augustinus. Para pembaca juga akan melihat bagaimana sulitnya hidup di masa Augustinus. Mereka juga akan belajar b…