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. …
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus and sparked the montgomery, alamaba, bus boycott. A year later when the boycott was over, there was a federal injuction againts segregation on buses; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a national figure; the civil rights movement was a national cause; and Rosa Parks was out of a job. Yet there is much m…
Now in its 60th year the landmark bestseller by the great Viennese psychiatrist remembered for his tremendous impact on humanity MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING Internationally renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of, his suffering, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logothe…
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…
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…
A HANDBOOK ON GOOD MANNERS FOR CHILDREN is considered to be the first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children. It was written by Erasmus of Rotterdam who determined that manners are best instilled at an early age. It was a massive bestseller - indeed the biggest-selling book of the 16th century - going into nineteen editions and being translated into eight la…
The aim of this guide is to help readers grasp Schaeffer's essential ideas through a study of his "trilogy" ; The God Who is There, Escape from Reason and He is Not Silent.
More than sixty years after his death B.B. Warfield;s witness remains a powerful influence in main-stream Christianity simply because no successor has attained to his eminence as a biblical theologian. In his years at Princeton, 1886-1921, he was unquestionably the best-known opponent of the rationalism and anti-supernaturalism which threatened the life of the Church in the 20th Century; for hi…