In "What is Faith"? Machen addresses one of the most fundamental questions about the Christian gospel. In his graceful style he expounds the biblical teaching on faith, combining the solid content of the truth with the personal challenge of the gospel. The result is a book of outstanding and permanent value.
The ambiguity and obscurity of statements from religious leaders today often confuse ordinary Christians. J. C. Ryle's writings were of a different character. His outspoken comments can still help us towards clear Bible-based convictions. The church's doctrine and practice are in constant danger of being corrupted from their original divinely-given character. Seeing this, Ryle felt compelled…
“The early Christians did not adjust to the situation; they adjusted the situation!” “This world is not our rest; it is a training ground for Christian character. You cannot sharpen an axe on a pound of butter.” “God’s Word is absolute or it is obsolete. It is wired up from heaven and when we make proper contact we get a shock. But if we stay in contact we get a charge!” These quo…
This small volume was written as a refutation of the Bishop of Birmingham's claims attacking the traditional views about the life of Christ and the beginnings of the Christian Church.
America's greatest New Testament scholar has published his greatest book. It is straight-forward, beautifully written narrative. Its style is marked with simplicity, vigor, and the unquenchable confidence and happiness which one seldom finds outside the New Testament. Here then is a book which is the product of mature Biblical and historical scholarship but it is also a trumpet call to faith. …
Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517. In the three years that followed., Luther clarified and defended his position in numerous writings. Chief among these are the three treatises written in 1520. In these writings Luther tried to frame his ideas in terms that would be comprehensible not only to the clergy but to people from a wide range of backgr…
Are you a carnal or a spiritual Christian? Rivers of Living Water, a discussion of a carnal and a spiritual Christian's characteristics, will aid you in answering this question. The solution to carnality and defeat is found in God's Word. Habitual victory can be every Christian's experience. Ruth Paxson defines victory as more than outward control over expression of sin. Real victory inv…
What's It All About? "Transmits the genuine excitement of youth turned on by Jesus Christ"-Eternity Magazine "Converts from the drug, radical and occult scenes... seek spiritual renewal and satisfaction"-Publishers' Weekly "... a historical document of the Jesus Movement that is sweeping America provides information, inspiration, encouragement"-Billy Graham Read on-and see what an involved …
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the great philosophers of our era whose concept of creative evolution continues to dominate a large area of modern thought. In Bergson’s view, the world includes two opposing tendencies-life and matter. Life is dynamics, has force and will, and struggles for richness and complexity through and beyond matter. Matter is the congealed residue of creation that…