Pierced by the Word: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul

Pierced by the Word takes up thirty-one subjects as unique as "How to Be a Refuge for Your Children," "How to Drink Orange Juice to the Glory of God," and "Embracing the Pain of Shame." Some are longer, some shorter, like the real-world conversations they so closely resemble, and each comes from the fertile mind of John Piper and is written in his own inimitable style. Together, the readings wi…

Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age

The Internet is everywhere. Chat rooms and instant email messages have taken the place of letters and phone calls. The Internet has changed the way we do business, shop, communicate, and even meet people. In many ways our lives are easier and more convenient. But what price do we pay for this convenience? Habits of the HighTech Heart addresses the major drawbacks to the network computerization …

The Screwtape Letter

C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the unique vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the wordly-wise devil to his nephew Worm…

Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World

Lust isn't just a guy problem - it's a human problem. And unless we honestly confront it, lust will destroy our relationships and our lives. Joshua Harris, author of the runaway bestseller "Kissed Dating Goodbye" calls a generation bombarded with images of sexual sin back to the freedom and joy of holiness. This "PG-rated" book - straightforward without being graphic - speaks to those entrenche…

Puritan Reformed Spirituality:

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

9780852346297 / 0852346298

Collation

Softcover; 475 hlm.; 14.88 x 22.4 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

285.9

God's Lesser Glory: A Critique of Open Theism

Christians throughout history have been strengthened by their confidence that God knows everything about the future. But consider this: What if it simply is not true? What if God can only rely on His best guess about tomorrow—just as you and I do? Would it not affect your trust in Him, your confidence in facing the future, your worship, and your motivation to leave everything in His hands? An…

The Kindness of Strangers: the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from…

This title of this book was inspired by the happy resolution of a problem of translation. A number of the Latin legal, ecclesiastical, and literary texts discussed below use the expression 'aliena misericordia' to describe the motivation of the person who rescued abandoned children.

The Last Confederate

At the conclusion of The Reluctant Bridegroom, the marriage of Sky and Rebekah Winslow prefaces a new chapter for another generation. What had seemed an impossibility is now coming to pass: God's transformation of the Winslows into a warm and loving family. Making their way back from Oregon City, they now settle and prosper on a plantation in Virginia. Several years after their return from the …

The Edge of Adventure: An Experiment in Faith

What would happen to our lives and relationships if they were totally committed to God? The Edge of Adventure invites readers to take the plunge into wholehearted devotion. Miller and Larson offer a fresh, creative approach to renewal of the Christian life by testing His presence in all areas of life.

The Liberating Secret

"There were periods of deep confusion and darkness," says Mr. Grubb, "When I seemed to myself to be an atheist in mind while a believer in heart." Out of confusion and darkness he has marched toward "the marvelous views of the Delectable Mountains" and in this book, which has much spiritual autobiography in it, Norman Grubb shares with the reader the secret of the power which comes from knockin…