Renowned pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller writes the book his readers have been asking for: A year-long daily devotional, beautifully designed with gilt edges and a gold ribbon marker. The Book of Psalms is known as the Bible's songbook--Jesus knew all 150 psalms intimately, and relied on them to face every situation, including his death. Two decades ago, Tim Keller b…
John Piper writes, “I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to waste your life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader’s Digest: A couple ’took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot trawler, play softball and collect shells. . . .’…
In 1730, nineteen- year-old Marie Durand was arrested and taken from her home in a village in Southern France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. Imprisoned in the Tower of Constance, Marie would spend the next thrity-eight years there. Simonetta Carr introduces us to the truth - and encouraged others to do so as well. Beautiful illustrations, a simply told story, a…
Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many people were seriously questioning long-accepted ideas about the world, life, and God, and his answers to these questions have left a mark on the way we think today. While he is often remembered as the preacher of a scary sermon about a spider dangling over fire, he remains significant as one of the greatest thinkers America has produced. Simonetta Carr…
Tokoh yang kompleks dan sangat menarik, Athanasius, uskup dari Aleksandria, paling dikenang sebagai Bapa Ortodoksi, mempertahankan doktrin Trinitas melawan ajaran sesat Arius. Dalam judul terbaru dari seri biografi Tokoh Kristen ini, penulis Simonetta Carr memperkenalkan kepada anak-anak kehidupan dan masa dari bapa gereja yang penting ini, yang tidak kenal lelah membela Pengakuan Iman Nicea. I…
Meski memimpin Inggris kurang dari dua minggu dan dieksekusi dengan tuduhan pengkhianatan di umur enam belas tahun, Lady Jane Grey dikagumi dari generasi ke generasi karena keberanian dan kesetiaanya kepada Injil. Dalam Serial Biografi Tokoh Kristen ini, Simonetta Carr menceritakan intrik seputar Lady Jane Grey dan menjelaskan konteksnya: hiruk pikuk politik di masa Reformasi Inggris. Peta, fot…
While he would have preferred the simple, quiet life of the monastery- teaching, reading, thinking, and writing about God - Anselm of Canterbury spent much of his life dealing with powerful kings, consulting with popes, and serving reluctantly as archbishop of Canterbury. Through Anselm's story, Simonetta Carr teacher what life was like in medieval Western Europe. Young readers will learn of th…
Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of Hippo is the most influential person in church history. Yet how many people know his story? In this book, Simonetta Carr Introduces young readers to the life and ministry of Augustine. Readers will come to know Augustine's personal struggles and the high value he came to place on the Bible and truth. Readers will also see the difficult days in wh…
Dalam buku ini, Simonetta Carr menceritakan kepada para pembaca mengenai kehidupan John Owen. Kita dibukakan akan hal-hal apa saja yang menarik minat John Owen di masa sekolahnya, perhatiannya yang ia tunjukkan pada orang lain ketika menjabat sebagai pendeta, dan buku-buku berpengaruh yang ia tuliskan. Anak-anak juga akan mengetahui masa-masa sulit yang dilalui oleh Owen, dan bagaimana Owen mel…
In this book, Simonetta Carr informs readers about John Owen's life, revealing some of the things that interested him while in school, the care he showed to people when he became a pastor, and the influential books that he wrote. Children will also come to understand the difficult times in which Owen lived, and how he handled the terrors of war and religious persecution. Full of Illustrations a…