The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine

Eusebius' account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, traces the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ends with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine.

Erasmus Ahandbook On Good Manners For Children

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…

Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Word Studies for Key English Bible Word…

Gain a stronger grasp of God's Word each time you open this superb study tool. The Expository Dictionary of Bible Words offers the reader easy access to the subtle nuances and layers of meaning behind the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures. Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, it provides a fascinating look at the themes and theological concepts that connect the Old and New Testaments.

Preaching with Purpose

Preaching needs to become purposeful, says Jay Adams, because purposeless preaching is deadly. This book was written to help preachers and students discover the purpose of preaching has and the ways that the Scriptures inform and direct the preaching task. Preaching with Purpose, like the many other books of Jay Adams, speaks clearly and forcefully to the issue. Having read this book, both stud…

The Unchanging Commission

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

9780851103129

Collation

Hardcover.; 94 hlm.; 14.3 x 21 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

R 266 A232 C1

Thoughts on Religious Experience

The nature of spiritual experience is probably both the most interesting and the most difficult subject in Christian literature: interesting because it concerns human life in all observable stages from childhood to death, and embraces all the emotions and behaviour possible in a man regenerated by the Holy Spirit; difficult because the adequate treatment of the subject makes the immense demands…

Sanctification

The holy has been defined existentially and sociologically, and churches too often allow their expectations regarding holiness to be prompted by existential aspirations or the social mores of the Christian community. Perhaps it is not surprising that many view holiness as accidental or expendable, even as a legalistic and conformist posture opposed to the freedom of the gospel. But sanctificati…

Calvin and the Reformation: Four Studies by Emile Doumergue, August Lang, Her…

The four studies that make up this book were originally prepared for the Princeton Theological Review in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Calvin's birth. The article by Emile Doumergue deals with Calvin's view of asceticism; Lang's study analyses Calvin's doctrine of natural law; Bavinck's essay discusses Calvin's understanding of common grace; Warfield analyses Calvin's teaching on the …

The Book of Numbers

Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…

The Confessions of St. Augustine

Confessions is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began. Starting with his childhood in Numidia, through his youth and early adulthood …