"A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere . . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous." This book is not an autobiography. It is not a confession. It is, however, certainly one of the most beautiful and insightful accounts of a person coming to faith. Here, C.S. Lewis takes us from his childhood in Belfast through …
Tuhan menciptakan alam semesta. Ia mengetahui segala hal yang besar di mana-mana. Tetapi Tuhan juga menyukai hal-hal kecil - lebah, bunga dan KAMU, Kamu istimewa bagi Tuhan - dan Ia mempedulikan segala yang kamu lakukan, baik yang besar maupun yang kecil. Buku kecil ini akan menunjukkan betapa besar cinta Tuhan kepadamu. Ditulis dalam bab yang mudah dibaca, gambar-gambar yang menarik dan war…
It was a common practice in Puritan churches (particularly in New England) to preach to the young people of the church and the town on a regular basis. Some churches took every eighth Sunday and devoted it to preaching to the souls of their young people. It is not surprising to find, then, that the average age of conversion in Puritan England and New England was 6, where in our day it is in the…
Dalam risalah ini, John Owen mengupas apa yang dikerjakan Kristus melalui kematianNya bagi penebusan umat pilihanNya. Melalui uraian ayat-ayat Alkitab yang teliti, ia menunjukkan bahwa ajaran penebusan universal (universal redeption) tidak sesuai sama sekali dengan ajaran Alkitab dan sangat merusak berita Injil yang sejati. Risalah ini dipersembahkan kepada mereka yang dengan penuh kesetiaan m…
In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences–from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism–to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be di…
In an age which has seen an almost total collapse of marriage and when, in many cases, marriages end in divorce with children being raised in 'broken homes', Dr Lloyd-Jones' words speak powerfully into our present situation. It is a situation which may be seen as giving Christians, and especially Christian marriages, a valuable opportunity to bear witness to biblical truth. The way in which Dr …
The Piety of John Calvin is an invaluable collection of his prose and poetry, masterfully assembled to promote a more personal grasp of Calvin the man and his devotion to God. Chapters examine Calvin's spiritual pilgrimage and faith, his views of the Christian life and prayer, samples of his prayers, metrical Psalms set to music, and "prose-poems" adapted from Calvin's more lyrical writings. Ad…