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Anne Steele and Her Spiritual Vision

Anne Steele and Her Spiritual Vision

by Priscilla Wong

Anne Steele (1717–1778) has been recognized as one of the leading female hymnwriters of her time. In Anne Steele and Her Spiritual Vision, Priscilla Wong demonstrates how Steele was able to see God in different circumstances of her life and expressed it in three main themes that can be found in her hymnody: the glory of God in creation, faith in the face o… Read more…

Life of Gospel Peace, A: A Biography of Jeremiah Burroughs

Life of Gospel Peace, A: A Biography of Jeremiah Burroughs

by Philip L. Simpson

The writings of Jeremiah Burroughs are some of the most readable and engaging Puritan works available. Like his Puritan colleagues, Burroughs sought to explain biblical teaching in a heart-searching manner. In this biography, Phillip L. Simpson opens a window into the life and times of Burroughs, providing the context for his memorable sermons and writings.… Read more…

Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord of Life When Death Visits the Womb

Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord of Life When Death Visits the Womb

by Jessalyn Hutto

When a woman becomes pregnant, miscarriage is usually the furthest thing from her mind. Such was the case for Jessalyn Hutto when she became pregnant with her first baby. But as is all too common in our post-fall world, the life she carried came to an abrupt end. Death had visited her womb, and the horrors of miscarriage had become a part of her life’s sto… Read more…

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Stott on the Christian Life: Between Two Worlds

Stott on the Christian Life: Between Two Worlds

by Tim Chester

John Stott was a twentieth-century pastor-theologian widely hailed for his heart for missions and expository preaching. Even today, Stott's legacy continues to influence churches around the world. As both a faithful preacher and a thoughtful writer, Stott profoundly shaped evangelicalism's contempo… Read more…

David Brainerd: A Flame For God

David Brainerd: A Flame For God

by Vance Christie

Introduction by John Macarthur. David Brainerd was devoted to live for his Lord. He lived a short life but in his four years as a missionary he was blessed with a period of revival amongst the Indians to whom he had been ministering. By considering the life of Brainerd this book will be of tremendous spiritual benefit to you as you read of a young man plague… Read more…

Venture All for God: The Piety of John Bunyan

Venture All for God: The Piety of John Bunyan

by Roger Duke

Many Christians are familiar with The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan’s (1628–1688) famous book written from a prison cell, which portrays the Christian life as one traveling from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. During Bunyan’s life, however, he produced nearly sixty books and tracts. Roger Duke and Phil Newton, with Drew Harris, trace… Read more…

Riots, Revolution, and the Scottish Covenanters

Riots, Revolution, and the Scottish Covenanters

by L. Charles Jackson

Coauthor of the famous Scottish National Covenant, moderator of the Glasgow General Assembly that defied King Charles I, and member of the Westminster Assembly, Alexander Henderson (1583–1646) led Scotland during the tumultuous period of the British Revolutions. He influenced Scotland as a Covenanter, preacher, presbyterian, and pamphleteer and earned an i… Read more…

King in His Beauty, The: The Piety of Samuel Rutherford

King in His Beauty, The: The Piety of Samuel Rutherford

by Matthew Vogan

“The King in His Beauty” introduces readers to the life and writings of Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661). Matthew Vogan’s biographical introduction traces the significant events of this Scottish theologian’s life and guides readers through his writings, focusing on his distinctive insight into Christian experience. In forty-three excerpts drawn from R… Read more…

Heart to Heart: Octavius Winslow’s Experimental Preaching

Heart to Heart: Octavius Winslow’s Experimental Preaching

by Tanner G. Turley

In Heart to Heart: Octavius Winslow’s Experimental Preaching, Tanner G. Turley surveys Winslow’s life and ministry and demonstrates how a strong theology of preaching provided the foundation for his preaching methodology. Turley highlights the doctrinal precision and Christological focus of Winslow’s preaching, revealing an aim at holistic change in he… Read more…

An Honest and Well-Experienced Heart: The Piety of John Flavel

An Honest and Well-Experienced Heart: The Piety of John Flavel

by Adam Embry

“An Honest, Well-Experienced Heart” introduces us to the life and writings of Puritan preacher and author John Flavel (1627–1691). In his brief, introductory biography, Adam Embry discusses Flavel’s background, ministry, and theology of keeping the heart, which, for Flavel, “is the great business of a Christian’s life.” Centuries ago, Flavel wr… Read more…

Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace

Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace

by Greg Lucas

It sounded at first like something out of an old horror movie. I thought maybe someone was just playing around, but then I heard it again and again, a loud piercing cry, and less like Hollywood every time. The windows were down in my police cruiser on that warm fall day, but I still couldn’t tell where the sounds came from. I began looking around for the u… Read more…

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Devoted to the Service of the Temple

Devoted to the Service of the Temple

by Michael A. G. Haykin

While largely forgotten in modern times, Hercules Collins (1646/1702) was highly influential among the late 17th and early 18th century Calvinistic Baptists of London. Through a biographical sketch and 35 sample selections collected from Collin's writings, Michael A.G. Haykin and Stee Weaver introduce us to the vibrant spirituality of this colossal figur… Read more…


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