The Betrayal
A Novel on John Calvin
By Douglas Bond
P & R
Paperback - 388 Pages
David Hall, Executive Director of Calvin500 writes:
Doug Bond’s latest novel introduces many to a largely invisible or prejudicially ignored character: John Calvin. This historical fiction brings Calvin back from an unwarranted oblivion. Thanks to Bond’s vivid writing style and thorough acquaintance with the period, readers now have a looking glass into the life and history of a great man. I am pleased to commend this fine book to readers, especially those who will meet Calvin in these pages just in time for the 500th anniversary of his birth.
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July 1st, 2009
Risking the Truth
Handling Error in the Church
By Martin Downes
Christian Focus
Paperback - 256 Pages
Read the interview with Carl Trueman.
Here is a collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. The contributors reflect on this issue in relation to the minister’s own life, pulpit ministry, local church leadership, seminary training, denominations, the impact of the academy, Evangelicalism, contemporary trends, history, creeds and confessions, and doctrines that are currently under attack.
Sinclair Ferguson writes:
“It is a privilege to introduce and recommend this unique book. …a very distinctive contribution to the early twenty-first century church. Martin Downes has assembled an all-star team…”
Table of Contents
- Foreword (Sinclair Ferguson)
- Heresy 101 (Martin Downes)
- Sin in High Places (Carl Trueman)
- In My Place Condemned He Stood (Tom Schreiner)
- The Agony of Deceit (Michael Horton)
- The Faithful Pastor and the Faithful Church (Mark Dever)
- Truth, Error, and the Minister’s Task (Derek Thomas)
- The Defense Against the Dark Arts (R. Scott Clark)
- Heroes and heretics (Iain D. Campbell)
- The Good Shepherds (Tom Ascol)
- A Debtor to Mercy Alone (Guy Waters)
- Truth, Error and the End of Times (Kim Riddlebarger)
- Fulfill your Ministry (Ron Gleason)
- The Fight of Faith (Sean Michael Lucas)
- Raising the foundations (Gary L. W. Johnson)
- Teaching the Whole Counsel of God (Conrad Mbewe)
- Present Issues from a Long Term Perspective (Geoffrey Thomas)
- Ministry Among Sheep and Wolves (Joel Beeke)
- Error and the Church (Michael Ovey)
- Will the Church Stand or Fall? (Ligon Duncan)
- The Annihilation of Hell (Robert A. Peterson)
- The Word of Truth (Greg Beale)
- Being Against heresies is Not Enough (Martin Downes)
- Clear and Present Danger (Martin Downes)
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June 29th, 2009
When Helping Hurts
Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself
By Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett
Moody Publishers
Paperback - 208 Pages
Dr. Bryan Chappell writes:
“Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert are zealous to make sure that we honor the gospel not only in word but also in deed by caring for “the least of these” as Christ instructed. But how can a local church make a difference, and how do individual Christians meaningfully reflect Christ’s grace, when the disparities of wealth and power in our world are so great? And how do we show material care without drifting into a social gospel devoid of spiritual priorities? When Helping Hurtsexplores biblical principles in terms of real-life situations to offer real help and grace-filled answers for such questions.”
Dr. Paul Kooistra writes:
“Becoming more and more aware of the poverty in the world, the North American church is responding and ministering to the poor in unprecedented numbers. But this is easier said than done, as poverty is a complex problem. Good intentions are not enough, for faulty assumptions can result in strategies that do considerable harm. If churches truly want to help, this book is a must-read. It presents a biblically based framework for understanding poverty and its alleviation. The principles and strategies will help the church build an effective ministry for a hurting world, both at home and abroad.”
Jim Bland writes:
“Globalization, immigration, and suburbanization are bringing new opportunities to minister to the poor to the front doorsteps of many North American churches. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past by running away from those whom Jesus loves so deeply. Rather, we must learn how to walk with our new neighbors in highly transformative relationships. There is no simple route to success, but this book provides a marvelous compass to guide our steps. I highly recommend it to any church that wants to be “the body” to the world outside its doors.”
Purchase When Helping Hurts.
(Remember to order before 8:00 AM Monday to have it shipped next week)
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June 26th, 2009
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June 26th, 2009
Awaken the Dawn
New Music from
Keith and Kristyn Getty
Awaken the Dawn is a new collection of hymns and songs from Keith and Kristyn Getty. With a distinctly Irish flavor and shaped as a service of worship, this album takes you on a lyrical journey of grace and hope for all the nations.
As an introductory offer, the album also includes a ‘Behind the Songs’ DVD which was made in Ireland.
Purchase Awaken the Dawn.
- Hear O Israel | Listen to Sample
- Come People of the Risen King | Listen to Sample
- Creation Sings the Father’s Song | Listen to Sample
- Still, My Soul Be Still | Listen to Sample
- By Faith | Listen to Sample
- Behold the Lamb (Communtion Hymn) | Listen to Sample
- All Around the World | Listen to Sample
- Every Promise of Your Word | Listen to Sample
- Compassion Hymn | Listen to Sample
- When Trials Come | Listen to Sample
- Benediction (May the Peace of God) | Listen to Sample
- Reading: Psalm 57 | Listen to Sample
- What Grace is Mine | Listen to Sample
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June 25th, 2009
June 24th, 2009
Galatians
A Mentor Commentary
By David B. McWilliams
Christian Focus
Hardcover - 240 Pages
Richard Gaffin (Westminster Theological Seminary) writes:
“Yet another Galatians commentary? Here is one that makes a most welcome contribution in addressing a wide range of readers – pastors and teachers in the church, as well as many others interested in growing in their understanding of Paul’s overall teaching and particularly of this important letter. Written against the background and reflecting a knowledgeable grasp of the scholarly debates, past and present, the author largely steers clear of those debates and remains focused throughout on tracing and expounding the apostle’s argument for its own sake and with an eye to preaching. Having had the opportunity of reading this clear and gracefully written book during its production, I commend it most highly. Certainly it is one pastors ought to consider adding to theirs libraries.”
Robert Letham (Wales Evangelical School of Theology) writes:
“Timely, lucid, and reliable, this is an excellent commentary for preachers, Bible study leaders and others. David McWilliams admirably succeeds in his aim for brevitas and claritas, the two qualities in commentators that Calvin most commended. He distils a great deal of scholarship into uncluttered and readable prose. Paul’s message in Galatians has rarely been so urgently needed as today, when justification only by faith is under attack from many sides. McWilliams explains it with judicious care.”
Dennis E. Johnson (Westminster Seminary California) writes:
“Pastor-Theologian David McWilliams has produced a preacher’s commentary on Paul’s epistle to the Galatians, that momentous announcement of the good news of righteousness and freedom in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone. Dr. McWilliams addresses interpretive issues with clarity and cogent discernment, and he engages recent misperceptions of Paul’s central concern—which is not merely sociological or ecclesiastical, but soteriological (How may guilty sinners be reconciled to their holy Creator?)—all the while keeping in view the aim of preaching this good news of sovereign grace. The author’s fresh translation of Galatians enables readers to experience the fervor of the apostle’s passionate alarm for his spiritual children in Galatia as they flirted with eternal ruin, and the comment that supports the translation demonstrates that the issues addressed in Galatians are not matters for aloof theological conversation, but matters of life and death. I highly recommend this resource to my fellow-preachers of the good news of God’s Son.”
Purchase Galatians by David McWilliams.
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June 24th, 2009
The Whole Counsel of God (Volume 1)
God’s Mighty Acts in the Old Testament
By Richard C. Gamble
P&R
Hardcover - 864 Pages
Read the Table of Contents and Introduction.
Purchase The Whole Counsel of God.
The first of three volumes, this work explores the relationships between exegesis and hermeneutics, and between biblical, systematic, and historical theology for the glory of God and the enrichment of his church. Richard Gamble, an authority on Calvin, engages the writings of theological across disciplines - from Calvin, Turretin, Witsius, and à Brakel, to Bavinck, Vos, Kline, Dillard, Frame, and many more - to assist him in this task.
John Frame Writes:
“Nothing comparable in scope has been done in the last hundred years, within the circles of Reformed orthodoxy.”
Richard Pratt Writes:
“I highly recommend this book. You will be glad you read it.”
Anthony Selvaggio
“A ground-breaking piece of biblical scholarship.”
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June 17th, 2009
The New Shape of World Christianity
How American Experience Reflects Global Faith
By Mark A. Noll
InterVarsity Press
Paperback - 212 Pages
Publisher’s Description: With characteristic rigor and insight, in this book Mark Noll revisits the history of the American church in the context of world events. He makes the compelling case that how Americans have come to practice the Christian faith is just as globally important as what the American church has done in the world. He backs up this substantial claim with the scholarly attentiveness we’ve come to expect from him, lucidly explaining the relationship between the development of Christianity in North America and the development of Christianity in the rest of the world, with attention to recent transfigurations in world Christianity.
Purchase The New Shape of World Christianity.
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June 11th, 2009
The Whole Counsel of God (Volume 1)
God’s Mighty Acts in the Old Testament
By Richard C. Gamble
P&R
Hardcover - 864 Pages
John Frame Writes:
“Nothing comparable in scope has been done in the last hundred years, within the circles of Reformed orthodoxy.”
Richard Pratt Writes:
“I highly recommend this book. You will be glad you read it.”
Read the Introduction and Part of the First Chapter.
Publisher’s Description: This volume, the first of three, recounts God’s mighty acts in the Old Testament, disclosing the theology of the Old Testament within the progressive and historical development of the Bible. It contains a survey of the entire Old Testament with discussions of many diverse topics.
The Whole Counsel of God explores the relationships between exegesis and hermeneutics, and between biblical, systematic, and historical theology. This three-volume work offers a comprehensive theology attuned to the methodological advantages of biblical theology combined with the strengths of historical and systematic theology.
Available after June 22.
About the Author: Richard C. Gamble (Ph.D., Universitat Basel) is a professor at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh. He previously was professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando; professor of historical theology at Calvin College and Seminary; and associate professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary.
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June 9th, 2009
