“Mortals have finite liabilities,” he explains, “and Jesus has unlimited assets.” By merging the two, exaltation can come. As long as we progress in some degree, the Lord will be pleased and will bless us. We must not only believe in Christ but also believe him — believe that he has the power to exalt us, that he can do what he claims. People will better understand the doctrines of mercy, justification, and salvation by grace after reading this book.

    Putting on the Armor of God discusses these and many more adversarial whisperings, their origins, effects, and defenses.

    Yet this book emanates with a special poignancy out of Peterson's own crisis experience as a pastor. Peterson tells about the "abyss," the "gaping crevasse," the "chasm" that he experienced, early in his ministry, between his Christian faith and his pastoral vocation. He was astonished and dismayed to find that his personal spirituality, his piety, was inadequate for his vocation -- and he argues that the same is true of pastors in general. In the book of Jonah -- a parable with a prayer at its center -- Peterson finds a subversive, captivating story that can help pastors recover their "vocational holiness." Using the Jonah story as a narrative structure, Peterson probes the spiritual dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in religious careers.

    Explores twelve major themes, each one followed by prayer suggestions, guided meditations, ideas for reflection, and journal keeping.

    Over Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Skousen had concluded that just about everything connected with the life and mission of Jesus Christ had been written. Then he began to find some scriptural treasures that had been missed. Before long he was deep into a comprehensive study of the life and mission of the Savior that finally culminated in these two volumes. Volume 1 covers the birth of Christ, His early years, the Sermon on the Mount and much of His ministry here on earth. The reader will grasp a new concept of the love Jesus had for the Jewish people and also discover a whole new scriptural basis for Peter's denial of the Christ. It is believed these two volumes will provide a new, dynamic, three-dimensional appreciation of the Savior and those who labored with Him.

    It focuses on the meaning of faith, prayer, and baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Tozer deals with revival issues: the problem of "sleeping" Christians controlling church affairs, the problem of getting out of the ecclesiastical rut, the difficulty of breaking the status quo and more. This is Tozer, pulpit-style -- humor included.

    

    In a powerful and creative way, renowned author and speaker Weems brings new insight into the Lenten season by providing 71 poems of inspiration--a pensive journey through Lent and Easter.

    This meticulously researched book recounts how the early sixteenth-century Reformers, steering a course between the old Latin rites on the one hand and the Anabaptist movement on the other, developed a baptismal service that they understood to be reformed according to Scripture. Hughes Oliphant Old's study shows the Reformed baptismal rite to be well thought out, pastorally sensitive, and theologically profound.

    Charles Hill traces Christian views of the soul's fate in Jewish texts, the New Testament, and in early Christian writers through the mid-third century A.D. His findings lead to a provocative new assessment of the development of Christian eschatology that corrects many misconceptions of earlier scholarly research. This second edition updates and substantially expands Hill's highly respected original work published by Oxford.

    A pioneer settler of Utah, he also helped establish Mormon colonies in Arizona and Mexico.

    As the only monastic republic in the world, Mount Athos has been inhabited by monks alone for more than a thousand years, setting the tone of Orthodox Christian spirituality worldwide and producing a continuous stream of saints. CONTEMPORARY ASCETICS OF MOUNT ATHOS describes the lives and the spiritual images of five Athonite elders of recent centuries, who, although differing greatly from each other in their backgrounds, characters and ways of life, all bear the evident seal of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, testifying to a troubled world that the purpose of man's existence is union with God. CONTEMPORARY ASCETICS OF MOUNT ATHOS, now available in English, holds great importance in its ability to evoke awareness and insight among lovers of God today. The most exalted teachings on asceticism and the vision of God are seen practically applied in the persons of these new luminaries, stars in our midst--gentle and heedful of others.

    

    This profound and honest book calls us to accept the church's humanness as it explores common dysfunctions. But it also calls upon us to view each local congregation as a place where we can feel loved, helped, and forgiven.

    Knight shows how the means of grace together form an interrelated pattern that enables a growing relationship with God.

    

    

    This book reveals Niebuhr's passion for the development of an intellectually equipped, socially concerned Christian ministry.

    You will find the MPH an indispensable resource - challenging, encouraging and inspiring - relevant not only to your ministry, but to all of life. Every Bible verse directed toward the minister is included and discussed Content is organized topically for easy reference Practical commentary is unequaled in its clarity and straightforwardness Abundant support scripture is provided for major points -allowing Scripture to interpret and reinforce itself.

    The sixteenth century was a period of fierce theological controversy and no doctrine concerned contemporaries more than the vexed issue of the Eucharist. Scholars have always found it notoriously difficult to determine Cranmer's conviction on this central matter of the Christian faith. This and many other questions that have long troubled Cranmer scholars receive fair and full treatment in this absorbing study. This book re-establishes itself as the definitive exposition of Cranmer's doctrine of the Eucharist.

    

    This book shares heartwarming stories and affirms impressive testimony encapsulated in imposing stone of the Salt Lake Temple.

    This practical workbook helps engaged couples explore their expectations, potentially troublesome issues, and the meaning and challenges of marriage. Only one book per couple is needed.