Best of
Church-History

1987

Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography


Iain H. Murray - 1987
    In the meantime the Pastor of Northampton, Missionary to the Indians in Stockbridge, and President of the New Jersey College (later Princeton) has been increasingly recognized as the greatest intellectual figure in eighteenth-century America. Never before has so much material by Edwards or such detailed studies of his thought been available. Yet many of those who have led this renaissance of Edwards studies remain personally out of sympathy with almost every one of their subject's personal convictions. Special interest therefore attaches to Iain H. Murrary's carefully-researched biography. Writing with the easy style, spiritual insight and sympathy with his subject which marks his other biographical works, Murray builds on the older lives of Edwards, but also harvests material from more recent studies. Iain Murray believes that Edwards cannot be understood apart from his faith. Only when seen first and foremost as a Christian do his life and writings make sense.

The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors


D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones - 1987
    This volume brings together, for the first time, the addresses given by Dr Lloyd-Jones at the Puritan Studies and Westminster Conferences between 1959 and 1978.

Prolegomena to Theology, Volume 1


Richard A. Muller - 1987
    A major study reevaluating the primary sources of the post-Reformation period to determine how consistent they are with the thinking of the Reformers on theological prolegomena.

Hagia Sophia


Rowland J. Mainstone - 1987
    The examination of the structure enables Mainstone to disentangle the various rebuildings and restorations, lots of discussion of the design of this most massive of constrcuctions but he is equally concerned with the ways in which it was used, elements of symbolism and the influence of liturgy and the Emperors.

Ecumenical Creeds & Confessions


Christian Reformed Church - 1987
    This book, approved by Synod 1988 of the Christian Reformed Church, contains the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian creeds, as well as translations of the Belgic Confession (1985), Heidelberg Catechism (1975, updated 1988), and Canons of Dort (1986).

Learning to Be Happy


Jeremiah Burroughs - 1987
    

Sermons on Several Occasions


John Wesley - 1987
    Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, with founding the English Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced Arminianism. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.

John Owen on the Christian Life


Sinclair B. Ferguson - 1987
    It also stands on its own as a study in pastoral theology.

Classical Pastoral Care: Vol. 3, Pastoral Counsel


Thomas C. Oden - 1987
    Early writings bring new perspective to this ministry.

Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy


Richard L. Rubenstein - 1987
    The authors develop an analysis of the Holocaust's historical roots, its shattering impact on human civilization, and its decisive importance in determining the fate of the world. This revised edition takes into account developments in Holocaust studies since the first edition was published.