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 | | The Reformers And The Theology Of The Reformation William Cunningham A series of addresses on the leading historical characters and the great biblical doctrines of the Reformation, including chapters on Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Beza, Assurance, and Calvinism and Arminianism. "There are two leading aspects in which the Reformation, viewed as a whole, may be regarded; the one more external and negative, and the other more intrinsic and positive. In the first aspect it was a great revolt against the see of Rome, and against the authority of the church and of churchmen in religious matters, combined with an assertion of the exclusive authority of the Bible, and of the right of all men to examine and interpret it for themselves. In the second and more important and positive aspect, the Reformation was the proclamation and inculcation, upon the alleged authority of Scripture, of certain views in regard to the substance of Christianity or the way of salvation, and in regard to the organization and ordinances of the Christian church." (William Cunningham, The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation). Binding: Clothbound Page Count: 628 Publisher: Banner of Truth ISBN#: 9780851510132 BOT STOCK 30% Discount  SGCB Price: $26.50 (list price $38.00) |
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 click for details | | The Works of John Owen John Owen John Owen was born in 1616 and died in 1683. During his sixty-seven years he lived out a life full of spiritual experience, literary accomplishment, and national influence so beyond most of his peers that he continues to merit the accolade of "The greatest British theologian of all time." Despite his other acheivements, Owen is best famed for his writings. These cover the range of doctrinal, ecclesiastical and practical subjects. They are characterized by profundity, thoroughness and, consequently, authority. Andrew Thomson, his biographer, has noted that Owen makes you feel when he has reached the end of his subject, that he has also exhausted it. Although many of his works were called forth by the particular needs of his own day thay all have a uniform quality of timelessness. Owen is surely the Prince of the Puritans. 'To master his works', says Spurgeon, 'is to be a profound theologian.' But his more practical writings (especially volumes 6-9) are of immense benefit to all Christians. Whether treating the intricacies of justification by faith or the mortification of sin, Owen consistently demonstrates theological precision and pastoral sensitivity 16 volumes. Approx. 600pp. per volume. Cloth-bound. BOT SETS 30% Discount - Complete 16 Volume Set SGCB Price: $278.50 (list price $398.00)Vol. 1, The Glory of Christ SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 2, Communion with God SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 3, The Holy Spirit SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 4, The Reason of Faith SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 5, Faith and Its Evidences SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 6, Temptation and Sin SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 7, Sin and Grace SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 8, Sermons to the Nation SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 9, Sermons to the Church SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 10, The Death of Christ SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 11, Continuing in Faith SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 12, The Gospel Defended SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 13, Ministry and Fellowship SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 14, True and False Religion SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 15, Church Purity and Unity SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Vol. 16, The Church and the Bible SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $28.00)Purchase this set and Exposition of Hebrews by Owen SGCB Price: $378.50 (list price $557.00)Over 32% Discount |
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 | | PREACHING CHRIST The Heart of Gospel Ministry Charles P. McIlvaine with C.H. Spurgeon The New Testament leaves us in no doubt that the heart of the preaching of the Apostles and the early church was Christ. Every example of preaching from the apostolic era centres on this same grand theme. Yet so often, in the centuries since, the church has weakened her own witness and effectiveness by veering away from the apostolic example. How did the Apostles preach Christ? What mistakes must preachers today avoid? What is involved in preaching Christ? And what are the essential qualifications of heart and mind for this great work? These are the questions Bishop Charles P. McIlvaine set out to answer in this address to those entering the ministry. The answers are as relevant today as they were in the 1860s when he wrote, and as useful to experienced ministers as to those at the threshold of their ministries. BOT TRILOGY BOT STOCK SGCB Price: $4.95 (list price $7.00)Order TRUTH & LIFE: 22 Christ-Centered Sermons by McIlvaine SGCB Price: $14.95 (list price $30.00) |
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 click for details | | THE WORKS OF THOMAS BROOKS Thomas Brooks The definitive edition of the Works of Brooks, here reissued, was first published by James Nichol in 1866. It was edited by A. B. Grosart. At that time, C. H. Spurgeon commented in The Sword and the Trowel, "The volumes now before us are by that marvelously rich author Thomas Brooks, whose wealth of imagery surpasses all others of his age. The mere marginal notes of Brooks are more valuable than pages of ordinary writers; we take pleasure in the stones of his temple, and the very dust thereof we favor. Of all the Puritans he is the most readable, if we except John Bunyan; and if he cannot display the depth of Owen or the raciness of Adams, he leaves them far behind in excessive [unusual] sweetness and sparkling beauty of metaphor. There is a clear, silvery, refreshing sound in the name 'Brooks', and as is the name, such is the man. Every reader who can afford the money should purchase this incorrupt, unmutilated, unchanged, well-printed and perfectly edited copy of Brooks." Banner of Truth Hardcover Set 30% - Full 6 Volume Set SGCB Price: $111.95 (list price $160.00) |
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 | | THE VALLEY OF VISION A Collection Of Puritan Prayers Arthur Bennett The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spirit of prayer was regarded as of first importance and the best form of prayer, for living prayer is the characteristic of genuine spirituality. Yet prayer is also vocal and may therefore on occasions be written. Consequently in the Puritan tradition there are many written prayers and meditations which constitute an important corpus of inspiring devotional literature. Too often ex tempore prayer lacks variety, order and definiteness. The reason for this lies partly in a neglect of due preparation. It is here that the care and scriptural thoroughness which others found necessary in their approach to God may be of help. This book has not been prepared to "supply" prayers but to prompt and encourage the Christian as he treads the path on which others have gone before. Best-selling volume of Puritan Prayers is now available in three types: PAPERBACK LEATHER CD-SET TWO SAMPLES The Valley of Vision Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision. Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine; let me find Thy light in my darkness, Thy life in my death, Thy joy in my sorrow, Thy grace in my sin, Thy riches in my poverty, Thy glory in my valley. Contentment Heavenly Father, if I should suffer need, and go unclothed, and be in poverty, make my heart prize Thy love, know it, be constrained by it, though I be denied all blessings. It is Thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants, for by these trials I see my sins, and desire severance from them. Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows, temptations, if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil, and be delivered from it with gratitude to Thee, acknowledging this as the highest testimony of Thy love. When thy Son, Jesus, came into my soul instead of sin He became more dear to me than sin had formerly been; His kindly rule replaced sin's tyranny. Teach me to believe that if ever I would have any sin subdued I must not only labour to overcome it, but must invite Christ to abide in the place of it, and He must become to me more than vile lust had been; that His sweetness, power, life may be there. Thus I must seek a grace from Him contrary to sin, but must not claim it apart from Himself. When I am afraid of evils to come, comfort me by showing me that in myself I am a dying, condemned wretch, but in Christ I am reconciled and live; that in myself I find insufficiency and no rest, but in Christ there is satisfaction and peace; that in myself I am feeble and unable to do good, but in Christ I have ability to do all things. Though now I have His graces in part, I shall shortly have them perfectly in that state where Thou wilt show Thyself fully reconciled, and alone sufficient, efficient, loving me completely, with sin abolished. O Lord, hasten that day. PRAYER TITLES LEATHER TITLES Over 25% - Paperback Edition SGCB Price: $10.50 (list price $16.00)Nearly 30% Off - Leather Edition SGCB Price: $18.50 (list price $26.00)Over 25% - Seven CD-Set SGCB Price: $24.50 (list price $33.00) |
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 click for details | | PRINCETON SERMONS Outlines of Discourses Doctrinal and Practical Charles Hodge with Foreword by John Murray First published in 1879, the year after Charles Hodge's death, this volume was one of Banner of Truth's first reprints in 1958. It was last reprinted nearly 30 years ago, and deserves once again to be able to bless the hearts and minds of God's people throughout the world. "This volume of sermons and semon briefs should be especiallly interesting to Southern Baptists. Charles Hodge was the most influential professor on the mind and theological formulation of James P. Boyce. Boyce's Sermons also reflect the energetic doctrinal content that we find in these sermons by Hodge." - Tom J. Nettles According to John Murray, "These are but outlines of addresses given on Sabbath afternoons to the students at Princeton Seminary. But they offer Hodge's mature thought on a great many subjects and they breathe the warmth of devotional fervor. Here is a fund of succinct definition on the great themes of theology as they are related to the most practical concerns of the Christian and of the pastor." In the words of his son A.A. Hodge, "This volume is now publsihed, not only because it will afford a reminiscience of past sacred scenes, grateful to his surviving pupils, but chiefly because it is believed that in their present form they will be widely useful. They present in this analytic form an amount and quality of homiletical example and suggestion probably not surpassed in the same number of pages in the English language." TABLE OF CONTENTS Section One - GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES Section Two - CHRIST, HIS PERSON AND OFFICES Section Three - THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS OFFICES Section Four - SATAN AND HIS INFLUENCES - SIN AND SINS Section Five - CONVERSION - ENTRANCE UPON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Section Six - CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES, CHARACTERISTICS & PRIVILEGES Section Seven - CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Section Eight - THE MEANS OF GRACE - SCRIPTURE, MINISTRY, SACRAMENTS &c. Section Nine - DEATH, AND THE CONSUMMATION OF REDEMPTION Section Ten - LAST WORDS - PAPERS PREPARED DURING THE LAST YEAR OF LIFE LABOR DAY SALE BOT STOCK BRAND NEW CLOTHBOUND TITLE SGCB Price: $19.95 (list price $26.00)OVER 400 PAGES FROM BANNER OF TRUTH Order with PRINCETON SERMONS by Warfield, Green, Davis et al SGCB Price: $29.95 (list price $51.00) |
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 | | THE SERMONS OF JOHN CALVIN Eight Volume Hardcover Set John Calvin SERMONS ON GENESIS 1 - 11 SERMONS ON SECOND SAMUEL 1 -13 SERMONS OF JOB SERMONS ON LUKE 1 - 2 (Songs of the Nativity) SERMONS ON THE BEATITUDES SERMONS ON ACTS 1 -7 SERMONS ON GALATIANS SERMONS ON EPHESIANS Here you will find nearly 5000 pages of Calvin's expositions expertly translated into the English language, several for the first time ever. Listen to his opening words on David's Sin with Bathsheba, "Now here is a story which should make our hair stand straight up on end whenever we think of it - that a servant of God as excellent as David should fall into such a serious and enormous sin that he could be judged as the most morally lax and promiscuous person in the world." CALVIN THE PREACHER WAS CALVIN AT HIS VERY BEST. "John Calvin was a remarkable preacher. In his own day his sermons were eagerly attended by his followers and were printed, widely distributed in a number of languages, and read by many. In our day Calvin's reputation as a theologian and Biblical commentator has largely overshadowed his reputation as a preacher and his sermons have been difficult to find. The republication of Calvin's sermons is a very welcome event. These sermons will help us see again the greatness of Calvin as a preacher, but much more importantly they will be a source of great spiritual blessing to every believer who reads them." - Dr. W. Robert Godfrey "Calvin was preeminently a preacher, and as a preacher he saw himself primarily as a Bible teacher. Calvin is hardly thought of in this way today. He is best known for his greatly influential 'Institutes of the Christian Religion,' not for his preaching, yet he spent most of his time and effort preaching two sermons on Sunday and usually every day of the week (Monday through Friday) on alternate weeks. It is a delight to have these sermons available again." - James M. Boice 'It is hoped that the reader of these sermons will seek not just to confirm the sermons' agreement with Calvinistic theology, but particularly to experience Calvin's sincere and profound personal response to the loving and merciful God whose Son is on the threshold of judging with finality the whole world with mercy and justice.' - From the Translator's Preface John Calvin is generally thought of as the greatest theologian of the Protestant Reformation or as a gifted Bible commentator whose insights into the text of Scripture are still highly valued today. Yet it is not widely known that the greatest obligation Calvin felt was not to his fellow scholars, nor even to his students, but to the ordinary people - citizens of Geneva and persecuted refugees, shopkeepers and merchants, the young and the old - who crowded St Peter's church no less than ten times a fortnight to listen to his sermons in French. Calvin's sermons have lain for too long in the shadow of his commentaries. In seeking to correct this imbalance, it should be remembered that a sermon serves a very different purpose from a commentary. While explanation and interpretation are enough for students, they are never enough for a congregation of sinners. That is why Calvin's sermons always combine the essential elements of all true preaching - exposition, exhortation and practical application. So let the reader be warned: this volume contains lively preaching! Calvin aims to awaken the conscience and also demands life-changing action. Is it any wonder that such preaching was used by God to bring spiritual renewal on an unprecedented scale to the people and nations of sixteenth-century Europe? CALVIN 500 CELEBRATION BOT SET BOT STOCK Sermons on Genesis 1 - 11; 2 Samuel, Job, Luke 1 - 2; Beatitudes, Acts, Galatians & Ephesians SGCB Price: $204.95 (list price $318.00)OVER 3700 PAGES Sermons on Genesis 1 - 11 SGCB Price: $28.95 (list price $39.00)2 Samuel 1 - 13 SGCB Price: $29.95 (list price $47.00)Sermons on Job SGCB Price: $44.50 (list price $69.00)Sermons on the Beatitudes SGCB Price: $13.95 (list price $20.00)Sermons on Luke 1 - 2 (The Songs of the Nativity) SGCB Price: $17.99 (list price $24.00)Sermons on Acts 1-7 SGCB Price: $24.50 (list price $36.00)Sermons on Galatians SGCB Price: $29.95 (list price $47.00)Sermons on Ephesians SGCB Price: $24.50 (list price $36.00) |
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 | | THE WORKS OF WILLIAM TYNDALE Two Volume Clothbound Set William Tyndale Description: William Tyndale is justly best remembered as a Bible translator. During the last eleven years of his short life he published three editions of the complete New Testament, the Pentateuch, the book of Jonah, and a few other parts of the Old Testament. He may well have left behind him in manuscript form a translation of the Old Testament's historical books from Joshua to 2 Chronicles, which was published as part of 'Matthew's Bible' in the year following his martyrdom. In the last letter from his pen, we see him zealous to make progress with the translation of the Old Testament, as languishing in his final imprisonment he requests that his 'Hebrew Bible, Hebrew grammar, and Hebrew dictionary' be granted to him. There is little doubt that Tyndale could have translated the whole of the Bible into English if he had given himself exclusively to that work. But alongside the work of translation he felt it was necessary to contend earnestly for the Reformed faith and so he threw himself into several of the key theological controversies of the times. For this 'Apostle of England' the Bible must not only be translated, its teachings also must be expounded and applied in a practical way. To such work of exposition and application Tyndale gave himself with a passion, and in so doing not only proved himself a master of true biblical interpretation, but has left to posterity works of lasting value. As F.F. Bruce wrote in another context: A reprint of this kind is no mere archaeological curiosity; one who was so intensely a man of the Bible as Tyndale was speaks to more ages than his own, and in the following pages we shall find that he has much to say to us, if we pay heed to what we read. ------------------------------- And when the gospel is preached unto us we believe the mercy of God, and in believing we receive the spirit of God, which is the earnest of eternal life, and we are in eternal life already, and feel already in our hearts the sweetness thereof, and are overcome with the kindness of God and Christ and therefore love the will of God, and of love are ready to work freely, and not to obtain that which is given us freely and whereof we are heirs already. William Tyndale, The Parable of the Wicked Mammon The gospel signifieth glad tidings, and is nothing but the promises of good things. All is not gospel that is written in the gospel-book; for if the law were away, thou couldest not know what the gospel meant; even as thou couldest not see pardon and grace, except the law rebuked thee, and declared unto thee thy sin, misdeed, and trespass. Repent and believe the gospel, as saith Christ in the first of Mark. William Tyndale, Epistle to the Reader, subjoined to his first published version of the New Testament, 1526. ISBN#: 9781848710740 Binding: Clothbound Page Count : 1325 BOT SETS 30% Discount - Two Volumes 1325 Pages SGCB Price: $41.95 (list price $59.00) |
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| | FAR FROM ROME, NEAR TO GOD Testimonies of Fifty Converted Catholic Priests Edited by Richard Bennett and Martin Buckingham This book contains the moving testimonies of fifty priests who found their way, by the grace of God, out of the labyrinth of Roman Catholic theology and practice into the light of the gospel of Christ. But this is not a narrowly polemical work, nor is its relevance limited to the ongoing controversy between Rome and the churches of the Reformation. The love and concern felt by the former priests for those they left behind, and their fervent desire that they too should experience the joy and peace of salvation in Christ are seen throughout. The wider relevance of the experiences described will also be felt in many contexts remote from Roman Catholicism where human pride and presumption have erected rival sources of authority between people and the Word of God, so obscuring the way of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, and in Christ alone. "I believe that the testimonies found in these pages will be used of God to his glory because they are not the words of those seeking to advance themselves. They simply reflect the desire of men whose controlling passion has been to honour Christ and his Word. A Christian is a poor, redeemed sinner for whom Christ has given everything. May this book be used to increase this testimony in all the world!" - Iain Murray, from the Foreword Order with Companion Volume THE TRUTH SET US FREE SGCB Price: $8.50 (list price $12.00)Order with THE TRUTH SET US FREE: 20 Nuns Tell Their Stories of God's Amazing Grace SGCB Price: $12.95 (list price $28.00) |
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| | JOHN MAC ARTHUR: SERVANT OF THE WORD AND FLOCK Iain H. Murray JOHN MAC ARTHUR: SERVANT OF THE WORD AND FLOCK Through more than forty years, John MacArthur has opened and taught the Word of God in one local congregation, Grace Community Church, Los Angeles. Consequences have followed which no one anticipated, and which the preacher attributes to "the sovereign hand of God". A people united to Christ, and to their pastor, became a channel for blessing across the earth. It has been a ministry marked by characteristics that re-appear in every spiritual advance - not concern for "relevance"; not special attractions for young or old, male or female; but love for God and dependence on his Word and promises. MacArthur has proved, without ever intending to do so, that true preaching of the Word of God is international, "because if you teach the Bible it transcends every border, every language, every culture. It is as relevant today, and will be tomorrow, as in all the years since God put it down." That is why his sermons are heard or read in more than two hundred countries around the world today. But this is also a human story, including the shaping of his youth, the strength of marriage and family, the refining influence of trials and controversies, and the building of a man whose staff have never known to be angry. There are friends who, for all their love of his ministry, say his life is his best sermon. "When I started in ministry, I committed myself to expository preaching, just explaining the Bible, because I knew that there was nothing I could say that was anywhere near as important as what God had to say. The real goal of ministry has always been to keep my own opinions out of it as much as possible. I never want to be guilty of giving people the illusion that they have heard from God when in fact they have only heard from me. When I step into the pulpit, the expectation is that I'm a messenger of God. I speak on His behalf, not my own." -- Dr. John MacArthur ISBN#: 9781848711129 Binding: Clothbound Page Count : 264 BRAND NEW BOT LABOR DAY SALE BOT STOCK Brand New Hardcover Volume With Dustjacket SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $26.00)30% Discount |
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| | THE SELECT PRACTICAL WRITINGS OF JOHN KNOX JOHN KNOX, edited by Thomas Thomson This is a rare and precious book! Edited by Thomas Thomson, it contains the choicest practical writings of a man whom God used to transform his native country and bring it into the light and under the blessing of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that in spite of constant opposition and grave personal danger. The Works of John Knox, preserved in six large volumes, are virtually closed to all but the most scholarly students of history. However, thanks to the endeavours of the Rev. Thomas Thomson and the Free Church of Scotland Board of Publications, this book was compiled so that Knox might be put back into the hands of the people. Unabridged and unaltered, except for the updating of the 'antiquated orthography', one can read some of the most enduring of Knox's practical writings. These include such works as his treatise on prayer, his Fort for the Afflicted - an exposition of the Sixth Psalm, his sermon on Christ's temptation in the wilderness, and his notorious sermon on Isaiah 26:13-20. Fifteen of Knox's letters are also included at the end of the volume, twelve of which were addressed to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowes. In them the temper and character of Knox the pastor are clearly exhibited. Much indeed has been said of Knox's ruggedness and want of taste, and heavy heave been the allegations against him as the enemy of all refinement. But let the choice of his words and the structure of his sentences be considered - his epithets so pregnant with meaning, and the march of his language, so stately and so full of music - and it will be acknowledged, that as a writer of the old rich English tongue, he had few equals, and certainly no superior, during his own day. Nay, more than this, he not only exhibits the highest literary excellencies of his English contemporaries, but with his characteristic good feeling and sound sense, he avoids that classical and scholastic pedantry by which their writings were so generally infected. From this circumstance, as well as from the vigour of his intellect, and straight-forwardness of his habits of thought, Knox is a writer for all time, and will be intelligible in every age - and especially to those who prize the language of the Bible. -- Thomas Thomson, Editor KNOX TRILOGY LABOR DAY SALE SGCB Price: $17.95 (list price $26.00)Order KNOX TRILOGY with "Biography of Knox by M'Crie" and "John Knox and the Reformation" by Lloyd-Jones SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $50.00)NEARLY 40% DISCOUNT WHYEN ORDERING KINOX TRILOGY |
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| | JOHN KNOX AND THE REFORMATION Dr. D. Martin Lloyd-Jones In three fascinating addresses Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Iain Murray remind us why we ought to remember one of the most colourful figures in church history, John Knox, and his significant role in the story of the Reformation in both Scotland and England. With the 500th anniversary of his birth approaching (2014), this little book will encourage readers to not only remember Knox the man but also to consider the outcome of his life and imitate his faith (Heb. 13:7). GoodBookStall Review: This little book has been published to commemorate the forthcoming 500th anniversary of the birth of John Knox, the great Scottish reformer. It consists of the transcripts of two addresses given by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in the 1960Ęs and a new biographical sketch written by Iain H. Murray. In the first address Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones outlines what we can learn from John Knox and what we should emulate in his life. The lecture soon turns into a sermon with many searching applications. In the second address Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones examines the character of John Knox and sets out the case for him being the founder of Puritanism. He shows that he was a man of amazing talent and great shrewdness and wisdom. Knox stood firm for Biblical truth, but was willing to compromise where the fundamentals of the Gospel were not at stake. The final article provides a brief but fascinating overview of his life concluding with three lessons we can learn. Many have a sadly one sided view of John Knox as a fiery character who openly preached violence. This book helps to redress the balance. Here we find a picture of a man of deep feeling; a man of prayer and above all a man who loved to serve Jesus Christ. This is a most edifying and thoughtful read. KNOX TRILOGY SGCB Price: $7.50 (list price $11.00)Order with the KNOX TRILOGY SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $50.00) |
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| | THE WORKS OF STEPHEN CHARNOCK Stephen Charnock Description: There were theological and spiritual giants in the earth in the days of the English Puritans, and Stephen Charnock (1628-80) was prominent among them. His Works present a feast of rich teaching and exposition, characterized throughout by sound theology, profound thought, and an imaginative style. The five volumes now reprinted from the classic nineteenth-century Nichol edition contain a total of more than 2,800 pages and 64 distinct discourses or sermons. Of these, only one was published during the author's lifetime, all the rest being edited from his manuscripts and published by his friends, Richard Adams and Edward Veal, after Charnock's death in 1680. While expounding timeless truth, Charnock's discourses are strikingly relevant to contemporary discussions. Then, as now, there were many willing to declare their atheism publicly, who would "not only say it in their hearts, but publish it with their lips, and boast that they have shaken off those shackles which bind other men's consciences". However, "every atheist is a grand fool. If he were not a fool he would not imagine a thing so contrary to...the rational dictates of his own soul, and contrary to the testimony of every creature and link in the chain of creation." In the words of J.I. Packer, "Charnock has no desire to speculate, but only to declare the works and ways, the nature and character, of the God of the Bible." VOLUME ONE contains a helpful introduction to Charnock's life and work by James McCosh, and the first eight discourses on The Existence and Attributes of God, opening with A Discourse of Divine Providence, based on 2 Chronicles 16:9. In this Charnock sets forth the doctrine of providence with great clarity, and then applies it to instruct, comfort, and exhort the people of God. VOLUME TWO continues and concludes Charnock's magnum opus, A Discourse on the Existence and Attributes of God with the remaining six discourses. Topics include: the existence of God; practical atheism; God's being a Spirit; spiritual worship; the eternity of God; his immutability; his omnipresence; his knowledge; his wisdom; his power; his holiness; his goodness; his dominion; and his patience. Each discourse first expounds, then applies, the text of Scripture on which it is based. VOLUME THREE concerns the work of regeneration, by which spiritually dead sinners are raised to new life in Christ. It is perhaps surprising that present-day Christians seem so often to be confused about what it means to be born again. Whatever the reasons for this confusion, the fault cannot be laid at the door of previous generations of preachers and writers, particularly Puritans like Charnock, who took immense pains to search into and explain the doctrine from Scripture. VOLUME FOUR contains fifteen further discourses of primary importance to Christians in every age. The first six discourses - all on texts from the Gospel of John - focus on the knowledge of God in Christ as the only way to eternal life and happiness, showing that true and saving knowledge of God is only in and by Christ, that conviction of sin by the Spirit of God is the way to this knowledge, and that to remain in unbelief is to remain in misery under the wrath of God. The Lord's Supper and related matters form the subject of a second group of discourses. VOLUME FIVE contains a further nineteen discourses. By way of contrast with the earlier volumes - most of which are based on texts from the New Testament - five of the discourses here draw on texts from the Old Testament Scriptures. Many of the topics addressed are of perennial interest to all Christians: the necessity of Christ's death, and the necessity of his exaltation; Christ's intercession; God in Christ as the object of faith; afflictions; mortification; the stability of the church; delight in prayer; the sins of the regenerate; man's enmity to God; and the pardon of sin. The set closes with a useful Index of subjects and persons mentioned, and an Index of Texts. BOT SETS LABOR DAY SALE BOT STOCK FIVE VOLUME HARDCOVER SET - OVER 30% OFF SGCB Price: $89.95 (list price $129.00) |
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| | BORN OF GOD Sermons from John Chapter 1 Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones In his first sermon in his series on the opening chapters of the Gospel of John, begun in October 1962, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones made the arresting remark: "Do you know what is the matter with us? I will tell you. We, none of us, really believe in the Lord Jesus Christ! The trouble with all of us is that we do not know enough about him. So John says: The thing you need above everything is to be brought to this knowledge of him - who he is, what he has done, and what he has made possible for us." The preacher was convinced that Christians are too often unhappy and uncertain - and, as a result, fail to give a true and accurate impression of Christianity to those around them - because they are suffering from ignorance. Yet he insisted strongly that bare knowledge is not enough. What is needed is the life that comes from believing in Christ rightly (John 20:31). "We must start with the doctrine, and out of that will come the life, the experience, everything we need." This is part of the last great Lloyd-Jones Sunday-morning series at Westminster Chapel. In these 32 powerful sermons, he concentrates on two main areas which feature prominently in John chapter 1: law and grace and their respective roles (from verse 17); and the assurance of salvation (from verses 12-13). The central focus in all the sermons is the life that flows from the Lord Jesus Christ, received by faith, the life that characterizes those who are "born of God" - those who are God's children by faith in his beloved Son. THIS IS NOT AN EXPOSITION OF EVERY VERSE OF JOHN 1 BRAND NEW BOT LABOR DAY SALE BOT STOCK BRAND NEW - 488 PAGE CLOTHBOUND VOLUME SGCB Price: $19.95 (list price $29.00) |
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| | THE HEART OF CHRIST THOMAS GOODWIN ISBN#: 9781848711464 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 176 Description: The Heart of Christ in Heaven towards Sinners on Earth was first published in 1651, and it soon became Thomas Goodwin's (1600-1680) most popular work. It is a fine example of his Christ- centredness and his mix of theological rigour and pastoral concern. In it he aims to show from Scripture that, in all his heavenly majesty, Christ is not now aloof from believers and unconcerned, but has the strongest affections for them. Goodwin begins with the beautiful assurances given by Christ to his disciples, taking as an example of that love Christ's washing of his disciples' feet (John 13). The heart of his argument, however, lies in his exposition of Hebrews 4:15, in which Goodwin shows that in all his glorious holiness in heaven, Christ is not sour towards his people; if anything, his capacious heart beats more strongly than ever with tender love for them. And in particular, two things stir his compassion: our afflictions and - almost unbelievably - our sins. How we need Goodwin and his message today! If we are to be drawn from jaded, anxious thoughts of God and a love of sin, we need such a knowledge of Christ. BOT TRILOGY BRAND NEW PURITAN TITLE SGCB Price: $7.25 (list price $9.00)Order with THE LOVE OF CHRIST & PREACHING CHRIST SGCB Price: $19.95 (list price $28.00)LOVE OF CHRIST by Sibbes & PREACHING CHRIST by McIlvaine |
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| | THE LOVE OF CHRIST RICHARD SIBBES ISBN#: 9781848711440 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 376 Description: The Puritan John Dod wrote that this book is 'so full of heavenly treasure, and such lively expressions of the invaluable riches of the love of Christ' that it kindles 'in the heart all heavenly affections unto Jesus Christ'. Indeed it does! And that was very much what Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) was about in all his ministry. The Love of Christ is a series of sermons preached on Song of Solomon 4:16-6:3. For Sibbes, this Bible book 'is nothing else but a plain demonstration and setting forth of the love of Christ to his church, and of the love of the church to Christ'. The Song of Solomon does not simply mouth a doctrine: its sensuous imagery sings its message. It is as if this love story is played on violins. The reader is thus brought, not simply to understand, but to taste and share the delights of the lovers. This is precisely what Christ's people need, as Sibbes knew: it is not enough to be aware of ChristĘs love; we must sense, grasp and enjoy it. Only then will we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts. That is one reason why so many avoid books like this one: they want information, and they want it fast. But Sibbes intends to affect you, to hold your eyes on Jesus that you might develop a stronger appetite for him. Such work cannot be fast work, but it is profoundly transforming. BOT TRILOGY BRAND NEW PURITAN TITLE SGCB Price: $9.25 (list price $12.00)Order with THE HEART OF CHRIST & PREACHING CHRIST SGCB Price: $19.95 (list price $28.00)THE HEART OF CHRIST by Goodwin & PREACHING CHRIST by McIlvaine |
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| | PRAYER: A Biblical Perspective Eric Alexander Price: $ 12.00 ISBN#: 9781848711495 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 106 Description: 'We shall do well to watch our habits of prayer with a holy watchfulness. Here is the pulse of our Christianity. Here is the true test of our state before God.' These words of J. C. Ryle are as true today as they were when they were first written over 150 years ago. Prayer matters, and Eric Alexander's chief concern in this book is to remind Christians that prayer is fundamental, and not supplemental, both in the individual and in the corporate lives of God's people. He shows that nowhere is this dependence on prayer more fully exemplified than in the life and teaching of Jesus himself, and in the ministry of the New Testament church. Church leaders will find these studies a great spur to pray for the spiritual growth of their people, and church members will see afresh the urgent need to pray for their leaders. For those who find it difficult to pray there is much encouragement here, as the author also addresses the common problems believers face when coming to pray. In short this is a book for all those who want to live nearer to God and to be refreshed in their communion with him. ERIC ALEXANDER has been a minister of the Church of Scotland for over fifty years and has served churches in Glasgow, the city of his birth, and in Newmilns, Ayrshire. Throughout his ministry he has preached at conferences in the United Kingdom and overseas, and is a Council Member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He is married to Greta and they have a daughter and a son. In 2010 the Trust published his book, Our Great God and Saviour. BRAND NEW TITLE SGCB Price: $8.50 (list price $12.00) |
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 | | DABNEY'S SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY Robert Lewis Dabney Binding: Cloth-bound Page Count : 910 Description: Rich in content, profoundly informative and stimulating in style, Dabney's work has a freshness and creativity which students continue to find tremendously helpful. R. L. Dabney is considered one of the best theologians of the last century. Dabney weaves together his theological knowledge with pastoral abilities on topics few would even preach on today. His Systematic Theology is in Question and Answer format, with a good emphasis on a variety of subjects, especially anthropology. BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $25.50 (list price $34.00)Save: $8.50 |
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 | | GREAT GOD OF WONDERS The Life of Grace and the Hope of Glory Maurice Roberts We all become like the objects we worship. How important then that Christians should be focussed on the 'Great God of Wonders' revealed in Scripture. 'To think about God aright is the most exciting occupation possible for any created being', says Maurice Roberts. In every aspect of the Christian life dealt with in these articles, Roberts' emphasis is always on 'the God of all grace who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus.' These writings provide thought-provoking, spiritually invigorating, practical and warmly biblical reading. This is a brand new title! 260pp. Paperback. GLORY OF GOD FOUR-PACK 25% SGCB Price: $7.50 (list price $10.00)Save: $2.50 Order with GOD OF WONDERS - DVD SGCB Price: $22.95 (list price $30.00)Save: $7.00 Order with GLORY OF GOD FOUR-PACK SGCB Price: $31.95 (list price $48.00)"Attributes of God" by Pink, "Glorifying God" by Watson, "The God Who Is" by Fellows |
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 | | EXPOSITION OF HEBREWS in seven volumes John Owen This highly acclaimed commentary, including its five preliminary exercitations, is invaluable for any one studying this weighty epistle. There is scarcely any theological truth of the least importance the discovery and illustration of which have not been anticipated by Dr. Owen's sagacious research. Spurgeon said the following in his book 'Commenting and Commentaries': "Out of scores of commendations of this colossal work we select but one. Dr. Chalmers pronounced it, 'a work of gigantic strength as well as gigantic size; and he who hath mastered it is very little short, both in respect to the doctrinal and practical Christianity, of being an erudite and accomplished theologian." BOT SETS 30% Off SGCB Price: $110.50 (list price $159.00)Save: $49.00 Purchase this set with The Works of John Owen SGCB Price: $378.50 (list price $557.00)SAVE 32% WHEN ORDERING ALL 23 VOLUMES |
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 | | JOHN OWEN ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Sinclair Ferguson "John Owen on the Christian Life" addresses the fundamental issues Christians face in every age: How can I live the Christian life? how am I to deal with sin and temptation? How can I find assurance, and live for the honour of Jesus Christ? This is the first book-length study of any aspect of Owen's thought, it also stands on its own as a study in pastoral theology. Ministers, Christian leaders, readers of Owen, and those who are daunted by the sheer voluminousness of his writings will find this book an ideal companion. 25% SGCB Price: $29.80 (list price $39.75) |
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| | SONGS OF THE NATIVITY Sermons on Luke 1 and 2 John Calvin "Here we see Calvin the faithful pastor - expounding the text and applying it with passion All four Gospels bear witness to the supernatural person and work of Jesus Christ, but only the first and third testify explicitly to his supernatural conception and birth. The accounts given in Matthew and Luke are clearly independent of each other, but both unambiguously affirm that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, through the direct action of the Holy Spirit and without the intervention of a human father. Luke's Gospel is notable for its distinctive songs, strikingly reminiscent of the Psalms. Chief among these are Mary's song, the Magnificat, Zechariah's song, the Benedictus, the Angels' song, the Gloria in excelsis, and Simeon's song, the Nunc dimittis. Together, they have nourished the prayer and meditation of countless Christians, and enriched the church's worship. They are full of prophetic hope, eager expectation, and joyful thanksgiving. God's great redemptive work is moving to its climax with the birth of the Saviour, Jesus, Son of the Most High. Luke's 'gospel of the incarnation' was good news to all who, like the representatives of the old Israel, looked for Messiah's first advent; it is good news to all who, today, look for his second. Preached in Geneva between October 1559 and March 1560, Calvin's sermons on the nativity story are the fruit of almost twenty-five years of gospel ministry. Here we see Calvin the faithful pastor, expounding the text and applying it with passion and vigour to his congregation by means of persuasion, exhortation, admonition and rebuke. Robert White's excellent translation transports the reader back to St Peter's Cathedral, Geneva, where Calvin can be heard, or overheard, preaching on issues of perennial importance to all Christian men and women. BOT NEWEST ARRIVALS BANNER STOCK SALE Nearly 25% SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $24.00) |
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| | GUILT, GRACE & GLORY Lectures on the Heidelberg Catechism George W. Bethune A moving exposition of the great truths of the heidelberg Catechism, showing how every doctrine of the faith has a bearing on the life, strength and comfort of the people of God. 1000 pages of warm-hearted exposition and application of the Heidelberg Catechism QUESTION ONE: What is thy only comfort in life and death? ANSWER: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% Discount Off - DOUBLE VOLUME HARDCOVER SET SGCB Price: $29.99 (list price $39.99)GREAT PRICE FOR TWO HARDCOVER VOLUMES |
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| | THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION A Commentary A.A. Hodge In this commentary A.A. Hodge, son and successor of Charles Hodge at Princeton Theological Seminary, analyzes the chapters and sections of the Confession, illustrates its teaching and provides helpful questions with each chapter. The result is a fine handbook of Christian doctrine explaining all the leading doctrines of Scripture in simple language. SGCB Price: $17.95 (list price $25.99) |
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| | THE LIFE OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD Arnold Dallimore Volume 1 brings the story of Whitefield's life and of the evangelical revival up to the end of the year 1740. Volume 2 follows events onwards until his death in 1770. An outstanding biography, popularly written, and with an urgent message for the present day. Volume 2 follows events onwards until his death in 1770. An outstanding biography, popularly written, and with an urgent message for the present day. The Two Volume Hardcover Set - SGCB Price: $63.75 (list price $85.00)25% - VOLUME ONE SGCB Price: $33.75 (list price $45.00)25% - VOLUME TWO SGCB Price: $33.75 (list price $45.00) |
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| | COMMUNION WITH GOD John Owen John Owen believed that communion with God lies at the heart of the Christian life. With Paul he recognised that through the Son we have access by the Spirit to the Father. He never lost the sense of amazement expressed by John: 'Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ'. In this outstanding book he explains the nature of this communion and describes the many privileges it brings. Dr R. J. K. Law has produced a splendidly readable abridgement of one of the greatest Christian classics of all time, bringing Owen's rich teaching to a much wider readership. 25% SGCB Price: $7.50 (list price $10.00)50% SALE WHILE STOCK LASTS |
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| | THE CHRISTIAN IN COMPLETE ARMOR William Gurnall "If I might read only one book beside the Bible, I would choose The Christian in Complete Armour." - John Newton "Peerless and priceless; every line is full of wisdom; every sentence is suggestive . . . . The best thought-breeder in all our library." - C.H. Spurgeon "I believe The Christian in Complete Armour . . . should be in the library of everyman and woman of God. No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it." - David Wilkerson At a time in England when loyalty to Scripture placed Christians in the center of the nation's wars, Gurnall was more concerned with the souls of his people than the issues of conflicting political parties. Compiled from his many sermons on 'the saints' war against the devil,' his exhaustive exposition of Ephesians 6:10-20 treats the spiritual battles of believers and their God-given protection. Originally written in three volumes (1655-1662), the book first covers the Christian's call to arms and describes the nature of the battle and the character of our enemy. The various pieces of godly armor and weapons, and their use on offense and defense, are then described at length, item by item and verse by verse. More pastoral and practical than theological, Gurnall's work is filled with spiritual insight, encouraging exhortation, and inspiring word pictures concerning the importance of doctrinal truth as 'a girdle for the mind, the power of holiness, the pre-eminence of faith against other graces,' and much more. Profoundly biblical and as relevant today as it was almost 350 years ago, GurnallĘs work is a resource that will add grace to the library of Calvinist and Arminian alike. This edition includes an introduction and biography of Gurnall by J.C. Ryle. Also subtitled , A Treatise Of the Saints' War against the Devil: Wherein a Discovery is made of that grand Enemy of God and his People, in his Policies, Power, Seat of his Empire, Wickedness, and chief design he hath against the Saints. A Magazine Opened, From whence the Christian is furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, helped on with his Armour, and taught the use of his Weapon: together with the happy issue of the whole War. Binding: Hardcover Page Count: 1244 Publisher: Hendrickson ISBN#: 9781598564679 SPIRITUAL WARFARE TRILOGY BOT STOCK 33% Discount on this 1240 Page Hardcover Unabridged Volume SGCB Price: $32.50 (list price $48.00)50% - Order with our SPIRITUAL WARFARE TRILOGY SGCB Price: $53.95 (list price $107.00) |
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| | HEROES: Edwards, Whitefield, Newton, Charles, Spurgeon and More Iain Murray Description: The Bible no more knows a separate class of heroes than it does of saints. Because of Jesus Christ, every christian is extraordinary and attains to glory. Yet grace so shines in some (as in the portraits of Hebrews 11), that it lightens the path of many. As A.W. Tozer could write, 'Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aid to the life of faith may be christian biographies.' Iain Murray has already written on a number of Christians he specially admires. A few of them return to these pages, but with special reference to their thought - George Whitefield on Christian unity, for example. Most space, howver, is given to little-known figures, including Robert Kalley and William Hewitson who shared in 'the greatest happening in modern missions', and to Charles and Mary Colcock Jones who took much-loved slaves with them to heaven. There is much new research in these pages, and reminders of how much is missed by those who fail to read of the work of God in history. Christians who know what Christ did 'yesterday' are energized to trust and serve him today. BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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| | SERMONS ON GENESIS 1 - 11 JOHN CALVIN, translated in English by Rob Roy MacGregor JOHN CALVIN is generally thought of as the greatest theologian of the Protestant Reformation or as a gifted Bible commentator whose insights into the text of Scripture are still highly valued today. Yet it is not widely known that the greatest obligation Calvin felt was not to his fellow scholars, nor even to his students, but to the ordinary people - citizens of Geneva and persecuted refugees, shopkeepers and merchants, the young and the old - who crowded St. Peter's Church no less than ten times a fortnight to listen to his sermons in French. Calvin's sermons have lain for too long in the shadow of his commentaries. In seeking to correct this imbalance, it should be remembered that a sermon serves a very different purpose from a commentary. While explanation and interpretation are enough for students, they are never enough for a congregation of sinners. That is why Calvin's sermons always combine the essential elements of all true preaching - exposition, exhortation and practical application. So let the reader be warned: this volume contains lively preaching! Calvin aims to awaken the conscience and also demands life-changing action. Is it any wonder that such preaching was used by God to bring spiritual renewal on an unprecedented scale to the people and nations of sixteenth-century Europe? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "In his masterful translation Dr. McGregor has quite wonderfully brought the preacher back to life and allowed us the privilege of being able, with a little imagination, to take our places in St. Peter's Church on those cold autumn and winter days with the Reformer himself in the pulpit." Dr. J.R. de Witt "My hope is that, for the sake of the spiritual renewal of the church, these sermons will challenge contemporary readers to preach and hearers to demand a more rigorous exposition both of the truth as it is in Jesus Christ and of the urgency of salvation." Dr. Rob Roy McGregor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TITLE: Sermons on Genesis: Chapters 1 - 11 AUTHOR: John Calvin (Translated by Rob Roy McGregor) ISBN: 978-1-84871-038-2 BINDING: Clothbound PAGE COUNT: 888 pages BOT NEWEST ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $29.25 (list price $39.00)Order with Calvin's COMMENTARY ON GENESIS by Banner of Truth s SGCB Price: $54.95 (list price $79.75)This is a 1088 page smyth-sewn hardcover volume Order with CALVIN'S COMPLETE COMMENTARIES (w/ Bonus Institutes) SGCB Price: $144.95 (list price $1,239.00)PAY JUST $25.00 FOR "SERMONS ON GENESIS 1 - 11 |
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| | A COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS John Calvin, edited and abridged by David C. Searle John Calvin was a practical and pastoral theologian. Like the Apostle Paul he worked tirelessly 'for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness' (Titus 1:1). For him knowledge of the truth was for living, and living was for the glory of God. All of Calvin's preaching, teaching, and writing was directed to this one great end, to serve the church of Jesus Christ so that all 'may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory' (2 Tim. 2:10). This book is an abridgement of Calvin's commentary on the Psalms, reducing it to about one quarter of its original size. It is the result of a labour of love undertaken by one who has for some years used Calvin on the Psalms in his devotional reading of Scripture, and who has grown to appreciate Calvin's method of exposition, his faithfulness to the biblical text, and his practical application of the truth to daily living. But why abridge Calvin? The sad fact is that few teachers and preachers of the gospel today ever use any of Calvin's commentaries. Some busy pastors and ministers balk at the sheer scale of Calvin's five-volume commentary on the Psalms, (which forms part of a much larger twenty-two-volume set). Others tend to shy away from Calvin's writings, mistakenly thinking that such are the preserve of academics and theologians, and not of the whole church. Alas, nothing could be further from the truth! This abridgement has been made with such people in mind. It is not intended to deprive readers of the full benefit of Calvin's unabridged text, but to edify those who otherwise might remain strangers to Calvin's practical and pastoral wisdom. Indeed, in the view of the publisher the editor's noble aims have been fully met, that in this single volume 'something of the unsurpassed excellence of Calvin's instruction will have been preserved and made available to a wider public than would ever have made use of the original massive and magisterial work.' Here, then, is a treasure chest containing a choice selection of the wonderful riches to be found in Calvin's commentary on the Psalms. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TITLE: Commentary on The Psalms (Abridged) AUTHOR: John Calvin ISBN: 978-1-84871-031-3 BINDING: Clothbbound PAGE COUNT: 684 pages 25% Discount SGCB Price: $23.95 (list price $32.00) |
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| | HUMAN NATURE IN ITS FOURFOLD STATE Thomas Boston ISBN#: 9780851515595 Binding: Cloth-bound Page Count : 512 Description: If there is one book that more than any other stands out as representative of the best of our Scottish religious classics it is Human Nature in its Fourfold State,' says John Macleod in Some Favourite Books. BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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| | THE PREACHING OF JONATHAN EDWARDS John Carrick Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) is widely regarded not only as America's greatest theologian and philosopher, but also as one of her greatest preachers. It is a remarkable fact, however, that his preaching has been somewhat neglected, both in academic circles and in the Reformed churches. Published in the year that marks the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his death, this book successfully straddles the church's and the academy's interest in Edwards and supplies that omission. Dr Carrick demonstrates that Edwards was preaching and writing at a unique moment in history when the Puritan spirit and the spirit of the Enlightenment intersected; he traces the remarkable fall and rise of interest in the great American preacher-theologian in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; he interacts, both positively and critically, with the now complete Yale edition of Edwards' Works and also with the ever burgeoning field of Edwards scholarship; and he cites extensively from Edwards' sermons, treatises, and Miscellanies in order to demonstrate the power and the profundity of his preaching and thought. The author's main focus is, throughout, primarily homiletical; but interwoven in the homiletical focus are theological, philosophical, historical, and biographical strands. He constantly seeks to place Edwards and his sermons in their New England context " indeed, in their wider eighteenth-century transatlantic context " thus providing, wherever possible, the historical background for Edwards' sermons. The 'New York period', the 'Great Apostasy' at Yale, the Bolton interlude, the Yale tutorship, the Boston Lecture of 1731, the Enfield sermon, the Yale Commencement of 1741, the great revivals, the landmark funerals, the Edwards-Stoddard-Williams dynamic, the Communion controversy, the Farewell Sermon, the romance of the Stockbridge years " these are all treated within the context of a systematic analysis of Edwards' preaching under a number of different themes. Dr Carrick does not shrink from sounding a note of critique at certain points and he warns against the danger of slavishly imitating the New England preacher. But he is also clearly convinced of Edwards' extraordinary greatness and of the tremendous value of his sermons for Christians today. 'Iron sharpens iron'; and the iron of Edwards' marvellous expositions and applications is sure to sharpen the minds and souls of all those who study them carefully. 478 Pages Published: August 2008 BOT NEW ARRIVALS BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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| | THE SUFFERING SAVIOUR A Series of Devotional Meditations on the Cross F.W. Krummacher BOT NEWEST ARRIVALS This series of devotional meditations on the final scenes in the life of Christ on earth has been prized by successive generations of Christians ever since its original publication in 1854. Translated almost immediately into English and frequently republished, the book has been described as the greatest single volume of the entire nineteenth century on the last days of ChristĘs earthly ministry. Krummacher organizes his meditations around the structure of the Old Testament tabernacle. The first section, The Outer Court, covers the time from JesusĘ announcement of His approaching death to His discourses on the way to Gethsemane. The central section, the longest, is entitled The Holy Place. It deals with Gethsemane, JudasĘ betrayal, PeterĘs denial, all the judicial proceedings, Christ's scourging, and the journey to Calvary. The final section, The Most Holy Place, covers the crucifixion itself, Christ's sayings from the cross, His agony and death, and His burial. This is a book to which all Christians, and especially preachers, will want to return frequently, to have their hearts warmed afresh, and their love to, and zeal for, their Saviour rekindled. BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $22.95 (list price $30.00) |
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| | THE DEATH OF DEATH IN THE DEATH OF CHRIST John Owen with Preface by J.I. Packer The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is a polemical work, designed to show, among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unscriptural and destructive to the gospel. Those who see no need for doctrinal exactness and have no time for theological debates which show up divisions between Evangelicals may well regret its reappearnace. Some may find the very sound of Owen's thesis so shocking that they will refuse to read his book at all. It is to those who share this readiness that Owen's treatise is offered, in the belief that it will help us in one of the most urgent tasks facing Evangelical Christendom today - the recovery of the gospel. 'It is safe to say that no comparable exposition of the work of redemption as planned and executed by the Triune Jehovah has ever been done since Owen published this in 1648.' - J. I. Packer Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: Banner of Truth (January 1, 1959) Language: English ISBN-10: 0851513824 ISBN-13: 978-0851513829 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches BOT STOCK SGCB Price: $12.50 (list price $17.00) |
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| | KNOWING THE TIMES Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions 1942-1977 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Description: Martyn Lloyd-Jones' biblically informed insight gave a certain prophetic quality to his ministry; not in the sense that he foretold the future, but rather in his God-given ability to put his finger on the essential issues, and to apply the burden of God's Word... Knowing the Times brings together ... a number of addresses which exhibit this vibrant prophetic character.... Those who heard Dr. Lloyd-Jones speak in a variety of contexts will easily recall the kind of impact which accompanied addresses like these... All will agree that Knowing the Times is one of the most significant Lloyd-Jones titles ever published. The addresses reprinted here remain 'tracts for the times.' The publishers believe that they have the potential to be used in the preparation of another generation who will be like the children of Issachar referred to in 1 Chronicles 12:32: 'Men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.' --From the Introduction "Every young preacher needs to get and study this book. It contains the wealth of wisdom common among elderly men, especially spiritual men--the kind of book that comes along only once every so often. Don't miss it!" --The Biblical Evangelist BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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| | PRECIOUS REMEDIES AGAINST SATAN'S DEVICES Thomas Brooks Publisher's Description: 'The strange opposition that I met with from Satan, in the study of the following discourse, hast put an edge upon my spirit, knowing that Satan strives mightily to keep these things from seeing the light that tend eminently to shake and break his kingdom of darkness, and to lift up the kingdom and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the souls and lives of the children of men . . .' This is one of the seven reasons for writing his book which the author, Thomas Brooks, gives in his preface. Among the publishers' reasons for this reprint is the fact, noted by George Smeaton, that eh best Christian authors of former times treated by seductive influence and terrible power of Satan in a way 'greatly more full and suggestive than in the literature of the present day'. William Grimshaw, in the eighteenth century, was no the first nor the last to learn this lesson from Brooks' Precious Remedies and our modern age greatly needs the message which is thrust back into prominence in these pages. 253 Pages Order with A DOZEN REFORMED CLASSICS FOR 2010 25% SGCB Price: $7.50 (list price $10.00)Save $2.50 Order with A DOZEN REFORMED CLASSICS FOR 2010 SGCB Price: $79.95 (list price $185.00)57% Discount with Free Shipping to US Address |
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| | A GUIDE TO THE PURITANS A TopicaL and Textual Index to Writings of the Puritans and Some of Their Successors Robert Paul Martin The writings of the Puritans are a rich feast for God's people, but, for many, finding one's way around the dishes on offer has constituted a problem. This fascinating book provides a topical and textual index to the writings of the Puritans. SGCB Price: $18.95 (list price $26.00) |
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| | VOICES FROM THE PAST Puritan Daily Devotional Readings Compiled by Richard Rushing TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING! This work has long been anticipated. Glean from the wisdom and spiritual depth of the Puritans during 2010 through these 365 daily readings. Over the past fifty years there has been a great resurgence of interest in the writings of the Puritans. The reading of their works has brought great benefit to the people of God in many lands. Christians from many different backgrounds and cultures owe a great debt of gratitude to those faithful pastors and preachers who continue to speak through their writings even though they have long since entered into their heavenly reward. The Puritans really knew how to teach and apply God's Word in the Spirit's power! Richard Rushing has compiled this book of daily devotional readings from his favourite Puritan authors because of the great help he has gained from their Works. 'How thrilling it has been for me to read the Puritans on the glory and attributes of God, divine providence, fellowship with God, holiness of life and the mortification of indwelling sin, heavenly mindedness, prayer, evangelistic zeal, and trust in the Lord during times of affliction. At every turn these truths are eloquently taught, faithfully applied, and kindly offered as the subject of sweet spiritual meditation.' This book is sent forth with the prayer that it will open a door to the vast stores of treasure to be found in the writings of the Puritans and that it will stimulate further exploration of this rich spiritual inheritance. Authors cited include: * Joseph Alleine * Richard Baxter * Thomas Boston * Thomas Brooks * John Bunyan * Thomas Case * Stephen Charnock * David Clarkson * William Cooper * Jonathan Edwards * John Flavel * John Gibbon * William Gurnall * Ezekiel Hopkins * Thomas Lye * Thomas Manton * Matthew Mead * John Owen * Samuel Rutherford * Richard Sibbes * George Swinnock * Samuel Ward * Thomas Watson BOT STOCK 428 Page Beautiful Hardcover with Dust Jacket SGCB Price: $20.95 (list price $28.00)Order with THE CHRISTIAN'S PRESENT FOR ALL SEASONS SGCB Price: $34.95 (list price $66.00)Save Over $30.00 when ordered together |
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| | WISE COUNSEL: John Newton's Letters to John Ryland, Jr. John Newton, compiled by Dr. Grant Gordon Description: John Newton (1725-1807) has rightly been called 'the letter-writer par excellence of the Evangelical Revival'. Newton himself seems to have come to the conclusion, albeit reluctantly, that letter-writing was his greatest gift. In a letter to a friend he confessed, 'I rather reckoned upon doing more good by some of my other works than by my 'Letters', which I wrote without study, or any public design; but the Lord said, 'You shall be most useful by them,' and I learned to say, 'Thy will be done! Use me as Thou pleasest, only make me useful.' Indeed, he wrote to his close friend William Bull that if the letters were 'owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering, I may rejoice in the honour He has done me', and not envy the greatest writers of the age. All but ten of the letters in the present volume have been brought out of undeserved obscurity by Dr Grant Gordon, whose researches in libraries and archives, as well as in little-known nineteenth-century periodicals, have uncovered much material which is certainly calculated to comfort, quicken, and confirm. Of those already in print, one letter is in volume 1 of the Trust's six-volume edition of Newton's Works, and nine more are in volume 2. Three of the nine are also in the Trust's Letters of John Newton, edited by Josiah Bull. The rest should be new to almost all readers. The particular recipient of Newton's 'wise counsel' in this book was John Ryland, Jr. (1753-1825), Baptist pastor and educator, and close friend of Andrew Fuller, William Carey, and all the pioneers of the modern missionary movement. But in the background stand all the major figures of the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival. A list of Newton's friends and correspondents would, in fact, read like a 'who's who' of the Revival. And forming the wider background is a very eventful period of history, from the American Revolution to the French Revolutionary Wars, by way of the colonization of Australia, the first missions to India, and the abolition of the slave trade. Dr Gordon has helpfully set the letters in the context of these events and provided useful background detail. The reader will discover afresh in these letters, not only mature and wise counsel, but a wholesome emphasis on true Christian experience, a great breadth of Christian sympathy, and a strong confidence in the power of the grace of God, for, as Newton said, 'Grace has long and strong arms!' ISBN#: 9781848710535 Binding: Clothbound Page Count : 428 428 Page Clothbound Volume SGCB Price: $20.95 (list price $28.00)Order with THE LETTERS OF JOHN NEWTON (Compilmentary Volume) SGCB Price: $37.95 (list price $55.00) |
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| | THE LIFE OF JOHN MILNE OF PERTH ISBN#: 9780851519616 Binding: Clothbound Page Count : 464 Description: "One of Scotland's finest evangelical biographies, written by one of her foremost leaders." John Milne (1807-68) became a minister of St. Leonard's, Perth, in 1839, and was almost immediately identified with an awakening in which an outstanding circle of preachers shared. Among them were his close friends, William Burns, Robert M'Cheyne, and Horatius Bonar. Bonar, author and hymn writer, was at his best in his Life of John Milne (1869). From first-hand knowledge of the revival period, and from original documents, he has preserved an account of Milne and the evangelicals who, in the words of Alexander Whyte, 'had an immense influence on the religious life of Scotland'. These men shared the conviction of M'Cheyne, 'It is not great gifts God uses so much as great likeness to Christ.' The Milne biography wonderfully illustrates that truth. It shows us why, at a later date, C.H. Waller (Chaplain to Bishop Ryle and Principal of the London School of Divinity), could speak of the 1840s in Scotland as 'the nearest approach he knew to apostolic conditions of faith and living'. Apart from a short period of missionary service in India, Milne spent his whole ministry in Perth as a pastor and evangelist. Bonar's account of one who lived close to Christ remains a guide to what the churches need in every age. ------------------------------ Let us put away our own ideas and plans, and let the Lord work when and how he will. Let us look away from difficulties, unlikelihoods, impossibilities, and rest simply on the Lord. This honours him; and he will honour us. How much has faith done! How much it still will do! I long for more of direct, conscious, happy fellowship with the Lord. I know that this can only be by faith. -- John Milne In an age of false ideals and hero-worship, it will be found good ... to mark one who took, as his great model, both in service and suffering, the Son of God; who knew, above most, what intimacy with him could do, in moulding character, and in producing a true and telling life. -- Horatius Bonar, in the Preface SGCB Price: $21.75 (list price $28.00) |
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| | RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS Jonathan Edwards Book Title: Religious Affections Author : Jonathan Edwards Price: $ 19.00 ISBN#: 9780851514857 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 382 Description: Jonathan Edward's object in this book is to distinguish between true and false religion by showing the marks of a saving work of the Holy Spirit in men. In his Preface, Edwards stresses the importance of using 'our utmost endeavours clearly to discern..herein true religions does consist'. For 'till this be done, it may be expected that great revivings of religion will be but of short continuance'. SGCB Price: $15.50 (list price $19.00) |
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| | THE PURITAN HOPE Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy Iain Murray ISBN#: 9780851512471 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 328 Description: Must prospects for succeeding generations be darker than those of today? Can we even expect any period of history to intervene before the Advent of Christ? How can readiness for Christ's coming be consistent with the belief that revivals are yet to be given to the Church? Such questons are brought to the fore in this book and the author, employing both exposition of Scripture and much historical and biographical material, sets out the case for believing that it is not 'orthodox' to indulge in gloom over the prospect for Christianity in the world. "Perhaps the most important practical aspect of this study is its demonstration of the influence which the 'Puritan Hope' had on the beginnings of the modern missionary movement. Carey and others, who attempted great things for God because they expected great things from God, were far from giving any place in their thoughts to that pessimism over the future of the Church's work in the world which here and there, in more recent generations, has acquired the status of a new orthodoxy .... Mr. Murray has written a book of high importance, which deserves to be studied and pondered by evangelical Christians." - F.F. Bruce in The Life of Faith "Tracing this 'Puritan Hope' from Calvin to Spurgeon, Iain Murray raises visions to which Calvinists may once again aspire. His book could be a landmark, if it is studied and its inspiration caught widely among those who are seeking a Power which promises, yea, who promises - to effect more changes in human history than too many of us have even dared dream of.' - Lester DeKoster in The Banner SGCB Price: $8.95 (list price $12.00) |
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| | BEESON ORDER BANNER OF TRUTH BEESON ORDER Voices from the Past SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00)While the Bridegroom Tarries SGCB Price: $10.50 (list price $14.00)Sickness, Suffering and Scripture SGCB Price: $7.20 (list price $9.00)A Day's March Nearer Home SGCB Price: $19.50 (list price $26.00)Facing Grief SGCB Price: $7.50 (list price $10.00)Repentance SGCB Price: $8.25 (list price $11.00)Our Great God and Saviour SGCB Price: $12.00 (list price $16.00)The Life of John Milne of Perth SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00)Wish Someone Would Explain Hebrews to me SGCB Price: $11.25 (list price $15.00) |
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| | PRAISES FOR THE KING OF KINGS Walter Chantry Walter Chantry invites us to share in meditation on the person of Christ and his work through the study of three psalms which focus our gaze on different aspects of his grace, majesty, and glory. Thus in Psalm 2, we are introduced to a philosophy of life; in Psalm 110, we are given a vision of the coronation of Christ; in Psalm 45 we catch a glimpse of Christ in the glory of his return. SGCB Price: $6.50 (list price $8.00) |
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| | ONE LORD, ONE PLAN, ONE PEOPLE A Journey Through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation Rodger Crooks New to the Bible? One Lord, One Plan, One People will help you uncover what the Bible is all about as it takes you on a journey from Genesis to Revelation, pointing out the main features of each book. Want to know how the Bible fits together? One Lord, One Plan, One People will show you how the Bible is not a collection of random stories, but that all its sixty-six books focus on Jesus, the one Lord who is the terminal point of God's promises. It is the story of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, ascension, reign, and return which is the Bible's big theme. As you view the Bible through that lens, you will grasp how its individual parts interlock. Twitchy about venturing into the Old Testament because you are unsure what its function is? One Lord, One Plan, One People will get you out of your 'New-Testament only comfort zone' and into the Old Testament. You will discover how both parts of the Bible operate in tandem, with the New Testament shedding light on the Old, and the Old Testament providing the framework for understanding the New. BRAND NEW BOT LARGE PAPERBACK VOLUME - BRAND NEW SGCB Price: $13.95 (list price $18.00) |
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| | GOSPEL BASICS Trusting, Following, and Winning Christ Andrew Bonar In an age of 'information overload' it is so easy to lose sight of what is really important. Andrew Bonar was a man who lived to bring people back to the gospel and to focus their attention on what matters most. It is not hard to see why his preaching and writing was so used of God- his sermons are full of Christ. 'Christ's actual presence with him was the sunshine of his life, and as the years passed that radiance brightened along his path'. 'True godliness is just joy in God', said Bonar, and people saw that reality in the man himself. His life illustrated the great truth so memorably expressed by his friend, Robert Murrary M'Cheyne, 'It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeliness to Jesus'. In sixteen brief chapters, Bonar deals with a wide range of important subjects related to the Christian life, such as, coming to Christ, growing in grace and holiness, and serving the Lord in the work of the gospel. BRAND NEW BOT LABOR DAY SALE BOT STOCK BRAND NEW PAPERBACK SGCB Price: $9.95 (list price $15.00) |
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| | SELINA, COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON FAITH COOK Deeply admired by contemporaries such as King George III, Henry Venn and George Whitefield (who described her as 'all in a flame for Jesus'), Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon left an indelible mark on the Evangelical Awakening of the Eighteenth Century. Closely involved for nearly forty years with the leaders of the burgeoning Methodist movement, she gave herself unstintingly to the cause of Christ. She contributed sacrificially to the construction of sixty-four chapels, the opening of many other places of worhips, and the founding of Trevecca College in Wales. Drawing on unpublished leters, Faith Cook gives a deeper and truer-to-life portrait than perviously available. Introducing the reader to a gallery of well-known Eighteenth Century personalities, she takes us behind the scenes into Selina's drawing rooms. There the Countess secured an entrance for the gospel among the aristocracy through the powerful preaching of such evangelical luminaries as George Whitefield, William Romaine and John Fletcher. The driving passion of Selina's life, according to the author, was 'a zeal for the salvation of her servants, her acquaintances, her family and the nobililty'. As Lady Catherwood points out in the Foreword, Faith Cook's biography not only rescues the Countess from undeserved obscurity and misrepresentation, but also shows what God can accomplish through the tireless labours of a godly woman whose heart's desire was that the 'dear Lamb of God, my best, my eternal, my only Friend should have all dedicated to his service and glory'. Nearly 500 Page Hardcover Volume SGCB Price: $20.95 (list price $29.00) |
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| | WORKS OF JOHN NEWTON Volume Two Only John Newton Volume two of Newton's Works includes six discourses, as Intended for the Pulpit and twenty of Newton's sermons preached in the Parish Church of Olney. Six Discourses - On the Deceitfulness of the Heart On the Saviour and his Salvation On the Christian Name On All Things Being Given Us with Christ On Searching the Scriptures Twenty Sermons - The Small Success of the Gospel Ministry Considered In What Sense the Mysteries of the Gospel Are Hid from Many The Characters of Those from Whom the Gospel Doctrines Are Hid The Nature of Spiritual Revelation, and Who Are Favoured with It The Sovereignty of Divine Grace Asserted and Illustrated Of the Person of Christ Of the Authority of Christ The Glory and Grace of God Revealed in Jesus Christ Labouring and Heavy Laden Sinners Described Of Coming to Christ The Present and Future Rest of Believers in Christ Of the Yoke of Christ The Service of Christ Easy and Pleasant to His People Believers Cautioned against Misconduct in their Profession The Extent and Sanction of the Third Commandment The Christian Life Compared to a Race No Access to God but by the Gospel of Christ Of a Living and a Dead Faith Guilt Removed, and Peace Restored Of the Assurance of Faith VOLUME TWO ONLY - JUST ONE LEFT SGCB Price: $24.95 (list price $40.00) |
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 | | THE FIVE POINTS OF CALVINISM Jack Seaton THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE There is scarcely another word that arouses such suspicion, mistrust, and even animosity among professing Christians as the word Calvinism. And yet much of the zeal that is levelled against this system and those who hold and preach it is most certainly a zeal which is not according to knowledge. The following articles are written in the hope that much of the abuse that is hurled at the Calvinistic system of theology will be withdrawn, and that the truth of that great teaching, which was the backbone of our fathers in the faith, and the strength of the church in a far more glorious era than our own, will be clearly seen. INTRODUCTION 1. TOTAL DEPRAVITY 2. UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION 3. LIMITED ATONEMENT 4. IRRESISTIBLE GRACE 5. PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS CONCLUSION This valuable booklet has been reprinted a dozen times since it first appeared in 1970. SGCB Price: $2.00 (list price $1.75) |
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 | | A HISTORY OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION Jonathan Edwards The scope of A HISTORY OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION is vast. From a deep and extensive knowledge of Scripture, Jonathan Edwards set out to survey the whole of the redemptive work of God in history, from the Fall of man to the consummation of all things. A thrilling conclusion emerges: Everything in human history from start to finish is subservient to Christ's work of redemption. Not only can nothing thwart that work, but, in the wisdom of God, all that comes to pass actually serves to advance it. In a series of thirty sermons preaching in Northampton, New England, in 1739, Edwards sought to establish his congregation in this mighty truth. Later in his ministry he hoped to write a book expounding the same theme, and was even reluctant to accept the presidency of Princeton College for fear this project would be hindered. Although he did not live to carry out his intention, we can see the substance of what the intended book would have contained in this new edition of the sermons of 1739. Here readers can catch Edwards' vision of the mighty advance of the cause of Christ in the world, and gain encouragement for all gospel labors from the certainty of its triumph. 448 pp., cloth-bound BOT LQ BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $22.50 (list price $29.99)Save: $7.49 |
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 | | MEMOIR & REMAINS OF ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE Andrew Bonar This is One of the best-loved and most widely influential Christian classics of all time. Contains not only Bonar's Life of M'Cheyne but a wide selection from his sermons, letters and other writings. Every minister of the Gospel, and everyone who desires to live for Jesus Christ ought to read through this volume at least once. Just a few quotes from M'Cheyne will whet your appetite: "A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more." "For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ." "Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words from God. Luther spent his best three hours in prayer." "Get your texts from God; your thoughts, your words, from God. In great measure, according to the purity and perfection's of the instrument, will be success. It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God's Spirit, is worth ten thousands words spoken in unbelief and sin." "Live near to God, and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities." "A great part of my time is spent in getting my heart in tune for prayer. It is the link that connects earth with heaven." "Lord make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be." BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $26.95 (list price $35.00)26% - PURCHASE WITH THE SERMONS OF M'CHEYNE SGCB Price: $79.99 (list price $108.00) |
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| | COLOSSIANS: Geneva Commentary Series (HC) John Davenant C.H. Spurgeon, in his famous work, Commenting and Commentaries, placed Davenant on Colossians in the first rank of commentaries on this Pauline epistle and approvingly quoted the words of Charles Bridges about this volume: 'I know no exposition upon a detached portion of Scripture (with the single exception of Owen on the Hebrews) that will compare with it in all parts...in depth, accuracy, and discursiveness.' On the title page of an old Latin edition a satisfied reader made a note of his deep appreciation for Davenant's masterpiece: 'Don't abuse this good old book: for it is an extraordinary piece, and the best Exposition on St Paul's Epistle to the Colossians that ever was published...and I am afraid there will never be a better so long as the world endures.' 944 page clothbound volume with dust-jacket 25% SGCB Price: $26.99 (list price $35.99) |
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 | | BANNER OF TRUTH MAGAZINE Issues 1-16, Sept. 1955 - Aug 1959 Various Authors In September 1955 the first issue of The Banner of Truth magazine appeared. The concern of its first editors, Sidney Norton and Iain Murray, was not to establish a new Christian magazine at that time; rather what they sought was a recovery of those truths that declared salvation to be a work of divine grace. To secure that end, the magazine unashamedly promoted an older form of Christian literature, the kind of which was not widely available in 1950s Britain. And so, from the pages of this outwardly unattractive magazine, the voices of long dead and forgotten Reformers and Puritans sounded once again. 516 Page Beautiful Hardcover Volume BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% Off Newest Banner Title SGCB Price: $21.75 (list price $29.00) |
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 | | PRINCETON AND PREACHING Archibald Alexander and the Christian Ministry Jim Garretson The well-deserved reputation of 'Old Princeton Seminary for wedding learning with vital piety' was due largely to the godly life, teaching, and influence of its first principal and professor, Archibald Alexander. Widely acknowledged as a 'first-class theologian, mentor, and minister of the gospel', Alexander's instruction in pastoral theology shaped a whole generation of students. Through Dr Garretson's research, Alexander's valuable and very relevant insights into the Christian ministry can now be given to a new generation of preachers. "A satisfying meal lies ahead. Its contents are nutritious, and it has been carefully prepared. It should not only nourish and strengthen, but also give pleasure." -Dr. Sinclair Ferguson "Having tayght an extensive course in Pastoral Theology for twenty years, I would have gladly made this book a first rank text of assigned reading for my students, had it then been available." - Pastor Albert N. Martin 'Enrichment and enjoyment in equal parts await the student of this excellent book.' (Dr J. I. Packer.) BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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 | | ELIZABETH PRENTISS "More Love to Thee" Sharon James Do you sometimes feel that you would be able to grow in love for God and others; if only your circumstances were different? Maybe you find that the sheer demands of everyday life squeeze out time for God? Perhaps a terrible tragedy has made you doubt the goodness of God? Read this true story to find out how one woman discovered that the most difficult circumstances are 'God's school' to teach us more about his grace; the very busy times are precisely those times when we need (and can find) God's strength; the worst of tragedies can draw us closer to God. Elizabeth Prentiss is best known as the author of the popular novel Stepping Heavenward (first published 1869) and the well-loved hymn, 'More Love to Thee.' The difficult things she experienced equipped her to minister to others through her letters, books, and poetry. To grow in love for God was the one great passion of her life: many have testified that her writings continue to inspire them with that same passion. 25% Discount SGCB Price: $15.00 (list price $20.00)HARDCOVER VOLUME |
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 | | GLEANINGS FROM PAUL The Prayers of the Apostle A.W. Pink From the moment of his conversion Paul was a man of prayer. His many prayers scattered throughout his letters are among the richest sources in all of Scripture for getting a practical insight into the subject matter of God-honouring prayer. Pink's detailed study captures the essence of the apostle's concern for the congregations on whose behalf he consistenly prayed. However, Gleanings from Paul is much more than a mere study of Paul's prayers. Pink's insights help to gain a more rounded understanding of the apostle himself, the God he served, and the churches with which he worked. 490 PAGE HARDCOVER VOLUME BOT NEW ARRIVALS BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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 click for details | | THE WORKS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS Two Volume Banner of Truth Edition 'In my early days in the ministry there were no books which helped me more, both personally and in respect of my preaching, than this two-volume edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards' D. M. Lloyd-Jones 25% SGCB Price: $67.50 (list price $90.00) |
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 | | MAJESTY IN MISERY Charles H. Spurgeon In the first volume of the three volume set of Spurgeon's sermons on the passion and death of our Lord, Spurgeon takes the reader to Gethsemane, to remind us of the matchless love of Jesus,.." that for your sakes and mine he would not merely suffer in body, but consented to bear the horror of being accounted a sinner, and coming under the wrath of God because of our sins: though it cost him suffering unto death and sore amazement... Can we not cheerfully endure persecution for his sake? Can we not labour earnestly for him?. I charge you by Gethsemane, my brethren, if you have a part and lot in the passion of your Saviour, love him much who loved you so immeasurably, and spend and be spent for him." In the the second of three volumes on the passion and death of our Lord, C. H. Spurgeon bids us follow Christ into 'The Judgment Hall' and to look on as the Man of Sorrows is despised and rejected by men; first, by Annas and Caiaphas, the religious leaders of the Jewish nation, then Herod Antipas, the puppet prince of Galilee, and finally Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. Spurgeon's great gifts of passionate and persuasive preaching are clearly in evidence in these fine sermons, which include 'Christ in Bonds', 'The King in Pilate's Hall', and 'Majesty in Misery.' In this the last of three volumes on the passion and death of our Lord, C. H. Spurgeon takes us to 'Calvary's Mournful Mountain', there to view afresh the last moments of Christ's earthly life. In these sermons (which have been completely reset in a readable modern format) Spurgeon fixes our eyes upon our glorious Saviour, whose amazing grace and dying love are eloquently described and vividly portrayed by 'the prince of preachers'. As you read these sermons, including, 'The Procession of Sorrow', 'Christ's Determination to Save His People', and 'Christ's Dying Word for His Church', you will begin to understand just why Spurgeon was so loved by Christians the world over. GREAT PRICE ON THE THREE VOLUME CLOTHBOUND SET! 25% Volume One: Dark Gethsemane SGCB Price: $18.00 (list price $24.00)25% Volume Two: The Judgment Hall SGCB Price: $18.00 (list price $24.00)25% Volume Three: Calvary's Mournful Mountain SGCB Price: $18.00 (list price $24.00)25% ORDER THE THREE VOLUME CLOTHBOUND SET SGCB Price: $52.50 (list price $70.00) |
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 | | THE LETTERS OF JOHN NEWTON John Newton John Newton (1725-1807), converted slave-trader, preacher, and hymn-writer, was one of the most colourful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century. 'Once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa', he once wrote for his epitaph, 'by the rich mercy of Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy.' It was through his prolific correspondence that Newton fulfilled his distinctive work as 'the letter-writer par excellence of the Evangelical Revival'. His grasp of Scripture and deep personal experience of the 'amazing grace' of God, his many friends (among them, Whitefield, Cowper and Wilberforce), his many and varied trials, his country pastorate, his strong, clear, idiomatic style; all these factors combined to prepare the author of 'How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds', for the exercise of his special gift. These letters, selected by his biographer, Josiah Bull, bear the practical imprint of all of Newton's writings; they cover a wide variety of subjects and aim 'to conform the believer to Christ'. Among them are several that were not previously published in earlier collections of his correspondence. Of particular value and interest are the biographical sketches and historical notes supplied by the editor. 25% SGCB Price: $20.25 (list price $27.00) |
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 | | LETTERS OF THOMAS CHALMERS Thomas Chalmers with into by Iain Murray 'It is not often that the world has seen men like Thomas Chalmers.' The vast crowds who lined the streets of Edinburgh as Chalmers' funeral procession made its way from Charlotte Square to the Grange cemetery, no doubt concurred with this statement of Thomas Carlyle. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) was indeed a remarkable man; parish minister, popular preacher, social reformer, lecturer in moral philosophy, economics, and theology, the first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland. His great natural gifts, combined with his fervent determination to serve the Lord who had so signally saved him by divine grace, thrust him to the forefront of the evangelical movement that was to bring such a transformation to Scotland. This volume, first published in 1853, contains a selection of his correspondence, edited by his son-in-law and biographer, William Hanna. These letters breathe the warmth of ChalmersĘ devotion to Christ and reveal his true soul. Here we see the man behind the powerful sermons and impressive lectures, the ecclesiastical debates and the studied volumes of theology; a humble servant of Christ who in spite of his outstanding natural gifts longed to be a true man of God. Writing to a friend he says, 'I long to realize the joys and exercises and the habits of experimental religion, to love Christ as fervently as good Samuel Rutherford . . . There is nothing of which I am more thoroughly aware than the utter difference which there is between a speculative and an experimental conviction of the same truth . . . I long for more of the life and freshness of an actual contact with these things; for the kingdom of God as abundantly in power as it is in word.' 'Let us all address ourselves to Him as the alone refuge and propitiation of sinners. We cannot surely trust Him too much; nor is there temerity or presumption in venturing our all upon so sure a foundation, Let us not fear that if our dependence be strong enough, we shall fail in our preparations for eternity; as the simpler and stronger our faith, the more fervent will be our love, the more abundant as well as affectionate will be our obedience.' (Thomas Chalmers, Letter No. CLXXXI) 25% SGCB Price: $21.75 (list price $29.00) |
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| | Sketches From Church History Student Workbook Rebecca Frawley Since its first appearance in 1980, Sketches from Church History by S. M. Houghton has been a firm favourite with those seeking an overview of the onward march of the church of Christ from its earliest days to the end of the nineteenth century. 'Here at last', said one reviewer, 'is a book which makes church history enjoyable.' More recently Sketches has become established as a textbook in Christian schools and among home-schooling families, and one list of favourite home-school books on Amazon.com placed it third overall in general usefulness. Now teachers and home-schoolers have a new tool to make Sketches even more useful: a Workbook on Sketches from Church History by Rebecca Frawley. Complete with an 18-week course syllabus, questions and answers, charts, time lines, maps, puzzles, and essay topics, this Workbook will be an invaluable companion to Sketches from Church History. It is spiral-bound for ease of use. BANNER STOCK SALE 25% SGCB Price: $12.75 (list price $17.00)Order with SKETCHES FROM CHURCH HISTORY SGCB Price: $26.95 (list price $40.00) |
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| | THE WORKS OF ANDREW FULLER Andrew Fuller This Baptist minister and theologian was a truly outstanding man and one of the most attractive personalities in church history. C.H. Spurgeon called Fuller, "The greatest theologian of his century," while his close friend, William Carey (1761-1834) expressed the thought of many who were personally acquainted with him, when he said, "I loved him." Converted in 1769, Fuller was called to the pastorate of his family's church (1775). These were the formative years of his ministry, when his theological understanding was sharpened through close study of the writings of Jonathan Edwards, and by his life-long friendships with his closest ministerial colleagues, Robert Hall Sr., John Ryland Jr., and John Sutcliff. In 1782 he became pastor of the Baptist church in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Here he spent 33 fruitful years in pastoral ministry, theological controversy, and missionary endeavour. Perhaps the most significant event in his ministry here was the publishing in 1785 (second edition 1801) of his The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation. Its main purpose was to set forth the truth that "faith in Christ is the duty of all men who hear, or have opportunity to hear, the gospel." This epoch-making book", says Michael Haykin, "sought to be faithful to the central emphases of historic Calvinism while at the same time attempting to leave preachers with no alternative but to drive home to their hearers the universal obligations of repentance and faith." Its significance cannot be exaggerated, for it led directly to Fuller's whole-hearted involvement in the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society (1792) and the subsequent sending of the Society's most famous missionary, William Carey to India (1793). The dominant theme of Fuller's Works is "the grace of God in the gospel." In his last letter to his friend John Ryland, Jr., Fuller testified: "I have preached and written much against the abuse of the doctrine of grace, but that doctrine is all my salvation and all my desire. I have no other hope than from salvation by mere sovereign, efficacious grace through the atonement of my Lord and Saviour". Over 1100 page hardcover volume -25% SGCB Price: $27.75 (list price $37.00) |
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 | | LECTURES TO MY STUDENTS Charles H. Spurgeon While C. H. Spurgeon is still remembered as being the most popular preacher of the Victorian era, it has generally been forgotten that the influence he exercised on fellow ministers and theological students was possibly an even greater factor in his life than his own personal ministry. That he organized a college, supervised the training of some 845 students, presided at an annual conference of ministers, and regarded all this as his 'life's labour and delight' are facts that are little known today. Spurgeon's Lectures to my Students, contain the substance of Spurgeon's regular Friday afternoon addresses to the college students. This new complete and unabridged Banner edition, which has been newly typeset, contains all the lectures in the original first and second series, including The Minister's Self-Watch, The Preacher's Private Prayer, The Minister's Fainting Fits, The Holy Spirit in Connection with our Ministry, The Need of Decision for the Truth, and On Conversion as our Aim. Also included is a third series of lectures, originally published as The Art of Illustration, which focuses on the nature, use, and sources of illustrations and anecdotes in preaching. To make this new edition as complete as possible, the publishers have also included Spurgeon's Commenting & Commentaries, which contains two further lectures and a fascinating and often humorously annotated catalogue of commentaries. This catalogue, compiled by Spurgeon after a review of some three to four thousand volumes, is anything but dull: calculated to produce enthusiasts for books, it also opens up a new world by its well-placed signposts to the riches of the past. "My College lectures are colloquial, familiar, full of anecdote, and often humorous: they are purposely made so, to suit the occasion. At the end of the week I meet the students, and find them weary with sterner studies, and I judge it best to be as lively and interesting in my prelections as I well can be. They have had their fill of classics, mathematics, and divinity, and are only in a condition to receive something which will attract and secure their attention, and fire their hearts. The solemn work with which the Christian ministry concerns itself demands a man's all, and that all at its best. To engage in it half-heartedly is an insult to God and man. Slumber must forsake our eyelids sooner than men shall be allowed to perish. Yet we are all prone to sleep as do others, and students, among the rest, are apt to act the part of the foolish virgins; therefore have I sought to speak out my whole soul, in the hope that I might not create or foster dullness in others. May he in whose hand are the churches and their pastors bless these words to younger brethren in the ministry, and if so I shall count it more than a full reward, and shall gratefully praise the Lord. - C. H. Spurgeon BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% SGCB Price: $29.25 (list price $39.00)928 Page Clothbound Volume |
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| | THE TRACTS AND LETTERS OF JOHN CALVIN Seven Volume Hardcover Set John Calvin THE TRACTS & LETTERS OF JOHN CALVIN Volumes: Seven Binding: Clothbound Page Count: 3488 Publisher: Banner of Truth ISBN#: 9780851519876 Description: Long unavailable the republication of Calvin's Tracts and Letters will delight all who have come to delight in the writings of the sixteenth-century reformer of Geneva. 3 Volumes of Tracts Three volumes of Tracts comprise some of Calvin's most important writings. Volume 1 begins with the Life of Calvin written by his close friend and colleague, Theodore Beza. An outline of Calvin's life and work by an eye-witness and intimate friend, it will never be entirely superseded by any other biography. There follows several miscellaneous Tracts relating to the Reformation, which all have a strong bearing on the leading points at issue between Roman Catholics and Protestants. Among them is the famous exchange with Cardinal Sadaleto and The Necessity of Reforming the Church. The Tracts contained in the second volume discuss subjects which are of the highest importance in themselves. They range widely over a very extensive field, presenting us both with general summaries of the Truth, in its most elementary form (Calvin's Catechism, etc.), and also with learned and profound treatments of more difficult points, particularly the nature of our Saviour's Presence in the Supper. The four Tracts that comprise the third volume, were selected partly on account of their own intrinsic value, and partly on account of the additional interest which recent controversies have given to some of the subjects considered in them. They contain lucid discussions on all the leading points in the controversy with Rome, furnish wholesome advice in answer to a question which once was, and will probably again become, of great practical importance (The True Method of Reforming the Church and Healing Her Divisions); and refute the wild dogma which a kind of infidel fanaticism had devised, asserting, that in the interval between death and the final judgment the soul remains in a state of sleep or unconscious existence. All the Tracts sustain the reputation of their distinguished author; and, considering their controversial nature, do not often display the virulent spirit and intemperate language for which modern critics all too often condemn Calvin. 4 Volumes of Letters The man who regularly lectured to theological students, preached on average five times a week and authored enough material to fill forty-eight enormous volumes could scarcely be expected to show enthusiasm for correspondence. Yet in the Complete Works of John Calvin there are to be found no less than eleven volumes of his correspondence! Calvin wrote to kings and princes, reformers and friends, nobility and common people alike. His letters discuss affairs of State, but also the most mundane problems of everyday life, and through them all is revealed a man of deep pastoral concern, consistent and exemplary evangelistic zeal, with a humble sense of the final authority of God and his word. The four volumes of letters in this edition range from 1528 to the year of the reformer's death in 1564, and are of enormous historical interest. But their permanent significance lies in the reminder they provide of a great work of God, and the example they set of compassionate Christian care, and a deep concern for the advance of the gospel wherever it is proclaimed. Calvin's personal ambition undergirds each letter: 'It is enough that I live and die for Christ who is to his followers a gain both in life and in death.' CALVIN TRILOGY BOT SET OVER 40% DISCOUNT SGCB Price: $99.95 (list price $170.00) |
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| | LATEST PURITAN PAPERBACKS Thomas Brooks, Richard Sibbes, John Owen & John Flavel (1) SMOOTH STONES TAKEN FROM ANCIENT BROOKS by C.H. Spurgeon "As a writer, Brooks scatters stars with both his hands: he hath dust of gold; in his storehouse are all manner of precious stones." So wrote C.H. Spurgeon in his Preface to this book. He counted Thomas Brooks among his favourite Puritan authors, and it is not hard to see why. Brooks' popularity lies both in his subjects - practical truths, central to the Christian life - and in the manner of his presentation. He is ever direct, urgent, fervent, full of Scripture, and able to choose words which make his sentences stick in one's mind. This book is a collection of sentences, illustrations, and quaint sayings from this renowned Puritan. Gathered by Spurgeon out of the 6 volume set of Brooks' Works, it remains an excellent introduction to both the man and his writings. (2) JOSIAH'S REFORMATION by Richard Sibbes "Richard Sibbes always sought to get under the superficial layer of his listeners' behaviour and deal with their hearts. He knew that the outward acts of sin spring from the inner desires of the heart. Merely to alter a person's behaviour without dealing with those desires would cultivate hypocrisy, the self-righteous cloak for a cold and vicious heart. Sibbes believed that hearts must be turned, and evil desires eclipsed by stronger ones for Christ. This book is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1629. Our busyness and activism so easily degenerate into a hypocrisy in which we keep up all the appearance of holiness without the heart of it. Christians even use Christ as a package to pass on to others, instead of enjoying him first and foremost as their own Saviour. But true reformation must begin in the heart, with love for Christ. And that can only come when the free grace of God in Christ Jesus is preached. Reading Sibbes is like sitting in the sunshine: he gets into your heart and warms it to Christ." - MICHAEL REEVES (3) INDWELLING SIN IN BELIEVERS (Abridged and Made Easy to Read) by John Owen John Owen's Indwelling Sin in Believers is a guide to knowing our enemy, a field-manual for the lifelong war Christ's soldiers must wage against the sin that remains in them after conversion. Like an experienced general, Owen sets out the strategy and tactics of indwelling sin with unrivalled insight and clarity. Based on Romans 7:21, I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me, Owen's work shows that sin is a powerful inward law or principle lodged in the heart whose whole nature is enmity against God. This powerful river, flowing from the Fall, can only be brought under control by regenerating grace. However, sin's enmity remains in believers after conversion, and the long war against it is one in which all Christians must engage. Though this is a book about sin, it is no less about the all-sufficient grace of Christ. There is much here to strengthen and comfort the believer. Owen never lets us think that we must depend on our own unaided efforts. Nor are we sent to the law for help, since defeating sin is something the law cannot do. Our victory lies in seeing to it that the springs of grace remain open, and that communion with God in Christ remains our joy and delight. This abridgement seeks to make Owen more accessible to present-day readers, but carefully retains the essence of his thought and as many as possible of his own expressions. It is a companion volume to The Mortification of Sin and Temptation Resisted and Repulsed, also published by the Trust in the same series. (4) FACING GRIEF: A Token for Mourners by John Flavel "I first became acquainted with this work when a couple in our congregation was called to go through the dark valley of losing their first child. Flavel's Token helped them to trust God for good through the affliction and grief. It helped them to fix their eyes on Jesus, the Author and perfecter of their faith when they needed such help most. I had owned this work for decades - but it was hidden at the back of volume five of the collected Works of Flavel. I had read some of his more theological works, and the 'Puritan Paperback' edition of Flavel's 'The Mystery of Providence' - one of my favorite Puritan works. Now republished as 'Facing Grief: Counsel for Mourners', this new edition makes Flavel's Token for Mourners more accessible. By publishing it separately, and in a lightly-edited form, the Banner of Truth Trust has allowed the work once again to take the form in which it knew such popularity among grieving Christians for 150 years - a small book, published on its own - the right size for carrying, and reading alone, slowly, and with meditation, reflection, and prayer. May reading these pages prayerfully remind you, believer, of our certain hope in Christ. May you be protected from danger as you are led to Christ during your time of grief. May you embrace the promises that we have in Christ, and find your heart pastored by this faithful minister of GodĘs Word." - MARK DEVER, Washington, D.C. December 2009 (5) SPIRITUAL-MINDEDNESS by John Owen Thomas Chalmers wrote that Owen's book on Spiritual-Mindedness holds 'a distinguished rank among the voluminous writings of this celebrated author'. For him three features made it very special: - The force with which it applies truth to the conscience. - The way Owen plumbs the depths of Christian experience as a skilful physician of the soul. - The uncovering of the secrets of the mind and heart so that the true spiritual state of the reader is discovered. This book began life as a collection of meditations on Romans 8:6, which were written for the author's own benefit during a time of illness. Alarmed by the subtle power the world exercises over the mind, Owen shows us how to really live by raising our thoughts above all earthly objects and setting them on 'things above, where Christ is' (Col. 3:1). A favourite book of William Wilberforce, it contains some passages which are not surpassed in all of Owen's writings. It comes from the pen of a tender-hearted pastor whose only purpose is to encourage the believer in the ongoing battle against sin. So if you feel overwhelmed by the power of worldliness then this is definitely the book for you! ORDER ALL FIVE AND SAVE EVEN MORE! BRAND NEW BOT BOT STOCK (1) Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks - Selections from Thomas Brooks by C.H. 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| | JOHN CALVIN: Man of God's Word, Written and Preached Peter Barnes JOHN CALVIN: MAN OF GOD'S WORD, WRITTEN AND PREACHED Peter Barnes explores Calvin's understanding of the Bible as the Word of God and shows the Reformer's wholehearted commitment to Scripture as revealed in his theological writings, commentaries and sermons. 'No man did more to point the church back to God's inerrant Word than John Calvin. This book will encourage you to read and hear Scripture as God's true Word to helpless sinners.' ISBN#: 9781848711211 Binding: Paperback Page Count : 144 BRAND NEW BOT BRAND NEW TITLE READY TO SHIP SGCB Price: $8.25 (list price $11.00)25% Discount |
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 | | JONATHAN EDWARDS: A New Biography Iain Murray The first full-length account of the best-known theologian and evangelist in 18th-century America to appear for fifty years. First published in 1987 it has remained among the best-selling biographies. "One of the best biographies you'll ever read...and what a fitting subject! Murray let's Edwards 'be Edwards' in this fascinating and insightful account. Full of practical wisdom... This is must reading for every Christian." -- The Discerning Reader. Published by Banner of Truth (503pp/hardcover). BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% Discount SGCB Price: $24.75 (list price $33.00)Save: $8.25 |
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 | | HISTORY OF PRINCETON SEMINARY: Vol. 1 Faith and Learning, 1812-1868 David Calhoun From its very inception in 1812, Princeton Seminary became a notable center for academic excellence and Presbyterian orthodoxy. Combining a commitment to serious scholarship and deep spirituality, it maintained a unique position of leadership in American evangelicalism throughout the nineteenth century. In this first of two volumes, Calhoun traces the history of this Princeton Seminary up to 1868. He provides insightful accounts of the labors of such men as Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, and Charles Hodge. Thus, he supplies a readable introduction to an institution which left a permanent mark upon several succeeding generations. Banner of Truth, hardcover, 495 pages Over 25% SGCB Price: $25.75 (list price $35.99)HARDCOVER SAVE $22.00 WHEN YOU PURCHASE BOTH VOLUMES SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.98)HARDCOVER |
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 | | HISTORY OF PRINCETON SEMINARY: Vol. 2 The Majestic Testimony, 1869-1929 David Calhoun In the second and final volume, spanning the period from 1869 to 1929, we are privileged to see the blessing of God upon the labors of men like the Hodges, Warfield, and Vos, but we also see the controversy, declension, and abandonment of first principles which marked Princeton's end as a voice for Reformed truth. Banner of Truth, hardcover, 560 pages SGCB Price: $24.50 (list price $32.99)purchase both volumes SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.98)Save $22.00 |
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| | THE GOSPEL OF FREE ACCEPTANCE IN CHRIST An Assessment of the Reformation and 'New Perspective' on Paul Cornelis Venema The church is being challenged with 'new perspectives' on Paul's doctrine of justification. This book examines both the 'older perspectives' and the claims being made by those who propose a newer reading of the apostle's letters. This will enable a careful study of a very timely issue; the defense of the gospel itself. Hardcover Volume with Dust Jacket 25% - Hardcover Volume with Dust Jacket SGCB Price: $21.00 (list price $28.00) |
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 | | THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY with "An Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency" Charles Bridges The revival of the church seems to be closely connected with the condition of its ministry. Charles Bridges subtitled his study of the Christian ministry, "An Inquiry into the Causes of its Inefficiency", and, rightly used, it is well suited to promote a faithful and effective ministry. Bridges begins by considering the general and personal causes of ministerial ineffectiveness, and goes on to examine preaching and pastoral work. A wonderful book to give to young men in the ministry or for those training for the ministry. 25% SGCB Price: $23.95 (list price $31.99) |
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 | | HISTORICAL THEOLOGY In 2 Volumes William Cunningham The study of the history of theology throws light on both truth and error. It helps us to recognise old heresies when we meet them in modern dress, and introduces us to the classical elucidations of truth which overthrow them for all time. Beautiful Two Volume Clothbound Set with Dust-jackets BOT LQ BOT NEW ARRIVALS BANNER STOCK SALE 25% - Two Volume Hardcover Set - 2 SETS SGCB Price: $44.25 (list price $59.00) |
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 | | Faith and Life B. B. Warfield B. B. Warfield kept up the Princeton tradition of Sunday afternoon classes with the students of the Seminary in which, in his own words, 'the deepest currents of the Christian faith and life were explored'. This book contains some of the memorable addresses he gave on those occasions. You will turn to these sermons again and again as they expound the glorious riches of the gospel in a way only Warfield could do. 464pp. Cloth-bound. Click here for all Banner of Truth Titles. 25% SGCB Price: $14.95 (list price $19.00)Save: $4.00 Order All Four WARFIELD SERMON TITLES - 26% SGCB Price: $48.99 (list price $65.99)Save: $17.00 Order All Seven Warfield Titles - 27% SGCB Price: $94.90 (list price $130.00)Save: $35.00 |
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 | | THE SERMONS OF ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE Robert Murray M'Cheyne At the beginning of the twentieth century, James Macdonald of Edinburgh purchased a box of old papers which had belonged to a preacher of around sixty years earlier. The contents might have seemed of little value, but to some they were 'altogether priceless'. They were the notebooks and sermon notes of Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-43), the godly and devoted minister of St Peter's Church, Dundee. From these papers, lodged in the library of New College, Edinburgh, Dr Michael D. McMullen has transcribed the sermons found in this set of three volumes. They are indeed a precious treasure. Whether based on Old Testament or New, every sermon is full of Christ: the sinner's need of Him, the fullness of His grace, the happiness of those who come to Him, and the danger of stopping short of genuine faith in Him. They will remind preachers and ordinary Christians alike that to preach Christ aright, one must first know Him, and live in the atmosphere of His love. Banner of Truth has reprinted this marvelous three volume set in their usual manner in beautiful hardcover volumes. BOT NEW ARRIVALS 25% - Old Testament Sermons SGCB Price: $18.00 (list price $24.00)25% - New Testament Sermons SGCB Price: $18.75 (list price $25.00)25% - Sermons on Hebrews SGCB Price: $18.00 (list price $24.00)26% - ORDER ALL THREE VOLUMES FOR LESS SGCB Price: $54.00 (list price $73.00)26% - Add "The Memoir & Remains of R.M. M'Cheyne" SGCB Price: $79.99 (list price $108.00) |
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 | | The Saviour of the World B. B. Warfield Warfield's expositions unobtrusively express both his scholarly sense of the precise meaning of his texts and the warmth of his devotion to Jesus Christ. The result is a book of the highest order - biblically instructive and spiritually engaging. 280pp. Cloth-bound. Click here for all Banner of Truth Titles. 25% SGCB Price: $12.75 (list price $16.99)Order All Four WARFIELD SERMON TITLES - 26% SGCB Price: $48.99 (list price $65.98)Order All Seven Warfield Titles - 27% SGCB Price: $94.90 (list price $130.00) |
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| | SPURGEON AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2 Volume Hardcover C.H. Spurgeon Along with its companion volume, The Full Harvest, this two volume story of Spurgeon's life, largely in his own words, from the events of childhood and youth and through the period of his mature ministry gives the full record of his life. Here is an inspiring record of a Christian life which continues to be of blessing for so many. 25% SGCB Price: $44.25 (list price $59.00)TWO VOLUME HARDCOVER SET 25% Volume One: The Early Years SGCB Price: $27.00 (list price $36.00)25% Volume Two: The Full Harvest SGCB Price: $27.00 (list price $36.00) |
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