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TEN BANNER OF TRUTH CLASSIC TITLES OLD AND NEW
J.C. Ryle, Ian Hamilton, Hugh Martin, Alexander Moody Stuart, Charles Bridges, J.W. Alexander, E.J. Young, John Hurrion, John Knox & Peter Barnes
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(1) HOLINESS: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties & Roots by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)
‘A book I think every Christian should read. It is so readable, so accessible, a very simple style of presentation, but absolutely forceful, and discerning. Every time I read it the Lord uses it to press upon me the importance and the possibility of holiness. It’s one of those books that makes you feel convicted but also inspired.’ — KEVIN DEYOUNG
‘…this book is simply the best of Ryle the Puritan-type pastor. Real Christians will find it a gold mine, a feast, a spur and a heart-warmer, food, drink, medicine, and a course of vitamins, all in one.’ — J.I. PACKER
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots is perhaps J. C. Ryle’s best-known and, arguably, best-loved book. Although many things have changed since 1877, when this book was first published, one thing remains the same: ‘real practical holiness does not receive the attention it deserves.’ It was to remedy this attention deficit, and to counter false teaching on this most important subject, that Ryle took up his pen.
The twenty-one chapters in this enlarged edition highlight:
the real nature of holiness
the temptations and difficulties which all must expect who pursue it
the life-transforming truth that union with Christ is the root of holiness
the immense encouragement Jesus Christ holds out to all who strive to be holy.
Holiness, as with all of Ryle’s works, is clear and concise, penetrating and practical.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Author’s Preface
Introduction
1 Sin
2 Sanctification
3 Holiness
4 The Fight
5 The Cost
6 Growth
7 ‘Assurance’
8 Moses—An Example
9 Lot—A Beacon
10 A Woman to be Remembered
11 Christ’s Greatest Trophy
12 The Ruler of the Waves
13 The Church which Christ Builds
14 Visible Churches Warned
15 ‘Lovest Thou Me?’
16 Without Christ
17 Thirst Relieved
18 ‘Unsearchable Riches’
19 Wants of the Times
20 ‘Christ Is All’
21 Extracts from Old Writers
**MORE THAN 450 PAGES OF PURE GOLD
(2) WORDS FROM THE CROSS by Ian Hamilton
Paul’s words in Galatians 6:14, ‘Far be it for me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,’ highlight how central and personally significant the cross of Christ is to Christians. Jesus himself saw the cross as his divinely appointed destiny. As he began to experience the unimaginable agony that lay before him, he said, ‘Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? “Father, save me from this hour”? But for this purpose I have come to this hour’ (John 12:27).
In 'Words from the Cross' Ian Hamilton places Jesus’ seven expiring words of grace and hope in their wider biblical context and explores their theological, pastoral, and evangelistic significance. The short chapters encourage us to reflect and meditate on the love of God which is ‘the fountainhead of the gospel’ (John Owen) and bring us to devote all we are to the Saviour who gave his all for us.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Setting the Scene
2. The Promised Savior
3. The Savior's First Song: Isaiah 42:1-4
4. The Savior's Second Song: Isaiah 49:1-7
5. The Savior's Third Song: Isaiah 50:4-11
6. The Savior's Fourth Song: Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12
7. The Shadow of the Cross: Jesus in Gethsemane
8. The Sufferings of the Servant Prophesied
9. Jesus' Arrest and Trial
10. Dying Words
11. 'Oh, the Depth'
12. Jesus First Word from the Cross: Luke 23:34
13. Jesus Second Word from the Cross: Luke 23:43
14. Jesus Third Word from the Cross: John 19:26,27
15. Jesus Fourth Word from the Cross: Matthew 27:46
16. Jesus Fifth Word from the Cross: John 19:28
17. Jesus Sixth Word from the Cross: John 19:30
18. Jesus Seventh Word from the Cross: Luke 23:46
19. Two Postscripts: Matthew 27:51-54; 27:57 - 28:20
(3) THE SHADOW OF CALVARY: Gethsemane, the Arrest and the Trial of our Lord by Hugh Martin (1822-1885)
‘Martin was exceptionally gifted intellectually. For all his familiarity with the Christology of the Church, his work does not merely pour old wine into old wineskins. There is something striking, fresh, thought-demanding, about his whole approach.’ — SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Calvary cast a shadow over the whole of Christ’s ministry. It was, however, in the last hours of his earthly life that he entered into the full consciousness of ‘the cup’ of suffering which he had to drink.
In The Shadow of Calvary Hugh Martin leads us through the awesome events in the garden of Gethsemane and the arrest and the trial of Jesus Christ. These he interprets in the light of the fulfillment of the Scriptures and the subsequent fruit of Christ’s suffering.
Like Martin’s other published writings this volume is profound yet practical, and intended, as Dr. John Duncan said of Martin’s work in general, to promote ‘both the doctrine which is according to godliness and the godliness which is according to doctrine’.
It was the opinion of Professor John Murray, that among the ‘galaxy of gifted and devoted ministers of the gospel’ in Scotland during the nineteenth century, ‘none deserves more honor than Hugh Martin. No one could scale higher heights of sanctified eloquence.’
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Carl Trueman
Preface
GETHSEMANE
1. The Incidents
2. The Agony of Sorrow
3. The Agony of Prayer
4. Failing Fellow-Watchers
5. A Prayer-Chamber for Disciples
THE ARREST
6. Secret Prayer
7. The Prisoner Judging All Parties
8. The Captive Carrying Captivity Captive
THE TRIAL
9. The Character of the Judge
10. 'Given You in That Same Hour'
11. 'Destroy This Temple'
12. 'Nevertheless... Hereafter'!
13. Condemned! 'There is Therefore...'
(4) THE THREE MARYS: Learning from the Lives of Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the Mother of Jesus by Alexander Moody Stuart (1809-1898)
Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus; and Mary Magdalene all feature prominently in the gospel narrative. But what can Christians learn from the faith displayed by these women?
In these moving and engaging chapters, Alexander Moody Stuart draws out their characters and helps readers learn from each one’s relationship to Jesus. Perhaps too often known only at the surface-level, these three women, brought into sharper focus by Moody Stuart’s reflective and often vivid portrayals, have much to teach us about the faithful Christian life.
Moody Stuart’s preaching and teaching were marked by a keen sensitivity to the human condition and its needs, combined with challenging practical application. This, linked with a deep tenderness and love, well-qualified him to write The Three Marys.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Publisher’s Introduction
Author’s Preface
(1) MARY OF MAGDALA
1. MARY OF MAGDALA
2. MARY THE DEMONIAC
3. MARY NOT SEEKING BUT RESISTING JESUS
4. MARY REDEEMED BY THE LORD’S RIGHT ARM
5. MARY AS CHRIST’S DEVOTED SERVANT
6. MARY AS CHRIST’S CONSTANT FOLLOWER
7. MARY THE PATIENT SEEKER OF HER ABSENT LORD
8. MARY FINDING CHRIST
9. MARY SALUTING CHRIST AS RABBONI
10. MARY FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH JESUS
11. MARY AS CHRIST’S MESSENGER TO THE APOSTLES
(2) MARY OF BETHANY
1. MARY OF BETHANY
2. MARY THE SOUL WITH A SINGLE NEED
3. MARY THE WISE CHOOSER
4. MARY THE QUIET LISTENER
5. MARY THE NOBLE WORKER
(3) MARY OF NAZARETH
1. MARY OF NAZARETH
2. MARY THE THOUGHTFUL CHILD OF THE COVENANT
3. MARY THE EARNEST INQUIRER
4. MARY THE SIMPLE BELIEVER
5. MARY THE MAGNIFIER OF THE LORD
6. MARY THE PATIENT ENDURER
7. MARY THE QUIET PONDERER
8. MARY THE CORRECTED DISCIPLE
9. MARY THE WITNESS OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF HER HOPES
(5) THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF ITS INEFFICIENCY by Charles Bridges
The revival of the Church seems to be closely connected with the condition of its ministry. Bridges sub-titled the 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.
The Christian Ministry is Bridges’ best known literary work, but his expositions of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Psalm 119 are also highly valued.
Bridges begins by considering the general and personal cause of ministerial ineffectiveness, and goes on to examine comprehensively preaching and pastoral work. This book was one of the few which the godly Robert Murray M’Cheyne took with him to the Holy Land, and, in its field, it is without an equal.
‘To enlighten the mind and affect the heart are the two main ends of the Christian ministry. The first demands wisdom and plainness, the second fervency, as the spirit of scriptural preaching. This combination exhibits the minister as “a burning and a shining light” … imparting the spiritual light of divine truth, as well as the spiritual heat of divine fervour … Nothing, says Baxter, is more indecent than a dead preacher speaking to dead sinners the living truth of the living God.’– CHARLES BRIDGES, in The Christian Ministry, p. 318.
(6) REMEMBER HIM: Preparing for and Partaking of the Lord's Table by J.W. Alexander (1804-1859)
What does the Lord’s Supper represent? Who ought to come to it? What should they think about before, during and after the service? These and related questions are answered in this easily-read book. It was written particularly for those who, having professed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, are coming for the first time to ‘remember’ him at his table. But its heart-warming gospel truth and searching practical directions will also be appreciated by all who seek to obey his command until he comes again.
(7) THE WAY EVERLASTING: A Study of Psalm 139 by E.J. Young
True wisdom, wrote John Calvin, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. With an eloquence which is itself awe-inspiring, Psalm 139 shows us how such true wisdom is discovered. Its magnificent statement of the glorious majesty, omniscience, and omnipresence of God combines with its profound and penetrating descriptions of the experiences of the children of God.
In this small volume, these biblical truths are given clear and satisfying exposition in the hands of one of the great modern masters of the Old Testament.
The late E.J. Young, for many years Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, was widely acknowledged as the prince of conservative Old Testament scholars. His combination of deep personal devotion with meticulous scholarship, and love for God’s Word with humble faith in God’s Son, left an abiding impression both on his students and on the many Christians who were privileged to hear his more popular expositions of the Scriptures. In this exposition of Psalm 139 the legacy of his ministry lives on.
(8) PARTICULAR REDEMPTION: The End and Design of the Death of Christ by John Hurrion (1675-1731) w/ Intro by Iain H. Murray
‘Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.’
In Particular Redemption, taking up these words of Titus 2:14, John Hurrion expounds the doctrine of redemption, focusing attention especially on the end and design, extent and importance of the death of Christ. There is a peculiar importance attached to a man’s last words. That is especially true of John Hurrion. As his life was ebbing away, his mind was flooded with thoughts about his Saviour, Jesus Christ, as he prepared the four addresses found in this book for the press. ‘The delight he took in his subject’, his editor wrote, ‘carried him above his great pain and weakness’, and in dying he confessed: ‘The death of Christ being the fountain of our life, there is nothing more necessary, pleasant, or useful to the Christian, than a right apprehension and remembrance of it.’
‘I believe, with certainty, that there is no other view of the doctrine of Redemption able to satisfy the soul…In this doctrine my soul finds the means of life and the means also of dying in comfort.’ — From the Preface by John Elias
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Iain H. Murray
Preface by John Elias
Sermon 1 on Titus 2:14
Sermon 2 on Titus 2:14
Sermon 3 on Titus 2:14
Sermon 4 on Titus 2:14
Twelve Points of Application
(9) THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND by John Knox
Few figures have dominated the character of a nation’s life as John Knox has influenced the history of Scotland. In this remarkable work, originally dictated to his secretaries between 1559 and 1571, John Knox tells the story of his times and the progress of the Reformation in Scotland. These pages breathe the sense of excitement and expectation possible only to an eye-witness and participant in the unfolding drama of the Reformation in 16th century Scotland.
John Knox was incapable of writing history in a detached fashion, merely as a catalogue of events, or even as a tracking down of causes and effects. The days through which he lived were full of the signs of the work of God. So, he said: ‘We write that the posterity to come may understand how patiently God wrought in preserving and delivering those that had but a small knowledge of the truth, and for the love of the same hazarded all’.
This edition of Knox’s history of the Reformation was edited, abridged, and modernized for 19th-century readers by C.J. Guthrie.
(10) THE MILK OF THE WORD: An Introduction to the Christian Faith by Peter Barnes
In clear, simple terms, and with constant appeal to Scripture, Peter Barnes gives an introduction to fundamental truths of the Faith. There is much strong meat here, explained very simply and practically and applied personally.
‘Though this book is called Milk of the Word there is much strong meat here, explained very simply and practically and applied personally.’ — EVANGELICAL ACTION
‘Solid and simple…an excellent outline of truth, with relevant Scripture references.’ — EVANGELICAL TIMES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE 7
THE WORD OF GOD 9
THE TRIUNE GOD 25
JESUS CHRIST: GOD AND MAN 36
THE ATONEMENT 49
THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 66
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(1) HOLINESS: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties & Roots by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)
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(2) WORDS FROM THE CROSS by Ian Hamilton
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Ian Hamilton places Jesus’ seven expiring words of grace and hope in their wider biblical context and explores their theological, pastoral, and evangelistic significance.
(3) THE SHADOW OF CALVARY: Gethsemane, the Arrest and the Trial of our Lord by Hugh Martin (1822-1885)
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It was the opinion of Professor John Murray, that among the ‘galaxy of gifted and devoted ministers of the gospel’ in Scotland during the nineteenth century, ‘none deserves more honor than Hugh Martin.
(4) THE THREE MARYS: Learning from the Lives of Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the Mother of Jesus by Alexander Moody Stuart
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Moody Stuart was known for his outstanding warmth and wisdom as a pastor. In these moving chapters he draws out the characters of these Three Marys.
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(6) REMEMBER HIM: Preparing for and Partaking of the Lord's Table by J.W. Alexander (1804-1859)
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But its heart-warming gospel truth and searching practical directions will also be appreciated by all who seek to obey his command until he comes again.
(7) THE WAY EVERLASTING: A Study of Psalm 139 by E.J. Young
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In this small volume, these biblical truths are given clear and satisfying exposition in the hands of one of the great modern masters of the Old Testament.
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