Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
Martyrs’ Mirror or The Bloody Theater, first published in 1660 in Dutch by Thieleman J. van Braght. A classic book that documents the doctrines and the sufferings of the Christians who stood for their faith since the Ist century.
Book by book study of the Old Testament and how they point to the New Testament (with referenced verses). But I have found in my own heart, and in the hearts of many others, a certain spiritual sense which has led us instinctively to accept and enjoy this application of the Old Testament Scriptures, and it is to such I speak in this book. Nor are we without large warrant in the New Testament for this typical or symbolical interpretation, as in many instances the inspired writers there, make just such an application of the Old Testament narratives. Notice especially the positive declaration made in 1 Cor. x. 1-11 concerning the story of the children of Israel: “Now all these things were our types;” and again, “Now all these things happened unto them for types.”
Systematic theology is a discipline that formulates an organized and coherent explanation of Christian doctrines. It discusses biblical concepts about God’s nature and relation with His creations.
After two pastorates, Louis Berkhof taught as a professor in Calvin Seminary for 38 years. He emphasized that there is no way from man to God, but only from God to man. He also reiterated that God is always the subject and never an object. This book about systematic theology is a compilation of his earlier works. It is being used as a textbook in theological seminaries worldwide. Berkhof is a prolific writer who presented his theology in a clear, lively, and relatively comprehensible style that even an ordinary layman can understand. So let’s dig into this treasury which is labeled as Professor Berkhof’s most important work.
In this classic and highly influential collection, England’s Lord Bishop of Durham, J. B. Lightfoot, focuses all scholarly attention on the Apostolic Fathers, while making the texts accessible to a broader audience. From the stirring writings of the martyr Polycarp to the questions raised by Ignatius as to where congregations were heading, this text is both an informative window to the past and a relevant challenge to the Church today.
What is Spiritual Warfare? The book Holy War by John Bunyan unlocks understanding and ways on how to overcome this silent battle. It sets out to evoke the fall and salvation of mankind under the guise of a besieged city just like one of the Bible’s most reassuring themes – the triumph of good over evil. It demonstrates how even the most devout can be led astray by listening to the world at large rather than God’s letter to us, the Holy Bible. It is an intriguing narrative for both adults and children that serve as a reminder to all that we must remain firm in our faith. It shows how even the finest of intentions can be undone by subtle transgression.
Bunyan exhibits struggles in this book as well-depicted and truly relatable to modern lives.
God’s gift of salvation is a manifestation of His enormous love for human beings. Uttermost Salvation by Aaron M. Hills is a collection of sermons that focuses on the importance of justification and sanctification in the salvation process. Hills tells the stories of people who had immoral lives but were transformed in this book. These narratives emphasize the need for a Savior who can sanctify us, as well as how Jesus was able to save even the most hopeless of sinners.
This book will undoubtedly boost your faith and motivate you to read your Bible and pray, where you will undoubtedly encounter God. Hills successfully highlighted in this book how God’s grace has been freely granted and how salvation could sanctify us by His word and Spirit.
The deuterocanonical books (from the Greek meaning “belonging to the second canon”) are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church to be canonical books of the Old Testament but which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations. This preface to the Scriptures may serve as a “helmeted” introduction to all the books which we turn from Hebrew into Latin, so that we may be assured that what is not found in our list must be placed amongst the Apocryphal writings. Wisdom, therefore, which generally bears the name of Solomon, and the book of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, and Judith, and Tobias, and the Shepherd are not in the canon.
This classic work includes extensive essays on the Roman political system and its leaders, the political and religious parties of Judaism, messianic movements, and pertinent Greek and Jewish literature—including the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha—from the centuries before and after Christ. This five-volume set is the original edition of Schurer’s landmark work, including the original index. This set consists of two divisions: Division One, volumes 1 and 2; and Division Two, volumes 1, 2, and 3.
“You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. The Catholic Church correctly teaches that our Lord and His Apostles inculcated certain important duties of religion which are not recorded by the inspired writers…We must, therefore, conclude that the Scriptures alone cannot be a sufficient guide and rule of faith” ( The Faith of Our Fathers, 1917, p. 89).
Critical presentation of the whole evidence concerning Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 BC to AD 135; with updated bibliographies.
