Into His Presence: Praying with the Puritans

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Author(s): Tim Chester
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Price: $2.99       (Nov 6-7)

Collection of Puritan prayers and meditations that will help personal and public prayer.

This collection of eighty theologically rich and beautifully written prayers and meditations, adapted from Puritan prayers and prose, will enrich and deepen your prayer life.

While retaining the dignity and beauty of the original language, Tim Chester has updated key words and phrases, making the book accessible to modern readers.

Each prayer combines beautiful words with profound truths. Read during personal devotions or use to lead rich and deep corporate prayers to give weight and majesty to gathered times of worship.

Includes rich and glorious prayers from John Owen, Thomas Watson, Anne Bradstreet, Richard Baxter and more.

 

The Prayer of Agur

Author(s): Jay Payleitner
Publisher: Multnomah
Price: $1.99       (Ends Nov 14)

“Learn a simple prayer that will help you find your sweet spot in life.”—Josh McDowell, author of More Than a Carpenter

“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.”
Proverbs 30:8

This simple, unexpected request from a little-known biblical author named Agur is the only prayer in all of Proverbs, and it offers life-changing potential.

Imagine finding new purpose and contentment in your work, personal ministry, and relationships. Open your heart to Agur’s wit and wisdom, and you can learn to

• escape imbalance
• overcome fear of failure and eliminate envy
• joyfully pursue your passions
• reap the eternal rewards of trusting God
• find your personal sweet spot

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Offering and Embracing Christ

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Author(s): John Biegel
Publisher: Reformation Heritage
Price: $2.99       (Nov 20-21)

“John Biegel now adds his own name to a growing list of authors who, in the past few decades, have unearthed the riches of the Marrow tradition and its emphases on the fullness of Christ that lies at the heart of the gospel and the free and universal way in which he is to be offered in its proclamation.”—Sinclair Ferguson, author of The Whole Christ

The free offer of the gospel and saving faith were central issues in the Marrow controversy of the mid-eighteenth century. In Offering and Embracing Christ, John Biegel finds an unlikely stronghold of Marrow theology in the Established Church of Scotland: John Colquhoun.

Learn to embrace assurance, justification, and repentance in Christ from this modern Marrow man.

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Old-Earth Creationism On Trial

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Author(s): Tim Chaffey & Jason Lisle
Publisher: Master Books
Price: $2.99       (Nov 20-21)

As the modern Church struggles to find a place of relevancy for a new generation that already has massive demands on its time and attention, more and more young people raised in the Church are leaving it – failing to find the answers to their questions of faith and life, beset with doubts raised by issues that the Church chooses not to address. Opting to skirt the controversy of Genesis as literal history, the biblical authority of the Holy Word is called into question and reduced to a collection of mere stories. More popularly considered an issue for schools or in the public realm, the conflicting views on the age of the earth also remain a pivotal issue within the Church – as it has for over two centuries.

Was the Creation week literally six days?
Does science really point to an old earth?
Does the issue really matter for Christians?
Should this issue even be discussed within the Church?
Join authors Dr. Jason Lisle and Tim Chaffey as they put forth a case against an old-earth interpretation of Scripture. A comprehensive biblical, theological, and scientific critique of old-earth creationism, the book presents its compelling testimony in layman’s terms to create a powerful debate that leads to unquestionable truth.

 

The Case for the Real Jesus

Author(s): Lee Strobel
Publisher: Zondervan
Price: $2.99       (Ends Nov 30)

Has modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real Jesus is far different from the atoning Savior worshipped through the centuries?

In The Case for the Real Jesus, former award-winning legal editor Lee Strobel explores such hot-button questions as:

Did the church suppress ancient non-biblical documents that paint a more accurate picture of Jesus than the four Gospels?
Did the church distort the truth about Jesus by tampering with early New Testament texts?
Do new insights and explanations finally disprove the resurrection?
Have fresh arguments disqualified Jesus from being the Messiah?
Did Christianity steal its core ideas from earlier mythology?
Evaluate the arguments and evidence being advanced by prominent atheists, liberal theologians, Muslim scholars, and others. Sift through expert testimony. Then reach your own verdict in The Case for the Real Jesus.

 

A History of Christianity in Africa: From Antiquity to the Present

Author(s): Elizabeth Isichei
Publisher: Eerdmans
Price: $2.99      

This unprecedented work is the first one-volume study of the history of Christianity in Africa. Written by Elizabeth Isichei, a leading scholar in this field, A History of Christianity in Africa examines the origins and development of Christianity in Africa from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the spectacular growth, vitality, and diversity of the churches in Africa today.

Isichei opens with the brilliance of Christianity in Africa in antiquity and shows how Christian Egypt and North Africa produced some of the most influential intellects of the time. She then discusses the churches founded in the wake of early contacts with Europe, from the late fifteenth century on, and the unbroken Christian witness of Coptic Egypt and of Ethiopia. Isichei also examines the different types of Christianity in modern Africa and shows how social factors have influenced its development and expression.

With the explosive growth of Christianity now taking place in Africa and the increasingly recognized significance of African Christianity, this much-needed book fills the void in scholarly works on that continent’s Christian past, also foreshadowing Christian Africa’s influential future.

 

The Wages of Spin

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Author(s): Carl Trueman
Publisher: Christian Focus Publications
Price: $2.99       (Dec 7-9)

Do you have an opinion? There is an increasing tendency in Evangelical circles to regard disagreement in our allegedly post-modern world as inherently oppressive. Too many people sit on the fence and ignore, or are unaware of, the fact that Christianity is an historical religion. As Laurence Peter once said “History repeats itself because nobody listens.” The point of having a debate is not to have a debate and then agree to differ (sitting around in a mutually affirming love-fest) – the point of debate, as the Apostle Paul clearly demonstrates time and again in the book of Acts, is to establish which position is best.
Carl Trueman’s intends to provoke you with this collection of essays into thinking for yourself and to have an opinion on THINGS THAT MATTER!
You can listen to the author as he speaks about this book here on “Pilgrim radio”.