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Unity Of Purpose
$19.99The nations were calling. A theology of cooperation was formalizing. Best business practices of the day were refining. A denominational conscience was solidifying. Baptists acknowledged God’s call to a great work that would require a great sacrifice and proposed a new funding model for the new day.
Over the next one-hundred years, Southern Baptists would give over $20 billion through their Cooperative Program to fund local, national, and international missions; educate their pastors and church leaders; present a unified voice in the public square; and more. The Cooperative Program became the largest voluntary Great Commission funding mechanism the world has ever known.
But is the Cooperative Program merely Southern Baptist history? Does that heroic spirit of strategic, sacrificial cooperation still burn within the Baptist body? Will the challenges and opportunities of the coming decades be best met by the same financial program, or is something else on the horizon?
On the centennial anniversary of the Cooperative Program, A Unity of Purpose collects the voices of leading Southern Baptists to offer a theological, historical, and missional celebration of the program’s past successes and future opportunities.
Contributors include: Bart Barber, Paul Chitwood, Melanie Clinton, James K. Dew Jr., Daniel Dickard, Jason G. Duesing, Mike Ebert, Leo Endel, Kevin Ezell, RaShan Frost, Taffey Hall, Adam Harwood, Richard Land, Brent Leatherwood, Scott McConnell, Julie Nall McGowan, Pete Ramirez, and Chris Schaffer.
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Amidst Us Our Bleoved Stands
$19.99When it comes to baptism and the Lord’s Supper, many Baptists reject the language of sacrament. As a people of the book, the logic goes, Baptists must not let tradition supersede the Bible. So Baptists tend to view baptism and Communion as ordinances and symbols, not sacraments.
But the history of Baptists and the sacraments is complicated. In Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands, Michael A. G. Haykin argues that earlier Baptists, such as Charles Spurgeon, stood closer to Reformed sacramental thought than most Baptists today do. More than mere memorials, baptism and Communion have spiritual implications that were celebrated by Baptists of the past. Haykin calls for a renewal of sacramental life in churches today-Baptists can and should be sacramental.
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My Prayer Book
$14.99This updated and revised version of My Prayer Book offers more than 200 prayers for Christian living, for your family life, for your vocation, sickness, and more. These personal prayers will help in both the joys and sorrows you face in life. Great for confirmation gifts, as a gift for new parents, to use on hospital visits, My Prayer Book has words to pray for each new day, emotions, or when prayer seems difficult.
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Anglicanism : A Reformed Catholic Tradition
$23.99What is Anglicanism? There are many associations that come to mind. Whether it is the buildings, the unique history, the prayers, or church government, often we emphasize one aspect against others. Is the Anglican church a Protestant church with distinctive characteristics, or a Catholic Church no longer in communion with Rome? In Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition, Gerald Bray argues that some theological trajectories are more faithful than others to the nature and history of the Church of England. Readers looking to understand the diversity, nature, and future of Anglicanism will be helped by Bray’s historical examination.
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History Of The Black Baptist Church
$19.99The history of black people in the United States is a history of challenge and resilience, of suffering and solidarity, of injustice and prophetic resistance. It is a history steeped in the hope and strength that African Americans have derived from their faith in God and from the church that provided safety, community, consolation, and empowerment. In this new volume from pastor and scholar Rev. Dr. Wayne Croft, the history of the black Baptist church unfolds-from its theological roots in the Radical Reformation of Europe and North America, to the hush arbors and praise houses of slavery’s invisible institution, to the evolution of distinctively black denominations. In a wonderfully readable narrative style, the author relates the development of diverse black Baptist associations and conventions, from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century’s civil rights movement. Ideal for clergy and laity alike, the book highlights key leaders, theological concepts, historic events, and social concerns that influenced the growth of what we know today as the diverse black Baptist family of churches.
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Baptists And The Christian Tradition
$34.99In Baptists and the Christian Tradition, editors Matthew Emerson, Christopher Morgan and Lucas Stamps compile a series of essays advocating “Baptist catholicity.” This approach presupposes a critical, but charitable, engagement with the whole church, both past and present, along with the desire to move beyond the false polarities of an Enlightenment-based individualism on the one hand and a pastiche of postmodern relativism on the other.
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Humble Calvinism : And If I Know The Five Points, But Have Not Love…
$15.991. The Problem With Calvinists
2. Humble Calvinism Is Not An Oxymoron
3. Point One: Level Ground
4. Point Two: Love, Regardless
5. Point Three: Specific Service
6. Point Four: The Family Business
7. Point Five: Credit God
8. We’re Calvinists Best When We Aren’t Calvinists FirstAdditional Info
Humble Calvinism is both a helpful summary of what Calvinism is, and a helpful challenge to those who are convinced Calvinists. It calls us to hold Calvinism in our hearts, not just in our heads, so that we are humble and gracious as well as zealous for the truth, to the praise and glory of Christ and his church.Author Jeff Medders admits that he is quick to defend Calvinism, but often slow to humbly love Christians who take a different view. His warm-hearted, challenging (and surprisingly witty) book takes readers through the the five points of Calvinism, revealing that a true understanding has a humbling effect on our hearts, fueling a love of Christ and his people that builds others up, rather than tearing them down.
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Joy Project : An Introduction To Calvinism With Study Guide (Expanded)
$11.99True happiness is not found. It finds you.
We think of our chase for joy as a fundamental right-and it’s no surprise. By nature we are pleasure-seekers, though chronically unsuccessful at finding the type of joy that will endure for more than a passing moment.
But what if long-lasting joy isn’t found at all? What if the deepest and most durable happiness breaks into our lives, overcomes our boredom, and ultimately finds us? What if true joy is out of our reach, but reaches for us?
(This updated edition now includes a Study Guide for each chapter.)
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My Church Is Not Dying
$22.95Evangelism for a world that hates evangelism, but needs the church
* The unfolding vision of a church stepping into the future, instead of dwelling
in the pastThe old way of “being church”-measured by political influence, money, and congregants
in the pews-may indeed be vanishing, but it is being replaced by something new and
beautiful for those with the eyes, ears, heart, and soul to experience it.
Prolific author Greg Garrett reminds Episcopalians of the many gifts that our tradition
can offer a doubting and hurting world. He reveals a church that values intellect, beauty,
diversity, and community, and promotes thoughtful engagement with questions of faith,
ethics, and community. This church espouses a generous orthodoxy, welcoming left
and right, mystic and doubter. It values education, social justice, and engagement with
literature and culture. And in opposition to the radical individualism espoused by most of
American Protestantism, it offers the unique gift of a tradition shaped by English culture
that believes the individual is a part of her or his community-not in opposition to it.For members of the Episcopal Church, laypeople seeking a deeper understanding of
faith and the Episcopal/Anglican tradition, and seekers wondering about a way of being
Christian that isn’t dogmatic, doesn’t offer judgment or divorce them from the beauty they
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Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$12.00The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course-Leader’s Guide is an introductory course designed to equip new church leaders and renew current leaders in The United Methodist Church. It can be used with adults and youth and is the foundational course for other leadership training courses.
This course covers the 3 three core categories of Lay Servant Ministries: Leading, Caring, and Communicating; it also emphasizes ministry in daily life and sharing faith stories. The plans in this Leader’s Guide are designed to be taught in 5 two-hour sessions. They can also be used over a weekend.
NOTE: This guide replaces the Lay Speaking Ministries Basic Course Leader’s Guide, DR551. If you have taught the Basic Course before, you will need to adjust your teaching plans to emphasize the core categories described above.
Session topics include
Ministry of the Baptized
priesthood of all believers
spiritual gifts
the need for a response to God’s call
the role of laity in ministryLeading
servant leadership
important roles in leadership
what it means to be a spiritual leader
Christian conferencingCaring
biblical basis for caring ministry
acts of compassion and justice
caring for creationCommunication
guidelines for respectful communication
listening skills
sharing faith storiesInto the World
understanding leaders’ role in fulfilling the Great Commission
importance of continued study and spiritual growth
role of hospitality
Appreciative Inquiry and Asset-Based Community DevelopmentAppendixes include two letters to participants (depending on whether the course is taught in 5 sessions or over a weekend), a sample format for Christian conferencing, evaluation forms for communication session, and resources (scripture, song, and meditation) for each session.
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Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participants Book (Student/Study Guide)
$13.00“God calls you to a life of servanthood as a disciple of Jesus Christ. . Lay Servant Ministries is the first step for many laypersons toward their faith journey as they strive for a closer relationship with the Lord,” the authors write in the introduction.
The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course is a foundational course designed to equip new church leaders and renew current leaders in The United Methodist Church. It explores
personal spiritual gifts
servant leadership
each leader’s role in developing future leaders
the importance of consistent spiritual practices
the core ministries of Leading, Caring, and Communicating
and much more.The Basic Course can be used for both adults and youth. Consisting of five two-hour sessions, it may serve as a short-term study for small groups, Sunday school classes, and new member classes.
NOTE: This book replaces the Lay Speaking Ministries Basic Course, DR551.
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Charles Hodge : The Pride Of Princeton
$19.99Foreword
Series Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
AbbreviationsPART 1: ROOTS
1. New Side Confessionalist
2. Early Religious Experience
3. From Philadelphia To The College Of New Jersey
4. Following The Plan
5. Fledgling Ministry
6. Expanding Vistas
7. Fledgling ProfessorPART 2: BROADENED ABROAD
8. Separation From Family
9. Maintaining Family Connections
10. Student, Conversationalist, Cultural And Ecclesiastical Observer
11. Berlin-The Reigning Center Of Nineteenth-Century German Culture
12. A New Model In Theological Education
13. Assessing The Sojourn In EuropePART 3: MODERATE OLD SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN
14. Newfound Confidence
15. A Prodigious Journalistic Venture
16. Old School-New School Rivalry
17. Old School Nurture Vs. New School Revivalism
18. Abolitionism Vs. Gradual Elimination Of Slavery
19. Schism Of 1837
20. Revisionist Historian
21. To Publish Or Not To PublishPART 4: OLD SCHOOL CONTROVERSIALIST AND CHURCHMAN
22. Changes
23. An Evangelical Theology
24. Christian Education
25. Relations With Roman Catholicism
26. Internecine Controversy: Mercersburg
27. Old School North Vs. Old School South
28. Subscription To The Westminster Confession Of FaithPART 5: INTERACTION WITH EUROPE
29. Anglicanism’s Oxford Movement
30. German And American Transcendentalism
31. Revisiting An Old FriendPART 6: MATURE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGIAN
32. A Nation And Church Divided And Reunited
33. Reformed Among Evangelicals
34. Science Under Scrutiny
35. Fifty Years And Counting
Notes
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Index Of Subjects And NamesAdditional Info
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) is regarded by many as the most significant American theologian of the nineteenth century. He drove forward the rapid growth of theological education and contributed to Presbyterianism’s wide-ranging influence in public life. His advocacy of a Reformed orthodoxy combined with evangelical piety attracted a broad following within Old School Presbyterianism that spilled over into American evangelicalism as a whole. Hodge helped to define a distinctive ministerial model-the pastor-scholar-and his fingerprints can be seen all over the Reformed Christian scene of today.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Jesuit Guide To Almost Everything
$26.99Drawing on the classic teachings of Jesuit spirituality, Father Martin shows how to find God in all things-including our own struggles to grow, make decisions, and find the path to our true and best selves. In this brilliant book, written with humor and love, Jim Martin comes across as the wise friend and spiritual advisor we all wish we had.
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Piety Of John Calvin
$19.99Product Description
The Piety of John Calvin is an anthology that promotes a warm personal grasp of Calvin, the man. This book seeks to show the Christian man as he saw himself, to see the Christian life as he understood it, and to examine both his theoretical exposition or prayer and his own prayers, in the liturgy and for other occasions.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Angels Surround Us
$7.95This is part of a new series of books that combines a rattle with a small board book to appeal to God’s littlest ones. The playful illustrations will delight little eyes as they see the parts of the Mass come to life in bright and vivid colors.
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Thank You Prayers
$7.95This is part of a new series of books that combines a rattle with a small board book to appeal to God’s littlest ones. The playful illustrations will delight little eyes as they see the parts of the Mass come to life in bright and vivid colors.
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Lets Go To Mass
$7.95This is part of a new series of books that combines a rattle with a small board book to appeal to God’s littlest ones. The playful illustrations will delight little eyes as they see the parts of the Mass come to life in bright and vivid colors.
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Handbook Of The Mass
$8.75In 100 succinct summary statements that serve as a basic overview of the parts of the Mass, this compact volume provides an introduction to understanding the greatest prayer of the Church. Perfect for RCIA use, returning Catholics, or as a concise, handy reference. Illustrated.
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Mass Explained
$9.95In a three-pronged approach, this book explores the theological meaning of the Mass, examines the role to which baptized Catholics are called in its celebration, and helps readers to discover the meaning of its words, songs, gestures, and ritual actions. Illustrated.
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Cornelius Van Til
$24.99This work contributes to an understanding of Van Til and his apologetic insights by placing him within the context of 20th century developments in North American Reformed theology, including the formation of Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the rise of neo-evangelicalism, and American reception of Karl Barth.
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Election And Free Will
$22.99This is the first book in the Explorations in Biblical Theology Series. Election and Free Will helps those who believe in a Reformed view of predestination to better understand their faith. It traces Scripture’s teaching on election through the Bible and explains biblically the doctrine of free will. It tackles objections to predestination and concludes with applications of this neglected biblical teaching.
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Seeking A Better Country
$24.99Seeking a Better Country is a readable and lively survey of American Presbyterianism since its founding in 1706. Its aim is not to celebrate but to understand how Presbyterians formed one of the largest and most influential denominations in the United States, and those historical developments that led to their decline.
It is a trenchant assessment of the Presbyterian legacy in the United States by two leading conservative scholars. It should be on the bookshelves of pastors and students alike.
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Reasons To Believe
$26.00This book unravels mysteries, corrects misunderstandings, and offers thoughtful, straightforward responses to common objections about the Catholic faith.
Bestselling author Scott Hahn, a convert to Catholicism, has experienced the doubts that so often drive discussions about God and the Church. In the years before his conversion, he was first a nonbeliever and then an anti-Catholic clergyman.
In REASONS TO BELIEVE, he explains the “how and why” of the Catholic faith-drawing from Scripture, his own struggles and those of other converts, as well as from everyday life and even natural science. Hahn shows that reason and revelation, nature and the supernatural, are not opposed to one another; rather they offer complementary evidence that God exists. But He doesn’t merely exist. He is someone, and He has a personality, a personal style, that is discernible and knowable. Hahn leads readers to see that God created the universe with a purpose and a form-a form that can be found in the Book of Genesis and that is there when we view the natural world through a microscope, through a telescope, or through our contact lenses.
At the heart of the book is Hahn’s examination of the ten “keys to the kingdom”-the characteristics of the Church clearly evident in the Scriptures. As the story of creation discloses, the world is a house that has a Father, a palace where the king is really present. God created the cosmos to be a kingdom, and that kingdom is the universal Church, fully revealed by Jesus Christ.
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Revelation And Reason
$24.99The purpose of this collection of essays is to set in the foreground the necessity of exegetical and theological foundations for any Reformed, Christian apologetic. A Reformed apologetic is only Reformed to the extent that its tenets, principles, methodology, etc. are formed and re-formed by Scripture. It is our hope that this book will demonstrate the necessity of the truth of Scripture, and the implications of that truth, for apologetics. These essays are meant to spell out more clearly the need for, and the beauty of, an apologetic surrounded by the rich truths of the Reformed faith.
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Catholic Childs Illustrated Lives Of The Saints
$14.95The saints included in A Catholic Child’s Illustrated Lives of the Saints are divided by feast day. They include St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Baptist de la Salle, St. Florian, St. Dominic Savio, St. Maria Goretti, and many others.
This beautifully presented hard cover book would make a treasured gift for any young child. With colour illustrations and wonderful stories of the lives of the saints, it demonstrates to all who read it that anyone can be a saint: any place, any time.
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What Is True Conversion
$6.99With his personal and warm style, Stephen Smallman clearly explains the roles of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit in conversion. For many people who have been converted to Christ, they are “profoundly aware” that something spiritual has happened, but just what that “something” is, is still unclear.
Whether you are a new convert or have been a believing Christian for some time, this booklet will be a help to bring you to a place of trusting yourself into the care of the Savior.
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What Is The Lords Supper
$6.99Ever since the night Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, this sacrament has played a central role in the faith and practice of the church. That is why it is odd that many believers think so little of the Lord’s Supper. “They seldom observe it and assign to it little significance,” Phillips writes. “They derive no assurance, and seek no grace, as they receive from the Lord’s Table. How remarkable this is!” The goal of this booklet is to help readers understand the biblical institution of this sacrament, the theological issues surrounding it, and the pastoral considerations for administering and receiving it.
“The challenge before today’s evangelicals, and especially those who embrace Reformed theology, is that we should give the Lord’s Supper the place intended for it by our Lord.”
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Truth In All Its Glory
$29.99This guided tour of the Reformed faith highlights the glory of God’s truth and grace. William Edgar takes us first to the historical roots of the Reformed tradition and then leads us through its major doctrines, including God, the trinity, revelation, creation, the fall, redemption, and the church. He gives special attention to the doctrines of salvation and makes suggestions for further understanding and application of a Reformed worldview to our age. An introduction to Reformed theology, Truth in All Its Glory can be used formally, for example, in a study group or membership class, or less formally, by friends who hope to introduce friends to the Reformed faith.
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Pattern Of Sound Doctrine
$18.99The Westminster seminaries have played a crucial role in the development of systematic theology for the past three-quarters of a century. This volume, in four parts, examines the contributions of Westminster theologians from the early days up to present-day discussions. The history of systematics, its relationship to other disciplines at the seminaries, issues of particular importance, and the impact of Westminster theology on the broader life of the church should interest students, pastors, and scholars. These essays are offered in the hope that they will contribute to the defense and progress of Reformed theology in Reformed churches in this new century
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Understanding The Faith (Workbook)
$10.99Understanding the Faith aids those who desire to profess their faith publicly and become communicant members of a church. This workbook walks students through the essentials of the Christian faith, modeling the format of The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern En
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Rite Of Penance (Large Type)
$34.00This newly Vatican-approved RITE OF PENANCE for use in the United States contains the complete Biblical readings from the Revised LECTIONARY FOR MASS as well as emendations made in accord with the 1983 Code of Canon Law.
The entire volume is set in a specially selected typeface that has been highly praised by thousands of priests who currently use the series of liturgical books published by Catholic Book. In addition, each page in this new, larger size has been carefully arranged to allow for easy reading and to achieve no unnecessary page-turning.
Rubrics are clearly indicated in red type, and liturgical illustrations are rendered in two colors to enhance the beauty of the text. The volume has a brown cloth cover, is smyth sewn for durability, and features stained edges and two ribbon markers.
Unavailable for many years, RITE OF PENANCE will eagerly be sought for use in parishes for the reconciliation of individual and/or several penitents and in seminaries as a needed teaching tool.
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What Baptist Believe And Practice
$13.95A simple and clear presentation on what Baptists believe and practice. This booklet contains the principles whereby the Baptist church is to function in the faith, as revealed in the holy Scriptures. This easy-to-read manual will support and encourage both old and young converts as they attempt to practice their beliefs in a society that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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Children Of The Promise
$21.99192 Pages
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In his ten-year ministry, he had put off studying the topic of baptism. Then the Baptist pastor felt his heart sink as he began to see how Scripture challenged his long-held beliefs. What would prompt him to change hsi views- and find great encouragement in the doctrine of infant baptism? Are there good biblical reasons to baptize the children of believers? What does the Bible say about your children? Robert R. Booth answers these questions by carefully unveiling the covenant promises of God to Christian parents and their households. Robert R. Booth received a Bachelor of Science in history from East Texas State University and is currently a graduate student at teh Southern California Center for Christian Studies, where he also serves as program coordinator. Formerly a Baptist pastor for ten years, he now is pastor of Grace Covenant Church, and evangelical and presbyterian church.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Heidelberg Catechism : A Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$17.99234 Pages
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This STUDY GUIDE to the HEIDELBERG CATECHISM includes all 129 questions and answers with clear exposition and questions for review, further study, and discussion. Background of the Catechism: The catechism was commissioned by Frederick III not long after his accession in 1559 to be a proclamation of the biblical faith to the world. Traditionally the writing of this catechism has been ascribed to Caspar Olevianus and Zacharias Ursinus. Yet further research in this century has shown that Ursinus alone should be considered the major contributor.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Christian Baptism
$9.9990 pages
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This classic work by John Murray sets forth clearly the scriptural arguments basic to the presbyterian teaching on baptism. Focusing on the central significance of that sacrament, Murray sheds light on related questions in terms of God’s redemptive covenant with His people. All who desire a better understanding of Christian baptism will benefit from Professor Murray’s cogent and systematic treatment of the issues.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Deaconess : Walking In The Newness Of Life
$16.99In the increasingly complex life of our society, and in the critical experiences of the Baptist Church, it is necessary for someone to put in book form some concrete guidelines for Christians to follow in the execution of their high calling. Obviously, this is exactly what the author of this book has so brilliantly done.
There is so little writtn about the deaconess in the Baptist Church. Certainly, libraries and religious bookstores are sparse with information about this very important Christian worker.
Those who would become more knowledgeable about the deaconess in the Missionary Baptist Church, should have a copy of this book in his or her religious books collection.
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