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Baptism – Three Views

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I really like the multi-views books that InterVarsity Press and Zondervan have been putting out for a number of years now. In fact, it was that style of book that got me going on Five Paths To The Love of Your Life (NavPress, 2005). So I'm intrigued by this new IVP title on Baptism, which I've heard some good things about. The Believers' Baptism View is presented Bruce A. Ware, the Infant Baptism View by Sinclair B. Ferguson, and the Dual-Practice Baptism View by Anthony N. S. Lane. As with other books of this sort, each contributor not only presents his own view, but also responds to the … [Read more...] about Baptism – Three Views

Sons & Daughters – New Sovereign Grace Music

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Sovereign Grace Music will be releasing their most recent album, Sons & Daughters, this Wednesday (August 5) at their WorshipGod09 conference. Bob Kauflin introduces the album a bit: The songs are primarily meant for congregational worship, and focus on themes related to 1 John 3:1: "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are." The project came out of a perceived lack of songs that help us meditate on the unfathomable love God has shown us in adopting us through Jesus Christ (Eph. 1:5). We are now part of God’s family - in Christ … [Read more...] about Sons & Daughters – New Sovereign Grace Music

Charles Spurgeon on Idolatry

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A prayer of Charles Spurgeon: Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer remove, we pray You. Any memory of either sorrow or care that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God, take it away now. What have we to do with idols any more? You have seen and observed us. You know where the difficulty lies. Help us against it, and may we now come boldly, not in the Holy place alone, but in the Holiest of all, where we should not dare to come if our great Lord had not torn the veil, … [Read more...] about Charles Spurgeon on Idolatry

Great Book about Poverty: On Sale

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Authors Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College have written a very interesting and timely book entitled When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself. For the next two days, Westminster Bookstore is offering this book for $4.89 (less than half the Amazon.com price, as you can see to the left). This $4.89 price is only valid until 5 PM (EST) on Saturday, July 18th. A bit about the authors: Steve Corbett is the Community Development Specialist for the Chalmers Center for Economic Development … [Read more...] about Great Book about Poverty: On Sale

Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ – John Piper

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John Piper's has a new book available called Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (Swans Are Not Silent). This book is the fifth installment in the Swans Are Not Silent series. The product description: Jesus' words in John 12 are sobering: unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it will bear little fruit. The history of Christianity's expansion proves that God's strategy for reaching unreached peoples with the gospel includes the sufferings of his frontline … [Read more...] about Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ – John Piper