“The sketches in this short volume are studies of young men and women… who have been set free from self and and sin through captivity to Jesus Christ.” - from the Preface
31 Oct 2024
There is nothing which (we or) our boys and girls so much love to read, or have told to them, as true stories of the lives of great and noble people. This book gives such true stories... how they came to be great and famous, and the wonderful things they did in the world.
2 Oct 2024
“One cannot continue long in the kingdom of God without in some way openly confessing the fact… There is a reason why a disciple of Jesus must soon confess Him… One of the sure evidences of your own pardon is a strong desire to tell others how they also may get the pardon.” -from Encouragement for Confessing Christ
25 Sep 2024
“The selections in this volume have all been freshly translated from Luther’s own German or Latin, with the exception of the extracts taken from the sixteenth century translation of the Commentary on the Galatians.” -from the introduction.
26 Aug 2024
“Those who know nothing of (Lutheranism) can here learn everything that is desirable to know, and those who know us well, will be pleased to find the whole matter so conveniently arranged. - from the Introduction”
22 Aug 2024
If we are to cope with the tempter, we must not be ignorant of his devices, and we must know the nature and the extent of the forces which he is to bring into the field. - From the chapter, 'Pride'
29 Jul 2024
“The idea of the seven cardinal virtues is, that among the countless excellences with which human character may be adorned there are seven which overtop the rest, and from which all the rest are derivable. -From ‘Wisdom’”
23 Jul 2024
A book of vignettes of those who have passed on to eternal life with the confidence of their faith. Timothy East is a greatly comforting author, best known for his book, The Evangelical Rambler.
26 Jun 2024
“The Christian men of former times…are still our fathers; and their creed… is our precious and sacred heritage… The treasures of sacred song… may serve to illustrate that unity of faith which binds one age to another through the communion of Saints.” -from the Preface
4 Jun 2024
“This book aims to set forth distinctly Christian ethics… to depict the Christian life from the standpoint of faith and regeneration… to depict the moral life from the religious point of view… The truly ethical life is grounded in the right relation of the individual to God, and that this relation determines his relation to his fellow men.” - from the Preface
8 Jan 2024