True Stories of Great American Men for Young Americans by Elbridge S Brooks
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
Sermons on the Eisenach Gospels by J Sheatsley
āOne cannot continue long in the kingdom of God without in some way openly confessing the factā¦ There is a reason why a disciple of Jesus must soon confess Himā¦ One of the sure evidences of your own pardon is a strong desire to tell others how they also may get the pardon.ā -from Encouragement for Confessing Christ
25 Sep 2024
Watchwords for the Warfare of Life: Quotations of Martin Luther
āThe selections in this volume have all been freshly translated from Lutherās own German or Latin, with the exception of the extracts taken from the sixteenth century translation of the Commentary on the Galatians.ā -from the introduction.
26 Aug 2024
Why are you a Lutheran? by Benjamin Kurtz
āThose 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 Introductionā
22 Aug 2024
The Seven Deadly Sins by James Stalker
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 Seven Cardinal Virtues by James Stalker
āThe 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 āWisdomāā
23 Jul 2024
Deathbed Scenes: The Christian's Companion on Entering the Dark Valey
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 Voice of Christian Life in Song; Hymns and Hymn Writers of Many Lands and Ages by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
āThe Christian men of former timesā¦are still our fathers; and their creedā¦ is our precious and sacred heritageā¦ The treasures of sacred songā¦ may serve to illustrate that unity of faith which binds one age to another through the communion of Saints.ā -from the Preface
4 Jun 2024
The Christian Life: A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Joseph Stump
āThis book aims to set forth distinctly Christian ethicsā¦ to depict the Christian life from the standpoint of faith and regenerationā¦ to depict the moral life from the religious point of viewā¦ 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.ā - from the Preface
8 Jan 2024
In His Footsteps: Studies for Edification from the Life of Christ by Richard C. H. Lenski
āIn the footsteps of Christ, the Firstborn, we, His brethren, are to followā¦ The life of Christ is a record of invincible courage and supreme fearlessnessā¦ the courage of Christ is of such a nature as to be repeated and wrought in us also, even in the most timid and fearful of human heartsā¦ the fearlessness of Christ alone can implant itself in the hearts of the most timid and shrinking, and give them a boldness as far above mere natural courage as the spiritual is above the fleshly. ā From Chapter 22.ā
19 Jun 2023