Osterbrock christopher ellis (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dissenters are those who separate from the church of England as by law established, and who worship God without those ceremonies enjoined in the ritual, or common prayer. The grand principles on which they ground their separation are: the right of private judgment and liberty of conscience, in opposition to all human authority in matters of religion; the supremacy of Christ as the only head of the church; and the sufficiency of the holy Scriptures as the rule of faith and practice.Brief History of the Dissenters gives a three-hundred-year sketch of God's providence in the preservation of the Dissenting church in England. Ivimey intended that this account would promote gratitude in the church for the freedoms enjoyed, and encouragement to continue in practicing the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nowhere is a Christian offered such exhaustive prescriptions for fighting sin and temptation than in Thomas Brooks' Precious Remedies. Through more than forty nuanced devices for temptation, Brooks loads the Christian with artillery, not just to battle the wiles of Satan, but to grow in examining the heart, mind and will. Christians are not simply to mortify sin, but to grow in spiritual maturity while doing so. Precious Remedies is designed to equip the saints to be on guard, to defend the glory of Christ by living in constant Christian meditation. Brooks led his seventeenth century church to trample temptation with biblical vigor. We are called to do the same through this updated and reformatted Christian classic.??Thomas Brooks (1608-1680), born of Congregationalist stock, served in ministry during the uproarious time of Puritan England. Following a stint in naval chaplaincy, Brooks shepherded his small, dignified congregation until the powers within the Church of England shifted, leaving him with a revoked ordination and, therefore, no pulpit. Even so, Brooks served his congregation through publishing classics like Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices. Observed in this, and numerous other treatises, is his knack for application and quotable sayings. Though his pulpit was reestablished before his death, his most prized credentials were never stripped away, he is remembered as a man who loved the gospel and preached it to his flock with unrelenting conviction.…