No wonder they call him the Saviour by Max Lucado
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I recommend another book. This time by a Christian pastor Max Lucado. It's titled as above. It's a real touching read. He showed the Saviour's great love for us sinners. Go read it also. It's also in the public library. Anyway, I am holding the MP branch one.
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I also recommend to you another book. almost 400 years old. still very, very popular. in fact, it is the next best selling book after the Bible in the Christian world. Written by a tinker-a mender of pots, utensils and other things.
In it you will read God's work of grace that is common to every true Christian - the grace of conviction of sin, the grace of repentance, the grace of faith.........justification.........sanctification and etc.
In it also you will read a Christian's struggle against sin, against doubts, a Christians loss and discourgements and etc.
What book is this? Well, who doesn't know PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by the great Puritan author John Bunyan.
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon read it more or less 100 times. Christian teachers tell it to their young students in their classes.
It's actually an allegorical adventure book..........you'll enjoy it
by the way look for the contemporary version not the old one. Old one's english is sometimes soo hard to understand. -
Ok I will try to get the book.Originally posted by Ironside:I also recommend to you another book. almost 400 years old. still very, very popular. in fact, it is the next best selling book after the Bible in the Christian world. Written by a tinker-a mender of pots, utensils and other things.
In it you will read God's work of grace that is common to every true Christian - the grace of conviction of sin, the grace of repentance, the grace of faith.........justification.........sanctification and etc.
In it also you will read a Christian's struggle against sin, against doubts, a Christians loss and discourgements and etc.
What book is this? Well, who doesn't know PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by the great Puritan author John Bunyan.
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon read it more or less 100 times. Christian teachers tell it to their young students in their classes.
It's actually an allegorical adventure book..........you'll enjoy it
by the way look for the contemporary version not the old one. Old one's english is sometimes soo hard to understand. -
yes, this is a very good read, I first read it in its original engish version (got very lost), then the comtemporary version which I finds much easier to read, they even have a water down version for young children (with lots of pictures for them)Originally posted by Ironside:I also recommend to you another book. almost 400 years old. still very, very popular. in fact, it is the next best selling book after the Bible in the Christian world. Written by a tinker-a mender of pots, utensils and other things.
In it you will read God's work of grace that is common to every true Christian - the grace of conviction of sin, the grace of repentance, the grace of faith.........justification.........sanctification and etc.
In it also you will read a Christian's struggle against sin, against doubts, a Christians loss and discourgements and etc.
What book is this? Well, who doesn't know PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by the great Puritan author John Bunyan.
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon read it more or less 100 times. Christian teachers tell it to their young students in their classes.
It's actually an allegorical adventure book..........you'll enjoy it
by the way look for the contemporary version not the old one. Old one's english is sometimes soo hard to understand. -
The collection of Max Lucado is quite good.
Though i wouldn't totally agree with his utter romanticism.
Still a good read and very uplifting.
Cheers -
As in this book, Christ Jesus laid down His life for His brethren, disciples, mother, & the world & even for the criminal on the cross beside Him. How much more ought we to lay down our lives for our brethren, family, colleagues, friends & the world. This is to follow the eg of Jesus. This is to carry our own crosses after Him.
I have been subscribing to the Voice of Martyrs newsletters. I provide the link here for those who are interested:
www.persecution.com -
Try to get hold of books written by deep and profound Christian writers of old.
Like:
1) Plymouth Brethren writers (these men i consider next to the apostles with their sound theology).
The famous evangelist D.L. Moody once said: " I would trade all my books in my library with the writings of these men."
Men like:
W.E. Vine [remember Vine's dictionary?]
Henry Allan Ironside [My favorite obviously]
Charles Henry Mackintosh
F.W. Grant
J.G. Bellet
A. C. Gabelien
John Nelson Darby [remember the Darby translation of the Bible?]
Lewis Sperry Chafer [famous theologian, one of my faves]
Thomas Newberry [Newberry Bible]
Samuel Tragelles [Remember the famous English Greek concordance and Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance famous amongst preachers?]
Note: Be patient though most of these men lived way back in the 1800's......
their english is quite unintelligible hard to understand.
2) TRy also the Puritan writers they were men after Calvin and Luther. the sons of the REformation [1600's-1800's] John Owen, Thomas Brooks, Richard Baxter, Thomas Goodwin, John Bunyan, Cotton Matther, Thomas Watson and etc. [The writer of the famous Foxe's Book of Martyrs was a Puritan].
Famous of the Puritan's, in fact considered the last of them is Charles Haddon Spurgeon, though dead, is still unsurpassed in the number of books and writings written by one Christian writer even in our days. Not even the Charles Spurgeon of our time the famous Bible teacher pastor Chuck Swindoll [also one of my faves] has surpassed him in the number of good books written.
These men will bless you [by God's grace of course] they will make you deeper and more sound in theology-the kind of theology we need so much in our time where superficial Bible teachers and preachers abound.
These men were the faithful remnant during the time where Chrisitianity, the Church of Jesus Christ was severely attacked by heresies.
The Puritan's after the Reformation. The Plymouth Brethren during the time when Rationalism, Liberalism, Evolution Theory attacked Christianity. -
Don't forget...............the Bible of course...........so many of us are guilty of reading about the teachings of the Bible while not reading the Bible itself -
I have a book by Charles Spurgeon. It's all talking about God's grace. Really like pastor prince. No wonder he also had a megachurch back then & he was considered the prince of preachers.Originally posted by Ironside:Try to get hold of books written by deep and profound Christian writers of old.
Like:
1) Plymouth Brethren writers (these men i consider next to the apostles with their sound theology).
The famous evangelist D.L. Moody once said: " I would trade all my books in my library with the writings of these men."
Men like:
W.E. Vine [remember Vine's dictionary?]
Henry Allan Ironside [My favorite obviously]
Charles Henry Mackintosh
F.W. Grant
J.G. Bellet
A. C. Gabelien
John Nelson Darby [remember the Darby translation of the Bible?]
Lewis Sperry Chafer [famous theologian, one of my faves]
Thomas Newberry [Newberry Bible]
Samuel Tragelles [Remember the famous English Greek concordance and Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance famous amongst preachers?]
Note: Be patient though most of these men lived way back in the 1800's......
their english is quite unintelligible hard to understand.
2) TRy also the Puritan writers they were men after Calvin and Luther. the sons of the REformation [1600's-1800's] John Owen, Thomas Brooks, Richard Baxter, Thomas Goodwin, John Bunyan, Cotton Matther, Thomas Watson and etc. [The writer of the famous Foxe's Book of Martyrs was a Puritan].
Famous of the Puritan's, in fact considered the last of them is Charles Haddon Spurgeon, though dead, is still unsurpassed in the number of books and writings written by one Christian writer even in our days. Not even the Charles Spurgeon of our time the famous Bible teacher pastor Chuck Swindoll [also one of my faves] has surpassed him in the number of good books written.
These men will bless you [by God's grace of course] they will make you deeper and more sound in theology-the kind of theology we need so much in our time where superficial Bible teachers and preachers abound.
These men were the faithful remnant during the time where Chrisitianity, the Church of Jesus Christ was severely attacked by heresies.
The Puritan's after the Reformation. The Plymouth Brethren during the time when Rationalism, Liberalism, Evolution Theory attacked Christianity.