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and sermon by a specific author.
Pastor C.D
Bob Hoekstra
Growing
in the Grace of God
 Grace for Knowing God
Living Daily by the Grace of God
The Grace of God
The Holy Spirit and the Grace of God
The Law of God
The Much More Grace of God
Proclaiming Christ to Christians
The "Much More" Grace of God
Worldly Threats to Family God's Way
The Psychologizing of the Faith
Using Words Taught by the Holy Spirit
Contending for the Faith
The Church How Jesus Builds It
Growing in the Grace of God
God's Ability and Faithfulness to Keep His Promises
Ray Stedman
Foundations for
Living
Foundations for Living, Understanding
Man, Understanding Society and Abraham the Man of Faith span the first 11 chapters of the Bible and cover
the creation of the universe, the origin and fall of man, the great flood of Noah and the Table of Nations outlining the repopulation
the world after the flood. The realities of the human condition today and how we got where we are are beautifully brought
out.
In the Beginning Genesis 1:1
Out of Darkness Genesis 1:1-5
To Bring Forth Fruit Genesis 1:9-13
Signs and Seasons Genesis 1:14-19
The Heights and the Depths of Life Genesis 1:20-23
Born to Reign Genesis 1:24-26
The Glory and the Misery of Man Genesis 1:26-28
Sex and Food Genesis 1:27, 1:29-31
The Seventh Day Genesis 2:1-3
Basic Human Needs
An excellent study of the holiness of God. "If you want to get
at the meaning of this word you must go back to its original root. This word is derived from the same root from which a very
attractive English word comes. This is the word 'wholeness.' So that holiness means wholeness, being complete. And if you
read 'wholeness' in place of 'holiness' everywhere you find it in the Bible you will be much closer to what the writers of
that book meant. We all know what wholeness is. It is to have together all the parts which were intended to be there, and
to have them functioning as they were intended to function. That is what God is talking about. He says to this people, 'you
shall be whole, because I am whole.' God is complete; he is perfect. There is no blemish in God; he lives in harmony with
himself. He is a beautiful person. He is absolutely what a person ought to be. He is filled with joy and love and peace. He
lives in wholeness. And he looks at us in our brokenness and says to us, 'You, too, shall be whole.' That word, wholeness,
has power to awaken desire within us. We long to be whole people. Don't you? Don't you want to be what God made you to be,
with all the ingredients of your personality able to be expressed in balance. That is to be a beautiful person, and that is
what God is after. That is what the book of Leviticus is all about. In fact, the whole Bible is on that theme."
The Way to Wholeness
The Need to Belong
The Need to Respond
The Need for Peace
The Need to Confess
The Need to Restore
The Present Glory
Strange Fire
Let God be God
"This book mentions a time when 'the sons of God shouted with
joy' at the creation of the world. But other scriptures tell us about a time that is coming when the sons of God will be revealed.
Paul calls it 'the manifestation of the sons of God,' when all creation will shout in a greater glory than was ever hailed
at creation, in the new creation, the new thing that God has brought into being by means of the sufferings, the trials, and
the tribulations of this present scene. That is why scripture speaks in numerous passages about 'this slight momentary affliction
preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,' and of how the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us. When that day breaks, the one thing for which we will be
infinitely thankful, the one thing above all others that will thrill us and cheer us and cause us to glory, is the fact that
out of all the created universe we were chosen to be the ones who bore the name of God in the hour of danger and affliction,
problem and trial. There is no higher honor than that. That is what Jesus means when he says, 'Blessed are you when men persecute
you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my name's sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your honor
before the Father. For so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.'"
Your God is Too Small
The God of Nature
The Nature of God
The New Beginning
Lessons from Job
The Ruler who Serves
Servant authority and servant leadership was a strong theme
of Ray's lifestyle, ministry, and service to the Lord, and to people. Ray's study of the Gospel of Mark shows clearly how
Jesus came not to be served, but to serve. In so doing, the Lord turned upside down the authority structures of the world.
And, "Jesus came with the good news that all the power of God is now available to break the helpless deadlock into which man
has fallen. Scripture tells us that man in his natural condition is helpless. No matter how much we like to think we are able
to do something to correct our condition, we would be absolutely helpless and hopeless without the aid of God. In fact, human
life would be impossible. Without God's mercy, without his restraining hand on forces that affect us, we could not even sit
in the same room together---we would be at one another's throats, gouging out each other's eyes, hateful, and hating one another---animals,
destroying ourselves."
The Way of the Cross
The Glory that Follows
The Child in Our Midst
The King is Coming
By What Authority
Top Priority
Smite the Shepherd
The Awful Penalty
Audio Sermon on Book of John (coming soon)
The articles hyperlinked below cover various topics.
General apologetics topics
On what issues should Christians stand firm or hold loosely?
Is there any Biblical basis for the New Age or Reincarnation?
How does Christianity differ from the other monotheistic religions, Islam
and modern Judaism?
How can we defend absolute truth and morality against post-modernism and moral
relativism?
Why should the Bible be trusted?
Is there evidence that the Bible is the inerrant word of God,
rather than mere stories and opinions of uninspired men?
Where did the individual OT books come from, and how were
they combined to form the OT?
Are there answers to skeptical attacks against the Bible?
Can the Bible mean anything we want? Or are there clear rules
for interpreting it?
Are there special codes embedded in the Scriptures that can be used to predict
the future?
God Questions and Answers
Does God exist?
Is one God really three persons?
How can an all-good God allow evil in the world?
What about the attributes and names of God?
Jesus Christ Questions and Answers
Is Jesus really God?
What is the evidence that Jesus ever existed?
Did Jesus Christ really rise from the dead?
Was Christ really born of a virgin? Are there answers to the sceptical objections?
Did Jesus fulfill any prophecies?
Is it rational to believe in Jesus’ miracles?
Jesus Seminar: Facts or fallacies? Is the Gospel of Thomas reliable?
Was Christianity just copied from pagan mythology?
What is the difference between Gnosticism and Christianity?
Why is Jesus Christ given the title of ‘the last Adam’ in 1 Corinthians
15:45?
Are near death experiences real?
Is there really a hell where the unsaved will be eternally punished?
Can someone be a creationist and a scientist? How was a Christian
world view responsible for the development of modern science?
Quantum mechanics — What is it, and how does it fit with
the Bible?
Philosophy Questions and Answers
Why does philosophy seem to be dominated by humanistic, anti-God
thinking? Have many philosophers throughout history believed in God?
Why are logic and reason important for Christians?
How is evolution linked to the lack of moral values, and
the increase of violence in our society today?
How are evolution and materialism related? Is evolution a type
of religion?
Creation: Why It Matters
General Topics:
How does the creation/evolution debate affect the church? Can
Christians believe both?
Can Christians who don’t accept a literal view of Genesis
still be effective witnesses for Christ?
How have evolutionary ideas contributed to enormous violence,
bloodshed and misery in the world?
What about movies and books that portray humanism and evolution
as ‘good’; and the Bible and creation as ‘evil’. How should Christians respond to this?
What is ‘Creation Evangelism’, and why is it so effective in reaching
today’s evolutionistic, humanistic world with the Gospel?
What Biblical evidence for creation can be presented to a Christian
who doesn’t accept Genesis?
‘Young’ age of the Earth & Universe Q&A
Survey:
Astronomy
What do comets tell us about the age of the solar system?
Is there evidence that the planets in our solar system are only thousands
of years old, instead of the millions of years claimed by evolutionists? What about the age of stars?
How old is the moon?
How old is the sun?
See also Astronomy
Atmospheric Science
What features of earth’s atmosphere are inconsistent with billions-of-years
belief?
Botany
Can tree rings reveal how long ago Noah’s Flood took place? What about
the Huon pine trees that the media claims could be as much as 30,000 years old?
Geology
General:
Is there any geologic evidence that, contrary to evolutionary
ideas, supports a young age for the earth?
What about the dating of fossils by evolutionists, who claim they are ‘millions
of years old’?
Doesn’t it take millions of years for caves to form?
How long does it take for coal formation? What about the argument that there
is too much coal for a young earth?
See also Geology
Glaciology
Does the great depth of some glaciers indicate that the earth
is millions of years old?
Human History
Have archaeologists truly found Aboriginal artefacts that are
about 176,000 years old? What was the dating method, and is it considered reliable?
Are human population growth studies an indicator of antiquity
or youth of humanity?
Can all people be genetically traced back to one woman ancestor,
as the ‘mitochondrial Eve’ hypothesis claims? How about tracing all people back to one common male ancestor?
Oceanography
Does it take a long time for coral reefs to form?
What oceanographic evidence points to a young age for the
oceans?
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Antiquities of the Jews. The War of the Jews. Against Apion. The Life. Discourse To The Greeks Concerning Hades
Fox
 HIS IS a book that will never die -- one of the great English classics. . . . Reprinted here in its most
complete form, it brings to life the days when "a noble army, men and boys, the matron and the maid," "climbed the steep ascent
of heaven, 'mid peril, toil, and pain."
"After the Bible itself, no book so profoundly
influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs. Even in our time it is still a living force. It is more than
a record of persecution. It is an arsenal of controversy, a storehouse of romance, as well as a source of edification."
Sketches of Church History.
An in depth chronology of the
Church from AD 33 to the Reformation.
   OHN BUNYAN was born in 1628 at Elstow near Bedford, the son of a brazier. Between 1644 and 1647 he served in the Parliamentary
army; returning to Elstow to follow his father's trade, he underwent a deep spiritual crisis that lasted for several years.
In about 1653 he joined an independent church in Bedford and before long began to preach and to publish polemical and doctrinal
religious works. In 1660, following the Restoration, he was arrested and, on his refusal to stop preaching, was held in Bedford
gaol for the next twelve years. While in prison, he published several books, the most important being his spiritual autobiography,
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), and also began to write The Pilgrim's Progress (1678). On his release from
prison in 1672 Bunyan became pastor of the Bedford congregation and the remaining years of his life were spent preaching and
writing. The best-known of his later works are The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), The Holy War (1682) and the second
part of The Pilgrim's Progress (1684) He died in 1688 and was buried in Bunhill Fields.
Grace Abounding
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, written during this imprisonment,
is the spiritual autobiography of Bunyan, the traveling tinker who became the eminent preacher and author
The Pilgrim Progress
Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, in two parts, of which the first
appeared at London in 1678, begun during his imprisonment in 1676; the second in 1684. An allegory of Christian's journey
from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City, it is written in a prose that unites biblical eloquence with the clarity
of common speech, and is the most successful allegory ever written. It is indeed commonly translated by Protestant missionaries
after the Bible. It is this read in all literary languages and is a worldclassic.
The Holy War
John Bunyan wrote this book sometime during the first six years of his incarceration in Bedford
Prison. It was first published six years before John Bunyan's death
The Life Of John Bunyan
The Life of John Bunyan, by Edmund Venables
Our earliest extensively preserved Latin
Christian author [140-230], who aligned himself around 207 with the "Montanist" Christian movement that was considered "heretical"
by the representatives of emerging mainstream Christianity
The Apparel of Women (AD 197)
To the Martyrs (AD 197)
Spectacles (AD 197)
Prayer (AD 200)
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St. Augustine
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The Confessions of St. Augustine -- The most popular work of the man who more than any other shaped western
civilization. The first 10 chapters constitute a spiritual autobiography and some spiritual and philosophical reflections;
the last three chapters are a reflection on the creation story of Genesis 1.
John Bunyan
Pilgrim's Progress -- A spiritual allegory. Of books written in English, one of the all-time
most popular.
G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy -- Chesterton's writing reminds me of C.S. Lewis, but a little more
colorful, a little more quirky. This book is an apology for the Christian world-view.
Jonathan Edwards
Religious Affections -- "What is the nature of true religion? . . . [What are] the distinguishing
notes of that virtue and holiness that is acceptable in the sight of God?" In this classic work by America's greatest theologian
and philosopher, Edwards considers the nature of revival and the genuine work of the Holy Spirit. Don't read this book if
you want to keep worshipping your idols.
George Fox
Autobiography of George Fox -- This is a fascinating journal of the exploits of the founder of the
Society of Friends (Quakers). It is also very illuminating about the political and religious state of seventeenth century
England -- for example, Fox lives through the commonwealth period, meets Cromwell, and prophesies his downfall after he treats
Quakers badly.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. John of the Cross
Dark Night of the Soul -- The writings of St. John of the Cross are unsurpassed for mystical
theology. The "dark night" is a must-read for anyone seriously concerned about growing spiritually.
Thomas à Kempis
The Imitation of Christ -- This book is said to have been published in more editions than any
other, apart from the Bible, with 6000 appearing by the turn of this century. This little devotional book is simply written
but immensely moving. Highly recommended.
William Law
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