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The purpose of God for Christian marriage is that a husband and wife become one flesh. The concept of being one flesh touches every aspect of the life of the couple. In an age that values independence, this may be a challenge to many. To become one flesh demands the sacrifice of personal rights....

Can Christians act like Christians even when they disagree? In these wild and diverse times, right and left battle over the airwaves, prolifers square off against prochoicers, gay liberationists confront champions of the traditional family, artists and legislators tangle, even Christians fight other...

This compilation of R. A. Torrey's writings on the basic "how to's" of the Christian life is an easy-to-use handbook on how to grow in faith and in spiritual maturity. As one of the greatest evangelists of modern times, and a great storyteller of true-life experiences, Torrey's writings...

I recently received a letter from one who is evidently an earnest Christian woman but who was in a condition of great depression because some years ago, when in college, she felt that perhaps she was called to go to China but did not want to go but became engaged to a Christian man, whom she married,...

Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics/Evangelism How are Christians viewed in the broader culture? We blush at the possibilities. Brainwashed fanatics? Out-of-touch dogmatists? Buffoons? The task of bearing faithful witness to Jesus is complicated...

This book is a distillation of the foundational teachings of Christ and their practical application in the true Christian pilgrimage. It is the Doctrine of Jesus Christ that will:•Show you how to follow Christ.•Equip you to detect and avoid false teachers and false doctrines.•Prevent you from...

This classic from Samuel Chadwick has long been out of print, but it's a true gem and worth your consideration. Chadwick was a holiness preacher around the turn of the twentieth century, and what he teaches is necessary today more than ever! Contents: Chapter 1: Humanity and...

WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during a course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these...

John Wesley offers a comprehensive teaching on the doctrine of Christian perfection. In it, he describes the evolution of his own theological reasoning, telling the story of how he came to understand and preach this doctrine in his own life.   

Laying a good foundation is essential for the full growth of a Christian as well as for the building up of the body of Christ. The apostle Paul exhorted young Timothy to “have an outline of sound words which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Keep by the Holy...

"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly digest of carefully selected Puritan works which have been gently modernised to render the text more readable, while still retaining much of the flavour and character of the original text. Helpful notes and Scripture references (in the English Standard...

We know the bedrock themes upon which the Christian faith stands: creation, fall, redemption, restoration. As Christians, we live within these great moments of God’s plan for humanity and all of his creation. In other words, our lives are part of Christian theology—every part of our lives, even...

“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” —Colossians 1:27 Why do we keep failing even in our best efforts to live the Christian life? Because no one other than Jesus Christ can live it, for the simple reason that He is the Christian life! And only He can live it in our lives as well. Major...

There is no phrase more often in use in Christian thought and speech than that of “The Will of God.” It constantly recurs in our reading of Scripture; our hymns are very many of them concerned with it; and in prayer we give utterance to it again and again.   This familiarity has...