The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Classics

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Kelly M. Kapic, Randall C. Gleason
InterVarsity Press, 22.10.2004 - 318 Seiten

The Puritans are frequently maligned but seldom understood. Far from the dour malcontents they are often portrayed to be, most Puritans were wholesomely engaged in life. This book is designed to introduce you to a wide range of influential Puritan writers and a representative work for each that pushes through stereotypes to the heart and soul of these Christian pastors and theologians. With a clear grasp of the historical contexts in which these Puritan works were written, these twenty essays presented by editors Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason illuminate the vibrant spirituality of the Puritans that transcend their sometimes surprising political, ecclesiastical and religious differences. In these pages notable scholars, such as J. I. Packer, John Coffey, Mark Noll, Leland Ryken, Richard Lovelace and Sinclair Ferguson, invite you to sit at the feet of Puritan writers, ranging from William Ames, William Perkins and Richard Sibbes to Thomas Goodwin, John Milton, Richard Baxter, John Bunyan and Jonathan Edwards. What comes through is a living, three-dimensional portrait of the devoted life that emphasizes the Christian experience of communion with God, corporate revival, biblical preaching and the sanctifying working of God's Holy Spirit.

 

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THE ARTE OF PROPHESYING BY WILLIAM PERKINS 15581602
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THE MARROW OF THEOLOGY BY WILLIAM AMES 15761633
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CHRIST THE FOUNTAINE OF LIFE BY JOHN COTTON 15841652
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THE BRUISED REED BY RICHARD SIBBES 15771635
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LETTERS BY SAMUEL RUTHERFORD 16001661
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OF THE OBJECT AND ACTS OF JUSTIFYING FAITH
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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS BY THOMAS SHEPARD 16051649
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PILGRIMS PROGRESS BY JOHN BUNYAN 16281688
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A BODY OF DIVINITY BY THOMAS WATSON D 1686
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TREATISE OF DELIGHTING IN GOD BY JOHN HOWE 16301705
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A METHOD FOR PRAYER BY MATTHEW HENRY 16621714
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THE POETRY OF ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672
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HUMAN NATURE IN ITS FOURFOLD STATE
270
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS BY JONATHAN EDWARDS 17031758
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THE PURITANS AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
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PARADISE LOST BY JOHN MILTON 16081674
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THE REFORMED PASTOR BY RICHARD BAXTER 16151691
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COMMUNION WITH GOD BY JOHN OWEN 16161683
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Kelly M. Kapic is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He earned a Ph.D. in systematic and historical theology at King's College, University of London (United Kingdom) and an M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He is the author or editor of eight books, including God So Loved He Gave, Communion with God, and Mapping Modern Theology.

Randall C. Gleason (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) serves as a theological educator with WorldVenture, a mission agency. He has presented papers at several annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society, and he has published articles in journals such as Bibliotheca Sacra, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Tyndale Bulletin, Evangelical Review of Theology and New Testament Studies. His first book, John Calvin and John Owen on Mortification: A Comparative Study in Reformed Spirituality was published in 1995 by Peter Lang.

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