Reformation Month Sale!

Beginning today, October 1st, until the anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing the 95 Theses on Wittenberg’s door at the end of the month (October 31st), our printed publications will be significantly discounted. Our paperbacks are print-on-demand through CreateSpace.com and we want to make them available at the lowest price possible. We currently have 5 books available.

Please copy the discount code (copy the 8-digit code only) and follow the link to the book. When checking out, paste the discount code into the box where the discount applies.

Book #1:
Essential Spurgeon for Today’s Reformed Pastor
Link to Essential Spurgeon https://www.createspace.com/3400329
Discount Code: JZVULWCQ
The Discount Code above provides a discount of $3 off the $12.95 regular purchase price.

Book #2
A Puritan Family Devotional
Link to Puritan Devotional https://www.createspace.com/3398770
Discount Code: CBYQHZ4Y
The Discount Code above provides a discount of $2.22 off the $7.77 regular purchase price.

Book #3
Fullness of the Time
Link to Fullness of the Time https://www.createspace.com/3400470
Discount Code: M87JLJEV
The Discount Code above provides a discount of $3 off the $12.95 regular purchase price.

Book #4
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Link to Lord, Teach Us to Pray https://www.createspace.com/34027829
Discount Code: Y5PLTNTK
The Discount Code above provides a discount of $2.22 off the $7.77 regular purchase price.

Book #5
John Bunyan’s Classic: Christian Behavior
Link to Christian Behavior https://www.createspace.com/3401841
Discount Code: HYLE47GY
The Discount Code above provides a discount of $2.22 off the $7.77 regular purchase price.

Teach Us to Pray (Coming Soon)

Lord, Teach Us to Pray will soon be available as a printed publication… a traditional paperback book. This 96-page book will be available for only $7.77 through CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon.com. Click on the book cover to the left or CLICK HERE to see how you can order the book when it becomes available... or you can check it out on the Lord, Teach Us to Pray weblog by CLICKING HERE.

Christian Behavior (in Print)

John Bunyan's classic, Christian Behavior, has been updated in modern English and, though it will remain available as a free e-Book, is now available as a printed publication… a traditional paperback book. This 98-page book is available for only $7.77 through CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon.com. Click on the book cover to the left or CLICK HERE to order the book... or you can check it out on the Christian Behavior weblog by CLICKING HERE.

Now Available in Print

Fullness of the Time, though it will remain available as a free e-Book, is now available as a printed publication… a traditional paperback book. This 194-page book is available for only $12.95 through CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon.com. Click on the book cover to the left or CLICK HERE to order the book... or you can check it out on the Fullness of the Time weblog by CLICKING HERE.

Available in Print

Essential Spurgeon for Today’s Reformed Pastor, though it will remain available as a free e-Book, is now available as a printed publication… a traditional paperback book. This 232-page book is available for only $12.95 through CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon.com. Click on the book cover to the left or CLICK HERE to order the book... or you can check it out on the Essential Spurgeon weblog by CLICKING HERE. This is an improvement upon the May 2009 offering of this resource through I-Proclaim.com, with a reduction in cost greater than 50% of its previous list price.

Available in Print

Although its separate components, Charles Spurgeon's A Puritan Catechism, Robert Murray McCheyne's Daily Bread, and the 1689 London Baptist Confession, will remain available as free e-Books on our SermonAudio site, A Puritan Family Devotional is now available as a paperback book. CLICK HERE or on the book cover to the left to purchase the 84-page paperback for only $7.77 through CreateSpace.com. You can also CLICK HERE to go to A Puritan Family Devotional weblog.

Summer Book Review

Trusting God:

Even When Life Hurts

Author: Jerry Bridges
Publisher: NAVPress
Copyright: 1988, 2008
Format: Paperback, 240 pgs.
ISBN: 1600063055
ISBN-13: 9781600063053

Anyone who has read the best-selling The Pursuit of Holiness will recognize the very familiar, plain-English style and sense of Jerry Bridges. In the 20th Anniversary paperback edition of Trusting God, Dr. Bridges takes the very deep and extremely important doctrine of God’s sovereignty and lays it out clearly, simply, and not only well within the grasp of the newest convert to Christ, but also presents it logically and thoughtfully so that the most mature theologian can appreciate this work and glean many great things from it.

In his Preface to the treatise, he writes, “The purpose of this book is twofold: First, I desire to glorify God by acknowledging His sovereignty and His goodness. Second, I desire to encourage God’s people by demonstrating from Scripture that God is in control of their lives, that He does indeed love them, and that He works out all the circumstances of their lives for their ultimate good” (pg. 9). In this, Jerry Bridges accomplishes his goals most triumphantly.

Trusting God is categorized as Christian Living or Spiritual Growth for the very good reason that its approach to the circumstances daily faced by the individual believer is both practical and personal. Yet, the truths that Dr. Bridges presents concerning the attributes of God, especially in His sovereign goodness, would make this book equally at home on the shelf in the Theology section.

Those whose theology tends toward an emphasis upon the free will of man will most certainly gain a better understanding of how Reformed thinkers generally view the blessedness of God’s sovereignty; and those of us whose theology stands firmly on the doctrines of grace will find a very compassionate presentation of this doctrine, which by God’s grace, may temper us away from a tendency to approach God’s sovereignty like the proverbial bull in a china shop, just because we see the urgent need to proclaim this truth in American pulpits today.

The doctrine of God’s sovereign grace is so neglected today that this book is a must-read for those who have never read it; and it is also a must-reread for those who have already read it too many years ago. Trusting God, and the sovereignty of God this book proclaims, is more culturally relevant today than it was twenty years ago during its first publication. Therefore, I highly commend the reading of Trusting God to anyone that has a desire to worship God more deeply and commune with Him more intimately.

Failed to Contact Pastor Drake

UPDATE: My efforts to contact Pastor Drake have been unsuccessful, and that possibly due to his phone and emails being inundated as a result of the many articles circulating on the Internet.

Other Internet resources concerning this story may be found below:

ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS NEWS

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Let us be reminded that the Bible commands us to pray for all men, with supplications, petitions, and thanksgiving (1 Timothy 2:1), which includes praying for, both, Pastor Drake and President Obama.

Soon Available in Print

John Bunyan's treatise, entitled Christian Behavior, although it will remain available as a free e-Book, this important work will soon be available as a printed paperback publication. Click on the book cover to the left, or CLICK HERE to go to the Christian Behavior weblog.

Now Available in Print

Essential Spurgeon for Today’s Reformed Pastor, though it will remain available as a free e-Book, is now available as a printed publication… a traditional paperback book. This 222-page book is available for only $12.95 through CreateSpace.com, a division of Amazon.com. Click on the book cover on the left or CLICK HERE to order the book... or you can check it out on the Essential Spurgeon weblog by CLICKING HERE.