Bøker av John Gill

This small selection of literary gems by John Gill, illustrative of his spirituality, are but a small sampling of the value of his works and, hopefully, an encouragement to read more from his pen.

This republication of Dr. John Gill's work is taken from his book VI, of A Body of Doctrinal Divinity. It treats the subject of the blessings of grace and the doctrines that holds them forth. It is presented to assist in the understanding of the subject and to promote discussions relating to the death resurrection and ascension of the lord Jesus Christ .It treats the subject of the extent of the atonement due to the fact that most professing Christians today misunderstand the subject and speak against those who differ from them. This is due to ignorance and the need to understand the word of God more fully.We recommend a careful study of Dr. John Gill's works, as set out in his A Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity ( as listed at the back of this book). This book will assist those who are familiar with the disputes that have taken place in the past as those who will be aware of the Synod of Dort ( also known as the Synod of Dordrecht) which was an international Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618-1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initially by the rise of Arminianism.

A BODY OF DOCTRINAL DIVINITY BOOK I Dr. John Gill body of systematic theology is represented in 7 Books. This volume, book 1, treats the subject of the divine attributes of God in 31 chapters. With an appendix which deals with eschatology.Chapter 1OF THE BEING OF GODChapter 2 OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES Chapter 3 OF THE NAMES OF GODChapter 4 OF THE NATURE OF GOD Chapter 5 OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD IN GENERAL, AND OF HIS IMMUTABILITY IN PARTICULAR. Chapter 6 OF THE INFINITY OF GOD, Chapter 7 OF THE LIFE OF GOD. Chapter 8 OF THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD. Chapter 9 OF THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD Chapter 10 OF THE WISDOM OF GOD Chapter 11 OF THE WILL OF GOD AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF IT Chapter 12 OF THE LOVE OF GOD Chapter 13 OF THE GRACE OF GOD Chapter 14OF THE MERCY OF GOD Chapter 15OF THE LONG SUFFERING OF GOD. Chapter 16 OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD. Chapter 17 OF THE ANGER AND WRATH OF GOD. Chapter 18 OF THE HATRED OF GOD. Chapter 19 OF THE JOY OF GOD. Chapter 20 OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD. Chapter 21 OF THE JUSTICE OR RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GODChapter 22 OF THE VERACITY OF GODChapter 23 OF THE FAITHFULNESS OF GODChapter 24 OF THE SUFFICIENCY AND PERFECTION OF GODChapter 25 OF THE BLESSEDNESS OF GOD. Chapter 26 OF THE UNITY OF GODChapter 27 OF A PLURALITY IN THE GODHEAD OR, A TRINITY OF PERSONS IN THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCEChapter 28 OF THE PERSONAL RELATIONS; OR, RELATIVE PROPERTIES WHICH DISTINGUISH THE THREE DIVINE PERSONS IN THE DEITY. Chapter 29 OF THE DISTINCT PERSONALITY, AND DEITY OF THE FATHER. Chapter 30 OF THE DISTINCT PERSONALITY, AND DEITY OF THE SON. Chapter 31 OF THE DISTINCT PERSONALITY, AND DEITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. APPENDIX ESCHATOLOGY

In the 1970s in the United States, many medical professionals held psychiatry in contempt. An innovative study designed by psychologist David Rosenhan, and published in Science in 1973, provided strong evidence that psychiatrists could not reliably distinguish between normality and mental illness.In early 1974, the American Psychiatric Association "settled" a notable scientific issue by popular vote of its members. As soon as the votes were counted, homosexuality was no longer a psychiatric diagnosis.Critics of psychiatry were asking the APA questions about the profession''s core concepts. What is the difference between a mental disorder and distress that is a normal occurrence in our lives? What are the causes of mental disorders? The APA''s answers were evasive.The APA decided the best way to improve psychiatry''s medical image was to extensively revise its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The first two editions of the DSM were little used by psychiatrists and were almost unknown to the public.But DSM-III would be vastly different. To this day, DSM-III significantly affects millions of Americans, often in harmful ways.The Wannabe Doctor tells how the career of a fictional psychiatrist was affected by psychiatry''s desperate claim to be a branch of medicine. Our story also tells how the APA''s diagnostic criteria jeopardized the life of one of Dr. Grant Hauser''s patients, eighteen-year-old Quentin Holt.

By tracking the career of psychiatrist Maunt Thein, The Mind Doctor depicts examples of the corruption that has permeated psychiatry and pharmacology in the last fifty years. Maunt Thein grew up in Burma during the Ne Win dictatorship of 1962-1988. When six years old, because of a cultural phenomenon-a spirit festival-the boy entered a trance state but recovered under the guidance of an insightful psychiatrist. It was then that Thein decided to become a psychiatrist. As he grew up, Thein strived to develop his character so he could emulate the Buddha by reducing suffering. And he was mindful that people with mental illnesses suffered more than most others. He tried to maintain his idealism, but varied forces seemed designed to corrupt him. Chief among these corrosive forces were persistent rumors that his father, Brigadier General Maunt Saw, assassinated anyone who plotted to topple Ne Win from power. Another corrosive force was the flawed ways in which medicine was taught and practiced in Burma, where patients usually had to bribe doctors to get medical treatment. Through devious means, Maunt Saw enabled his son to bypass accreditation requirements to obtain a coveted medical residency in the United States. Thein eventually finagled his way into becoming a psychiatrist in Southern California. He changed his name to David Thein, but his new image did not keep him from accepting bribes from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing drugs of the most expensive kind, those having exclusive marketing rights while still under patent protection. In the preceding four decades, psychiatry and pharmacology had gradually unofficially, and shrewdly merged into psychopharmacology. To maximize profits, the two industries worked together to misinform the public that relied on psychotropic drugs. One of the most profitable tactics was for psychiatry to prescribe medications off-label for treating mental disorders, thus increasing the sale of drugs that the pharmaceutical companies already had in their inventories. Dr. Thein prescribed the powerful anticonvulsant Gabicon for Barry Vincent--with disasterous results. Prosperous pharmaceutical companies lavishly rewarded psychiatrists for prescribing drugs to benefit the drug makers financially rather than the patients medically. As a result of his overprescribing medications, some of Dr. Thein's patients took their own lives or died of drug-drug interactions. Because California's medicolegal authorities were not responsive to medical malpractice complaints, seven of the friends and family of the deceased patients banded together to extract justice on their own. The Mind Doctor was in for a big dose of his own medicine.

The first comprehensive study of the Jesus Prayer, and its origins and use, providing an overview of this ancient mystical prayer practice from the Christian East which is now also widely used in the Western Church.

In this work, John Gill argues for the existence and characteristics of the triune God. These arguments are all given from a heavily Calvinist perspective but he uses a lot of scripture to back up his claims. He also argues that the character of God is shown through his work on Earth by the elect and most importantly through Christ. These characteristics then carry on in the final stages of life, when human beings pass away and move on to heaven or hell.