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The truth of Christ crucified is a supremely important and essential truth because it is a heavenly truth condescending unto fallen man from the throne of God. Not only is the truth of Christ crucified a supremely important and essential truth because of its heavenly revelation, but is also preeminent because of its divine work of redemption. The person of Jesus Christ should never be divorced from the work of Jesus Christ. What He has done flows from who He is; and who Christ is necessitates what He does. Jesus is not merely the Christ, but He is the Christ who was crucified. Sadly, too many churches, too many preachers of the gospel, and too many professing Christians are losing this central and essential truth. American churches are standing for something other than, or something more (?!) than Christ, and Him crucified. My brethren, this ought not so to be. Let us renew the first works, repent, and return unto that First Love that we have left, Jesus Christ, the crucified, risen, and ascended Savior who is coming again.

This treatise was written in 1663 during John Bunyan's incarceration in the Bedford prison and it was first published as a pocket edition in 1674 after his release from prison. Noted in his own "Epistle to the Reader," Mr. Bunyan's desire for Christians to have a pocket reader of very practical Christianity is, perhaps, something quite needed for Christians today. Among his contemporaries, and even among those following him, were very devout and pious men of God, who had written "Bodies" of practical divinity or practical Christianity that were hundreds, even thousands, of pages long. This splendid work is concise, yet full of practical, Biblical wisdom. Our edition of this work, as well as the editor's advertisement, come from a three volume collection edited by George Offor, Esq., and entitled, The Whole Works of John Bunyan. George Offor's edition of Bunyan's works was published in Glasgow in 1862.Readable 11 pt. font places this work in the large print category.

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." -Ephesians 6:4 A Puritan Bible Primer is an elementary level guide for parents to prepare the youngest members in Christian families to read the Bible and to receive instruction from God's truth. It is designed for parents to provide their very young children Bible instruction as early as possible.This primer includes "The Disciple's Prayer," "Books of the Bible," "A Primer Catechism," a General Confession of Faith, poems, and selected hymns and psalms.

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." --Ephesians 6:4A Puritan Bible Primer is a guide for parents to train young children to receive instruction in God's truth. This primer includes "The Disciple's Prayer," "Books of the Bible," "A Primer Catechism," a General Confession of Faith, poems, and selected hymns and psalms.

"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29, ESVSeder means "order," and it simply provides an orderly manner by which to celebrate and commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Messiah, the fulfillment of the Passover foreshadowed in the exodus of God's people, Israel, from the bondage of Egypt. This "order" is given in this Haggadah Booklet so the Passover story, the gospel truth of Jesus Messiah, may be expressed unto Messiah's exaltation and the Father's glory. NOTE: This Seder & Haggadah is not meant to mirror a Jewish Seder or be the Christian equivalent of a Jewish Passover observance. Since the Passover was instituted to prophetically point to Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the order of this Seder & Haggadah is written to show the cross of Jesus Messiah as powerful and preeminent in the eternal truth of Y'shua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, as it is written, "knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God" (1 Peter 1:18-21, ESV). LARGE PRINT: This edition in Easy-to-Read, 16-Point Font! Scripture verses quoted are from the English Standard Version of the Holy Bible Click the Buttonn to Get Your Copy Today!

IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER AND COMMUNING WITH GOD, YOU'LL WANT THIS BOOK! "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." Luke 11:1 How Can the Christian Pray Powerfully and Effectively? When Christ's disciples finally ask Him how to pray... He gives them the same model of prayer that they heard in the Sermon on the Mount and in every town and village where the Lord preached. This model prayer, commonly called the Lord's prayer, should actually be called the disciples' prayer. his is how Jesus said that we should pray; not by reciting this prayer in vain repetition, but by communing and communicating with God according to the heavenly truths the Lord Jesus reveals in Scripture. LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY is not an exhaustive treatise on prayer, but it does present a solid foundation for any Christian desiring a more powerful and effective prayer life. SOME OF WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS BOOK: DO NOT BE ANXIOUSExpresses the sin of worry and anxiety through the scripture, and the cure for that anxiety is prayer, trusting in a sovereign God.TEACH US TO PRAYThe request of the disciples and the Lord's response.OUR HEAVENLY FATHERUnderstanding to Whom we pray and with whom we have a relationship.GOD'S HOLY NAMEApproaching a holy God with reverent fear and trembling.GOD'S HEAVENLY KINGDOMLearning submission and surrender to the advancement of God's kingdom upon earth through the gospel of Jesus Christ.GOD'S HEAVENLY WILLLearning submission and surrender to God's plans and purposes according to His holy will and good pleasure.AND MUCH, MUCH MORE...Containing 17 chapters in all and covering the Lord's teaching on prayer from Luke 11.If you desire to secure POWER from high through a more blessed prayer life, then LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY is for YOU! GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

In his letter to the readers of this treatise Mr. Bunyan wrote, "Of the many and singular advantages, therefore, that such have by this their Advocate in his advocating for them, this book gives some account; as, where he pleads, how he pleads, what he pleads, when he pleads, with whom he pleads, for whom he pleads, and how the enemy is put to shame and silence before their God and all the holy angels." This treatise was published in London in 1689, one year after John Bunyan's death. Our edition of this work comes from George Offor's three-volume collection, The Whole Works of John Bunyan, published in Glasgow in 1862. Today, this excellent treatise, written by the author of The Pilgrim's Progress, is made conveniently available in paperback for Bible study and personal devotion. This paperback was edited by Jon J. Cardwell, pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Anniston, Alabama.

John Bunyan, the well-known Puritan author of The Pilgrim's Progress, though it is very brief, provides exceptionally powerful theology, which is not only doctrinal, but also practical and experimental (or experiential).Also included in this book is Mr. Bunyan's poetic "Prison Meditations." These 70 verses written in common meter, will encourage the suffering and comfort the afflicted.Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon and the history of Mr. Bunyan's Martyrdom, as recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs, are also found between these covers.Each treatise included has been edited in modern English by Jon J. Cardwell.This edition is Large Print, having 12 pt. font, with 10 pt. font for footnotes.

"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29Seder means "order," and it simply provides an orderly manner by which to celebrate and commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Messiah, the fulfillment of the Passover foreshadowed in the exodus of God's people, Israel, from the bondage of Egypt. This "order" is given in this Haggadah Booklet so the Passover story, the gospel truth of Jesus Messiah, may be expressed unto Messiah's exaltation and the Father's glory. NOTE: This Seder & Haggadah is not meant to mirror a Jewish Seder or be the Christian equivalent of a Jewish Passover observance. Since the Passover was instituted to prophetically point to Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the order of this Seder & Haggadah is written to show the cross of Jesus Messiah as powerful and preeminent in the eternal truth of Y'shua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, as it is written, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you" (1 Peter 1:18-21). The print in this book uses 16-point font. Scriptures contained in this book are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible Click the Button to Get Your Copy Today!

For family and individual meditations, containing, Robert Murray McCheyne's DAILY BREAD (which contains an adjustment for Leap Years), Charles Haddon Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM, the 1742 PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CONFESSION of FAITH, and selected hymns and psalms. All Scriptures contained in this volume are from the New American Standard Bible (NASB).A PURITAN CATECHISM and the PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CONFESSION were updated in modern English for ease of reading.--M'Cheyne's DAILY BREAD is a systematic Bible plan with scripture portions from the Bible to read daily in the morning and evening, for individuals and families, so that the Bible may be read completely through in the course of one year (the New Testament & Psalms twice, and the Old Testament once).--Charles Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM contains 82 basic questions and answers of simple Biblical truth, made up from the Westminster Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism, so that disciplined (not vain) repetitions and meditation upon those Biblical truths will aid in causing the truth to sink into the soul.--The 1742 PHILADELPHIA LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION contains 34 small chapters detailing, in systematic form, the theology of Bible truth.--Seven select, well-known hymns are included at the end of this little book, followed by seven select psalms from the 1650 Scottish Psalter.Having all of these elements combined in a singular place will aid the serious Bible student in disciplined singings, readings, and meditations on God's Word daily. Its compilation into one unit makes this book unique and useful, and more likely to be used.

For family and individual meditations, containing, Robert Murray McCheyne's DAILY BREAD (which contains an adjustment for Leap Years), Charles Haddon Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM, the 1742 PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CONFESSION of FAITH, and selected hymns and psalms. All Scriptures contained in this volume are from the English Standard Version of the Holy Bible.Catechism and Confession of Faith have been updated and edited in moderen English for ease of understanding.--M'Cheyne's DAILY BREAD is a systematic Bible plan with scripture portions from the Bible to read daily in the morning and evening, for individuals and families, so that the Bible may be read completely through in the course of one year (the New Testament & Psalms twice, and the Old Testament once).--Charles Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM contains 82 basic questions and answers of simple Biblical truth, made up from the Westminster Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism, so that disciplined (not vain) repetitions and meditation upon those Biblical truths will aid in causing the truth to sink into the soul.--The 1742 PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST CONFESSION contains 34 small chapters detailing, in systematic form, the theology of Bible truth.--Seven select, well-known hymns are included at the end of this little book, followed by seven select psalms from the 1650 Scottish Psalter.Having all of these elements combined in a singular place will aid the serious Bible student in disciplined singings, readings, and meditations on God's Word daily. Its compilation into one unit makes this book unique and useful, and more likely to be used.

RECAPTURING THE IDEALIST VIEW OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION!Reemphasizing a Glorious Gospel Interpretation of the Last Book of the Bible!This message of the revealed Christ, the unveiled Christ, the disclosure of Christ, was not only sent by the Lord's messenger to John, but it was set in signs; that it was significantly symbolized. How is this revelation of Christ symbolized? In two significant ways: (1) who Jesus Christ is; and (2) what Jesus Christ has done; specifically and more importantly, His atoning death upon Calvary's cross.

Now with Metrical Tunes!The Scottish Psalter was written anonymously in 1635. It was published and appointed for worship in 1650 by the Church of Scotland. Scripture paraphrases were added in 1781 and its inclusion expanded the original single volume. The Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases was the primary hymnal used by the Church of Scotland through the 19th century. This edition contains 77 written musical arrangements from composers of 47 different metrical tunes in Common Meter (CM, 8.6.8.6), Common Meter Doubled (CMD), Long Meter (LM, 8.8.8.8) and Short Meter (SM, 6.6.8.6), as well as a few special meters. These tunes include: Arlington, 3, 103, 145Auld Lang Syne, 33, 133, 165Azmon, 73, 135Bethlehem, 29Bray, 99Chimes, 79Cleansing Fountain, 27Coleshill, 15, 113Crimond, 17, 115, 155Darwall, 125Dennis, 55Downs, 31, 129Dundee, 61Ella, 85Esslingen, 89Evan, 75Hamburg, 93, 149Howard, 25, 127, 163Laud, 97Lyra, 53Maitland, 41, 171Martyrdom, 9, 107, 151McGranahan, 11, 111Medfield, 37, 167Meditation, 49Melody, 77Morning Song, 57New Britain, 5, 105, 147Notting Hill, 69Old 124th, 121Old Hundreth, 91Peniel, 45Peterborough, 65Promised Land, 11, 109, 153Saxony, 87St. Agnes, 19, 117, 157St. Anne, 21, 119, 159St. Margaret, 131St. Peter, 27, 123, 161St. Stephen, 39, 169St. Thomas, 43Stockton, 47Tallis' Ordinal, 51Winchester Old, 67, 137Windsor, 59Woodworth, 5, 173Zerah, 95You will be incredibly blessed to mix and match the metered psalms and scripture paraphrases to tunes sung to the most popular hymns today. The musical arrangements are simple, easy to follow and written in different keys for a wide range of vocal worship, whether you use accompaniment or sing acapella. Grab This Special Musical Edition Today!

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith." Romans 1:16-17JUST HOW POWERFUL IS THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST?The gospel is so powerful that it must change God-hating sinners into Christ exalting, God-loving, gospel-honoring worshipers of the Almighty Creator of the universe.This unusual commentary on the first three chapters of Romans aim to present the powerful gospel of Jesus Christ, which by the Holy Spirit saves the sinner by God's grace alone through faith alone. It is an unusual format as the first fifteen verses of chapter one will be included in the last volume of the series alongside chapter sixteen.Let the reason we gather with believers, the reason we meditate in private, the reason we pray in earnest, the reason we study the Bible with understanding, and the reason we proclaim Christ, and Him crucified, is to worship God in Christ, casting all else aside until we have achieved that end; yea, that we may glorify God and enjoy Him forever, in, by, and through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen.In this volume, and the five others to follow, Jon Cardwell presents the gospel of Jesus Christ by an exposition of Romans so that the doctrinal and dutiful truths of the gospel of grace will bring the Christian believer passionately and devotionally nearer his Lord and Savior.

A TREATISE EVEN MORE RELEVANT NEARLY 350 YEARS LATER The Strait Gate is a treatise written by Puritan author, John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress. This treatise was originally published in 1676 with the purpose of the wickedness prevalent among many professing believers in Bunyan's day. One of the issues arose from the general laxity in the preaching the gospel; and near kin to it, was the ease with which someone could make a confession of faith- having no conviction of sin, nor fruit of repentance, and no holiness of living. John Bunyan took the matter to task. Free from his incarceration at the Bedford Jail for two years (after 12 years in prison), Mr. Bunyan exhorted his readers to embrace a pure gospel, a Biblical gospel. Bunyan viewed the Person and work of Jesus Christ the mainspring from which every aspect of acceptable Christianity was produced, be it doctrinal, dutiful or devotional. "Good works must flow from faith, or not at all," wrote John Bunyan in his 1663 treatise, Christian Behaviour (first published in 1674). FROM GEORGE OFFER IN 1862 In his "Editor's Advertisement," prelude to this treatise in The Complete Works of John Bunyan, George Offor wrote, "If any uninspired writer has been entitled to the name of Boanerges, or a son of thunder, it is the author of the following treatise. Here we have a most searching and faithful display of the straitness or exact dimensions of that all-important gate, which will not suffer many professors to pass into the kingdom of heaven, encumbered as they are with fatal errors. Still 'it is no little pinching wicket, but wide enough for all the truly gracious and sincere lovers of Jesus Christ; while it is so strait, that no others can by any means enter in.' This is a subject calculated to rouse and stimulate all genuine professors to solemn inquiry; and it was peculiarly intended to dart at, and fix convictions upon, the multitudes of hypocritical professors who abounded in Bunyan's time, especially under the reigns of the later Stuarts." More than 150 years since Mr. Offor wrote his advertisement, and nearly 350 years since Mr. Bunyan wrote this treatise, error has multiplied and, worse, been magnified to nearly culminate with a mishmash of every error and corruption of the gospel since the birth of the church in the first century. With Mr. Bunyan's treatise, The Strait Gate, the discerning believer will agree that the Bedford tinker-turned-preacher's exhortation to receive knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior must come from the scriptures alone, and that this knowledge must be received and understood by the light of the Holy Spirit; and logically presenting the Biblical truths in Mr. Bunyan's unique and indefatigable way, you will be encouraged by this work and rejoice in its purity of propositional truth, revel in its sincerity toward practical application, and resolve to take up a more passionate devotion to Christ's person as God and Savior. SPURGEON ON BUNYAN'S WRITING. Of John Bunyan and his classic story, Charles H. Spurgeon had this to say: "...he cannot give us his Pilgrim's Progress- that sweetest of all prose poems- without continually making us feel and say, 'Why, this man is a living Bible!' Prick him anywhere; his blood is Bibline, the very essence of the Bible flows from him." Although Mr. Spurgeon preached this concerning Bunyan's famous allegory, once you've read this treatise, you'll readily agree, that Bunyan's blood is indeed Bibline in everything he writes. May you benefit greatly from the puritan heart and mind of John Bunyan, forged by God's Word and formed by Christ's Divine Light.

For family and individual meditations, containing, Robert Murray McCheyne's DAILY BREAD, Charles Haddon Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM, the 1689 LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION of FAITH, and selected hymns and psalms. Scriptures contained in this volume are from the New King James Version.--M'Cheyne's DAILY BREAD is a systematic Bible plan with scripture portions from the Bible to read daily in the morning and evening, for individuals and families, so that the Bible may be read completely through in the course of one year (the New Testament & Psalms twice, and the Old Testament once).--Charles Spurgeon's A PURITAN CATECHISM contains 82 basic questions and answers of simple Biblical truth, made up from the Westminster Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism, so that disciplined (not vain) repetitions and meditation upon those Biblical truths will aid in causing the truth to sink into the soul.--The 1689 or SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION contains 32 small chapters detailing, in systematic form, the theology of Bible truth.--Seven select, well-known hymns are included at the end of this little book, followed by seven select psalms from the 1650 Scottish Psalter.Having all of these elements combined in a singular place will aid the serious Bible student in disciplined singings, readings, and meditations on God's Word daily. Its compilation into one unit makes this book unique and useful, and more likely to be used.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is Simple; But It's Not Simplistic!"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." John 5:39Although The Simple Gospel is a compilation of articles and essays written by Jon Cardwell while serving as a missionary-pastor in remote bush Alaska (2002-2008), the hope behind this little book is to exhort earnest Bible reading, study and meditations among Christians in these dark times; and further, to encourage an eye upon the scriptures from a perspective that is gospel honoring, Christ exalting, and God glorifying.Jon has often said from the pulpit, "The gospel of Jesus Christ is simple; but it's not simplistic." In other words...The gospel is easy enough for a child to understand; nevertheless, the propositions of the gospel are eternal truths and, therefore, infinitely glorious.As fallen men, even those redeemed by God's grace in Jesus Christ, have a propensity toward sin and a tendency toward good works accomplished in the flesh, the only remedy for today's Christian is to stay rooted and grounded in gospel faith, drawing nearer to God in the revelation of Jesus Christ from the scriptures. The entire Bible is about the Person and work of Jesus Christ: who He is and what He has done, is doing, and will do, unto God's great glory.This treatise is something of a sequel to the bestseller, Christ and Him Crucified.WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDEIt begins with "The Simple Gospel," explaining the Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, and Restitution in Christ's return.Next is an exposition of Romans 3:21-27 in a chapter titled, "Propitiation through Faith."The third chapter, "The Sign of Jonah," may be a little edgy for some as it explains a Wednesday crucifixion from scriptural proofs."The Shroud of Turin" is the fourth chapter, an article that expresses, from the scriptures, why the Turin shroud could not be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.The fifth chapter, "The Chief End of Man," may step on a few toes as it not only provides a brief lesson in Biblical hermeneutics while presenting man's true and Biblical purpose, but it also presents the "felt needs" approach to church growth as unbiblical and logically unsound."The Trouble with Traditions of Men" refutes some modern "Christian traditions" while presenting the importance of clinging to the truth of Christ crucified from the scriptures.Next, "The Mystery of God," presents the gospel of Jesus Christ through some oft overlooked prophetic scriptures in Genesis."You Must Be Born Again," springing from Christ's comment to Nicodemus in John 3:3, presents the reality of regeneration in the soul saved by grace through faith.Finally, the book is capped off with "A Glimpse of Eternity."Artistic paintings and photographs have also been included in this work to aid you in understanding some of the points presented. MAKE YOUR PURCHASE TODAY!