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240 pages | $14.99 | Paperback
Summary: “We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.” But what are “those things”? Why do we confess them?
The purpose of confessing our sins is not simply to remind us what great sinners we are, but rather to point us to the great Savior we have. Inspired by the Puritan classic The Valley of Vision, this book provides specific prayers of confession in response to particular Scripture passages. They are ideal for use in church or in personal devotions.
These prayers thank God for Jesus’ perfect righteousness and substitutionary atonement for our sins and ask for the help of the Spirit in pursuing holiness. They close with a scriptural assurance of pardon in Christ for the sins of God’s people. Appendices include the hymns referenced in each prayer, as well as the sermon texts that accompanied these confessions as they were originally used in worship services.
About the Authors:
Barbara R. Duguid is a counselor and ministry assistant at Christ Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Grove City, Pennsylvania, where she crafts the weekly liturgy. She is a pastor’s wife and the mother of six children, and she holds an advanced certificate in biblical counseling from the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
Wayne Duguid Houk is the events director and conference planner at Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
Iain M. Duguid is professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He has written numerous works of biblical exposition, including Esther & Ruth and Daniel in the Reformed Expository Commentary series, Ezekiel in the NIV Application Commentary series, and Numbers in the Preaching the Word series.
What Others Say About This Book:
Check out this week’s author interview with Sarah Ivill, author of 2 books in our Tapestry series: Revelation: Let the One Who Is Thirsty Come, and new title Judges & Ruth: There Is a Redeemer.
I have lived in North Carolina and Georgia most of my life. My husband and I have been married for almost eleven years and the Lord has blessed us with three children—Caleb (8), Hannah (6) and Daniel (4 months). We presently live in Charlotte. I enjoy teaching a women’s Bible study at our church, as well as shepherding women through difficult seasons of life. I love to exercise, read, and spend time outdoors with my family.
I have always loved to write. I began journaling as a young girl and at last count had filled 29 journals.
When I was asked to teach a Bible study at my church years ago and began searching for resources, I realized that there was a lack of Bible studies for women written from a covenantal perspective. I wanted to help fill this need, so I began writing studies such as, Hebrews: His Hope, The Anchor For Our Souls, Revelation: Let the One Who Is Thirsty Come and Judges & Ruth: There Is A Redeemer.
I love to write in my home office. I have a great view to the beauty of God’s creation and easy access to resources I need while writing.
I love to write in the early morning.
I got writer’s block for the first time when I was in seminary. I got down on my knees with my keyboard on my lap, crying out to the Lord to help me write so I could turn my paper in on time. He did! There are times I still do this, but oftentimes if I push through and write at least a few paragraphs, I move past it. I can always go back and revise the lesson later.
I have always enjoyed reading books by C. S. Lewis. I especially love the Chronicles of Narnia because they are wonderful books to read aloud to my children. I read all of them to my oldest son a couple of years ago and now enjoy seeing him reread them on his own.
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With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship by D.G. Hart and John R. Muether
208 pages | $14.99 | Paperback | Published: 2002
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Summary: “Reformed Christians,” write D. G. Hart and John R. Muether, “are increasingly divided over how they ought to worship their God.” Considering it an urgent matter “to recover a biblical view of worship,” the authors have written With Reverence and Awe. Drawing on Scripture and Reformed confessions and catechisms, the authors answer such questions as: When are we to worship? How do we worship with reverence and joy? What is the place of the means of grace? How do the elements of worship differ from its circumstances? Finally, the authors tackle “the most divisive issue,” music.
About the Authors:
D. G. Hart studied American history at the Johns Hopkins University and has served as Director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College and Academic Dean and Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary in California. He is currently Visiting Professor of History at Hillsdale College. His books include Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism (1994); The Lost Soul of American Protestantism (2002); With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship (2002); John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist (2005); and A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State (2006).
John R. Muether (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is librarian and associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. The coauthor of four volumes, Muether has served on the Harvard Divinity School library staff and has been librarian at Western Theological Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served on the editorial board of Regeneration Quarterly and on the board of directors of Mars Hill Audio. He is historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and serves on that denomination’s Christian Education Committee.
What Others Say About This Book:
“This is a good book, which ought to be read by every believer who wishes to engage in worship that is pleasing to God because it is worship that is in harmony with God’s will as revealed in the inspired, infallible Scriptures.” – Robert D. Decker
“The authors are measured, balanced and compactly comprehensive. The book is, after all, a primer, so they shorthand some of the more controversial or questionable Old School hermeneutics. It’s nonetheless heartily recommended to pastors and elders.” – Gerry Wisz
“[A] well-written, thought-provoking volume. . . . Laymen and ministers should read this discussion of the value of Reformed worship and what Reformed worship is.” – Christian Observer
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Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures by Dennis E. Johnson
512 pages | $24.99 | Paperback | Published: 2007
Summary: Challenging modern preachers to expound the Bible like Peter and Paul, Him We Proclaim makes the hermeneutical and historical case for a return to apostolic preaching—preaching that is Christ-centered, redemptive-historical, missiologically communicated, and grounded in grace. But moving beyond theory, Him We Proclaim provides examples of how this method applies to all Old and New Testament genres—history; law; psalm; prophecy; doctrine and exhortation.
About the Author:
Dennis E. Johnson (ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, author of The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption, Triumph of the Lamb, and Philippians and a contributor to numerous books and theological journals.
What Others Are Saying About This Book:
“This book holds the promise of the recovery of biblical preaching for those who will give themselves to the demanding and glorious task of setting each text within the context of God’s redemptive plan. This is a book that belongs on every preacher’s bookshelf.” – R. Albert Mohler Jr.
“Apostolic hermeneutics? Dare we read the Scripture backward as well as forward? Dennis Johnson’s answer is a marvelously informed and convinceing ‘yes!’ Him We Proclaim is sure to be widely read and discussed both in the academy and by groups of serious-minded preachers of the Word.” – R. Kent Hughes
“If only we could learn to preach like Peter and Paul. The wish becomes solid reality in Dennis Johnson’s wonderful advocacy of preaching Jesus Christ in the twenty-first centruy as the apostles did in the first. Under Johnson’s tutelage, preaching apostolic, Christ-centered, redemptive-historical, missiological sermons that are grace-driven becomes a dream within reach.” – Bryan Chapell
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