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The Gospel is primarily about God. Part of the glory of the New Testament is that it explains the Gospel to us in terms of the glorious work of the three persons of the Trinity. Yet many can miss the rich Trinitarian backdrop of the New Testament because they are not looking for it. Knowing the Trinity shows that knowing God is knowing him as Triune and that to know him is to love him. Each section leads listeners to meditate on God’s work and how they relate to him in light of passages of Scripture that appeal to all three divine persons.

**Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Systematic Theology category** What is the highest good in life that anyone can pursue? In Latin, there is a term summum bonum, which means “the highest good out of which all good flows.” Many pursue wisdom, social justice, wealth, power, or physical strength as the highest good in life. However, none of these compare to the benefits of knowing God. Listen to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah: Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast ...

What does it mean for God to be a holy God? What does it mean for God’s people to be a holy people? Many may be surprised to learn that biblical holiness is not primarily about morality or personal behavior. Divine holiness, including holy behavior, both God’s and ours, is rooted in the fact that God is Wholly Other, distinct from any and all created things. God is not holy because he never does wrong. God never does wrong because he is holy, utterly unique and distinctive. But the Holy One is also a personal redeemer God who desires intimacy with his creation.

The Perfections of God is a study of God’s characteristics including his love, goodness, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, eternality, wrath, sovereignty, and much more. It can be used as a seven to fifteen-week small-group curriculum depending on how the leader chooses to divide the introduction and the fourteen characteristics. “Expositional, theological, and candidly practical! I highly recommend The Bible Teacher’s Guide for anyone seeking to better understand or teach God’s Word.” —Dr. Young–Gil Kim, Founding President of Handong Global University “Helpful to both...

The Bible has served as the anchor of American culture from the earliest days of our founding. While connected to this anchor, our nation prospered like none before us. Today, our nation has disconnecting itself from the Bible, and we are adrift in a sea of relativism that threatens the very fabric of our society. Truth itself is now considered relative, and thus for all practical purposes, no longer exists. The Bible is dismissed as foolishness by a world growing more foolish every day.

Haiku God invites listeners on a journey of further discovering God through the art of haiku poetry. Haiku is a traditional Japanese style of artistic writing. It consists of three lines with a total of seventeen syllables—five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. This concise format allows for the expression of profound spiritual concepts in a straightforward and accessible manner.

Why Are You Here? Answers to the Most Important Questions of Your Life is a practical, insightful book that will empower you, educate you, and assist you. It contains relevant quotes from various versions of the Bible to reinforce the concepts presented. It will help you understand how you can live a fulfilling life of peace and purpose.

Pro-life strategist Rev. Jim Harden, M.Div. takes a practical and theological look at what it means to be pro-life. He is CEO of CompassCare, one of the USA's leading medical pro-life pregnancy centers. Based in New York State since 1980, with multiple locations in the State and reaching women around the world through TeleCare, CompassCare is on the front lines of the battle for women facing an unplanned pregnancy and their preborn boys and girls.This book can be used as an insightful Bible study for a church or small group, including questions for discussion and personal reflection.

… Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word (Ephesians 5:25-26). The Bronze Laver picks up where the first book in this series of teachings left off. Isaac B. Dargan, once again, provides powerful new insights into the person of Jesus Christ and his body, the church. Through this intricate study of the Bronze Laver the author gives a thorough explanation of the process of spiritual sanctification. The reader will be greatly enlightened as the deep, hidden mysteries of the Bible are explained with ...

In Every Generation: A Baptist Ecclesiology The Baptist Church in Theological and Historical Context by Marvin McKenzie What is the church that Jesus built—and has it survived every generation? In this rigorous yet accessible theological work, Marvin McKenzie presents a compelling case for the perpetuity, authority, and exclusivity of the New Testament church as found in local, visible Baptist assemblies. Drawing from decades of ministry experience and historical research, In Every Generation offers a thorough defense of the biblical identity, structure, and mission of the church—while ...

This Ragtown Pulpit sermon is about the second Psalm, and its place in the hearts and minds of believers. Specifically, the dilemma concerning Psalm 2 is this: Why don't believers love it more than they do? It literally has everything you'd think a Christian would want in a very short passage. Christ himself is all over and throughout this Old Testament text. It's filled with promises of God's faithfulness and the victory of Christ's kingdom. Nevertheless, you've probably never heard anyone, anywhere, claim it as their favorite. That's just weird. There are reasons for this. This sermon ...

Shall We Know Our Loved Ones in Heaven? is a biblical and pastoral study of one of the tenderest questions a grieving heart can ask: whether the saints of God will recognize and know one another in the world to come. Rather than leaning on sentiment or speculation, the book builds its case from Scripture, tracing the Bible’s teaching on continued personal identity after death, reunion, resurrection, and the communion of saints. It moves from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to the Old Testament language of being “gathered” to one’s people, to David’s hope regarding his child,...

What is salvation? Why do humans need it? And what is its process? The doctrine of salvation essentially teaches how humans are condemned to an eternal hell by a just and righteous God because of their sins. However, instead of condemning all of humanity without any hope of redemption, God provided a means of salvation, so that the condemned may become righteous and dwell eternally with him in a place of blessing. In this study, we will consider salvation by exploring some of the elements within the order of its process, the gospel message, and theological issues associated with salvation ...

Scripture does not explain everything it affirms. Throughout the Biblical narrative, there are moments when Heaven intersects history briefly, decisively, and without elaboration. Real events are recorded. Authority is established. Outcomes are declared. Yet the mechanics remain intentionally withheld. These are not gaps in the text. They are boundaries. The Parenthesis of God examines this pattern across Scripture — not to reconstruct what was concealed, but to recognize the authority of what was affirmed. This is a brief work by design. It does not speculate. It does not expand silence....

The book argues that calling God “a person” must be defined carefully: not “a human being,” but a living “who” who speaks, wills, loves, covenants, judges, and relates. It then applies that to Scripture’s presentation of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as personal agents—God is not an impersonal force, and the gospel itself assumes personal communion and reconciliation with God rather than alignment with an abstract principle. From an Old School Baptist angle, it compares Trott and Beebe as sharing the same core confession—one God truly revealed as Father, Son, and Spirit—...

Seamos honestos: ¿realmente la existencia del infierno o la aniquilación evitará que anheles aquellas cosas de las que te has privado? Este mensaje no hace más que revelar lo que ya estaba presente en tu interior. Exista o no el infierno, exista o no el cielo, lo cierto es que, en lo profundo de nuestros corazones, no vivimos motivados por la recompensa o el castigo; eso no tiene el poder de transformarnos. Solo el amor lo tiene. Este libro ofrece las bases para la restauración de todas las cosas, mostrando que antes vivíamos por miedo, pero hoy podemos vivir por amor, de manera ...

Whether you’re wrestling with doubt, seeking to rebuild your faith, or longing to experience God’s love anew, this book will help you discover a Gospel that is profoundly hopeful, deeply personal, and unmistakably real. Rediscover the God who has been pursuing you all along.

Meditation: Discipleship One Thought at a Time is Book 2 in the Discipleship Series and is a devotional catechism designed for meditation on the perfections (attributes) of God. Meditation 01 (God is Worthy) Meditation 02 (God is Revealed) Meditation 03 (God is One) Meditation 04 (God is Triune) Meditation 05 (God is Independent) Meditation 06 (God is Eternal) Meditation 07 (God is Infinite) Meditation 08 (God is Spiritual) Meditation 09 (God is Immutable) Meditation 10 (God is Impassible) Meditation 11 (God is Sovereign) Meditation 12 (God is Omnipotent) Meditation 13 (God is Omniscient) ...

What do Christians actually believe about God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit? Does God know what I'm thinking? Has God already decided the future for me? Did Jesus' body do all the things that our bodies do? Does he still have a body now? Is the Holy Spirit a person? Can I stop sinning? What does a real church look like? What's the right way to baptize or have communion? How does God want me to live? This book gives 100 core answers that Christians throughout the centuries have given to basic questions about God. It not only includes answers that Christians have pretty much agreed ...

Is the Bible free from historical, scientific, doctrinal, moral, and other kinds of probable errors? This question has occupied the conservative Protestant Churches since 1800s. The majority of conservatives take a strong stand for Inerrancy of the Bible. This book explains the subject in a non-technical manner. It first gives a historical survey of how the idea of "errant" was made popular by government-funded mercenary theologians from Germany. It then mentions how the idea spread worldwide and then how the conservative Christians responded to it. At the end it mentions some of the most ...