Here I Stand: Narratives and Sketches from Reformation Days by Theodore Graebner
“Luther’s doctrine is truly the doctrine of Christ. He that follows this doctrine follows not Luther, but Christ. - Hartmut from chapter 1, ‘The First Lutheran’.” Please note that this is a completely different book than the one by Bainton!
18 Dec 2023
The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects by James Aitken Wylie.
The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects “…combines at once the rare qualites of clear statement, vigorous logic, and eloquent style. Its tone and spirit are worthy of an Evangelical Alliance.” - Baptist Magazine
13 Dec 2023
Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ by Alfred Edersheim
“Most earnestly then do I hope, that these pages may be found to cast some additional light on the New Testament, and that they will convey fresh evidence… of the truth of those things which are most surely believed among us.” - Alfred Edersheim, from the Introduction
16 Nov 2023
The Pope, The Kings and The People by William Arthur
“A History of the Movement to make the Pope governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council.”
7 Nov 2023
The Conservative Reformation by Charles Porterfield Krauth
“The history of Christianity… moves under the influence of two generic ideas: the conservative, which desires to secure the present by fidelity to the results of the past; the progressive, which looks out, in hope, to a better future. Reformation is the great harmonizer of the two principles.
23 Oct 2023
The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
This volume has been inspired by a desire on the part of the author to create deeper love for the great lyrics of the Christian Church... To know the hymns of the Church is to know something of the spiritual strivings and achievements of the people of God throughout the centuries.
13 Sep 2023
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (author's abridged version) by Alfred Edersheim
“It is a mistake to regard everything in Talmudic writings about ‘the Gentiles’ as presently applying to Christians… That ‘the heathens’ of those days and lands should have been suspected of almost any abomination, deemed capable of any treachery or cruelty towards Israel—no student of history can deem strange…
18 Jul 2023
The Modern Crisis in Religion by George C Lorimer
“I can only pray that this contribution to the International Pulpit may serve to remind Christians on both sides of the Atlantic that they are confronting similar problems, that they are bound together by a common faith, a common trial, and a common duty; and that if they are true to themselves and their Lord, they may hope soon to exclaim with the Greek poet: ‘Night is past, behold the day!’ " — From the Introduction
8 Jun 2023
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (complete and unabridged) by Alfred Edersheim
“It is a mistake to regard everything in Talmudic writings about ‘the Gentiles’ as presently applying to Christians… That ‘the heathens’ of those days and lands should have been suspected of almost any abomination, deemed capable of any treachery or cruelty towards Israel—no student of history can deem strange…
22 May 2023
Bible History (complete in one volume) by Alfred Edersheim
“It is to help the reader of Holy Scripture that the series has been undertaken. In writing it… I have wished to furnish what may be useful for reading in the family… More than this, I hope it may likewise prove a book to put in the hands of young men, — not only to show them what the Bible really teaches, but to defend them against the insidious attacks arising from misrepresentation and misunderstanding of the sacred text.” — Alfred Edersheim
21 Apr 2023