Total Items found : 16 Bleeding of the Evangelical Church Wells, David F Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 14 pages ISBN 0-85151-682-3 1995 £0.80 David Wells challenges evangelicalism with a disturbing analysis of its present condition. He believes that we have allowed ourselves to be shaped by the popular culture whose ethos is alien to God-consciousness, to 'other-worldliness', and to passion for biblical truth. In putting 'success' before theology we have produced a plague of nominal evangelicalism which, unless reversed, leaves us 'headed towards the oblivion on irrelevance before God'. Burial or Cremation Howard, Donald Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 32 pages ISBN 0-85151-803-6 2000 £1.10 Sold Out How should Christians dispose of the bodies of their loved ones after death? Does the Bible give authoritative guidance on this question, or are we free to decide on the basis of pragmatic arguments or personal taste? Donald Howard traces the history of burial through the Old Testament to the culminating example of Christ's burial and resurrection, discusses the practice of cremation in the modern world, and gives counsel on the need to grieve and to plan our own funeral. It is the writer's belief that burial alone gives specific testimony to the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Christian Leaders of the 18th Century Ryle, J. C. Banner of Truth Trust Paperback 432 pages ISBN 0-85151-268-2 2002 (first published 1885) £6.00 Although much has been written on the evangelical revival of the 18th century, J. C. Ryle's account remains the best popular introduction to this great spiritual era. With simplicity and vigour, he traces the lives of the eleven Christian leaders who 'shook England from one end to another,' giving strong reasons for his belief 'that excepting Luther and his Continental contemporaries, and our own martyred Reformers, the world as seen no such men since the days of the apostles.' Biographies include George Whitefield, John Wesley, William Grimshaw, Henry Venn and Augustus Toplady. Church of Rome at the Bar of History Webster, William Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 244 pages ISBN 0-85151-710-2 2003 (first published 1995) £6.50 Sold Out Webster looks at the claims made by the Roman Catholic Church to stand by one faith. He makes a straight appeal to the area where the Church of Rome believes its case is strongest, the facts of history. He shows that much which Roman Catholicism now claims as part of her changeless creed was both unknown to the Church Fathers of the early centuries and directly contrary to what they did teach. This is not harsh polemic but a heart-felt concern for men and women to understand the facts. Five English Reformers Ryle, J. C. Banner of Truth Trust Paperback 156 pages ISBN 978-0-85151-1382 2003 (first published 1890) £4.50 Why were nearly 300 protestants burned at the stake in England in the 16th Century? What were the great convictions in which they lived and for which they were prepared to sacrifice life itself? What made their lives and testimony to Christ's gospel so powerful? Do Christians today share either their convictions or their faithfulness? J.C. Ryle gives short biographies of 5 CofE Clergy or Bishops burned at the stake for their protestant convictions. Is all Scripture Inspired? Ryle, J. C. Banner of Truth Trust Paperback 74 pages ISBN 0-85151-848-6 2003 (first published 1878) £4.50 To J.C. Ryle, the inspiraton of the Scriptures was 'the very keel and foundation of Christianity', the underpinning without which Christians had no warrant for doctrine or practice, 'no solid ground for present peace or hope, and no right to claim the attention of mankind'. He deliberately placed a paper on 'Inspiration' at the beginning of his book 'Old Paths', his 'Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity, and it is this, which is republished here. But is all Scripture inspired? Are the very words and expressions used by the writers from God, or does inspiration mean something less than this? Ryle was convinced that the very words are from God, and that only this veiw makes sense of what the Bible itself claims. Here he eloquently defends this position, answers objections, and applies the truth to the conscience of the reader. Masters of the English Reformation Loane, Marcus Banner of Truth Trust Hardback, 310 paes ISBN 0-85151-910-5 2005 (first published 1954) £14.00 The year 1555 marked the beginnings of the fierce persecutions of Protestants under "Bloody" Mary, and in that year Bishops Latimer and Ridley were burnt at the stake, and the following year Archbishop Cranmer. Loane's work provides both a study and a stiring narrative of the lives and deaths of these three men together with two earlier reformers, Thomas Bilney (martyred 1531) and William Tyndale (martyred 1536). Preaching Christ McIlvaine, Charles Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 86 pages ISBN 0-85151-831-1 2003 (first published 1863) £4.00 Sold Out The New Testament leaves us in no doubt that the heart of the preaching of the Apostles and the early church was Christ. Every example of preaching from the apostolic era centres on this same grand theme. Yet so often, in the centuries since, the church has weakened her own witness and effectiveness by veering away from the apostolic example. McIllvaine, Bishop of Ohio from 1832 onwards, provides strong advice for those entering ministry which is just as important today as when first delivered. Redemption Accomplished and applied Murray, John Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 192 pages ISBN 0-85151-040-X 1979 (first published 1955) £3.50 Sold Out John Murray deals with the nature and meaning of Christ's death and with the way in which the Christian inherits the blessings which flow from it, through regeneration, justification, adoption and sanctification. This is a book containing strong theology but distilled and expressed for Christians in general. Right with God Blanchard, John Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 126 pages ISBN 0-85151-045-0 2000 (first published 1981) £3.50 Right with God is a straightforward book to help those searching for a personal faith in God. It has been widely used throughout the English-speaking world and translated into many other languages. Saving Grace Cheeseman, John Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 136 pages ISBN 0-85151-772-2 1999 £4.50 John Cheeseman shows from Scripture that man's only hope is in the grace of God, that is, the grace of a God who actually does the saving. Saving Grace is the only answer for those who can do nothing to save themselves - and that means everyone. The Callings Helm, Paul Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 152 pages ISBN 0-85151-512-6 1987 £3.50 Paul Helm believes that many Christian's lives have been harmed by thinking that the only worthwhile way to live is in some kind of 'Christian' career. In fact God 'calls' the vast majority of Christians to serve him in the occupation that they are in. This book shows that instead of dividing life into 'spiritual' and 'secular' compartments, every moment of it can be lived fully to the glory of God. The Case for Traditional Protestantism Johnson, Terry Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 182 pages ISBN 0-85151-888-5 2004 £5.50 Johnson argues for a serious reconsideration of the scriptural principles that undergirded the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth-century. He argues that, far from being outdated and irrelevant to the church today, these very principles are the essence of biblical Christianity. The Interfaith Movement Pollitt, Herbert Banner of Truth Trust Paperback, 214 pages ISBN 0-85151-680-7 1996 £7.00 Herbert Pollitt believes that the Inter-Faith movement only gains credence by ignoring two great facts: first, that the 'divine' allegedly found in each religion is as different as the religions themselves; and second, that the message of historic Christianity cannot be adjusted to any idea of a universal faith. The Old Evangelicalism Murray, Iain Banner of Truth Trust Hardback, 226 pages ISBN 0-85151-901-6 2005 £13.00 A series of addresses on the fundamental themes of the Biblical message. Sin, regeneration, justification by Christ's righteousness, the cross and the love of God, assurance of salvation are all themes that once thrilled churches and changed nations. Today where churches teach these same truths it is often assumed that something more, something new, is required. Murray asserts that the problem is that we have stopped believing these truths in their fullness. He seeks to show how stupendous the message of the gospel truly is. Warnings to the Churches Ryle, J. C. Banner of Truth Trust Paperback 171 pages ISBN 978-0-85151-043-9 2007 (first published 1967) £5.00 The ambiguity and obscurity of statements from religious leaders today often confuse ordinary Christians. Ryle's writings were of a different character. His outspoken comments can still help us towards clear Bible-based convictions. The church's doctrine and practice are in constant danger of being corrupted from their original divinely-given character. Seeing this, Ryle felt compelled to utter a warning, however controversial this might prove, and these warnings have been brought together in this volume.