Here’s a recap of the 9 new releases so far this year.


Forty Days on the Mountain: Meditations on Knowing God by Stephen Smallman

160 pages | List Price: $12.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

Do you long to know God deeply as your God, Father, and Friend?

Whether you are a new believer or have been a Christian for many years, this is what God wants for you—to experience his presence. And he wants you to desire this too.

If you’re not sure where to start, try learning from a man who spoke with God face to face. Moses met God in a startlingly personal way when God introduced himself by name from a burning bush. In the years that followed, God repeatedly proved his holiness, loyalty, and love for his people . . . and Moses had a front-row seat.

Sit alongside Moses through forty meditations that delve into God’s rich, unfolding self-revelation and point to a glorious new covenant with Christ at its center. You’ll learn what it means to pursue God’s daily presence in your life, and, in doing so, discover reasons to love him as you ought.

ENDORSEMENTS

“These scriptural meditations will refresh your spirit, renew your passion for God, and help you to find rest in the gospel grace of Jesus Christ.”

—Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College

“Steve Smallman invites us in these daily devotions to follow Moses in his passion to press on to know the presence of God. I was greatly blessed by Steve’s challenge.”

—Rose Marie Miller, Author, From Fear to Freedom

“Steve Smallman compellingly and comprehensively reveals the God of love and grace pursuing us, redeeming us, and making a way to know him and enjoy his presence through the atoning work of the cross.”

—Libby Cannizzaro, Former Women’s Ministry Coordinator, The Falls Church


Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone, Revised and Updated by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

240 pages | List Price: $14.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

Do you feel discouraged—even defeated—in your battle against sin?

Are you dismayed or surprised by the situations that bring out your fear, anger, or distress?

Elyse Fitzpatrick delves into the heart of the problem: deep down, we’re all idol-worshippers who put our loves, desires, and expectations in God’s place—and then suffer the consequences of our misplaced affections. Yet God loves his people and can use even our messy lives and struggles for his glory.

In this updated, revised edition of her acclaimed work, Fitzpatrick shows us how to better search and know our hearts, long for our gracious Savior, and resist and crush our false gods.

—Includes questions for further thought—

Free study guide available HERE.

ENDORSEMENTS

“Elyse Fitzpatrick is one of the best authors you could read today if you want help to truly love Jesus and recognize the deception of your own sinful heart. . . . I’m thrilled that after fifteen years a second edition of this excellent work is now available.”

—Brad Bigney, author, Gospel Treason

“Elyse Fitzpatrick has a very high view of God, and this book reflects that view. With great clarity and intriguing biblical illustrations, Elyse explains how the idols in our hearts compete with our affections for God. In a gentle way, she tells you how by God’s grace to turn from your idols to a wholehearted love for God.”

—Martha Peace, author, The Excellent Wife


Black and Reformed: Seeing God’s Sovereignty in the African-American Christian Experience by Anthony J. Carter

160 pages | List Price: $13.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

African Americans have a rich and compelling Christian heritage that stretches back to foundational church figures such as Augustine and Tertullian. Yet too often they are expected to embrace a Eurocentric theology that marginalizes their unique experiences and traditions.

In this pioneering work, Anthony Carter draws black and Reformed theology together, showing how Reformed theology addresses African- American experiences such as the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. He also explores ways that an explicitly black theology can enhance our understanding of God and his Word, no matter our ethnicity.

This retypeset edition of On Being Black and Reformed adds a foreword by Thabiti Anyabwile, an interview with the author, and discussion questions for each chapter.

ENDORSEMENTS

“As an African American, I am delighted with this book. It will serve as an excellent introduction to Reformed theology for the emerging black Reformed community. I anticipate that it will be a great resource for church planters and anyone else seeking to reach the black community.”

—ANTHONY B. BRADLEY, Author, Liberating Black Theology

“When I met Anthony Carter several years ago, I detected a rigorous mind, a righteous concern for racial justice, and a Reformed vision of God—a rare combination. Since then I have wanted to be a listener. Now this book makes that easier. May the Lord of nations use it to shape a powerful movement of God-centered Christians from all peoples who have tasted suffering.”

—JOHN PIPER, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org


Church Revitalization from the Inside Out by Robert D. Stuart

256 pages | List Price: $15.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

Is your church suffering, and you’re not sure why? Church planter and professional interim pastor R. D. Stuart encourages church leaders to examine the different ways that they themselves may be exacerbating the problem.

Unfortunately, flawed leadership is a big cause of ailing churches today. The good news is that God gives us the humility and ability to change. With forthright prose and practical examples from his own experiences, Stuart diagnoses different leadership failures and prescribes treatment for them. Along the way, he tackles making tough decisions; striving for unity; taming gossip; cultivating humility; and loving even the hard-to-love sheep. Ultimately, Church Revitalization from the Inside Out will help ministry leaders to strengthen their churches as they grow in faithfulness.

ENDORSEMENTS

“As someone who has led a company, pastored a church, and trained future pastors, I have read a number of books on leadership. Not one of those books, however, has been as practical and as full of real-life examples as Bob Stuart’s.”

—Michael W. Honeycutt, Senior Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church

“Bob Stuart . . . diagnoses the sickness in the church, exposes the practice of poor church leadership, and prescribes the cure. Leaders, pastors, and church planters are encouraged to read this book, which will help them become the leaders they were called to be.”

—David V. Edling, Author, Redeeming Church Conflicts


Christian Theistic Evidences, Second Edition by Cornelius Van Til and edited by K. Scott Oliphint

288 pages | List Price: $19.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

When defending Christianity, we often play by man’s rules, letting secular science and philosophy determine the cards we’re allowed to bring to the table. But can we effectively defend the primary authority of Scripture if we start with other sources of authority that relegate it to minor status from the outset?

K. Scott Oliphint provides a foreword and explanatory notes in this retypeset syllabus, originally from Cornelius Van Til’s famous Christian Evidences class at Westminster Seminary. Van Til argues for the defense of a pure, full-fledged Christianity, unadulterated by a scientific methodology founded on non-Christian assumptions. He offers us instead a Christian philosophy and methodology for defending the faith that presupposes the absolute authority of the triune God of Scripture.

ENDORSEMENTS

“Critics of Van Til often complained that in Van Til’s presuppositionalist apologetics there was no room for the use of evidences to verify the Christian faith. But Van Til often said that evidences were an important part of apologetics. . . . Christian Theistic Evidences is Van Til’s philosophy of fact, his philosophy of science, and as such it should interest everyone who seeks to understand Van Til’s work.”

—John M. Frame, Author, A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

“Christian Theistic Evidences represents Cornelius Van Til’s first, revolutionary statement of presuppositional (or covenantal) apologetics. It contains all his major statements against the pretended neutrality of fact, of reason, and of foundations. Dr. Oliphint’s masterful annotations clarify and enhance the beauty of the text. His introduction is pure gold. This is must reading for anyone who wishes apologetic method to be consistent with sound theology.”

—William Edgar
, Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary


What about Free Will?: Reconciling Our Choices with God’s Sovereignty by Scott Christensen

304 pages | List Price: $17.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

Christensen explains two views that acknowledge God’s sovereignty and its relation to human responsibility: compatibilism and libertarianism. Providing cogent, biblical answers, Christensen argues for compatibilism and shows how it makes sense of evil, suffering, prayer, evangelism, and sanctification. You will gain a deeper understanding of both arguments, as well as a greater appreciation for the significant role that choices play in God’s work.

ENDORSEMENTS

“A clear, intelligent, immensely helpful overview of one of the most confusing conundrums in all of theology. . . . Scott Christensen doesn’t sidestep the hard questions. The answers he gives are thoughtful, biblical, satisfying, and refresh- ingly coherent. Lay readers and seasoned theologians alike will treasure this work.”

—John F. MacArthur, Grace Community Church

“Careful in description and argument . . . eminently readable. . . . Most important of all, this book breathes a spirit of wonder and gratitude before the face of a God who is not only all-powerful but good.”

—Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California

“Many think that free will is the silver-bullet answer to some of theology’s most difficult questions. But do we have a free will? Short answer: it depends on what you mean by ‘free.’ Long answer: read this book.”

—Andrew Naselli, Bethlehem College and Seminary


God’s Design by Sally Michael & Gary Steward

120 pages | List Price: $16.99 | Color Illustrated | Making Him Known series | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

This full-color guide teaches children about God’s design for men and women. In easy-to-understand language, parents will be able to teach their children how God made us in his image, how sin distorts God’s good design, and how they can pursue godly manhood and womanhood. Each chapter explores what the Bible teaches about husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, marriage and singleness, and more. As children discover the beauty in God’s design, they will learn to be thankful for how they are made and to glorify God in how they treat others of the same and different gender. Each chapter includes application questions and activities.

ENDORSEMENTS

“Has God made you a boy? That is a good gift! Has God made you a girl? That is a good gift! God is all wise, and his plans are all good. We can trust his design, and we must embrace it in order to grow in God-honoring masculinity and femininity. These essential truths propel Sally Michael and Gary Steward’s excellent book God’s Design. They have written a user-friendly, Scripture-saturated guidebook to help parents to teach their children about being created male and female, in language that is easy for young children to understand, while still challenging older children and even parents to embrace God’s plan for their gender with joy and thanksgiving. This is an essential resource for Christian families in an increasingly sexualized and gender confused culture.”

—Candice Watters


John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 3 by John M. Frame

392 pages | List Price: $22.99 | Paperback | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 3 includes more than thirty short, pointed essays, sermons, and addresses that summarize some of John Frame’s central (and sometimes peripheral!) ideas about the nature and method of theology, theological issues, epistemology, apologetics, the church, and ethics. Part 1 includes “Machen’s Warrior Children,” Frame’s insightful treatment of twenty-one intramural battles within the Reformed camp from 1935 to the present. Other essays introduce clarifications of theological concepts, intended to resolve or alleviate conflicts in the church, on topics such as biblical inerrancy, Open Theism, law and gospel, and the roles of grace and law in sanctification. There are also essays about Biblicism, presuppositionalism, apologetics, the regulative principle, and contemporary worship music.

ENDORSEMENTS

“John Frame is certainly one of those ‘dangerous theologians.’ Of course, that means he is mild and loving, even as he confronts error boldly and builds the necessary biblical-theological frameworks for our times. He covers many important topics with our necessary standards for accounting (cf. Heb. 4:12–13). We see more of the sea lanes traversed as he pursues that Great White Whale of biblical truth applied!”

—Andrew J. Peterson, President, Reformed Theological Seminary, Global Education

“In comparison with the ‘feast’ of John Frame’s major works, these are the ‘nuggets.’ They still offer vintage Frame, and I heartily recommend them
for their wisdom, balance, and incisiveness. Some have a more personal, informal tone and will usefully complement Frame’s major writings, especially for those who want to understand the connection of his writings to the person behind them.”

—Vern S. Poythress, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary; Editor, Westminster Theological Journal

“A veritable cornucopia of Frame’s theology. . . . Frame is not afraid to slay sacred cows . . . if he believes they don’t pass biblical muster. Whether you have never read Frame before or have read all that he’s written to date, this book will inform, intrigue, encourage, edify, rouse, and convict you.”

—P. Andrew Sandlin, President, Center for Cultural Leadership


The God We Worship: Adoring the One Who Pursues, Redeems, and Changes His People edited by Jonathan L. Master 

184 pages | List Price: $14.99 | Best of Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology (PCRT) | SAMPLE CHAPTER

SUMMARY

We were all created to worship, but our worship runs amok, and we pour out our praise and affection before false gods. Meanwhile, we all too often go through the motions of worship as we join others in the pew on Sundays. Who can restore us and make us the worshipers we are supposed to be? Only God himself.

Contributions from: D. A. CarsonCharles DrewBryan ChapellMichael HaykinMichael S. HortonJoseph “Skip” RyanRichard D. PhillipsR. Albert Mohler Jr.Philip Graham Ryken

SERIES – BEST OF PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE ON REFORMED THEOLOGY (PCRT)

These books gather up the “best of” the talks given at the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, a conference by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Here is the list of the other books in the Best of Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology series.

Atonement – The doctrine of atonement is under attack, challenged even in evangelical circles. Here some of the church’s best-known pastor-theologians illuminate this doctrine, defending it and highlighting its importance.

These Last Days – Gifted communicators of God’s Word explain the Christian’s view on life, death, and the hereafter as we live through “these last days,” looking forward to the glorious age to come.

Solid Ground – Many evangelicals are questioning the authority of the Bible and the glory of its Author. Here eight leading pastor-scholars argue for the inspiration and inerrancy of the Word.

The Triune God – The persons of the Trinity appear throughout Scripture, and knowing them helps enrich our love for our triune God. Here leading pastors and preachers examine each member’s qualities and roles.

God, Adam, and You – Noted pastor-scholars defend the historicity of Genesis 1–3 and unpack its profound implications for human nature, original sin, the gospel, God’s intent for human sexuality, redemption, and more.