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BOOK GIVEAWAY! Enter Today for a Chance to Win 3 New Books

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We will select 3 winners who will each receive the following 3 books: Grace Works! (Bond), Prone to Wander (Duguid & Houk), and Hidden in the Gospel (Farley). Enter today for a chance to win!

You have from today, October 10th through Thursday, October 16th to enter. Winners will be announced on Friday, October 17th. This giveaway is only open to those in the contiguous U.S.

How to Enter:
  1. Leave a comment on this blog post answering the following question: “Which of these 3 books are you most excited about?” Answering this question will get your name added once to the drawing.
  2. Tweet to earn more entries (one tweet per day with a maximum of 3 additional entries). P&R must be tagged in Tweets (@prpbooks). Each social media action will earn you one more draw­ing entry. You can get your name added to the draw­ing a max­i­mum of 3 additional times for a total of 4 entries.

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Any ques­tions can be directed to kim@prpbooks.com

About the Books:
Grace Works!: (And Ways We Think It Doesn’t) by Douglas Bond
Pages: 304
Paperback
SAMPLE CHAPTER
Summary: When the church downplays the gospel, it breeds its own assassins: moralists who yawn at the notion of free grace in Christ alone. Sounding the alarm, Bond offers encouragement and biblical solutions.

 

Hidden in the Gospel: Truths You Forget to Tell Yourself Every Day by William Farley
Pages: 128
Paperback
Summary: The gospel – a story beginning before time and stretching into eternity, relevant to every stage of your spiritual life. Learn how to apply its truths to every moment each day.

 

Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration by Barbara R. Duguid andWayne Duguid Houk
Pages: 240
Paperback
Summary: Inspired by The Valley of Vision, these short prayers are designed for private or church use. Trinitarian and Christ-focused, they provide gospel comfort on many specific topics.

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Our mis­sion is to serve Christ and his church by pro­duc­ing clear, engag­ing, fresh, and insight­ful appli­ca­tions of Reformed theology.

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Author Interview with William Edgar

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This week we get to learn more about William Edgar, author of Truth in All Its Glory: Commending the Reformed Faith, Reasons of the Heart, and the CAHQ booklet, How Did Evil Come into the World?

  • Question #1 – Tell us a little bit about yourself: where you’re from, family, job, personal interests, unique hobbies, what do you do in your spare time, etc.

I am Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, where I have taught for over twenty years. I am ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America. I direct the gospel-jazz band Renewal and like to follow Brazilian soccer. I am currently Professeur Associé at the Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. My scholarly interests include apologetics, theology, aesthetics, African-American music, and ethics. I belong to several learned societies, including the American Musicological Society and the Society for Ethnomusicology. I am a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum. I sit on a number of boards, including the Huguenot Fellowship, the Institutional Review Board of Chestnut Hill Hospital, and the Quo Vadis Institute, in Salzburg. I have published several books and numerous articles in French and in English. I have a wife, Barbara, and we have two children and three grand children.

 

  • Question #2 – Which writers inspire you?

C.S. Lewis, Walker Percy, Dorothy Sayers, David Brooks, Honoré Balzac, Victor Hugo, and Larry Woiwode.

 

  • Question #3- What book are you reading now?

Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner.

 

  • Question #4 – What advice would you give to aspiring writers?

Write one paragraph per day, no matter how you feel.

 

  • Question #5 – Do you have a favorite book that you have written?

Taking Note of Music, published in 1986.

 

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Learn more about William Edgar by visiting his WTS faculty page: http://www.wts.edu/faculty/profiles/wedgar.html

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BOOK GIVEAWAY…

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Inter­ested in win­ning these 3 books?

Check in TOMORROW, October 10th to enter for a chance to win 1 of 3 sets of these free books!

About the Books:
Grace Works!: (And Ways We Think It Doesn’t) by Douglas Bond
Pages: 304
Paperback
SAMPLE CHAPTER
Summary: When the church downplays the gospel, it breeds its own assassins: moralists who yawn at the notion of free grace in Christ alone. Sounding the alarm, Bond offers encouragement and biblical solutions.

Hidden in the Gospel: Truths You Forget to Tell Yourself Every Day by William Farley
Pages: 128
Paperback
Summary: The gospel – a story beginning before time and stretching into eternity, relevant to every stage of your spiritual life. Learn how to apply its truths to every moment each day.

Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration by Barbara R. Duguid and Wayne Duguid Houk
Pages: 240
Paperback
Summary: Inspired by The Valley of Vision, these short prayers are designed for private or church use. Trinitarian and Christ-focused, they provide gospel comfort on many specific topics.

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Our mis­sion is to serve Christ and his church by pro­duc­ing clear, engag­ing, fresh, and insight­ful appli­ca­tions of Reformed theology.

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BOOK HIGHLIGHT – Kingdoms Apart edited by Ryan C. McIlhenny

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Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective
edited by Ryan C. McIlhenny

336 pages | $24.99 | Paperback | Published: 2012

To read a sam­ple chap­ter of the book, click HERE

To read the table of con­tents, click HERE

Summary: The subject of Christ and culture has occupied the church since its inception. Some emphasize the reality of redemption and the imperative of cultural transformation; others criticize this approach because of the transient nature of this current life and the specific function of “kingdom” activity.

This project focuses on the two competing positions rooted in the Reformed tradition: neo-Calvinism, a nineteenth-century school of thought associated with the Calvinist polymath Abraham Kuyper, and the Two Kingdoms perspective.

How you think on this issue will affect how you interact with the culture around you. It’s an important debate because we want to speak God’s words fairly into that culture.

What Others Say About This Book:
“This is not only an academic debate. The outcome of the debate will have broad implications for Christian schools, colleges, seminaries, and churches and for Christians in the academy, politics, business, the arts, and other realms of cultural activity.”
— Gideon Strauss, Senior Fellow, Center for Public Justice, Washington, DC

 

“I have prayed for wise and courageous scholars to step up—and step into—this fraternal debate within the Reformed Christian community concerning Two Kingdoms. I am praising God, therefore, for . . . Kingdoms Apart.”
— Michael A. Milton, Chancellor/CEO, James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of Pastoral Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary

 

“A very fine collection of essays . . . a valuable and constructive advance in the often heated debates surrounding the themes it treats.”
— Al Wolters, Professor of Religion and Theology/Classical Languages, Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario

 

“This book engages this conversation, and deserves a careful hearing by all who believe God has made Jesus of Nazareth the rightful and ultimate king of everything.”
— Russell D. Moore, Dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

 

About The Editor:

Ryan C. McIlhenny (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) is Professor of History and Humanities at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California.

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Our mis­sion is to serve Christ and his church by pro­duc­ing clear, engag­ing, fresh, and insight­ful appli­ca­tions of Reformed theology.

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BOOK HIGHLIGHT – Van Til’s Apologetic by Greg L. Bahnsen

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Van Til’s Apologetic: Readings & Analysis by Greg L. Bahnsen

800 pages | $39.99 | Hardcover | Published: 1998

Summary: In this volume, Bahnsen has gathered the primary passages on apologetics from the vast body of works by Cornelius Van Til, arranged them topically, and added incisive commentary and analysis. The result is a carefully organized digest of all that Van Til taught about apologetics with running exposition by Bahnsen.

About the Author:

Greg L. Bahnsen (MDiv, ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Southern California) was Scholar-in-Residence at the Southern California Center for Christian Studies in Irvine. A distinguished scholar, author, and debater, he wrote and lectured extensively in the areas of apologetics and biblical law.

What Others Say About This Book:

“This is the late Dr. Bahnsen’s testament to today’s defenders of the truth. It is an encyclopedic synthesis of the thought of Cornelius Van Til, who was arguably the most original apologist of the twentieth century. In the grand tradition of the Sentences of the fathers, this study will be a standard for years to come.” – William Edgar

“Our confident expectation is that this volume will prove effective both as an introduction to [Van Til’s] thought and for promoting a deepening understanding of it.” – Richard B. Gaffin Jr., K. Scott Oliphint

“Greg Bahnsen’s book on Van Til has been eagerly awaited. It is certainly Bahnsen’s best and most important book, and it is an invaluable guide to Van Til’s thought. I disagree with Bahnsen on some matters, but I would never want to be without this resource. It is a virtually encylopedic expostition of what Van Til said, with many halps to interpretation. You must have this book if you are serious about trying to understand Van Til’s thought.” – John M. Frame

 

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Our mis­sion is to serve Christ and his church by pro­duc­ing clear, engag­ing, fresh, and insight­ful appli­ca­tions of Reformed theology.

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