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Book Giveaway…

Interested in winning a free copy of Jon Nielson‘s new book – The Story: The Bible’s Grand Narrative of Redemption, One Year Daily Devotional for Students?

Check in TOMORROW, June 11th to enter for a chance to win 1 of 5 free copies!

Spread the word – if we have a good response from this we will set up another giveaway.

***To read sample content of the Book: Click HERE***

About the book:

384 Pages | Paperback | List Price: $14.99 | Released: 3/14/2014

Summary: This yearlong, daily study of God’s Word guides students through five acts of his grand story of redemption. Daily Scripture and devotional readings will equip students to understand the unity and development of God’s story and to grow in their personal discipline of Bible study and prayer.

 

NEW RELEASE – For the World: Essays in Honor of Richard L. Pratt Jr.

For the World: Essays in Honor of Richard L. Pratt Jr.
edited by Justin S. Holcomb and Glenn Lucke

Pages: 240 | List Price: $17.99Paperback

About the Book:

This volume in honor of Richard Pratt Jr. broadly covers his lifelong themes of biblical studies, theological studies, hermeneutics, the kingdom of God, ministry training, missions, evangelism, and biblical education for the world.

ESSAYS BY:
Michael Briggs •  Stephen W. Brown • David M. Correa • William Edgar • John M. Frame • Justin S. Holcomb • Reggie M. Kidd • Jongho Kim • Glenn Lucke • Gregory R. Perry • Scott Redd • Monica Taffinder • Simon Vibert • Bruce K. Waltke

 

About Richard L. Pratt Jr:

RICHARD L. PRATT JR. (Th.D., Harvard University) is President and Founder of Third Millennium Ministries, an organization formed in 1997 to provide free biblical education “for the world.” Many around the world have benefited from his decades of cognitively stimulating and incisive teaching, ministry, and scholarship. He is Adjunct Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando; an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America; and the author of a number of books, including Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth.

About the Editors:

JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB (Ph.D., Emory University) serves as the Canon for Vocations in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida and as Adjunct Professor of Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

 

 

GLENN LUCKE (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is President and Founder of Docent Research Group, which provides customized research for pastors, churches, and parachurch organizations.

 

Books by Richard Pratt Jr:

Designed for Dignity: What God Has Made It Possible for You to Be – 2nd Edition

Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of the Truth

He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student’s Guide to Interpreting Old Testament Narratives

Pray With Your Eyes Open

 

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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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New Paperback Edition – From Age to Age by Keith Mathison

We have just released the new edition of From Age to Age by Keith Mathison. This is now a paperback book which allowed us to lower the list price by 25% – which lowered the price from $39.99 down to $29.99.

From Age to Age: The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology by Keith Mathison

Pages: 832 | Paperback | List Price: $29.99

Summary: Readers will only understand a book’s final chapter if they have understood all that came before it. Likewise, “in order to understand biblical eschatology,” writes Keith Mathison, “we must understand the entire Bible.”

From Age to Age looks not only at the fulfillment of God’s purposes at the end of history, but also at the stages along the way. The millennium and second coming of Christ are eschatologically important—but Christ’s first coming was the beginning of the end. Deftly working through each book of the Bible, Mathison traces God’s preparations throughout redemptive history, which have laid everything in place for the last day.

 

About the Author:

Keith A. Mathison (MA, Reformed Theological Seminary; PhD, Whitefield Theological Seminary) is dean of the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies and an associate editor of Tabletalk magazine at Ligonier Ministries. He is the author of numerous books. He is editor of When Shall These Things Be: A Reformed Response to Hyper-Preterism and associate editor of The Reformation Study Bible. He lives in Lake Mary, Florida, with his wife and children.

 

Other books by Keith Mathison:

 

Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God?

  • 176 pages
  • $12.99
  • Summary: This concise examination of dispensationalism dispels much current confusion by clarifying the most central and problematic teachings of dispensationalists in the light of Scripture and historic Reformed theology.

Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope

  • 304 pages
  • $17.99
  • Summary: The promises of the gospel offer hope of a brighter future for the families and nations of the earth. Mathison’s an optimistic eschatology supported by biblical, historical, and theological considerations.

Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper

  • 392 pages
  • $19.99
  • Summary: The primary purpose of this book is to introduce, explain, and defend a particular doctrine of the Lord’s Supper—the doctrine taught by John Calvin and others.
  • Table of Contents – Click HERE

When Shall These Things Be?: A Reformed Response to Hyper-Preterism

  • 400 pages
  • $17.99
  • Summary: Pratt, Kistemaker, Strimple, and others refute the teaching that all biblical prophecy (second coming, general resurrection, and final judgment) was fulfilled in the first century.

 

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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 Derek Cooper

This is our 20th “Author Interview Friday”. I hope you have all been enjoying getting to know more about P&R authors.

This week we get to learn more about author Derek Cooper, author of two P&R books: Christianity and World Religions: An Introduction to the World’s Major Faith and Thomas Manton: A Guided Tour of the Life and Thought of a Puritan Pastor.

  • 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 was “born and bred,” as they say, in East Texas. I met the love of my life in college in Texas, where I majored in Spanish. After college, I was married in the Northeast, where my wife is from. I attended seminary, and then began teaching Spanish at Phil-Mont Christian Academy outside of Philadelphia. Eventually I entered a PhD program in historical theology and graduated in 2008.

Currently, I am Associate Professor of World Christian History at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, PA. I also direct the LEAD Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry programs. In addition to teaching, I also lead trips to the Holy Land.

Because I have three young children, I don’t have much time for personal hobbies! However, some of the things I enjoy doing in my spare time include traveling, especially internationally, cooking, and being outdoors with my family.

 

  • Ques­tion #2 — What inspired you to write this book, about this topic?

Travel, poetry, primary writings, and certain songs inspire me the most as a writer. I am most energized by ideas, which I frequently receive in tandem with these things. I think that writing is really a dance between inspiration and discipline. Without discipline, no one would ever find the time to write; and without inspiration, no one would have anything interesting to say.

 

  • Question #3 — Do you have a favorite author?

There are a variety of authors that I enjoy reading. I think that it’s important, as a writer, to read widely across disciplines and genres. Here are just a few authors I enjoy reading:

Ernest Hemingway for fiction because he could communicate more in a sentence than many writers could in a page. Also, unlike someone such as Charles Dickens, I like how he used adjectives rarely and wrote directly.

Pablo Neruda and Robert Frost for poetry. They were true poets who spoke out of their experiences, thought symbolically and figuratively, and knew how to arrange the right words in the right way to create the right cadence.

Philip Jenkins for academic writing. Jenkins is an innovator who writes imaginatively and provocatively. He’s a rare personality who can convey academic research into a manageable, readable, and enjoyable format.

 

  • Ques­tion #4 — At what time of day do you write most?

I am sharpest from around 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., and so that is when I plan to do the bulk of my writing. I try to edit my writing in the morning when I am not at my best.

 

  • Ques­tion #5 — What advice would you give to aspir­ing writers?

One piece of advice I would offer to aspiring writers is to be fully willing to delete sentences and whole paragraphs as they edit. If you think about it, writing is a lot like speaking. How many times have you said something that you wished you would not have said and would like to take back? In writing, we get the opportunity to erase mistakes we make and think more clearly about how something should be communicated. We must not become too attached to our words. Recently, I deleted about 10,000 words from a manuscript I submitted. It was very painful to delete those 10,000 words since I spent a lot of time working on them. But if they are not helpful to the greater story, unnecessary or redundant, then they have to go.

 

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Want to learn more about Derek Cooper?

“The best way for readers to connect with me is through my faculty website at Biblical Seminary: http://www.biblical.edu/derek-cooper.”

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BOOK HIGHLIGHT – Teaching for a Change by Norman De Jong

Teaching for a Change: A Transformational Approach to Education
written by Norman De Jong

200 pages | $14.99 | Paperback | Published: 2001
Also available as an ebook:
Kindle: Click HERE

Summary: As a successor to the author’s Education in the Truth, this volume takes a fresh look at the basic truths that should mold our educational endeavors. This book meets the fundamental need for a more biblical, Christian philosophy of education in a country that is becoming increasingly secular.

Table of Contents: Click HERE

 

About the Author:

Norman De Jong (PhD, educational foundations, University of Iowa) is the author of Teaching for a Change: A Transformational Approach to Education (P&R, 2001), as well as other books and articles on education and government. He was associate professor of education at Dordt College and, subsequently, professor of education and director of teacher education at Trinity Christian College. He also has served as principal in three schools and taught at several others.

 

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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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