Joel R. Beeke - Pastors and Their Critics: A Guide to Coping with Criticism in the Ministry

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Godly living and faithful leadership require tremendous grace in this corrupt world.How is it possible? Doriani and Phillips give us solid expositions of the divinelyinspired directions in Pauls second epistle to Timothy and his epistle to Titus.Read and grow, and use your gifts and prayers to promote godly leadership.

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He was the author of the best-selling Christian book of all time. His Bible-saturatedworks have inspired generations of believers all over the world. And yet, as influentialas it is, John Bunyans theology contains a unifying thread that is sorely neglectedin the modern church: the vital importance of the fear of God.

Fearing God is seen by many as psychologically harmfulat odds with belief in a Godof love. But Bunyan knew personally that the only freedom from a guilty fear of Godswrath is a joyful, childlike fear of his holiness. Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley guideus through Bunyans life before exploring his writings to illuminate the true graceof fearing God.

Wisdom requires it, Jesus emphasized it, the apostles encouraged itand yet fewthings are more feared in contemporary Christianity than... the fear of God. Thistimely book... shows how the fear of God was, in contrast, the heartbeat of oneof the most loved and admired of all Christians.

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Confessing our sins might seem like a gloomy business... but exposing the specificsof our struggles with sin leads to celebration! It points us back to the good newsof the gospel, our great Savior, and our forgiveness through Gods grace.

Inspired by the Puritan classic The Valley of Vision , the prayers in these two volumesare ideal for use in church services or personal devotions. They open with a scripturalcall of confession, confess specific sins, thank the Father for Jesus perfect lifeand death in our place, ask for the help of the Spirit in pursuing holiness, andclose with an assurance of pardon.

[ Prone to Wander ] has many virtues.... The book covers the whole of the Christianlife. I love its overall aims and method.

Leland Ryken

Here we learn how to pray Gods Word back to him... and celebrate his grace inso many areas of our lives. I recommend [ Streams of Mercy ] strongly.

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