Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was the son of a Scottish minister and a Dutch Reformed pastor. Murray was born in S. Africa and educated in Scotland. He returned to S. Africa and became a noted writer and pastor in Cape Town and Wellington. Murray was vitally connected to the Keswick meetings that espoused the Higher Life […]
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Be Ye Holy
Fred Moritz wrote this book for BJU Press in 1994. Moritz is also a graduate of Pillsbury Baptist Bible College under Monroe Parker, and Central Baptist Theological Seminary under Richard Clearwaters. His proposition is that all of the believer’s actions stem from the holiness of God. Specifically, Moritz writes about separation from a personal and […]
The Surrendered Life
Handley C.G. Moule (1841-1920), and evangelical Anglican, succeeded Brooke Foss Westcott as the bishop of Durham. I have read many small books on sanctification and holiness and have even thrown many away. This, however, is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. Why does it seem that the older writers have a way […]
Power from on High
In reading a number of smaller books on walking with God I’ve tried to read a variety of authors. Finney is not very appreciated in our day in that many blame him for the laxity in the progressive side of evangelicalism. There is no doubt that Finney believed in a holiness doctrine of a second […]
Thirsting for Authenticity
It has been my privilege to read the manuscript for Dr. MacLachlan’s new book. The book is now available and can be ordered on Amazon for a moderate price. There have been many books written on the condition of the church in today’s culture. Many are good and helpful and many fall short of being […]
The Saints’ Everlasting Rest
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Presbyterian Puritan though moderate in his Calvinistic views. Baxter was a theologian, pastor and prolific writer. The Saints’ Everlasting Rest is one of his better known works that have remained popular. The book was originally published in 1650 and consisted of eight hundred thousand words but was later abridged […]
Balancing the Christian Life
I first read this book years ago (and that review is already logged) but I had loaned the book to someone who decided he needed it worse than I. Eventually I obtained another copy and finally had reason to read it again. Ryrie first published the book in 1969 and it went through five printings […]
Ethics and the Christian
R.C. Sproul wrote this book (of only 94 pages) in 1983. My marks were in it from years ago but I didn’t recall reading it. As I read it I was satisfied again to be reading in the area of Christian ethics. Sproul dealt with ethics and morals, legalism and antinomianism. In these areas he […]
The Rise and Progress of Religion in the...
Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), the last of twenty children, was from a long line of British nonconformists. Doddridge was a pastor and educator and also a prolific writer, writing books and over 400 hymns, the best known being O Happy Day, and Grace! Tis a Charming Sound. This, his best known work, Charles Spurgeon often referred […]
The Secret of Success in the Christian L...
This is a paper back of about 120 pages. It seems that over the years Moody’s writings have been reprinted in various small books and many times the material is repeated in his other books. I realized while reading this book that I have read and quoted many of the passages that appear here in […]