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Great book to help you build your confidence and have it reflect in your memory and personality as a whole.

This set will warm your heart and motivate your Christian walk with Christ. There is much here to learn of God's glorious character and the beauty of God's Word. I would recommend getting the cd-rom version of these volumes from richardsibbes.com. They are cheeper and searchable on your computer. But you wont be dissapointed in Sibbes.

Ellen Gilchrist shares several of her life's experiences in an amicable and pleasant way. Her style is relaxing, and it is pleasant to read this book and share her life in doing so. The reading is not heavy, instead very light. And Ellen is rich in experiences, which she has a pleasant way of sharing with her readers. Two pleasant examples are her flight from New York to London aboard a supersonic jet and her intimate relationship with a man much younger than her. I enjoyed every minute of reading this book.

If you get only one commentary on a Gospel (or Gospels), make it this one. Content, scope, layout--it 's all first-rate.

Its hard to find commentaries which rise to the challenge of covering any one, much less all, of the Gospels. David Brown, though, did a pretty amazing job. This material originally appeared as the heart of the acclaimed Jaimeson-Faussett-Brown commentary. The fact the publishers saw fit to reprint Brown's work on its own tells you alot. And the mildly antiquated prose actually adds to the volume's punch.

If you have any dollars left, get Bruce Milne's five-star volume in IVP's 'The Bible Speaks Today' series. Then add Von Speyer's unusual but oddly sanctifying four Ignatius Press volumes.

This is one of the best collections of banner art I have seen. They are reprinted is glorious color- beautiful oranges and reds. Book is organized as people researched and ideas progressed- very logical yet whimsical progressions. Essays are very personal and very informative. Highly recommended.

This powerful narrative, written by a direct descendant of the princess Yani, draws on stories of incidents taken from the author's family history that were passed from generation to generation until set down here.

For a time, Yani is happy as a slave on Denfield's South Carolina plantation. She becomes the favorite of black and white alike. Denfield's sons instruct her in grammar and deportment. At a festive plantation "slave wedding," she is mated with the giant slave Koba amid much feasting and merriment.

Deep sorrow comes when Yani's slave husband and their daughter, Yola, are sold to other masters. Years pass, and Yani learns nothing of her child's fate. She does not even know that she has a grandchild. Yet why is she so strangely attracted to the slave girl Lucinda, whom she meets in Charleston?

Yani seeks consolation in the music she plays on her African harp, and in her prophetic visions, which reveal that her people will be freed from bondage and find the peace she so deeply desires. Her story, "From the Slave Cabin of Yani," is a moving account of slavery and a woman's hopes for her children and her people.

Very easy to read commentary, Calvin had an amazing view of the Lord and His ways, explaining in an easy way God's attributes, election, with an accurate Biblical perspective. This commentaries series put the wisdom of great men of God available for our times. Don't think that modern commentaries are better just because they are written today, God does not change, and Calvin, Luther, Owen, Ryle, Henry and the likes were men of God who showed great zeal and knowledge on Scripture. It truly gives a fresh view of the Lord high and lifted up in each passage. Highly reccomended.

Gleanings From Paul: The Prayers From The Apostle by A. W. Pink (1886-1934) is an in-depth study of the prayers of Paul the Apostle as recorded in his writings in the New Testament, illustrating his practical and insightful perspectives on the many purposes of prayer in the spiritual life of the practicing Christian. Articulate, thoughtful, and occasionally inspiring, Gleanings From Paul offers readers an authoritative grasp Paul's commentaries with respect to the use of prayer to celebrate, give thanks, petition for help, acknowledge the sovereignty of God, and so much more. . Gleanings From Paul is very highly recommended and timeless reading for students of Paulinian theology and the manifold benefits of prayer for whomever is struggling to live a Christian life.

I know R.C. Sproul has often commented how serious books about the person and work of Christ are about the slowest selling books in Christian bookstores. People would rather read all sorts of garbage, as a result there are few good books on the shelves pertaining to His person and work. Anyway, I pass along a fine book which focuses on the Lord Jesus Christ. The book is a collection of communion sermons written by the 19th century Presbyterian J. W. Alexander. The book is published by Banner of Truth and is inexpensive, the collections title is "God Is Love." I give the book my highest rating because of the preeminence given to my Lord and King.

RG

Dr. J. Gresham Machen was one of the true giants of 20th century Christianity. His brilliant defense of traditional, Reformed orthodoxy in the face of ever more vicious attacks was the stuff of legend. His "The Virgin Birth of Christ" is still the finest apologetic for this controversial point of Christian truth, and his cogent polemic "Christianity and Liberalism" is more pertinent now than when he wrote it in 1923. He was a superb scholar and his Greek text ("New Testament Greek for Beginners") is still in use at many seminaries. "God Transcendent" is a collection of 20 sermons by Dr. Machen. Most of them were never intended for publication. In them the warrior shares his heart. They are sermons of unusual clarity, power, and wisdom. Dr. Machen considered himself first and foremost a herald of God's Word and that is never more obvious than in these wonderful sermons. The final four sermons were preached on the last four Sunday's of Dr. Machen's life - indeed the last sermon ("The Bible and the Cross") was preached only five days before he died on January 1st, 1937. I highly recommend these sermons to anyone as devotional material of rare depth and substance. Our shallow age needs such preaching more than ever, and you will find Dr. Machen as current as tomorrow's newspaper.