| Jerusalem's Glory: A Puritan's View of What the Church Should Be Contributor(s): Watson, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857925696 ISBN-13: 9781857925692 Publisher: Christian Heritage OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: The second book in the series following on from the bestselling Rainforest AdventuresChildren are fascinated with the natural world around them and with facts and information about animals that they have never seen. However often good nature programmes on T.V. or articles in magazines centre on evolution and completely ignore the Creator. Each story has a Bible verse and lesson for the reader to take away. Written by someone who spent his life in the Rainforest this book has the added benefit of being written by someone who has been there lived there and experienced the culture not just someone who has read the encyclopaedias. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Discipleship - Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
| Dewey: 262.001 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.1" W x 7.92" (0.35 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in 1661, this book contains all the hallmarks of what made the puritans great. It represents a clarion call to the church to recognize her failings and repent, turning to the Almighty God and casting herself on His mercy. Here we gain some insight to the virtue of a puritan preacher of the gospel, speaking plainly to the ills of society and in particular to the church, that according to the scripture is a city set on a hill. It revealed Thomas Watson's deep concern for the state of the Church and the prosperity of godliness and vital Christianity in a period of testing and decline. Watson did not merely write a religious polemic, but offered the fruits of many years of a successful preaching ministry, expounding issues such as when the Christian may rejoice, how to act in a godly manner when tested to the limit, and showing how glorious is Christ's Church when proven in the fires of affliction. It is a work that is aimed at helping the believer in a practical manner to live a life that glorifies God and places Christ at the centre of the Church both doctrinally and in practical everyday living. He challenges the reader at every turn to seek to prove these things according to the authority of the Scriptures, and to act upon it. The text is simplified for the modern reader, with a biographical introduction added to the original work. It will, through time, come to be regarded as Watson at his most readable and best. |