Monday, October 31, 2011

Free eBook - Creed: Connect to the Basic Essentials of the Historic Christian Faith

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Creed: Connect to the Basic Essentials of the Historic Christian Faith

Author(s): Winfield Bevins

Publisher: Navpress

Price FREE

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When the doctrinal, ethical, and spiritual foundations of the faith are presented together, they offer a balanced model for the Christian life.

This pocket guide summarizes these foundations by studying the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer. Ideal as a discipleship tool to equip new believers or as a refresher for seasoned Christians, Creed provides the essentials of the faith in an easy-to-understand format.

 

Includes discussion questions for group discussion or personal reflection.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Free eBook - The Fountain of Life Opened Up by John Flavel

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The Fountain of Life opened up: or, a display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory.

Available in Kindle .mobi and ePub formats. Download here:

Table of Contents

To the Christian Reader

Sermon 1. The Excellency of the Subject.

Sermon 2. Christ in his essential and primeval Glory.

Sermon 3. The Covenant of Redemption between the Father and the Redeemer.

Sermon 4. The Amazing Love of God in Giving His Own Son for Us.

Sermon 5. Christ's Wonderful Person.

Sermon 6. The Authority by which Christ, as Mediator, Acted.

Sermon 7. The Solemn Consecration of the Mediator.

Sermon 8. The Nature of Christ's Mediation.

Sermon 9. The first Branch of Christ's Prophetic Office,
consisting in the Revelation of the Will of God.

Sermon 10. The Second Branch of Christ's Prophetical Office,
consisting in the Illumination of the Understanding.

Sermon 11. The Nature and necessity of the Priesthood of Christ.

Sermon 12. The Excellency of our High-Priest's Oblation,
being the first Act or Part of His Priestly Office.

Sermon 13. The Intercession of Christ our High-priest, being the second Act or Part of his Priestly Office.

Sermon 14. A Vindication of the Satisfaction of Christ,
as the first Effect or Fruit of his Priesthood.

Sermon 15. The blessed Inheritance purchased by the Oblation
of Christ, being the second Effect or Fruit of his Priesthood.

Sermon 16. The Kingly Office of Christ, as it is executed spiritually upon the Souls of the Redeemed.

Sermon 17. The Kingly Office of Christ, as it is providentially
executed in the World, for the Redeemed.

Sermon 18. The Necessity of Christ's Humiliation, in order to the Execution of all these his blessed Offices for us; and particularly of his Humiliation by Incarnation.

Sermon 19. Christ's Humiliation in his Life.

Sermon 20. Christ's Humiliation unto Death, in his first preparative Act for it.

Sermon 21. The second preparative Act of Christ for his own Death.

Sermon 22. The third preparative Act of Christ for his own Death.

Sermon 23. The first Preparation for Christ's Death, on his Enemies Part, by the treason at Judas.

Sermon 24. The second and third Preparatives for the Death of Christ, by his illegal Trial and Condemnation.

Sermon 25. Christ's memorable Address to the Daughters of Jerusalem, in his Way to the Place of his Execution.

Sermon 26. The Nature and Quality of Christ's Death.

Sermon 27. The signal Providence, which directed and ordered the Title affixed to the cross of Christ.

Sermon 28. The manner of Christ's Death, in respect to the Solitariness thereof.

Sermon 29. The manner of Christ's Death, in respect of the Patience thereof.

Sermon 30. The Instructiveness of the Death of Christ, in his seven last Words; the first of which is here illustrated.

Sermon 31. The second excellent Word of Christ upon the Cross.

Sermon 32. The third of Christ's last Words upon the Cross.

Sermon 33. The fourth excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross.

Sermon 34. The fifth excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross.

Sermon 35. The sixth excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross.

Sermon 36. The seventh and last Word with which Christ breathed out his Soul.

Sermon 37. Christ's Funeral illustrated, in its Manner, Reasons, and excellent Ends.

Sermon 38. Wherein four weighty Ends of Christ's Humiliation are opened, and particularly applied.

Sermon 39. Wherein the Resurrection of Christ, with its influences upon the Saints Resurrection, is clearly opened, and comfortably applied, being the first Step of his Exaltation.

Sermon 40. The Ascension of Christ illustrated, and variously improved, being the Second Step of his Exaltation.

Sermon 41. The Session of Christ at God's right-hand explained and applied, being the third Step of his glorious Exaltation.

Sermon 42. Christ's Advent to Judgment, being the fourth and last Degree of his Exaltation, illustrated and improved.

General Use, Exhortation and Application

 

Presenting: A Child Is Born. New Christmas Album From Sojourn.

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My ALL TIME favorite Christmas albums and the one that gets the most plays at the holidays is "Advent Songs" from Sojourn. It is absolutely amazing! So I was incredibly excited when I heard that they were working on a new Christmas album. You can read Sojourns announcement below. 

We are excited to announce our newest album, "A Child Is Born". The album will release globally on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011. You can pre-order the album here and it will ship to your doorstep the moment it is released.

We’ve sought for many years to capture that emotion in our Christmas music. There’s a place for joy, a necessary and central place for celebration, but that joy and celebration has it’s most weight when seen in the context of the suffering and longing from which it emerges. So Christmas music at Sojourn has always had a dark edge, a sense of tension and angst, which points us to the darkness of our own hearts that longs for the light of Christ.

This new record is birthed almost directly out of our Christmas worship services. We recorded this one at home, so to speak, at the 930 Arts Center (our Midtown campus) and at Eddy Morris’s, our Production Director, studio (Ear Candy studios, where we also recorded Before the Throne and These Things I Remember). It’s an indie rock record, recorded the indie rock way, piecing together what we could to give you this homemade gift. It’s not perfect, but most home-made things aren’t.

We’ve also reached out to some friends and borrowed their songs. We’re happy to have Bifrost Arts’ “Joy Joy” on this album, a song based on a very old melody that perfectly captures that tense, advent joy. We’ve also recorded Bill Mallonee’s “Knocking at Your Door”, a song we sing every Advent season whose gritty and earthy words bring the season home. Sandra McCracken’s “This is the Christ” is a text she reworked from Martin Luther, and it was an instant favorite for us last year.

In addition, we have a number of originals and traditionals, including a punk-rock inspired “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”, the grittiest version of “Go Tell it On the Mountain” you’ll ever hear, ambient pop versions of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Silent Night”, a John Newton text reworked by Brooks Ritter (“Oh Glorious Hour”) and an ancient anonymous text reworked by Jamie Barnes (“A Voice is Sounding”).

We currently anticipate to release the album globally on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011. Pre-orders are available here.

 

Monday, October 24, 2011

'Martin Luther: In His Own Words' Free Audiobook

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It was October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. Outraged by the church's practice of selling indulgences as a means of forgiveness, Luther wrote the theses in protest. He argued that forgiveness was a gift of God freely given, and the church was wrong to profit from such sales.

Word of Luther's challenge to the church quickly spread through Europe and his Ninety-Five Theses are considered to be the genesis of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that forever changed the church. October 31 is observed by many as Reformation Day, in recognition of Luther's work.

In honor of Martin Luther, Christianaudio.com is offering Martin Luther: In His Own Words as a FREE audiobook download through October 31.

(via christianaudio)

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

FREE EBOOK - The Trinity by Loraine Boettner

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FREE EBOOK - The Trinity by Loraine Boettner, available in HTML, Kindle .mobi and ePub formats. http://bit.ly/q7DtaV

Free MP3: Lord, I Believe (A Communion Hymn)

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Justin Taylor just shared a great hymn that is specifically designed for celebrating the Lord’s Supper and was written by Joseph Hart, an 18th-century Calvinist minister and hymn writer in London who was buried near Bunyan, Watts, and Owen.

Zac Hicks + Cherry Creek Worship has taken this hymn and given it new life on their album Without Our Aid.

You can listen to it here:

And courtesy of Zac, you can also download the MP3 for free.
Worship leaders and musicians can check out the chord chart and the lead sheet.

 

Here are the lyrics:

 

 

 

Pity a helpless sinner, Lord,

 

Who would believe Thy gracious Word.

But, O! my heart with shame and grief,

A sink of sin and unbelief.

 

Lord, in Thy house, I read there’s room,

And venturing hard, behold, I come.

But can there, tell me, can there be

Amongst Thy children room for me?

 

I eat the bread and drink the wine,

But, O, my soul wants more than sign!

I faint unless I feed on Thee,

And drink the blood as shed for me.

 

Lord, I believe Thy grace is free.

O, magnify that grace in me.

 

For sinners, Lord, Thou cam’st to bleed,

And I’m a sinner vile, indeed.

Lord, I believe Thy grace is free.

O magnify that grace in me.

 

Words: Joseph Hart, ca. 1757-1759

Music: Zac Hicks, 2010

©2011 Unbudding Fig Music (ASCAP)