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First Christians: Pentacost and the Spread of Christianityby Dr. Paul L. Maier

So who are all those people in the book of Acts? What’s so significant about that place? Why did that statement make those people so mad? If you’ve ever hadd questions like these as you read through the story of the Early Church in Acts, Paul Maier’s book, First Christians, is for you. The explosion of Christianity across the Mediterranean world was…

The Jesus You Can’t Ignoreby John MacArthur

This book by John MacArthur is another excellent and fascinating read. It is a book written in response to the idea “that if Christians want to reach unbelieving people in a postmodern culture, we need to be less militant, less aggressive, less preachy, and less sure of our own convictions.” The idea that we “should meet other worldviews with conversation, not conflict.”…

Absolutely Sureby Steven J. Lawson

Are you absolutely sure about your salvation? The most dreaded words anyone will hear will be those from the lips of Christ: “I never knew you; Depart from Me” (Matt 7:23). Jesus said that there will be many who stand before Him assuming their entrance to heaven is secure, only to find out they were never truly saved. While you can be…

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Lifeby Donald Whitney

Discipline is essential for every area of life whether sports, music, writing, or the arts. But nowhere is personal discipline more important than the Christian life. As believers, we are instructed to “discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7) and to “work out our salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). A lazy Christian cannot be a mature Christian;…

Contending for Our Allby John Piper

This is Book four in The Swans are not Silent series. This book contains mini-biographies of 3 of our early church fathers. These 3 are Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen. All of these defended Truth and treasured Christ in their lives. Athanasius devoted his life to defending the deity of Christ. The great enemy was the Arian heresy. Arianism stated…