This guide to daily walking with God has been transcribed from a manuscript and is now published for wider benefit. It contains valuable spiritual counsel on setting aside time for reading the Word and prayer, meditating frequently on the Word, having spiritual thoughts during the day, while resisting idle thoughts. This very searching brief volume is also highly personal and shows Rutherford’s own convictions of conscience as to how he had misspent his time. He shows us the way to reflect...

In this landmark volume, Samuel Rutherford appears as Scotland’s foremost professor of elenctic theology. Presented in English for the first time, Arminianism: A Systematic and Theological Response offers a comprehensive examination of the theological roots of one of the most consequential errors in the Christian church.Rutherford does not confine himself to a handful of theses about salvation. Beginning with Scripture and the knowledge of God, he advances through the divi...

The King in His Beauty introduces readers to the life and writings of Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661). Matthew Vogan’s biographical introduction traces the significant events of this Scottish theologian’s life and guides readers through his writings, focusing on his distinctive insight into Christian experience. In forty-three excerpts drawn from Rutherford’s letters, major treatises, catechism, and sermons, readers will discover the depth of Rutherford’s compassion, piety, and the...

In his letter to the churches in Revelation, Jesus rebukes Pergamum for tolerating dangerous errors. In The Scandal of False Teaching, James Durham uncovers the danger of false teaching and the ways that it threatens the body. With care and precision, Durham helps us identify the seriousness of doctrinal errors and understand how to correct them. Ministers and lay church members will learn how to work together to defend Christ’s church against wolves in the flock. Now presented in...

In John 17, Jesus prayed for the unity of the church. Yet today, we tend to accept disunity as inevitable. In this book, Anthony Burgess calls us to addresses the spiritual and visible unity that Jesus desires for His people. Burgess speaks of how union and communion with Christ and His people are “the life and comfort of believers.” Giving careful consideration of what Christian unity should look like, Burgess excels at uncovering common causes of division and promoting means to advance u...

"A minister cannot be confident in his calling without being holy."—James DurhamFaithful pastors recognize their need for self-examination and humble repentance. Preventing Ministry Failure draws from faithful men of the past to provide a thorough guide for today's pastors to openly discuss and repent of their common failings.Preventing Ministry Failure is an updated version of James Guthrie’s A Humble Acknowledgement of the Sins of the Minist...

Mention church discipline, and people often react in discomfort. But Jesus made discipline a test of whether a church meets His approval. In The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples, Scottish Presbyterian James Durham helps us see how God uses discipline to purify the Church and restore His children, answering common questions about its nature and practice. Updated into modern English, Durham’s classic treatment on the importance of church discipline can now help a new generation em...

Have you ever considered the seriousness of causing someone else to stumble? That is, to hinder someone’s spiritual wellbeing.Does it surprise you that the apostle Paul describes it as evil (Rom. 14:20)?In The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks , James Durham helps us to consider the matter deeply by defining the nature of stumbling as well as showing its serious consequences. He looks in considerable detail at different kinds of stumbling and identifies the ways that pe...

In John 17, Jesus prayed for the unity of the church. Yet today, we tend to accept disunity as inevitable. In this book, Anthony Burgess calls us to addresses the spiritual and visible unity that Jesus desires for His people. Burgess speaks of how union and communion with Christ and His people are "the life and comfort of believers." Giving careful consideration of what Christian unity should look like, Burgess excels at uncovering common causes of division and promoting means to advance u...