A short, but helpful study of both the responsibilities and privileges of church membership. This is especially necessary today with the prevailing casualness that exists in relation to the membership of a local church. A clear reminder for those already part of a church and a challenge for any prospective members regarding commitment to the head of the church, the Lord Jesus Christ. For an annual fee, you can be a member of your community recreational center, where you have access to its exercise equipment and swimming pool. If you choose never to visit the building, it's no problem. You can sit at home and eat ice cream all day and never get your membership revoked. So long as you pay your dues, you are a member. It is not surprising that membership in a local church has also become non-demanding. Paul reminds us in Ephesians 4:10-16 that membership in the church is all about Christ. Attention is focused on five areas of marks: Christ's Word, His person, His people, His cause, and His image. Examination is made as to what it means to be a faithful member of the body of Christ in each of these areas in the (1) personal, (2) public, and (3) practical dimensions of our lives. Thus, fifteen characteristics of a faithful church member are made. Each section is followed by a series of Bible Study questions to enable the reader to take part actively in the text.

A Faithful Church Member

Religion & Spirituality

JOEL BEEKE

Christian Books & Bibles

Evangelical Press

No Compromise: 2013 National Conference

R.C. Sproul

Sinclair Ferguson

Ligonier Ministries

A Study Bible to Feed Your Soul . . . Thoughts for personal and family devotions for every chapter Three dozen articles on how to live the Christian life Guidance on how to experience the truths of the Bible A Study Bible to Instruct Your Mind . . . Thousands of study notes with integrated cross-references Introductions to each section and every book of the Bible Classic Bible text with explanations of difficult words More than fifty articles on key Christian teachings Concordance, color maps, daily reading plan, and more! A Study Bible to Discover Your Roots . . . Overview of twenty centuries of church history

The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible: Black, Genuine Leather

Gerald Bilkes

Michael, Barrett

Reformation Heritage Books

Trim Size: 6 ½ x 9 ¼
 Page Font: Bible: 9.8 pt. Minion Font, Notes: 8 pt. Myriad SemiCondensed Font
 A Study Bible to Feed Your Soul... Thoughts for personal and family devotions for every chapter Three dozen articles on how to live the Christian life Guidance on how to experience the truths of the Bible A Study Bible to Instruct Your Mind ... Thousands of study notes with integrated cross-references Introductions to each section and every book of the Bible Classic Bible text with explanations of difficult words More than fifty articles on key Christian teachings Concordance, color maps, daily reading plan, and more! A Study Bible to Discover Your Roots ... Overview of twenty centuries of church history Ancient creeds, confessions, and catechisms with introductions

Leather-Like -- Black: The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible

This small but important book shows how genuine biblical, Reformed piety, is both covenantally based and experientially lived. Piety, covenant, and experience are all interrelated in genuine and vital Christianity, and all point to Jesus Christ as the head of the covenant and the focal point of true Christian experience.This book is intended as Geoff Thomas says in his Foreword to encourage us "towards Reformed experiential living reflecting something of the Christian's affection for God, loving Him with all his being, a servant truly on flame for his Lord, who cries, 'For me to live is Christ'--who is presenting his body as a living sacrifice to God, who like John the Baptist has an awakening ministry, as a burning and a shining light... most needful of all is a close walk with God, a consecration of all we are to all that Jesus Christ is. That must be the one thing we do as Christians, not talking about it, or longing for it, but making progress in appropriating it each day of our lives, in the pulpit, in the home.... The words of this little book will help you to be a better disciple in our short and uncertain earthly pilgrimage."Joel Beeke says: In this little book, I aim to accomplish four things: First, to give you a bird's eye view of what Reformed piety is by looking at Calvin as one of its premier magisterial representatives. Second, to examine how we understand what Reformed piety should be in relation to the covenant of grace. I wish to thank my colleague Dr. Stephen Myers (PhD), Associate Professor of Historical Studies at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, who did the heavy lifting on this chapter for me--hence the co-authorship of this book. Having done his doctoral dissertation on Ebenezer Erskine's covenant theology, he is eminently qualified to write this chapter. Third, to consider what Reformed piety should be in the context of Christian experience. Finally, to present some conclusions that explore the interface between these three concepts in Reformed thought: piety, covenant, and experience.

Reformed Piety: Covenantal and Experiential

Stephen Myers

The Introduction to this book includes these words: One of the greatest needs of the church in every age is to contemplate, know, and love the glory of Christ in order to promote the spread of the gospel and the holiness of God s people. Yet this all-encompassing vision of Jesus Christ in Christian faith and life is not always common and it is often missing today. One book cannot be expected to meet all the needs of the church in the vital area of Christology, but these essays (originally given at the 2018 Spring Theology Conference at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) provide pastors and church members with the key ideas surrounding the person of Christ. This is no isolated academic exercise. The editors rightly say: As the Puritan Isaac Ambrose (1604 1664) wrote, The most excellent subject to discourse or write of, is Jesus Christ ... Indeed all we say is but unsavory, if it be not seasoned with this salt. Jesus Christ is also the most excellent subject to read and to prayerfully savor and meditate on. Doing so is the true path to the blessedness of the world to come and of joy and personal holiness in this life. Every glimpse we have of Christ on earth brings heaven down to us so that we might long to appear in heaven where Christ is seated. Prayerfully reading these chapters will enrich your mind and provide many glimpses of Christ that will increase your longing for him. The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and Evangelical Press are pleased to be in partnership in bringing this vital book to the widest possible audience.

David’s Son and David’s Lord

Ian Hamilton

Richard D. Phillips

Michael Morales

GK Beale

The Christian Teacher As Office-bearer

Sovereignty Of God

Jeffrey Johnson

Free Grace Press

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