Classics Archive

  • All of Grace

    All of Grace

    C. H. Spurgeon writes, “Only God can justify the ungodly, but He can do it to perfection. He casts our sins behind His back; He blots them out. He says that though they be sought for, they shall not be found.” In an age of limited travel and isolated nations, C.H. Spurgeon preached to over 10,000,000 [...]

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  • Answers to Prayer

    Answers to Prayer

    Prayer was the vital component of George Mueller’s nineteenth-century ministry to England’s orphans. Through his narrative account, Mueller reveals how powerful and spiritually rewarding prayer can be in your life. George Mueller (1805-1898), evangelist and philanthropist in England, was a man of prayer and strong faith who depended wholly on God for his temporal and spiritual [...]

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  • The Apostolic Fathers

    The Apostolic Fathers

    A collection of the earliest known writings of the church, The Apostolic Fathers includes a sermon and six brief documents: the First and Second Epistles of Clement, the Didache, the Epistles of Ignatius, the Epistle of Polycarp, the Epistle about Polycarp’s Martyrdom, and the Shepherd of Hermas. “There are two ways, one of life and one [...]

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  • Born Crucified

    Born Crucified

    L. E. Maxwell writes, “The cross is the key to all situations as well as to all Scripture.” By relating the cross as essential to the life of the believer, Professor L.E. Maxwell simply and practically shows how an understanding of our identification with Christ in his death and resurrection can lead to life as it [...]

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  • The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life

    The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life

    Though her life was difficult, Hannah Whitall Smith’s message was joyful. In The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, she writes that “Jesus came to save you fully now, in this life, from the power and dominion of sin, and to deliver you altogether.” Passionate and practical, Whitall Smith’s classic of the Holiness movement focuses [...]

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  • The Confessions of St. Augustine

    The Confessions of St. Augustine

    The Confessions of St. Augustine

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  • Holiness (Abridged)

    Holiness (Abridged)

    Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots J.C. Ryle’s Holiness has imparted a standing challenge to Christians for 130 years. In this new, slimmed-down series of excerpts from Ryle’s masterwork, we aim to present his original message to a whole new generation. Holiness, Ryle argued, was not simply a matter of believing and feeling, but of doing. In [...]

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  • How to Pray

    How to Pray

    What is the importance of prayer? How does one pray? Learn practical pointers for intelligent, effective prayer that brings God’s answers. R. A. Torrey, educated at Yale University and Divinity School, was an evangelist, teacher, and pastor. He pastored Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, was the superintendent of Moody Bible Institute for nineteen years, and served [...]

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  • Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret

    Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret

    A biography of the “father of modern missions,” Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret poses the question: What empowered the China missionary’s ministry? The answer: a fierce trust in God’s promises. Hudson Taylor’s secret, it turns out, is available to any who call on Christ’s name. “There are not two Christs, an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and [...]

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  • The Imitation of Christ

    The Imitation of Christ

    Thomas A’Kempis (1380-1471), a Dutch priest, quietly lived to more than ninety, practicing exercises of devotion, writing and copying, reading, preaching, and exhorting others.

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