New Believers

This collection includes the ten booklets from the Faith, Hope, Loves Series, #13 and #14.

In this classic devotional (taken from the third volume of Calvin's Institutes), John Calvin urges readers to apply the Christian life in a balanced way to mind, heart, and hand.  Rather than focusing on contemplative otherworldliness, the book stresses the importance of a devotedly active Christian life.

In this expanded and revised version of his book Ai Jie's Mailbox, Bao Zhimin answers 300 questions that are commonly posed by Christians.  These questions have been selected from reader's letters, and the author provides answers that are based on what the Bible says. 

The God who saves is also a God who woos His own to a relationship primarily of the heart.  As we draw closer to Him, we must choose to let go of other "less-wild lovers," such as perfectionistic drivenness and self-indulgence.  Eldredge and Curtis identify the lies offered by "false loves" and instruct us on the journey back to the Lover of our souls.  In carefully crafted words and images, the authors entice the reader to his or her own journey of the heart, promising, "It is possible to recover the lost life of our heart and with it the intimacy, beauty, and adventure of life with God."

The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers for over three centuries.  It is one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature and is a classic of the heroic Puritan tradition and a founding text in the development of the English novel.  The story of Christian, whose pilgrimage takes him through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair, and the Delectable Mountains, is full of danger and adventure.  Together with his trusty companions, Faithful and Hopeful, he encounters many enemies--the foul fiend Apollyon, Judge Hategood, Giant Despair of Doubting Castle--before finally arriving at the Celestial City.  Bunyan's own experience of religious persecution informs his story, and its qualities of psychological realism, and the beauty and simplicity of his prose combine to create a book whose appeal is universal.