Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really WereZondervan Academic, 28 սեպ, 2010 թ. - 300 էջ "Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source of information and inspiration to those who seek a clearer understanding of the Puritan roots of American Christianity." -Harry Stout, Yale University "...the typical Puritans were not wild men, fierce and freaky, religious fanatics and social extremists, but sober, conscientious, and cultured citizens, persons of principle, determined and disciplined excelling in the domestic virtues, and with no obvious shortcomings save a tendency to run to words when saying anything important, whether to God or to a man. At last the record has been put straight." -J.I. Packer, Regent College "Worldly Saints provides a revealing treasury of primary and secondary evidence for understanding the Puritans, who they were, what they believed, and how they acted. This is a book of value and interest for scholars and students, clergy and laity alike." -Roland Mushat Frye, University of Pennsylvania "A very persuasive...most interesting book...stuffed with quotations from Puritan sources, almost to the point of making it a mini-anthology." -Publishers Weekly "With Worldly Saints, Christians of all persuasions have a tool that provides ready access to the vast treasures of Puritan thought." -Christianity Today "Ryken writes with a vigor and enthusiasm that makes delightful reading-never a dull moment." -Fides et Historia "Worldly Saints provides a valuable picture of Puritan life and values. It should be useful for general readers as well as for students of history and literature." -Christianity and Literature |
From inside the book
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... Christianity was all-embracing, so their living was all of a piece. Nowadays we would call their lifestyle wholistic ... Christian duties set forth in Scripture they were extremely balanced. They lived by “method” (we would say, by a ...
... Christ was central, so Holy Scripture was supreme. By Scripture, as God's Word of instruction about divine-human ... Christian liberty without any shameful lurches into license. The Puritans knew that Scripture is the unalterable ...
... Christian circle. Where the Puritans prayed and labored for a holy England and New England—sensing that where privilege is neglected and unfaithfulness reigns, national judgment threatens—modern Christians gladly settle for conventional ...
... Christian Directory, and the concern to popularize and make practical, without losing depth, that was so evident in William Perkins and so powerfully influenced his successors. Dr. Ryken also knows that in addition to being a movement ...
... Christian living. My purpose in writing this book has been threefold: (1) to correct an almost universal misunderstanding of what the Puritans really stood for, (2) to bring together into a convenient synthesis the best that the ...
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Marriage and | |
Money | |
Family | |
Puritan Preaching | |
Church and Worship | |
The Bible | |
Education | |
Social Action | |
Some Puritan | |
What the Puritans Did Best | |
Notes | |