Product Description
‘The Lord’s servant must not only be faithful, but prudent, discreet, and wise.’
Numerous stories are told from John Flavel’s life of how people ‘happened to meet him’ and came away deeply thankful to God, full of resolve to walk with Christ as a result. The same is true of encounters made with Flavel’s writings, as in All Things Made New.
Flavel spent almost his entire ministry in a busy town serving working people. He believed that the gospel impacts and shapes every thought, every feeling, every ambition, emotion, desire, success, tragedy and joy. Christ makes all things new for the believer, and teaches us to follow him with confidence, until that day when he truly renews all things. To read Flavel is to catch and to be changed by the same vision.
Paperback, 320 pages
Publication Date: 2017
Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Part One – Salvation is in Jesus Christ
1 Love Divine
2 Jesus the God-Man
3 He Came for the Cross
4 Jesus Reigns!
Part Two – Trusting in and Belonging to Christ
5 The Riches of God in Christ
6 United to Jesus
7 Salvation Belongs to the Trinity
8 True Freedom
Part Three – Living the Christian Life
9 Guard Your Heart
10 Trust God in Tough Times
11 Be Encouraged: God Is at Work!
12 How to Look for God’s Work in Your Life
Part Four – the Church
13 Living in Gospel Unity
14 Authentic Gospel Ministry
Author
The oldest son of an English minister, John Flavel attended University College, Oxford before entering the ministry in 1650. In 1662, he was among nearly 1,800 pastors in England removed from their pulpits because they did not comply with the Act of Uniformity. Enduring waves of persecution as a non-conformist, Flavel nevertheless preached whenever possible, continuing to spread the Gospel in unexpected places. John Flavel books include The Works of John Flavel, a six-volume set of the best of Puritan divinity. They also include None But Jesus, a selection of some of the best of Flavel’s work; The Mystery of Providence, based upon Psalm 57:2 (“God that performeth all things for me”) and revealing how God’s providence is part of every experience in our lives; and Facing Grief, which offers guidance for Christian mourners, sharing appropriate levels of grief along with what is considered immoderate.
