Contending for Our All: Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen

by John Piper, Bob Souer (Read by)

Overview

Piper’s fourth book in the Swans Are Not Silent series tells the stories of Athanasius, Owen, and Machen, who passionately defended the truth of the gospel, despite facing opposition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982664633
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	07/16/2019
Series:	Swans Are Not Silent Series , #4
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.50(h) x 5.00(d)

About the Author

John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence.

Table of Contents

DEDICATION
QUOTE
PREFAC
EQUOTE
INTRODUCTION
CONTROVERSY, COWARDICE AND PRIDE
CONTROVERSY LESS CRUCIAL
CONTROVERSY WHEN OUR ALLA MISTAKEN NOTION
WITNESS OF CHURCH HIST
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
FIRST GREAT AWAKENING
SECOND GREAT AWAKENING
CONTROVERSY AND VITALITY
WITNESS OF SCRIPTURE
NEW TESTAMENT SUMMONS
SO LET US LEARN
QUOTE
BEST-LOVED BISHOP
CHAPTER 01 ATHANASIUS: FATHER COUNCIL OF NICAE AATHANASIUS
THE DESERT MONKS ATHANASIUS EMBROILED
THE FIRST EXILE
THE SECOND EXILE
THE THIRD EXILE
TRIUMPH OF GOD'S FUGITIVE
THE FOURTH EXILE
THE FIFTH EXILE
LESSONS FROM ATHANASIUS
SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT
THE DANGER OF ADAPTING
ARE WE CREATED
CREATED FOR DELIGHT
INGAN EVER-GROWING WAVE
QUOTE
CHAPTER 02 STANDING ON OWEN
SOWEN SAVED PACKER'S
NICOLE PUTS OWEN
OWEN'S IMPACT ON A TEENAGER
ATLAS OF INDEPENDENCY
HOW WE KNOW
WHAT IS PURITANISM?
BIRTH AND BOYHOOD
FIVE EVENTS
OWEN'S CONVERSION
OWEN'S MARRIAGE HIS FIRST BOOK
OWEN BECOMES A PASTOR
OWEN CATAPULTED VICE CHANCELLOR OWEN EVER STUDYING
FUGITIVE PASTORA DEFENDER OF TOLERANCE
CARING FOR HIS FLOCK
OWEN AND BUNYAN
BURIED TOGETHER
HIS ALL-ENCOMPASSING AIM
CALLING PARLIAMENT
THE DIVINE LUSTER
WHY WE NEED TO LISTEN
THE GREAT DOER
THE COST OF PUBLIC
HOW OWEN PURSUE
DOWEN HUMBLED HIMSELF
OWEN GREW IN KNOWLEDGE OWEN PASSIONATELY PURSUEDS
EVEREST THOUGHT
ASSIDUOUS MEDITATION
COMMENDING IN PUBLIC ONLY
COMMUNING WITH GOD
PREPARING TO MEET CHRIST
QUOTE
CHAPTER 03 THE TRAGIC END
THE INSTITUTIONAL FRUIT
THE FATEFUL CHARGE PRINCETON SEMINARY IS DEADW
HERE DID THIS WARRIOR
SON OF SOUTHERN CULTURE
MACHEN WAS WEALTHY
THREATS AND BLESSINGS
LASTING IMPACT
FRUIT OF DOUBT
WAS MACHEN A FUNDAMENTALIST
CALVINISM IS CHRISTIANITY
LIBERALISM (MODERNISM) ROOTS OF MODERNISM
IMPULSES OF MODERNITY
MODERNISM IS NOT IDEAS DENYING TRUTH
MODERNISTIC HOSTILITY
IS MODERNITY AS WONDERFUL
FACTS MATTER
WHAT MACHEN SAW
LESSONS FOR OUR DAYIS MACHEN'S IDEA
HOPE IN GOD'S
QUOTE
CONCLUSION
HOW ATHANASIUS
OWEN'S REMEDYMACHEN ON CHRISTIAN COURAGE
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER
THE FINAL VICTORY
LONGING FOR THE DAY
WHY TRUE UNITY
BY THE OPEN STATEMENT
OUR PRAYER