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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel: With the Life of Dr. John Donne by Izaak Walton

10 best books like Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel: With the Life of Dr. John Donne by Izaak Walton (John Donne): On Christian Liberty, The Literary Guide to the Bible, Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert, A Defence of Poetry, After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity, The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing, The Riverside Milton, Office Of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay, The Complete Poems, Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis

On Christian Liberty
AuthorMartin Luther
ISBN0800636074
I give it a 3.5 but rounded up on the stars. Luther contends that by putting assurance of salvation on works the Christian is contradicting the work of Christ and the promises of God. Nonetheless, Luther’s conviction is that this freedom does not exclude Christians from works but rather should be the...
The Literary Guide to the Bible
AuthorRobert Alter
ISBN0674875311
5. The Literary Guide to the Bible edited by Robert Alter & Frank Kermode
published: 1987
format: 672 page Hardcover
acquired: 2012
read: Jan 2012 – Nov 2015, June 2, 2018 - Jan 23, 2019
time reading: ~50 hr ~4.5 min/page
rating: 4

Contributors: J. P. Fokkelman,...
Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert
AuthorJohn Drury
ISBN1846142482
For the first time, John Drury convincingly integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language.

'Love bade me welcome . . .'

'Teach me my God and King . . .'


George...
A Defence of Poetry
AuthorPhilip Sidney
ISBN0199110220
This is probably still the best way to finish a Defense:

"But if - fie of such a but! - you be born so near the dull-making cataract of Nilus, that you cannot hear the planet-like music of poetry; if you have so earth-creeping a mind that it cannot lift itself up to look to the sky of poetry, or rather,...
After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity
AuthorBart D. Ehrman
ISBN0195114450
The remarkable diversity of Christianity during the formative years before the Council of Nicea has become a plain, even natural, "fact" for most ancient historians. Until now, however, there has been no sourcebook of primary texts that reveals the many varieties of Christian beliefs, practices,...
The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing
AuthorLeland Ryken
ISBN0877881235
This is an extraordinary treasure of thought-provoking reflections, by many of my favorite authors (including Lewis, Tolkien, and Chesterton). The sections on “Imagination, Beauty and Creativity” and “Myth and Fantasy” were particularly rich, at times enchanting. “In Praise of Stories”...
The Riverside Milton
AuthorJohn Milton
ISBN0395809991
The first one-volume anthology of John Milton's complete poetry and selected prose to be published in over 30 years, The Riverside Milton reflects the highest quality and most current scholarship. As editor of The Milton Quarterly for 30 years, Roy Flannagan is uniquely qualified to survey Milton's...
Office Of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay
AuthorScott F. Crider
ISBN1932236457
A frivolous argument or inflated claim is often dismissed with the reply, "That's just rhetoric!" But as Scott Crider explains in The Office of Assertion, the classical tradition of rhetoric is both a productive and a liberal art. The ability to employ rhetoric successfully can enable the student,...
The Complete Poems
AuthorJohn Wilmot
ISBN1599869640
The 2nd Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, was an english libertine and close friend of King Charles II. Known as one of the greatest poets of the Restoration, he wrote and published popular satirical and bawdy poetry. This complete collection of his poetry presented in this paperback edition by Filiquarian...
Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis
AuthorJohn Piper
ISBN1433542943
Herbert - Whitefield - Lewis

In the sixth volume of the Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic effort by looking at three influential Christians whose words magnificently display a commitment to truth and a love of beauty.

Examining the lives...
A Primer on Worship and Reformation
AuthorDouglas Wilson
ISBN1591280613
It is no secret that our world desperately needs change. Politicians, journalists, advertisers--each of these groups (and countless others) spend their lives working to convince others that they hold the key to a better country, a better life, a better future. A Primer on Worship and Reformation...
Truth for All Time: A Brief Outline of the Christian Faith
AuthorJohn Calvin
ISBN0851517498
This work provides a light and fundamental overview of some of the central doctrines of Christianity. Using the Apostle's Creed as this outline for the majority of the book, Calvin gives a brief insight concerning each of the truth claims found within the creed. This would probably be a good foray into...
Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring
AuthorHenri J.M. Nouwen
ISBN0060663553
This book helped me to look outward to the person who is dying versus coping with my own deep loss and grief of losing a person close to me. I liked what he said about being present to people.
"Dying and death always call forth, with renewed power, the fear that we are unloved and will, finally, be reduced...
Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
AuthorGeorge Johnson
Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's audacious...
The Creedal Imperative
AuthorCarl R. Trueman
ISBN1433521903
What if "No creed but the Bible" is unbiblical?

The role of confessions and creeds is the subject of debate within evangelicalism today as many resonate with the call to return to Christianity's ancient roots. Advocating for a balanced perspective, Carl Trueman offers an analysis of why creeds...
Humble Orthodoxy: Holding the truth high without putting people down
AuthorJoshua Harris
ISBN1601424752
We don’t get to choose between humility and orthodoxy. We need both.

Orthodoxy, for the faithful, evokes what’s cherished and beautiful and eternal. Yet in our day, orthodoxy is too often wielded like a weapon, used to bludgeon others with differing points of view. The word has become...
Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated and Defended
AuthorGreg L. Bahnsen
What once was lost, now is found! Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen, the definitive champion of Cornelius Van Til's revolutionary Reformed apologetical method, wrote this systematic treatise and defense of Biblical apologetics many years before his untimely death. Dr. Bahnsen received the typeset proofs for...
Christianity and the Crisis of Culture
AuthorBenedict XVI
ISBN1586171429
Written by Joseph Ratzinger shortly before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures looks at the growing conflict of cultures evident in the Western world. The West faces a deadly contradiction of its own making, he contends.

Terrorism is on the rise. Technological...
The Practice of God's Presence
AuthorAndrew Murray
ISBN0883685906
The Secret of Spiritual Strength
Is something missing in your Christian life? Do you long to feel God’s presence and experience His power? Andrew Murray’s scriptural insights make it easy for you to know God. Discover how to have a dynamic, joyful relationship with the Lord. Live every day,...
Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form
AuthorM. Basil Pennington
ISBN0385181795
The practice of prayer and meditation in modern Western Christianity is rooted in the Eastern tradition of early Church prayer as well as the wisdom of early Church fathers. In Centering Prayer, M. Basil Pennington, the author of the highly acclaimed Daily We Touch Him, returns to these roots, offering...
The Reformation
AuthorOwen Chadwick
ISBN0140137572
The beginning of the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found acceptable. Nevertheless over the years three...
Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community
AuthorSuzanne G. Farnham
This 20th anniversary edition introduces the unique approach of Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new generation.

Written to make the often elusive and usually clergy-centered spiritual practice of discernment accessible to all people, Listening Hearts...
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