Ukrainian Edition: The Doctrines of Grace: An Introduction to the Five Points of Calvinism

In 2019 our church's publishing ministry produced a short book I had written titled The Doctrines of Grace: An Introduction to the Five Points of Calvinism (print and digital editions, find it here). As the title indicates, this book is a brief and simple introduciton to the Reformed doctrine of salvation (the doctrines of grace), using the TULIP acronym.

Two years ago, Gloria Boyd, a member of our church originally from the Dominican Republic, translated the book into Spanish, and so we published a Spanish version (print and digital editions, find it here).

In the past year my friend Vadim Chepurny, Assistant Dean at the Reformed Baptist Seminary, enlisted the help of Daria Musiyenko to produce a Ukrainian version of the book.

D. Florentine, a member of our church who serves as technical editor for Trumpet Books formatted this work for publication, and it is now available on amazon. You can find it here.

We were hoping we could produce an inexpensive kindle edition (as we had done with the Spanish version) but at present amazon does not support books in the kindle format in Ukrainian. Maybe we can produce a digital edition of this version in the future.

We trust that the Lord may be pleased to use this new edition of the book in Ukrainian in any way he sees fit to magnify his glory and build his kingdom.

We are also interested in sending complimentary copies of this book to Ukrainian-speaking churches or ministries that might be interested in receiving it or using it in their labors.

If you are interested, send an email to the info.crbc (at) gmail.com.

JTR

John Owen on Scripture now available in Kindle e-version

 

Thanks to Debbie F. my book John Owen on Scripture: Authority, Inspiration, Preservation, which includes my introductory essay on Owen's bibliology and my simplification and abridgement of Owen's two influential essays on Scripture from Volume 6 of his Collected Works, is now available in a Kindle format on amazon.com (find it here).

JTR

WM 139: Book Discussion: The Doctrines of Grace

Word Magazine 139: Book Discussion: The Doctrines of Grace is posted. Listen here.

In this episode Ethan McGonigal interviews me about a book we have produced in our church’s publishing ministry. The book:

Jeffrey T. Riddle, The Doctrines of Grace: An Introduction to the Five Points of Calvinism (Trumpet Books, 2019).

You can order a print or digital version of the book here.

JTR

WM 94: Of Effectual Calling

WM 94: Of Effectual Calling is posted. You can listen to it here.

It’s been a while since I posted a WM. This has probably been the result of baseball pre-season practices getting started.

Anyhow, this episode was recorded yesterday following the afternoon Lord’s Day service at CRBC. In it, I have a discussion with Ethan McGonigal and Jason Anderson about a new booklet I have compiled and edited, titled Of Effectual Calling: Keach Conference Papers (Trumpet Books, 2018).

The booklet (less than 60 pages) has four chapters, written by four RB pastors in Virginia, drawn from the messages at the 2016 Keach Conference on chapter ten of the Second London Baptist Confession (1689):

Chapter One: Effectual Calling and Regeneration: Steve Clevenger (Covenant RBC, Warrenton)

Chapter Two: Effectual Calling and Spiritual Ability: Lee McKinnon (Covenant RBC, Bluefield)

Chapter Three: Effectual Calling and Elect Infants: Jeff Riddle (Christ RBC, Louisa)

Chapter Four: Effectual Calling and Reprobation: Any Rice (Providence BC, Harrisonburg)

If you’d like to get a copy or copies of the booklet, here’s the ordering information:

Get a single copy: $7.99 (no shipping cost).

For orders of five or more copies, the cost is $5.00 per copy plus $3.99 shipping (per ten or less items). An invoice will be included in the mailing and you can send a check after receipt to “Christ Reformed Baptist Church.”

Order books by emailing: info.crbc@gmail.com. Make sure to specify the number of books ordered and a provide a valid mailing address.

JTR

John Gill's "Of Singing Psalms" (Trumpet Books)

I have had an interest for some time in putting together some Reformed and Baptistic reprints. I recently completed my first project, a newly edited and formated version of John Gill's Of Singing Psalms, As a Part of Public Worship, under the imprint of "Trumpet Books."  This first effort was a bit of an experiment.  The booklet is short (only 28 pages) and (unfortunately) the cost needed to be high.  I hope future projects will be both more substantial (and, correspondingly, more affordable).

Gill's discussion of the Biblical argument for psalm singing in public worship is very valuable, and the booklet makes this material available for those who don't have access to his Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity.

Here's the blurb on the back of booklet:

What should the church sing in its worship services?  Contemporary Christian music?  Traditional hymns?  Today's churches have been torn apart by the so-called "worship wars."  In this booklet one finds a fresh, Biblical response to the question of what is appropriate for believers to sing in worship--namely, it calls for the singing of Biblical psalms.  In Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16, God commands the singing of "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs."  In many circles, there has been a return to the Biblical and Calvinistic views on the doctrines of salvation.  Will there also be a hunger for Biblical and Reformed worship that includes the singing of inspired Psalms?

The Gill booklet on psalm singing can be ordered (first preference) through my createspace.com site.

It is also available here on amazon.

Eventually I hope to have some copies on hand at an even lower price (maybe c. $5.00 per booklet).  You can let me know directly if interested.  I also have a second project in the works that I hope to complete soon.

JTR