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Daily readings: Psalm 127, 1 Kings 3, Colossians 3:5-7
Today's meditation from Spurgeon's Morning and Evening or Daily Light on the Daily Path
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New Early Church Fathers DVD
The CCEL is pleased to announce a new product: The Early Church Fathers. This DVD is comprised of thirty-seven volumes of the most important writings of the first 500 years of the church, as well as a copy of New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible.
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In this section we hope to highlight a good book that one of the CCEL staff or someone else is reading.
by Tim Perrine
Handbook of Faith, Hope, and Love is a book from which I have learned much. Written by Augustine in 420 C.E., Handbook offers insight into the Christian life that I found I could not ignore. Augustine does not merely teach the truths of the faith, but also how those truths can (and should!) change a person—so that true worship of God is possible for that person.
What's New
2009-08-21: Added Paradise Lost, by John Milton
2009-08-21: Added Treatise on Grace, by Jonathan Edwards
2009-08-20: Added The Backslider in Heart, by Charles Finney