Loving God and Neighbor with Samuel Pearce

The love of God and neighbor is the heart of the Christian faith. Forgotten saint Samuel Pearce teaches us how to live a life faithful to the greatest commandment.

Pearce was a Baptist pastor known in eighteenth-century England for his moving preaching and strong, pious character. In his short life, he supported believers in his own parish as well as in the many cities where he preached and helped send missionaries. Yet his personal faith, founded on the "holy love" of God, formed his most compelling witness to the world. In Loving God and Neighbor with Samuel Pearce readers will learn from his example what it looks like to love God and neighbor—in good times as well as challenging and seemingly mundane ones.

Series Editor: Michael Haykin

128 pages

The kind of substance that continually nourishes.

–Tom J. Nettles, Emeritus Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

This account of Pearce’s relatively brief but fruit-filled life will leave you hungering for more of his great God.

–C. Jeffrey Robinson, Sr., Senior Editor for The Gospel Coalition

Pearce’s short but radiant life demonstrates how much the Lord can do through one person wholeheartedly given to God’s cause.

–Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

Contents

• Introduction
• “Life in a Dear Dying Redeemer”
• “A Zealous Lover of Christ”
• “Labors of Love”
• “My Lovely Sarah”
• “Meddle Not with Political Controversies”
• “Call Forth the Fruitfulness”
• “Salvation Entirely by Grace”
• “The Religion of the Heart”
• “I Ever Wish to Make My Savior’s Will My Own”
• “Surely Irish Zion Demands Our Prayers”
• “The Religion of the Cross”