In his letter to Timothy, Paul instructs his young disciple to “guard the good deposit” that was entrusted to him by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 1:14). From the time of the ascension of Christ, Christians have striven for faithfulness to Christ by guarding the good deposit of the gospel that has been entrusted to them. Century after century, faithful men and women have sought to cultivate obedience by teaching the next generation of Christians what it means to obey all that Christ has commanded.
For this reason, the great writings of the Church matter to all who seek to carry on the legacy of faithful gospel ministry to the ends of the earth. We need to hear the voices of those in the past to be faithful in the present. We need to remember stories of heroism under trial: Augustine defending Christianity against its pagan critics, and Luther standing before the Roman Catholic magisterium. We need to defend the faith with the wit of Chesterton and the humility of Andrew Murray. We need to embrace Jonathan Edwards’ all-surpassing vision of the beauty of God and John Wesley’s evangelistic urgency. We need to recapture Charles Spurgeon’s ability to proclaim the liberating power of the gospel, and John Bunyan’s ability to make these truths accessible even to children.
We need the witness of the Church.
The Legacy of Faith Library seeks to guard the good deposit handed down by the champions of faith. Masterfully constructed to be passed down through the ages, The Legacy of Faith Library is a collection of treasures from the Christian inheritance that will help us remain faithful for generations to come.
Included in this set:
GK Chesterton
Heretics
Orthodoxy
Jonathan Edwards
God Glorified in Man’s Dependence
Christ Exalted
Freedom of the Will
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Martin Luther
95 Theses
The Bondage of the Will
Charles Spurgeon
Lectures to My Students
All of Grace
Augustine
Confessions (Books IV-XI)
City of God (Books XI-XIII)
John Bunyan
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Miscellaneous Works
Andrew Murray
Humility
The Master’s Indwelling
Absolute Surrender
John Wesley
A Selection from Sermons on Several Occasions
Legacy of Faith Library (8 vol. boxed set) is in the following collections:
