Historical Nonfiction

Stories of Civil War Songs is the first published collection of the interesting and authentic backgrounds of the patriotic, sentimental and sacred songs that were written or gained prominence and popularity during the War of 1861-1865.

This book includes quotes of and stories about 14 great Americans.

The Confederate Chaplain’s Story.

This biography, written by Mary Lynn Williamson, and originally published in 1898, tells the story in an engaging way that will appeal to young readers, as well as many adults.

112 pages describing the vital contribution of the Christian religion to the American War for Independence, with special emphasis on the Christian ministers and chaplains who were a vital part of that struggle.

This is a magnificent two-volume set, calculated to stir the soul and to find a place of honour and affection in every Christian who loves to read the thrilling history of the Scottish church!

An Introduction to the Puritans in Their Own Words

It is interesting to read of men like Bradford of Plymouth, or Lee and Jackson of the army of Virginia just for the purpose of seeing how they totally depended on God.

Student workbook to Old Testament Bible History Guidebook

The Old Testament History Guidebook is a 310 page hardback book with an attractively-designed cover illustrating Old Testament history. Used by many colleges, Christian schools and churches.

In his book, A Scottish Christian Heritage, Iain Murray describes how for 300 years the school of evangelical Christianity changed Scotland as a nation. Passing on the evangel of the Reformation, and growing stronger in persecution, it turned a people to the Bible, and finally gave many of its best sons and daughters to the ends of the earth. For fidelity, joyful perseverance in hardship, and improbably advance, the record remains a witness to the faith that overcomes the world.

The compelling interest of this account lies in the way it draws on contemporary records-many of these Christian leaders being authors as well as men of action. Murray’s narrative explores this rich heritage and underlines its remarkable relevance for our own day. While not a Scottish church history, this is a gripping introduction to the many glorious successes, and some of the painful failures of the church, from the days of John Knox to those of Horatius Bonar. Explaining this panoramic tapestry are the words of Knox’s own commentary, ‘God gave his Holy Spirit to simple men in great abundance’.

With simplicity and vigour, he traces the lives of the eleven Christian leaders who ‘shook England from one end to another.

A Collection of Reformed and Puritan Documents on Church Issues

"With all the stir made about education," Ryle wryly observed, "the ignorance of our own country’s history is something lamentable and appalling and depressing."

This selection of ten of Edwards’ sermons provides a fine sample of the God-centredness of his ministry.

In this book Jonathan Edwards spoke out, not for the first time, in defense of what he considered to be ‘the glorious work of God, The Great Awakening.

Jonathan Edwards gives his account of the Revival of religion at Northampton, Massachusetts (1735)

Published in the year that marks the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Jonathan Edwards’ death, this book successfully straddles the church’s and the academy’s interest in Edwards.

Dr Carrick demonstrates that Edwards was preaching and writing at a unique moment in history when the Puritan spirit and the spirit of the Enlightenment intersected; he traces the remarkable fall and rise of interest in the great American preacher-theologian in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; he interacts, both positively and critically, with the now complete Yale edition of Edwards’ Works and also with the ever burgeoning field of Edwards scholarship; and he cites extensively from Edwards’ sermons, treatises, and Miscellanies in order to demonstrate the power and the profundity of his preaching and thought.

The story of 5 great missionary servants of God: The stories of David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn and John G. Paton.

The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters is a story that brings us face to face with life’s only certainty – death

John Knox tells the history of the Reformation in Scotland

New Testament Bible History workbook an illustrated Bible Study Series to go with the handbook

History of Christianity and how it affected our Constitution in America

One of the treasures of our spiritual heritage.

The life of David Brainerd provides a point of reference for those who are given to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Brainerd was a man of prayer and fasting who abandoned himself to God.

By Oswald Smith

Extensive collection of Christian biographies

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to an exodus of the Jews. When the Iron gates opened to let them out, they also opened to allow us in. The story of faith’s response to the great challenge of our time as we have gone to Russia with love.

By Ronnie McCracken

As the dark freezing water of the Atlantic crept slowly up the decks of the Titanic, John Harper shouted, “Let the women, children, and the unsaved into the lifeboats.” Harper gave his life jacket to another man. It was a night for heroes, and John Harper met that challenge. He urged those around him that night to put their trust in Jesus Christ.

Paperback 119 Pages
By Moody Adams

The Covenanters, together with the Puritans, gained freedom in every realm of human living, thus winning and preserving Democracy, and the right to worship God with an open Bible interpreted by all. We owe our way of life, our Constitution and our institutions to them.

By Jock Purves