Free Logos books 2015

[Deacon]

Besides the free book-of-the-month here are two that are free on Vyrso:

Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family: Avoiding the 6 Dysfunctional Parenting Styles [LINK]
by Michelle Anthony

In Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family, Michelle Anthony unpacks six common dysfunctional parenting styles that we fall into out of habit, lack of attention, or just oversight due to busyness. If you long to show your children Jesus but don’t know how to do it, you’ll find hope in this practical guide to creating a relentlessly grace-filled home that is focused on God as first in charge.
Includes Scripture guides, reflection questions, ideas for family rites of passage, and other real life family examples.

AND

Nudge: Awakening Each Other to the God Who's Already There [LINK]
By Leonard Sweet

Brace yourself. This book is set to revolutionize your understanding of evangelism. And that revolution stands to affect not just your everyday habits, including encounters you have with other people. It will impact the very roots of your faith, the range of your mission and the limits of your freedom. In the tradition of The Gospel According to Starbucks, this groundbreaking book dares to ask: Instead of "bringing people to Jesus, how about joining Jesus in what he is already doing?" Author Leonard Sweet challenges you to use all five senses to interact with God and others. Nudge will remind you that for God to do something through us, God must be doing something in us.

 

[Deacon]

Free Logos Premium for the month of June

Logos Bible Software has an interesting offer this month - get the whole kit-and-kaboodle free for one month with Logos Cloud [LINK]

But beware - for new-time users it may be up to a 7 GB download and take quite a while to format.

I personally am passing on the offer - there's too much on my computer that I haven't read yet.

BUT if you are interested in seeing how the program works you might take a close look at the offer.

It ends at the end of the month and if you want to extend it you will have to pay a monthy fee based upon how much you want.

...as I said... take a close look at the offer before you bite at it.

Rob

 

[Deacon]

NOET Freebie Friday

NOET FREEBIE FRIDAY

Get Harvard Classics: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini [LINK]

Use coupon code RENAISSANCE

Cellini’s celebrated autobiography traces his life from 1500 to 1562, detailing the artistic, social, and political life of the time. In addition to being a Who’s Who of Renaissance Italy and France, this book is wildly entertaining. His autobiography has inspired countless writers and artists, including Alexandre Dumas, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Salvador Dalí.

 

[Deacon]

Must We Dismiss the Millennium? [LINK]
A critical review of the nonmillenarian theory as presented in the pamphlet: “The Millennium,”

by Lewis Sperry Chafer (1921)

Normally $8.95

FREE with coupon code CHAFERFB

Chafer taught Bible at the Philadelphia School of the Bible from 1914-1923 (now Cairn University not far from me in Langhorne, PA). In 1924, he founded the Evangelical Theological College (now Dallas Theological Seminary) and was its president and professor of systematic theology until his death.

About twenty-five years ago upwards of five hundred works attempting to interpret the book of Revelation were on file in the British Museum. One man examined them all and testified that no two of them exactly agreed. These books, however, did fall into two general classes: (1) Those treating chapters 4–20 as history, and (2) those treating this portion as prophecy. Since then very many notable works on Revelation have been written and with a noticeable increase of certainty as to interpretation (note Dan. 12:9). The later expositions, almost exclusively, treat chapters 4–20 as prophecy.
Deplorable guess-work in interpretation is usually correspondingly apologized for by many writers and teachers who insist that this book is veiled, visionary, and unknowable. The book is not veiled: it is a revelation; nor is it sealed (22:19, cf Dan. 12:9). As in no other book of the Bible, a blessing is pronounced on him that “readeth,” and on them that “hear” (naturally to understand).
It is a revelation given to Jesus Christ: not to John, and it was to be shown to His “servants.” Servants, being yielded, are Spirit-taught concerning “things to come” (John 16:13). John sees and hears that he may “write” for the “servants.”
Revelation, the closing book of the Bible, consistently presupposes the study of all that has gone before. Apart from this preparation, the book will be sealed: not by God, but through human ignorance. The message is “sign-i-fied” (1:3). No one need hope to understand the Revelation who does not trace back through the Scriptures all the symbolism employed in the book. The signs, symbols, and figures of speech are clearly designated and only those so designated may be used figuratively.
Chafer, L. S. (1921). Must We Dismiss the Millennium? (p. 1). Florida: Biblical Testimony League.

 

[Deacon]

On Vyrso

Speaking Truth in Love: Counsel in Community [LINK]

by David Powlison (2005)

Normally $19.99

FREE on Vyrso [and Kindle]

You probably speak 20,000 words a day, give or take, and each one influences those who listen. No wonder God has so much to say about our words. We are all counselors, whether we realize it or not!

Speaking Truth in Love is a blueprint for communication that strengthens community in Christ. The principles outlined in this pivotal work are specific to counseling, yet extend to marriage, family, friendship, business, and the church.

•Have you ever wondered how to be a more effective counselor?
•Have you ever looked for a better way to talk to difficult people?
•Have you ever wanted to express faith and love more naturally in your relationships?

Practical in its approach yet comprehensive in its scope, Speaking Truth in Love is sure to become required reading for anyone interested in pursuing a career as a counselor or anyone else who longs for ways to redeem relationships.

 

[Deacon]

Reasons for Faith [LINK]

by John H. Gerstner (1923)

FREE

Gerstner avoids technical jargon, and speaks directly to practical issues of faith and doubt. The pastor and professor works his way from general theism to particular Christian belief, addressing criticisms and objections along the way. He addresses the questions about the Bible’s authenticity, miracles, prophecy, and social and scientific objections using biblical archaeology, Christian history, classic philosophy and theology, as well as his own personal experience.

Contents


Part I: Introduction
1. I Believe
2. Help Thou Mine Unbelief

Part II: On the Existence of God
3. The Starting Point
4. The Theistic Argument, Part 1
5. The Theistic Argument, Part 2
6. Summary and Criticisms of the Theistic Argument

Part III: On the Truth of Christianity
7. The Necessity of Special Revelation
8. The Bible as Revelation, Part 1: Internal Proof from Its Answers to Nature’s Questions
9. The Bible as Revelation, Part 2: External Proof from the Authority of Christ
10. Miracles of the Bible, Part 1
11. Miracles of the Bible, Part 2
12. Prophecies of the Bible
13. Archaeology of the Bible
14. The Biblical Religion
15. Some Doctrinal Difficulties in the Biblical Religion
16. The Biblical Religion Compared with Other Religions
17. The Influence of Christianity, Part 1
18. The Influence of Christianity, Part 2
19. The Argument from Experience
20. The Witness of the Martyrs

Part IV: A Consideration of Some Objections to Christianity
21. Objections from Evolution and Anthropology
22. Objections from Determinism
23. Objections from Biblical Criticism
24. Objections from the Shortcomings of the Church

Part V: Conclusion
25. The Pragmatic Test

 

[Deacon]

NOET Freebie Friday

Free Only for Today

The Harvard Classics: Continental Drama [LINK]

Free with the coupon code MOLIERE

• Life Is a Dream, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
• Polyeucte, by Pierre Corneille
• Phædra, by Jean Baptiste Racine
• Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite, by Molière
• Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier’s Fortune, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• William Tell, by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

 

[Deacon]

Three Free Vyrso books till 6/19

Three Free Vyrso Books - Deals Ends Friday

Enough by Will Simpson [LINK]

How much is enough?

In an age of conspicuous consumption—of designer sunglasses, jeweled cell phones, and five-thousand-square-foot homes—is it possible to be content? In a society where children spend more time worrying about their weight than their grades, is it possible to find peace? In a world being drained of its natural resources, is it conceivable that we do nothing? And with a universe of dazzling temptation at our fingertips, will we still seek the God of all creation?

Relationships: A Mess Worth Making [LINK]

by Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp

While skillfully identifying the deeper issues that keep relationships less than they are designed to be, Tim Lane and Paul Tripp show readers how to experience the other side of relationships as well. They convincingly testify of the power of God's presence to bring believers to the place where:


• Conflicts actually get resolved

• Tough conversations turn out positive

• Forgiveness is granted and real love is expressed and shared

• Casual relationships mature into deep friendships

• Weaknesses are overlooked and strengths are applauded

• People are honest without being mean

To My Sons: Lessons for the Wild Adventure Called Life [LINK]

by Bear Grylls

Mountain climber, world-record holder, and internationally known television personality Grylls knows a thing or two about adventure. The greatest adventure he's experienced, though, is raising his three boys. In To My Sons, Grylls shares the quotes, Scripture verses, and spiritual wisdom he has learned through the literal ups and downs of an exciting life. Featuring cartoons from well-known sketch artist Charlie Mackesy, this book is a poignant primer for boys and men of all ages.

 

[Deacon]

Noet freebie friday

Harvard Classics: Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works [LINK]

FREE with the coupon code BLAISE

TODAY ONLY

Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) is perhaps best known for his contributions to mathematics (remember “Pascal’s Triangle” from algebra class? That was his idea!). He dedicated the first half of his life to geometry and science, devising mathematical theorems and inventions—including a digital calculator, the syringe, and the hydraulic press.

However, his interests changed on November 23, 1654. In his sleep, Pascal had a vision so intense that it revived his commitment to Christianity.

10 Thoughts from Blaise Pascal


1. “Two things instruct man about his whole nature; instinct and experience.”

2. “One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.”

3. “People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.”

4. “Why do we follow the majority? Is it because they have more reason? No, because they have more power.”

5. “Do you wish people to believe good of you? Don’t speak.”

6. “Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.”

7. “Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.”

8. “When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects, we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered.”

9. “Men spend their time in following a ball or a hare; it is the pleasure even of kings.”

10. “We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it. “

 

[Deacon]

Noet Freebie Friday

Noet Classics Freebie Friday

Today Only

Harvard Classics: Two Years Before the Mast [LINK]

Use the coupon code SAILS at checkout.

A compelling memoir of life on the high seas, Two Years Before the Mast was an instant bestseller. Its enduring popularity is commonly attributed to its unflinching account of the common sailor’s life—with masterful prose and vivid descriptions.

 

[Deacon]

Another offer for today:

An Untroubled Heart: Finding a Faith That Is Stronger Than All My Fears [LINK]
by Micca Campbell

Micca shares remarkable insights for finding freedom from fear. You'll be encouraged to lay down your worries, trust in your Heavenly Father, and embrace a life marked by peace and joy.
Bible Study Questions at the end of each chapter.

 

[Deacon]

July's Free Book of the Month

The Free Book of the Month for July is Thomas R. Schreiner's

40 Questions about Christians and Biblical Law [LINK]

Is the Old Testament relevant to Christians?

Thomas Schreiner explains the interplay between Christianity and biblical law in this excellent addition to the 40 Questions & Answers series. Schreiner not only coherently answers the tough questions that flow from a discussion about Levitical law, but also engages students in a clear style.




Questions include . . .

• What does the word “law” mean in the Bible?
• Was the Mosaic covenant legalistic?
• Does the Old Testament teach salvation by works?
• Does Paul teach that the Levitical law is abolished?
• Does Paul’s teaching on justification contradict Jesus’ message?
• Do James and Paul contradict one another?

 

[Deacon]

Noet Freebie Friday - Today Only

Question to ponder: Do they have the fourth of July in England or France?

Read the wisdom of our Founding Fathers in today's Noet Classics Freebie Friday:

Volume 1 of The Harvard Classics, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Journal of John Woolman, and the Fruits of Solitude by William Penn [LINK]

Just use coupon code AMERICA at checkout.

Let men be good, and the government will not be bad; if it is ill they will cure it. But if the men are bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. Let men be good.
[W. P. on government in The Fruits of Solitude]

 

[Deacon]

American History Collection (8 volumes)

Here's another 'Can't Miss' offer - good only through July 6th,
Get 8 volumes of Noet's American History Collection [LINK]

Titles include:

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine
• The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
• An Outline of the American Economy by Robert L. McCan, revised by Stewart Ramsey
• An Outline of American History edited by Howard Cincotta
• The Declaration of Independence
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
• An Outline of American Government edited by Nathan Glick
• The Constitution of the United States of America

Use the code NOET4TH at check out.

 

[Deacon]

Noet Classics Freebie Friday

Today Only!
It's Noet Classics Freebie Friday again, and here are two Classics every Christian should read.

The Harvard Classics, vol. 7: Confessions of St. Augustine & The Imitation of Christ [LINK]

Use coupon code AUGUSTINE at check out.

Leland Rykens at Crossway Blog tells us about 'Confessions' in his article, Why You Should Read Augustine's Confessions

The primary story that Augustine tells is not the story of the external events in his life. Instead he tells three more profound stories, all at the same time. One is the story of his flight away from God. For thirty-two years, Augustine led a dissolute life of self-seeking careerism and sexual immorality. He was a latter-day Jonah, engaged in a futile quest to run away from God.

But interspersed passages, climaxing in the story of Augustine's conversion, add a second story to the mix. It is the story of Augustine's quest to find God. The mature author looks back at his seeming flight from God and interprets that flight as an attempt to find God. Paradox is at the heart of the Confessions. Running from God is actually searching for God.

But then Augustine puts a third layer on top of the foregoing two stories. Other interspersed passages show that Augustine believes that the real story was God's pursuit of him. Today we call this the hound of heaven motif, based on a poem by that title authored by Victorian poet Francis Thompson (a poem obviously influenced by Augustine's Confessions).

Thomas a Kempis' The Imitation of Christ is another classic every Christian should read.
The devotional, written between 1418 and 1427 is filled with godly wisdom.

“Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.”

“Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.”

 

[Deacon]

Free book on Vyrso

The Wiersbe Bible Study Series: 1 John [LINK]

by Warren W. Wiersbe

Normally $8.99

FREE for a limited time

A religious climate filled with false teachings. Christians whose lives don’t line up with their words. A seductive world that distorts the truth. Sound familiar? These issues have challenged believers since the early church. The book of 1 John examines what it means to be an authentic follower of Jesus Christ. This study examines themes that are relevant to every believer, and encourages us to be real in our faith, our words, and our lifestyle.

 

[annsni]

The Wiersbe Bible Study Series: 1 John [LINK]

by Warren W. Wiersbe

Normally $8.99

FREE for a limited time

A religious climate filled with false teachings. Christians whose lives don’t line up with their words. A seductive world that distorts the truth. Sound familiar? These issues have challenged believers since the early church. The book of 1 John examines what it means to be an authentic follower of Jesus Christ. This study examines themes that are relevant to every believer, and encourages us to be real in our faith, our words, and our lifestyle.

It is also free in the Kindle version as well on Amazon.

 

[Deacon]

Freebie friday

Once again it's Noet Freebie Friday

Todays free book is:


Volume 35 of the The Harvard Classics, Chronicle and Romance [LINK]
...including three books I've never read,
although Malory looks interesting.

Chronicles, by Jean Froissart
The Holy Grail, by Sir Thomas Malory
A Description of Elizabethan England, by William Harrison

Use Coupon Code: CHIVALRY at check out.

Offer expires at midnight tonight.

 

[Deacon]

Lexham Bible Dictionary

Mentioned in the first post of this series, there are many superb products offered by Faithlife/Logos that are generally offered for free without time limits.

One of these products is the Lexham Bible Dictionary [LINK]

Five years in the making, over 4.5 million words in more than 7,000 articles by over 700 contributors, the Lexham Bible Dictionary (LBD) is NOW complete.

And one of the benefits of the digital format is that it will receive regular updates over time and grow even larger.

Be sure to download your copy as this product may not always be free.

 

[Deacon]

Vyrso Deal ends tonight

Can I Get a Do-Over? The Grace of Second Chances [LINK]
by Elizabeth Ward ​

Can I Get a Do-Over?. . . The Grace of Second Chances offers a fresh perspective on God’s matchless grace. Short, easy-to-read chapters—overflowing with humor and insightful Bible-based encouragement—will inspire a new outlook, as you begin to embrace the love and forgiveness of your heavenly Father.​