The Jerram Barrs Collection
This is a special limited-edition book celebrating the lifetime of faithful ministry of Prof. Jerram Barrs. This volume contains a selection of Prof. Barrs’s shorter writings spanning multiple publications across the entirety of his career as a pastor, scholar, and mentor to generations of Covenant Seminary students.
This is a special limited-edition book celebrating the lifetime of faithful ministry of Prof. Jerram Barrs. This volume contains a selection of Prof. Barrs’s shorter writings spanning multiple publications across the entirety of his career as a pastor, scholar, and mentor to generations of Covenant Seminary students.
This is a special limited-edition book celebrating the lifetime of faithful ministry of Prof. Jerram Barrs. This volume contains a selection of Prof. Barrs’s shorter writings spanning multiple publications across the entirety of his career as a pastor, scholar, and mentor to generations of Covenant Seminary students.
Contents:
Foreword by Mark Ryan
Tears as a Spark of Fire by Zack Eswine
Part 1: A Heart of Understanding: Studies in Apologetics, Evangelism, and Culture
1. Eight Biblical Emphases of the Francis Schaeffer Institute
2. Francis Schaeffer: The Man and His Message
3. Relational Emphasis: Core Value #4
4. Christianity: True to the Way Things Are
5. Saturation of Cynicism
6. Understanding Barriers Enables Christians to Reach Modern Culture with Truth
7. Paul among the Pagans: Spreading the Gospel with Confidence
8. Bound Together: Racial Reconciliation Begins in the Church
9. The Neglected Mind
10. Christianity and the Arts
11. The Importance of Story, with a List of Children’s Books by Christians and Non-Christians
12. Understanding Work as a Holy Calling Gives Christians Purpose in the “Daily Grind”
13. John Paul II and Non-Catholics
Part 2: A Heart of Compassion: Sermons, Devotions, and Pastoral Reflections
14. The Reason Why I Did Not End My Life
15. Rethinking the Bottom Line
16. True Spirituality
17. The Beauties of the Law
18. Knowing Jesus through His Prayers
19. God’s General Kindness, or “Common Grace”
20. How Do We Look Beyond the Sin and Hatred of Those Who Become Our Enemies?
21. Reflections on Psalm 46 in the Wake of Tragedy
22. Jesus Prays for Unity (John 17): A Sermon
Appendices
1. A Conversation with Jerram Barrs
2. A Jerram Barrs Bibliography