The Jerram Barrs Collection

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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.

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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