A Study Guide and a Teacher’s Manual Gospel Principles was written both as a personal study guide and as a teacher’s manual. As you study it, seeking the Spirit of the Lord, you can grow in your understanding and testimony of God the Father, Jesus Christand His Atonement, and the Restoration of the gospel. You can find answers to life’s questions, gain an assurance of your purpose and self-worth, and face personal and family challenges with faith.

Highly respected preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards collection of sermons on charity, and love. The most thorough analysis of the text of 1 Corinthians 13 ever written. 1. All True Grace in the Heart Summed up in Charity, or Love 2. Charity or Love, More Excellent Than Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit 3. All That Can be Done or Suffered in Vain Without Charity, or Love 4. Charity Meek in Bearing Evil and Injuries 5. Charity Cheerful and Free in Doing Good 6. The Spirit of Charity the Opposite of an Envious Spirit 7. The Spirit of Charity an Humble Spirit 8. The Spirit of Charity the Opposite of a Selfish Spirit 9. The Spirit of Charity the Opposite of an Angry or Wrathful Spirit 10. The Spirit of Charity the Opposite of a Censorious Spirit 11. All True Grace in the Heart Tends to Holy Practice in the Life 12. Charity Willing to Undergo All Sufferings for Christ 13. All the Christian Graces Connected and Mutually Dependent 14. Charity, or True Grace, Not to be Overthrown by Opposition 15. The Holy Spirit Forever to be Communicated to the Saints, in Charity, or Love 16. Heaven, A World of Love Please leave a review of this book, thanks.

Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences. Our free food and clothing distribution encourages ever-growing handout lines, diminishing the dignity of the poor while increasing their dependency. We converge on inner-city neighborhoods to plant flowers and pick up trash, battering the pride of residents who have the capacity (and responsibility) to beautify their own environment. We fly off on mission trips to poverty-stricken villages, hearts full of pity and suitcases bulging with giveaways—trips that one Nicaraguan leader describes as effective only in “turning my people into beggars.” In Toxic Charity, Lupton urges individuals, churches, and organizations to step away from these spontaneous, often destructive acts of compassion toward thoughtful paths to community development. He delivers proven strategies for moving from toxic charity to transformative charity. Proposing a powerful “Oath for Compassionate Service” and spotlighting real-life examples of people serving not just with their hearts but with proven strategies and tested tactics, Lupton offers all the tools and inspiration we need to develop healthy, community-driven programs that produce deep, measurable, and lasting change. Everyone who volunteers or donates to charity needs to wrestle with this book.

Excerpt from Christian Charity in the Ancient Church Our Lord calls the commandment of love which He gave to His disciples a new commandment (John xiii, 34). And such indeed it was, for the world before Christ came was a world without love. Lactantius, writing at the time when, after a struggle which had lasted for centuries, Christianity had at length obtained the upper hand, lays great emphasis upon this difference between the Christian and the heathen world, saying: Compassion and humanity are virtues peculiar to the righteous and to the worshippers of God. Philosophy teaches us nothing of them. And should this witness, as coming from one who was himself a Christian, appear suspicious, there is still quite trustworthy evidence in the astonishment with which the heathen regarded the charitableness of the Christians, which seemed so strange to them; and a still stronger witness may be seen in the endeavour of the Emperor Julian to introduce into heathendom this new thing, which he could not but recognise as a peculiarity of Christianity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.