FAIR SUNSHINE

A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life  This book offers a groundbreaking treatment of the Puritans’ teaching on most major Reformed doctrines, particularly those doctrines in which the Puritans made significant contributions. Since the late 1950s, nearly 150 Puritan authors and 700 Puritan titles have been reprinted and catalogued by Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson in their 2006 collection of mini-biographies and book reviews, titled, Meet the Puritans. However, no work until now has gathered together the threads of their teaching into a unified tapestry of systematic theology.  A Puritan Theology, by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones, attempts to do that. The book addresses Puritan teachings on all six loci of theology, covering fifty areas of doctrine. The book explores Puritan teachings on biblical interpretation, God, predestination, providence, angels, sin, the covenants, the gospel, Christ, preparation for conversion, r...

In the waiting upon Father, I find a twofold grace and an abundant assurance! The first sweet fruit is this: my own wretched, wavering heart finds its feeble strength give way entirely, and thus my dependency upon His sure faithfulness grows stronger and more constant with every passing day! The second, a glorious, visible reward: I am granted the profound privilege to see His mighty Hand move in the world and in the Church, an arresting sight which doth wonderfully and rightly magnify His matchless and eternal Glory! And lo, this very morning, a tender and clear answer to a prayer offered up for mature brethren did shine forth. It arrived by way of a blessed and timely invitation to join in a solemn meeting for prayer—a gathering to be held with dear brethren from a trusted church in the distant plains of Texas, and with others from a hopeful church plant struggling forth in the stony ground of New Mexico! See how the Lord doth knit together the hearts of His people from the four corn...

The LORD continues to bless His own sacred work with manifest fruits, with profound spiritual deepenings, with humbling realizations of our own failings, and with sweet, undeserved comforts. We see clearly the tension between our desperate needs and His perfect answers, all while maintaining our solemn duty to stand firmly against the world, the corrupt flesh, and the malicious devil. Truly, the Sovereign Word doth irresistibly further its transforming work within the souls whom the LORD alone hath drawn unto Himself! The Father's tender and humbling hand is clearly, powerfully evident in the very conduct of this sacred work. In order to keep my poor, sinful heart low and to prevent it from being vainly puffed up by any semblance of success, He hath sovereignly ordained that I should be held of no reputation, and even an object of ridicule amongst those who profess the name of Christ! I am constantly rejected and dismissed for possessing no formal credentials, no seminary education...

My wife and daughter are sick today, but in spite of this the work in the LORD's vineyard continues.

The LORD hath graciously extended unto me a great and undeserved privilege this very evening: to exhort the assembled brethren in a short message, the burden of which was the exaltation of the blessed simplicity of Christ’s divine person! I was invited to journey thirty-one long kilometres—one way—to an informal yet sweet gathering at the home of dear brother Warren, a place blessed by the presence of his beloved wife Angel and a few close friends of the Puritan Project Philippines. My spirit was deeply honored to have met and shared communion with these precious souls tonight. In the simplicity of Christ and the sweetness of fellowship, one finds the true reward of labor! In this season when the Almighty doth seem, for a time, to withdraw the sweet comfort of His manifest presence, I am constrained to look only to His immutable faithfulness, and never to the shifting sands of my own limited understanding. My soul stands unmoved upon Christ’s finished redemptive work, regardless of the...

"A donkey and a tiger were having a dispute. The donkey insisted, "The grass is blue". But the tiger replied, "No, the grass is green." The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit him to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle. Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout: "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?". The lion replied, "True, the grass is blue." The donkey hurried and continued: "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him." The king then declared, "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence." The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating: "The Grass Is Blue!" The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, after all, the grass is green." The...

The most sobering and humbling truth of this frail, mortal life is that we remain so tragically oblivious to the reality that all things have a conclusive end. A specific, appointed moment shall inevitably arrive when we shall perform our duties for the last, final time—be it a service rendered to our beloved families, a word shared with our dearest friends, or a solemn labour for our own souls. The greatest, most enduring happiness is not to be discovered or rooted in the fleeting substance of this present life, though we are permitted to appreciate the mercies we pass along the way. Nay, for true and unspeakable happiness is found only in the Divine Person of Christ, who is not of this world! Everything else beneath the sun, every comfort and every trial, is fleeting and possesses a certain end. But let us hold this truth fast: even Death itself shall have its final, crushing end in the victory of our Redeemer! But where death to self ends, life in Christ begins. To the unbelieving,...

The Whole Christ by Sinclair Fergusson Wading through this gem as I spent 3 hours in a shoot doing nothing but read, I have come to understand what has always puzzled me - the horror most well meaning Christians have when somebody mentions the word "works" and "grace" in the same sentence. The topic is nothing new, and is still far from being realized. This among others confirm what I have always understood: That as unregenerate reprobates we were once in enmity to God and His laws, but Christ has come to reconcile us as new creatures to the same eternal law. Not freed from it, but freed for it. "Since we’re saved by grace alone, does the law of God have a place in the life of a Christian? This perennial question is essential to answer if we are to be faithful followers of Christ. In this series, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson expands on his book and illustrates the biblical relationship between God’s grace and our work. Dr. Ferguson makes it clear that the solution to ...

PPP is the serving ministry of this kind and dear couple, Warren and Angel, whom I have been privileged to meet and know. Half of what I have received in my library came from them. Their vision is to serve the body of Christ by making hard to find books available at a very low price. Here they are at their book table at the previous conference held at Makati. Much of the work of studying Christ is understood to be "the pastor's job". In prominent churches people find it tedious to carry their bibles to church, much less read it, and even less study it. The business of selling books here is a profitable venture, but it depends largely on the subject. Fictional stories rank highest, religious books maybe at the middle, but the farther you go from the norm, the more difficult it is to sell. The subject of Puritanism is almost unheard of here, its value unrecognized. The prospect of selling it, specialized. Yet God still has mercy to make these treasures available to "th...

The Works of Thomas Brooks The definitive edition of the Works of Thomas Brooks, here reissued, was first published by James Nichol in 1866. It was edited by A. B. Grosart. At that time, C. H. Spurgeon commented in The Sword and the Trowel: ‘The volumes now before us are by that marvelously rich author Thomas Brooks, whose wealth of imagery surpasses all others of his age. The mere marginal notes of Brooks are more valuable than pages of ordinary writers; we take pleasure in the stone of his temple, and the very dust thereof we favour. Of all the Puritans he is the most readable, if we except John Bunyan; and if he cannot display the depth of Owen or the raciness of Adams, he leaves them far behind in excessive [unusual] sweetness and sparkling beauty of metaphor. There is a clear, silvery, refreshing sound in the name “Brooks”, and as is the name, such is the man. Every reader who can afford the money should purchase this incorrupt, unmutilated, unchanged, well-printed and perfectly e...

 We are honored to receive this gift from a good brother in the LORD as an addition to the growing library. It is a massive read on such a profound subject that I have heard time and time again in the past that have only recently begun taking seriously. My approach to reading now is not the casual page turning I am accustomed to with regular books, but since providence did not have me enroll in Reformation Bible College I still am inclined to study, howbeit academically, systematically, and intuitively. As I was past my reading plan included on the subject of anthropology and its impact on practical ministry, I came across an important note worth emphasizing.  Pastors need to understand and believe what the Bible teaches them about the people wherein they serve. Shepherds must know their sheep (Proverbs 27:23). While this requires personal relationships as pastors watch over the souls entrusted to them (Hebrews 13:17), it also requires a deep knowledge of God;s word, which is ...

It was of the LORD's providence that my dear wife could not be with us today for ministry after suffering a fall at home which left her incapacitated for two days, this being the third. We have learned to praise God in every instance most especially in unfavorable incidents believing that it is through trials and temptations that our graces are enlarged and strengthened, as crosses become more glorious when Father sovereignly adds greater weight, if only to show us His mighty hand at work. If the saving grace we possess is deemed a most priceless gift from heaven, then we must also confess that afflictions are likewise precious holy gifts sent to cause our graces to flourish. The greatest of all glories is not to glory in self, but to glory in the LORD! True and enduring grace is that faith which hath been purified in the fire. Should I rejoice if a great measure of worldly gold were to be given me, how much more then ought I to rejoice to embrace much affliction, for it is the ve...

Since the early days of this small ministry, Father has faithfully provided for His work without fail. We have been waiting for months for an answer for provisions for new tracts and bibles and He has finally delivered.  Help came in from two of our fellow saints and dear children from Taiwan, Wilma and Mark , both dear children and spiritual offspring of our brother Blaine and sister Ingrid , (Mark's dear wife, Vea, traveled the distance from Pangasinan and fetching the stash of bibles from Baguio to bring it here to Bulacan) - and from our beloved brethren in Christian Word Center in Cavite City, headed by the Lord's faithful pastor, L.A. Cruz , who in behalf of the church sent us a box of new bibles to give away. His church hosts a weekly feeding and gospel ministry to a great number of poor people held inside a cemetery, and goes out to proclaim the gospel to the masses in the parks. And now they have looked graciously upon us for the help we need. Truly, a fellowship wor...