Reformation Heritage Books

The twenty-three papers presented in the Puritan and Reformed Studies Conferences of 1956-1959 are "practical and constructive, not merely academic," says J. I. Packer. They are helpful to pastors as well as the whole church. Topics include: interpreting Scripture, Christian experience, worship, the Lord's Day, the life and work of a minister, dealing with troubled souls, the law and the covenants, discipline, and revival.

Part 1: The Wisdom of Our Fathers (1956)

     1. The Puritans and the Doctrine of Election     Iain Murray

     2. The Witness of the Spirit: The Puritan Teaching     J. I. Packer

     3. The Puritans’ Dealings with Troubled Souls     G. A. Hemming

     4. The Law and the Covenants—A Study in John Ball     E. F. Kevan

     5. Mrs. Hutchinson and Her Teaching     E. Braund

     6. Richard Greenham and the Trials of a Christian     O. R. Johnston

Part 2: Servants of the Word (1957)

     1. The Puritans and the Lord’s Day     J. I. Packer

     2. The Savoy Conference, 1661     G. Thomas

     3. Thomas Shepard’s “Parable of the Ten Virgins”     O. R. Johnston

     4. John Bunyan and His Experience      Owen C. Watkins

     5. The Puritan Principle of Worship      W. Young

     6. Daily Life Among the Puritans     E. Braund

Part 3: A Goodly Heritage (1958)

     Introduction     J. I. Packer

     1. The Life and Work of a Minister According to the Puritans     Paul Cook

     2. The Puritans as Interpreters of Scripture     J. I. Packer

     3. William Guthrie on the Trial of a Saving Interest in Christ     D. Mingard

     4. Divine Sovereignty in the Thought of Stephen Charnock     F. K. Drayson

     5. Richard Baxter’s Social and Economic Teaching     D. R. Wooldridge

     6. Morgan Llwyd     Geraint Gruffydd

Part 4: How Shall They Hear? (1959)

     Introduction     J. I. Packer

     1. John Calvin: The Man Whom God Subdued     P. E. Hughes

     2. The Puritan View of Preaching the Gospel     J. I. Packer

     3. Andrew Fuller’s Conflict with Hypercalvinism     T. E. Watson

     4. Discipline in the Puritan Congregation     D. Downham

     5. Revival: An Historical and Theological Survey     D. M. Lloyd-Jones

Author  J. I. Packer ed. is currently a professor of theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has authored the classic bestseller Knowing God, as well as a number of other titles. Most recently, he served as General Editor for the English Standard Version Bible, published by Crossway Bibles.