Great Spoil - Thomas Manton's Spirituality of the Word

While much of evangelicalism has forsaken a Word-based approach to Christian spiritualty, J. Stephen Yuille helps us recover a model of biblical piety through an examination of Thomas Manton's sermons on Psalm 119. Following a brief account of Manton as a leading Puritan committed to the ministry of the Word, Yuille leads us on a careful investigation of Manton's understanding of blessedness, the instrumentality of God's Word, and the practice of spiritual duties. At the foundation stands the conviction that as we love and obey God's Word, the blessed God communes with us by His Spirit, conveying sweet influences upon our soul through His Word. Manton's spirituality of the Word is a timely remedy for the subjective mysticism that expects God to speak through inner urgings apart from His Word. Let us learn from Manton how to listen to the Bible as if we heard God speaking to us from heaven, rejoicing like those who find "great spoil" (Psalm 119:162).

About the author

J. Stephen Yuille is preaching-teaching pastor of Grace Community Church in Glen Rose, Texas. He is also the director of Baptist studies at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas, and the author of Living Blessedly Forever: The Sermon on the Mount and the Puritan Piety of William Perkins.

Product details

• Authors: J Stephen Yuille, J. Stephen Yuille, Yuille J Stephen
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781601786913
• ISBN: 978-1-60178-691-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 214 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 236 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works