Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter's plea for shepherding his flock continues with a charge to pastors to verify their own spiritual walk and then walks them through various disciplines....

One of the most well-known writings of 17th-century Puritan minister Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest serves as an inspirational, meditative guide to the afterlife....

Originally written in 1656 and endorsed by generations of leading pastors as an essential book on the work of ministry, this abridged version of The Reformed Pastor presents the best of Richard Baxter’s timeless advice in simple, modern language....

Richard Baxter was a prominent English churchman and peacemaker who sought unity among Protestants. Baxter became well-known for his prolific writing, with more than 200 works to his name. The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650) is one of the great classics of Christian devotion....

In the throes of a long illness and confronting the possibility of death, 17th-century theologian Richard Baxter found comfort in the reality of heaven that awaits believers of Christ. During his recovery, Baxter wrote about the afterlife in what would become his best-selling book.

17th century Puritan Richard Baxter explains that fully understanding sin is as impossible as fully understanding God. So how can we develop a shield against sin and learn to hate it? Baxter lists the many glories as experiences by true Christians....

We very often fall victim to our own minds and once our mind becomes our cage, escape is very difficult. Richard Baxter offers this treatise as a warning against the powerful denial the world can lay upon us in the form of trying to further yourself by secular standards....

Even though ministers set out to speak for God, they are human, so they can fall victim to the same sins. The worst sin a minister can possess, Baxter states, is pride. He warns that pride invites us all to seek out ourselves while the mission of every minister is to seek out God....

Richard Baxter's A Call to the Unconverted was the Gospel tract of his day. Widely circulated, the book provided the saving knowledge of Christ to a large numbers of readers....