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Recommended reading materials from the staff at Manna.

December, 2010
The Christian Pilgrim by Jonathan Edwards
Presenter:
Jonathan Edwards
Series:
Genesis
Topic:
The God Who Guides, Gives and Guards
December 04, 2010
0.14 MB .PDF
September, 2010
Local Church Handout 2010-2011
Presenter:
Blake Altman
Series:
The Gospel and the Community
Topic:
Local Church
Whether you’re new to Princeton, or simply looking for a church, we hope you will find this page helpful. These are the churches that our students and staff currently attend on a regular basis—please ask us about the importance of the local church!
September 29, 2010
0.07 MB .PDF
August, 2010
The Centrality of the Gospel
Presenter:
Tim Keller
Series:
The Gospel and the Heart
Topic:
Gospel
In Galatians 2:14, Paul lays down a powerful principle. He deals with Peter’s racial pride and cowardice by declaring that he was not living “in line with the truth of the gospel”. From this we see that the Christian life is a process of renewing every dimension of our life—spiritual, psychological, corporate, social—by thinking, hoping, and living out the “lines” or ramifications of the gospel. The gospel is to be applied to every area of thinking, feeling, relating, working, and behaving. The implications and applications of Galatians 2:14 are vast.
August 31, 2010
0.17 MB .PDF
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection
Presenter:
Thomas Chalmers
Series:
The Gospel and the Heart
Topic:
Sanctification
THERE are two ways in which a practical moralist may attempt to displace from the human heart its love of the world—either by a demonstration of the world’s vanity, so as that the heart shall be prevailed upon simply to withdraw its regards from an object that is not worthy of it; or, by setting forth another object, even God, as more worthy of its attachment, so as that the heart shall be prevailed upon not to resign an old affection, which shall have nothing to succeed it, but to exchange an old affection for a new one.
August 31, 2010
0.16 MB .PDF
Evangelism through “Networking”…
Presenter:
Tim Keller
Series:
The Gospel and the World
Topic:
Evangelism
“Networking” was originally a modern marketplace-jargon word, which refers to deliberate relationship building to meet business goals. I use it to mean a whole philosophy of ministry based on friendship evangelism.
August 31, 2010
0.14 MB .PDF
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
Presenter:
William Deresiewicz
Series:
The Gospel and the World
Topic:
Education
It didn’t dawn on me that there might be a few holes in my education until I was about 35. I’d just bought a house, the pipes needed fixing, and the plumber was standing in my kitchen. There he was, a short, beefy guy with a goatee and a Red Sox cap and a thick Boston accent, and I suddenly learned that I didn’t have the slightest idea what to say to someone like him. So alien was his experience to me, so unguessable his values, so mysterious his very language, that I couldn’t succeed in engaging him in a few minutes of small talk before he got down to work. Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League dees, and there I was, stiff and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness. “Ivy retardation,” a friend of mine calls this. I could carry on conversations with people from other countries, in other languages, but I couldn’t talk to the man who was standing in my own house.
August 31, 2010
0.13 MB .PDF
The Organization Kid
Presenter:
David Brooks
Series:
The Gospel and the Community
Topic:
Life at Princeton
A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I sent them e-mails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups. I would go to sleep in my hotel room at around midnight each night, and when I awoke, my mailbox would be full of replies—sent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m.
August 31, 2010
0.23 MB .PDF
Sanctification in an Era of Confusion
Presenter:
John Hannah
Series:
The Gospel and the Heart
Topic:
Sanctification
The lament of recent writers over the deplorable state of theological consciousness in the churches is alarming. David Wells' judgment that evangelicalism (being an expression of the Enlightenment which it so professes to oppose) is on the verge of "losing its character, if not its soul," has a ring of reality in it.

Many of the churches in the land seem content with the repetition of heart-warming, inspiring stories and the rehearsal of positive experiences, what is designated as "celebrative worship," with a foreboding absence of doctrinal teaching. Negative, oft-discomforting statements in the Scriptures are glossed over, if not completely avoided, with the result that saints endure elemental pabulum and the unbelievers come away with the impression that Jesus looks remarkably like them! Though touted as a serious Bible-oriented movement, the lack of in-depth doctrinal interest in the churches belies a terrible tragedy. The pastor's role has become that of an amiable good-fellow; the once profound emphasis on character has receded for an emphasis on personality. The result is that the Lord's people have little instruction in the Scriptures; what they may receive is most likely a medley of diverse theological elements that are mutually contradictory and confusing.
August 31, 2010
0.11 MB .PDF