{"id":4716715376702,"title":"Coping with Criticism: Turning Pain Into Blessing","handle":"coping-with-criticism-turning-pain-into-blessing-coming-soon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_100x100.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_100x100.jpg?v=1502994327\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783973019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Mostyn Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 64\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"This book is a must for all those starting out in pastoral ministry and essential for all those wishing to continue in it. By a combination of superb biblical exposition and sensitive application reflecting a wealth of personal ministerial experience, the author not only shows how to endure criticism but flourish through it. I really enjoyed and benefited from reading this. I could have done with it 40 years ago! A little gem of a book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMelvin Tinker, Director of Theology, The Christ Church Newland Network, Hull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"To be able to handle criticism well is a skill which all pastors need to learn. Any ministry, even the best, will take flak from time to time and it is easy to fall into crippling self-pity. When we are criticized what we need is a cool head, Biblical common sense and the comfort of Christ. This excellent book provides us with all three.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJohn Benton, Director for Pastoral Support, the Pastor's Academy, London Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c4b25;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMostyn Roberts is pastor of Welwyn Evangelical Church, a former lecturer at London Seminary in Systematic Theology and is author of a biography of Francis Schaeffer and also \u003cem\u003eThe Subversive Puritan: Roger Williams and freedom of conscience\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by EP. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-09-03T10:30:50-04:00","created_at":"2020-09-03T10:30:49-04:00","vendor":"EP","type":"Book","tags":["christian ministry","criticism","Mostyn Roberts"],"price":659,"price_min":659,"price_max":659,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32414496194622,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781783973019","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Coping with Criticism: Turning Pain Into Blessing","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":659,"weight":57,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":84,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781783973019","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/COPINGwithCriticism.jpg?v=1599143451"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/COPINGwithCriticism.jpg?v=1599143451","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":8387755802686,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.622,"height":1296,"width":806,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/COPINGwithCriticism.jpg?v=1599143451"},"aspect_ratio":0.622,"height":1296,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/COPINGwithCriticism.jpg?v=1599143451","width":806}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_100x100.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_100x100.jpg?v=1502994327\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783973019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Mostyn Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #194e23;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 64\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"This book is a must for all those starting out in pastoral ministry and essential for all those wishing to continue in it. By a combination of superb biblical exposition and sensitive application reflecting a wealth of personal ministerial experience, the author not only shows how to endure criticism but flourish through it. I really enjoyed and benefited from reading this. I could have done with it 40 years ago! A little gem of a book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMelvin Tinker, Director of Theology, The Christ Church Newland Network, Hull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"To be able to handle criticism well is a skill which all pastors need to learn. Any ministry, even the best, will take flak from time to time and it is easy to fall into crippling self-pity. When we are criticized what we need is a cool head, Biblical common sense and the comfort of Christ. This excellent book provides us with all three.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJohn Benton, Director for Pastoral Support, the Pastor's Academy, London Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c4b25;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMostyn Roberts is pastor of Welwyn Evangelical Church, a former lecturer at London Seminary in Systematic Theology and is author of a biography of Francis Schaeffer and also \u003cem\u003eThe Subversive Puritan: Roger Williams and freedom of conscience\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by EP. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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This brief but excellent summary of his life and ideas is a helpful reminder of his importance. As a genuine prophet, Schaeffer's assessment of our times and of what we should be doing about them, is, if anything, more relevant today than when he first wrote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRanald Macaulay, Founder and director of Christian Heritage, Cambridge \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2015-03-12T14:00:00-04:00","created_at":"2015-03-12T14:00:35-04:00","vendor":"EP","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Mostyn Roberts"],"price":499,"price_min":499,"price_max":499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":999,"compare_at_price_min":999,"compare_at_price_max":999,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":1118746017,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780852347928","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Francis Schaeffer","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":499,"weight":172,"compare_at_price":999,"inventory_quantity":371,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780852347928","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/Francis_schaeffer.jpeg?v=1426183235"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/Francis_schaeffer.jpeg?v=1426183235","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23382327358,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":650,"width":425,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/Francis_schaeffer.jpeg?v=1568712807"},"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/Francis_schaeffer.jpeg?v=1568712807","width":425}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_small.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003eBitesize Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003eAuthor Mostyn Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003eISBN 9780852347928\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #38761d;\"\u003ePages 112\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 80\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Mostyn Roberts reviews the life of this man of God, variously called a prophet for his prescient analysis of trends in culture that explains where we are today, an apologist, and even a philosopher, he shows us that fundamentally Schaeffer rejoiced, to the end, in being a pastor and an evangelist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrancis Schaeffer... is arguably one of the five most important Evangelical leaders of the second half of the 20th century. 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As a genuine prophet, Schaeffer's assessment of our times and of what we should be doing about them, is, if anything, more relevant today than when he first wrote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRanald Macaulay, Founder and director of Christian Heritage, Cambridge \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":2111572607038,"title":"The Subversive Puritan","handle":"the-subversive-puritan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_small.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Mostyn Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783972470\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 258\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow shall we live together in the light of our very deep differences? Christian author Os Guinness has said this is the greatest problem facing the United States today and the same could be said for 'the West' as a whole. Can a seventeenth-century Calvinist contribute anything? In recent years a number of authors, popular and academic, Christian and secular, have found inspiration in Roger Williams, the rebel Puritan exiled from Massachusetts who founded Rhode Island. He made the new little state a haven for those 'oppressed for conscience' and wrenched church and state further apart than was anywhere known at that time. Its Charter was the first in the world to protect liberty of conscience. 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An excellent and truly thoughtful volume.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael A G Haykin, FRHistS, Chair and Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mostyn Roberts has filled a real gap by providing us with this clear and comprehensive account of Williams' life and thought. Helpfully, he does not gloss over Williams' undoubted oddities and eccentricities, but through it all the essential courage and conviction of a great man shines out.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Sharon James, author, speaker, social policy analyst for The Christian Institute.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0e4b14;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMostyn Roberts is the minister of Welwyn Evangelical Church in Hertfordshire, UK, and the author of a biography of Francis Schaeffer in EP's \u003cem\u003eBitesize Biography\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-04-11T13:14:18-04:00","created_at":"2019-04-11T13:18:58-04:00","vendor":"EP","type":"Book","tags":["9781783972470","Biographies","Mostyn Roberts","Roger Williams"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":19307412455486,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781783972470","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Subversive Puritan","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":354,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":66,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781783972470","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/71tbehS3OQL.jpg?v=1555003142"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/71tbehS3OQL.jpg?v=1555003142","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":1274995540030,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.638,"height":1800,"width":1148,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/71tbehS3OQL.jpg?v=1569306586"},"aspect_ratio":0.638,"height":1800,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/products\/71tbehS3OQL.jpg?v=1569306586","width":1148}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/EP_logo_1400x_61c16cda-e1ca-4ae8-9784-34670d4caca2_small.jpg?v=1502994327\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Mostyn Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781783972470\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d4513;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 258\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow shall we live together in the light of our very deep differences? Christian author Os Guinness has said this is the greatest problem facing the United States today and the same could be said for 'the West' as a whole. Can a seventeenth-century Calvinist contribute anything? In recent years a number of authors, popular and academic, Christian and secular, have found inspiration in Roger Williams, the rebel Puritan exiled from Massachusetts who founded Rhode Island. He made the new little state a haven for those 'oppressed for conscience' and wrenched church and state further apart than was anywhere known at that time. Its Charter was the first in the world to protect liberty of conscience. Williams is rewarded with a statue at the Reformation Wall in Geneva, yet he remains strangely unknown today, even by those who stand broadly in his religious heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...the story of Williams and his trials is itself fascinating and well- told: what an extraordinary challenge these people faced as they sought to construct societies from scratch on the other side of the world!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Williams, Director, The Pastors' Academy, London.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This new biography of the key Puritan thinker Roger Williams is most welcome...Drawing upon the latest research on the Puritan author, Roberts outlines the contours of his life with special focus on his thought about religious liberty and why it is so important today. An excellent and truly thoughtful volume.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael A G Haykin, FRHistS, Chair and Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mostyn Roberts has filled a real gap by providing us with this clear and comprehensive account of Williams' life and thought. Helpfully, he does not gloss over Williams' undoubted oddities and eccentricities, but through it all the essential courage and conviction of a great man shines out.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Sharon James, author, speaker, social policy analyst for The Christian Institute.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0e4b14;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMostyn Roberts is the minister of Welwyn Evangelical Church in Hertfordshire, UK, and the author of a biography of Francis Schaeffer in EP's \u003cem\u003eBitesize Biography\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}