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Below are links to 100+ books on the personal and corporate dimensions of the covenant. God's covenantal plan is executed through 3 main institutions: the church, family, and government. These are the 3 institutions most clearly given resources, purpose, and authority throughout Scripture. These institutions can use Resources in harmony with divine THEOS process in the areas described on this website and summarized below. The following table explains the R-THEOS acronym in the middle and shows how these 6 elements of the covenant correspond to covenantal concepts explained in the books linked below in sections corresponding to this table:
Note: For more information about how divine character is reflected through the six elements of the covenant, please see www.Covenant.net/6Elements
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| 6 ELEMENTS OF PERSONAL COMMUNION |
ELEMENTS OF THE T.H.E.O.S. COVENANT |
6 ELEMENTS COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP |
| Personal Resources |
RESOURCES [1] |
Corporate Resources |
| Personal Worship |
TRUSTING IN GOD’S TRANSCENDENCE [2] |
Corporate Worship |
| Personal Prayer |
HEARING GOD AND HEEDING HIS HIERARCHY [3] |
Accountability (in Men’s Group) |
| Personal Bible study |
EDUCATION ABOUT GOD’S ETHICS [4] |
Biblical worldview schooling |
| Personal Obedience |
OBEYING GOD TO BE STRENGTHENED BY HIS OUTCOMES [5] |
Administration of Sacraments |
| One-on-one Outreach |
STRENGTHENING COVENANTAL COMMUNITIES TO FULFILL GOD’S PLAN OF SUCCESSION [6] |
Church Planting and Cultural Reformation |
| The above three columns are based on Tim Voorhees' condensation of covenant theology into six personal and six corporate activities. See www.Legacies.info for details about how the covenant can guide life planning. |
BOOKS RELATED TO ABOVE PERSONAL COMMUNION AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP THEMES
| Topic |
Title |
Author |
| Personal Resource Development |
Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Live as a Christian Calling |
Sire, James |
| The Call |
Guinness, Oz |
| God's Way to Health, Wealth, and Wisdom |
Rogers, Adrian |
| The Passion of the Western Mind |
Tarnas, Richard |
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| Personal Worship |
Knowing God (1973) |
Packer, J.I. |
| The Pleasures of God (1992) |
Piper, John |
| The Holiness of God (1985) |
Sproul, R.C. |
| The Pursuit of God (1949) |
Tozer, A. W. |
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| Personal Prayer |
The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life |
Nouwen, Henri J.M. |
| Classic Sermons on Prayer |
Wiersbe, Warren |
| Living the Lord's Prayer: Our Power and Promise |
Johnson, Ben |
| Handbook to Renewal: Renewing Your Mind With Affirmations from Scripture |
Boa, Ken |
| Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture Back to God |
Boa, Ken |
| Pray with Your Eyes Open |
Pratt, Richard |
| Power Through Prayer (Barbour, 1984) |
Bounds, E. M. |
| Powerful and Prayer Pulpits |
Bounds, E. M. |
| Purpose in Prayer |
Bounds, E. M. |
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| Personal Bible study |
John Calvin's Sermons on the Ten Commandments |
Calvin, John |
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The Westminster Confession and Catechisms |
Westminster Divines |
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Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion |
Calvin, John |
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Evidence that Demands a Verdict (1979) |
McDowell, Josh |
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Collected Works |
Schaeffer, Francis |
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Christianity and Liberalism (1923) |
Machen, Gresham |
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Myths, Lies, & Half-Truths: How Misreading the Bible Neutralizes Christians |
Bahnsen, Greg |
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Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul |
Moreland, JP |
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The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think |
Blamires, Harry |
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By this Standard |
Bahnsen, Greg |
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| Personal Obedience |
The Practice of the Presence of God |
Brother Lawrence |
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He Speaks to Me Everywhere: Meditations on Christianity and Culture |
Ryken, Phil |
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Christ’s Call to Discipleship |
Boice, James |
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The Divine Conspiracy |
Willard, Dallas |
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Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God |
Willard, Dallas |
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The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives |
Willard, Dallas |
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Idols for Destruction (1983) |
Schlossberg, Herbert |
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| One-on-one Outreach |
Born Again |
Colson, Chuck |
| Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith |
Baynsen, Greg |
| Every Thought Captive |
Pratt, Richard |
| The Defense of the Faith (1955) |
Van Til, Cornelius |
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| Corporate Resources |
Loved by God (Six Pillars From Ephesians Book #1): The Spiritual Wealth of the Believer |
Jakes, T. D. |
| Intellectuals and Society |
Sowell, Thomas |
| Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed |
Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn |
| The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life |
Twist, Lynne |
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| Corporate Worship |
Worship. Reaching Out without Dumbing Down |
Dawn, Marva |
| In The Splendor Of Holiness: Rediscovering the Beauty of Reformed Worship for the 21st Century |
Jon D. Payne and D.G. Hart |
| Give Praise to God: A Vision for Reforming Worship |
Boice, James et al |
| Preaching with Purpose |
Adams, Jay |
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| Corporate Accountability |
Beyond Promises: A Biblical Challenge to Promise Keepers |
Wilson, Doug |
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Man in the Mirror |
Morley, Pat |
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Doctrine of Repentance |
Watson, Tom |
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| Corporate Education |
God and Man at Yale |
Buckley, William |
| Darwin on Trial (1991) |
Johnson, Phillip |
| Modern Times (1983) |
Johnson, Paul |
| The Harsh Truth about Public Schools |
Shortt, Bruce |
| Economics in One Lesson |
Hazlitt, Henry |
| Excused Absence: Should Christian Kids Leave Public Schools? |
Wilson, Doug |
| Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning |
Wilson, Doug |
| No Place for Truth (1993) |
Wells, David |
| Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Dont Think and What to Do About It |
Guiness, Os |
| The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind |
Noll, Mark |
| We Still Hold These Truths: |
Spalding, Matthew |
| Basic Christianity (1971) |
Stott, John |
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| Corporate Administration of Sacraments |
Treatise On The Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline and Government |
Bannerman, James. |
| The Sacraments. |
Berkouwer, Gerrit, |
| The Reformers And The Theology Of The Reformation |
Cunningham, William. |
| The Lord's Supper |
Watson, Thomas |
| The Church: Sacraments, Worship, Ministry, Mission |
Bloesch, Donald |
| A Sacramental Catechism |
Willison, John |
| The Peacemaker |
Sande, Ken |
| Dining with the Devil: The Mega Church Flirts with Modernity |
Guiness, Os |
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| Church Planting and Cultural Reformation |
A Christian Manifesto |
Schaeffer, Francis |
| The Church Effeminate & Other Essays |
Warfield, Benjamin |
| Bleeding of the Evangelical Church |
Wells, David |
| One Holy and Happy Society: The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards |
McDermott |
| How is the Gold Become Dim: |
Smith, Morton |
| God in the Wasteland: the Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams |
Wells, David |
| A Business and It's Beliefs |
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| Business by the Book |
Schaeffer, Francis |
| Complete Christian Businessman |
Watson, Tom |
| The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success, |
Stark, Rodney |
| Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books |
Kesler, Charles |
| In Defense of Christian Activism: |
Frame, John |
| Endnotes |
Endnotes relating the above Covenant model to
Tim Voorhees' free book at www.BiblicalCounsel.org |
Endnotes relating the above Covenant model to Saddleback Church and Similar Churches |
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Recognize how God blesses us in ways beyond what we could ask for or imagine |
RESOURCES - Appreciate God's abundance. |
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Trust in God’s covenantal purpose , the power of prayer, the promises and principles of Scripture, the positive outcomes of obedience, and the post-millennial hope of God’s will being done on earth as in heaven. |
WORSHIP - to magnify how we experience and appreciate God's transcendence |
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Heed God as He reveals Himself through Christ, His Church (Covenantal Community), His Counsel, and His Calling for each person |
CONNECT - to connect with God, Godly leaders, and other members of God kingdom |
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Educate daily about His Purpose, Peace, Stewardship, and Discipleship |
SERVE - to minister to others |
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Obediently steward time, talents, treasures, and trust to realize God's blessings and avoid idols, especially those revealed in the calendar, checkbook, resume, and 360 surveys |
GROW - to experience greater maturity as a blessing of obedience |
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Strengthen a covenantal understanding of God at the personal and community level |
SHARE - to use blessings for missions that build the church and extend the Kingdom |
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