God loves prisoners, even those guilty of horrible crimes. Locked away from the rest of society, forgotten and reviled by the outside world, these men and women nevertheless are not beyond the reach of His love and grace-if only a messenger will bring the Good News to them. Such a messenger is William Cawman. He is a chaplain in the New Jersey Department of Corrections, ministering to inmates at South Woods State Prison. In Voices from Prison Walls he tells the stories of many of the men in the New Jersey prison system. Here are gang members, murderers, drug addicts and many others. Most...

THIS SCHMUL PUBLISHING CO. EDITION IS NOT A SCANNED FACSIMILE OF A USED BOOK. It has been carefully typeset and proofread for accuracy and for easier reading by today's readers. Consequently there are no odd characters or missing text. "Half Hours with St. John's Epistles" is invaluable as a deep study for devotions, Sunday School lessons and sermons. Every student of the Word of God will find tremendous insight and resources in these pages. (Note: This edition replaces previous ISBN 10: 0880190337/ISBN 13: 9780880190336.)

Drawing on examples from the Bible, the author discusses the causes of spiritual failure. He addresses timely topics that are still relevant in the twenty-first century: Peter's overconfidence and its results; the calamities that followed King David's adulterous gaze; Miriam's jealousy and her terrible punishment; the outcome of Jonah's insubordination... But this is not simply a recounting of failures and consequences. Here are the great examples of God's redeeming grace at work in those whose foot slipped. It is a book of hope and encouragement, urging those who find themselves face down in...

"Christian Perfection Before Wesley" traces the doctrine of Christian Perfection, or Entire Sanctification, from the days of the Early Church, through the Church Fathers, the Dark Ages, the Medieval centuries and the Renaissance, all the way to the time of Methodism's founder and the holiness movement. Often quoted and referenced by scholars and teachers, this book provides a quick and easy overview of the doctrine as held by pre-Wesleyan saints.

In "More Voices from Prison Walls," New Jersey state prison chaplain William Cawman recounts the chronicles of gang members, drug addicts, murderers, thieves and other renegades turning from the kingdom of darkness to the warmth of God's love. Many of these forgotten men become missionaries in their own right as they are moved to different sections inside the prison, or even to other institutions. There they spread the Good News of their own conversion to other inmates, igniting the fires of evangelism in new territory. In this sequel to "Voices from Prison Walls" (ISBN 13: 978-0-88019-588-1)...