1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:04,160 I'm a big believer in the power and 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,580 influence of Christian literature, having devoted the better 3 00:00:09,580 --> 00:00:11,540 part of my life to produce it. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,940 I've been asked from time to time how 5 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:17,100 to find my published works. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,240 Well, this list I'm providing today, friends, is 7 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:24,320 a summary of the books God has been 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,960 pleased to allow me to write through the 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:27,500 years. 10 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:31,040 Every book mentioned can be found on the 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,320 internet, and may I say this, I have 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,700 never, ever taken a dime from royalties from 13 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:42,600 my books, but redirected those funds back to 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,040 further foreign missions, to spread the gospel, and 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,780 to print and distribute Bibles in other languages. 16 00:00:50,780 --> 00:00:55,500 Here, now, is a comprehensive list of my 17 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,300 publications, and a brief overview of each. 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,120 I pray that it's helpful. 19 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,700 Number one, A Heart Awake, the authorized biography 20 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:07,760 of J. 21 00:01:07,940 --> 00:01:13,940 Sidlow Baxter, Baker Books, foreword by Adrian Rogers, 22 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:16,900 prefaced by Stephen Olford. 23 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:23,040 Dr. Baxter was a prolific Christian author, and 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,360 his Bible commentary explored the book, and his 25 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,920 devotional, Awake My Heart, each sold over a 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:30,840 million copies. 27 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:36,420 His preaching ministry was international and far-reaching. 28 00:01:37,580 --> 00:01:43,060 Number two, No Turning Back, Gospel Folio Press. 29 00:01:43,940 --> 00:01:47,500 This is a book on discipleship, which William 30 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:51,500 MacDonald encouraged me to write, with the sage 31 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:55,600 advice, take the gloves off, and don't state 32 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:56,580 the obvious. 33 00:01:57,740 --> 00:02:02,560 Number three, Know the Book, Gospel Folio Press, 34 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:05,580 is a survey of each book of the 35 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:09,020 Bible, written for Bible study or teaching. 36 00:02:09,020 --> 00:02:14,160 This book was translated into Swahili, and drop 37 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,500 -shipped into the heart of the Congo. 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,640 Number four, Are You in the Book of 39 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,440 Life, Gospel Folio Press. 40 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,660 This is an evangelistic booklet, geared for soul 41 00:02:28,660 --> 00:02:29,020 winning. 42 00:02:29,940 --> 00:02:35,480 Number five, The Master's Plan, Gospel Folio Press, 43 00:02:36,220 --> 00:02:40,180 a ten-week devotional workbook for individual or 44 00:02:40,180 --> 00:02:45,240 group study, unfolding God's blueprint for your life. 45 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:51,880 Number six, Walking with God, Gospel Folio Press, 46 00:02:52,420 --> 00:02:57,200 forward by Ted Randall, where he states, be 47 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,600 prepared to be challenged concerning your own walk 48 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,340 with God. 49 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:08,200 Number seven, Return to Me, Gospel Folio Press. 50 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,860 This is a book on repentance, and a 51 00:03:11,860 --> 00:03:14,520 necessity to return to God. 52 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:21,380 Number eight, Realities of Revival, Gospel Folio Press, 53 00:03:21,860 --> 00:03:24,200 forward by Stephen Olford. 54 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:30,640 Dr. Olford was my homiletical mentor and colleague, 55 00:03:31,140 --> 00:03:34,180 and he took this manuscript on revival with 56 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:37,780 him on his last vacation, to edit it 57 00:03:37,780 --> 00:03:39,440 before his home going. 58 00:03:39,940 --> 00:03:42,140 He died before it was published. 59 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,900 Number nine, The Church in Revival, Gospel Folio 60 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:53,120 Press, forward by Richard Owen Roberts, who writes, 61 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:55,980 I beg you, as you read this book 62 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:59,660 by E.A. Johnston, that you understand that 63 00:03:59,660 --> 00:04:02,320 revival is our only hope. 64 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,400 Number ten, A Call to Revival, Gospel Folio 65 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:14,400 Press, forward by Colin Peckham, who writes, This 66 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,820 book is a serious call to holy living, 67 00:04:18,380 --> 00:04:22,160 to repentance, to total commitment, and to prayer 68 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,280 in the Holy Ghost. 69 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,880 May God use it for his glory. 70 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,300 Number eleven, Olford on Scroggie, Gospel Folio Press. 71 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,180 This book was co-written with Stephen Olford, 72 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:39,820 as he comments about his Bible training under 73 00:04:39,820 --> 00:04:43,100 his homiletical mentor, Dr. Graham F. 74 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:43,720 Scroggie. 75 00:04:43,940 --> 00:04:47,220 I had the supreme pleasure of going over 76 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:51,720 Graham Scroggie's handwritten sermons and outlines, which are 77 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,300 in the possession of Olford Ministries. 78 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,900 In this book, Stephen Olford talks about the 79 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,700 golden hammer that was taught to him by 80 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,840 Graham Scroggie in sermon preparation. 81 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:06,980 It's worth the price of the book. 82 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,380 This was the last book Stephen Olford wrote, 83 00:05:10,380 --> 00:05:12,700 and he died before it was published. 84 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:19,540 Number twelve, Sermons for Revival, Revival Literature. 85 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:24,220 This book contains thirty sermons that I preached 86 00:05:24,220 --> 00:05:25,140 on revival. 87 00:05:25,780 --> 00:05:28,920 The photo on the cover shows me standing 88 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,220 in the pulpit where George Whitefield preached his 89 00:05:32,220 --> 00:05:36,180 very first sermon that drove fifteen people mad. 90 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:38,800 It's the church, St. Mary the Crypt, in 91 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,180 Gloucester, England. 92 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:46,700 Number thirteen, George Whitefield, the definitive biography in 93 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:47,980 two volumes. 94 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:53,020 First printing was in England, with Tentmaker Publications. 95 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,400 Second printing in America, with Revival Literature. 96 00:05:58,260 --> 00:06:01,860 J.I. Packer wrote the foreword, and Richard 97 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:04,200 Owen Roberts wrote the preface. 98 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,220 In the foreword, J.I. Packer writes, If 99 00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:10,660 you care about the glory of God in 100 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:14,020 the salvation of souls, you'll find this book 101 00:06:14,020 --> 00:06:14,760 a tonic. 102 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:19,240 By the way, friends, Packer's well-written foreword 103 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,200 is worth the price of the book. 104 00:06:22,620 --> 00:06:27,600 Number fourteen, Azahel Nettleton, Revival Literature. 105 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,280 Azahel Nettleton was the primary figure of the 106 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:37,240 Second Great Awakening, and this definitive biography of 107 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,980 this eminent evangelist was a labor of love 108 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:44,660 as I traveled to over sixty sites and 109 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:49,700 four states where Nettleton's ministry saw glorious revival. 110 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:54,000 The foreword is by John Thornberry, and the 111 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,460 preface by Richard Owen Roberts, who was the 112 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:00,500 main one to encourage me to write this 113 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:02,800 in-depth biography on Nettleton. 114 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:07,180 J.I. Packer wrote in his endorsement of 115 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:22,340 the book, And 116 00:07:22,340 --> 00:07:26,860 may I add, friends, Nettleton, if he had 117 00:07:26,860 --> 00:07:31,130 been alive today, he absolutely would have cringed 118 00:07:31,130 --> 00:07:35,390 at his far-reaching insight and predictions as 119 00:07:35,390 --> 00:07:38,910 to where the methodology of Charles Finney would 120 00:07:38,910 --> 00:07:39,690 take us. 121 00:07:40,130 --> 00:07:42,750 It's a great read for those who care 122 00:07:42,750 --> 00:07:47,850 about evangelism and how New England theology deteriorated 123 00:07:47,850 --> 00:07:49,510 in that time period. 124 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:56,450 Number fifteen, God's Hitchhike Evangelist, the biography of 125 00:07:56,450 --> 00:08:01,270 Rolf Barnard, Revival Literature, foreword by Bob Dume. 126 00:08:01,810 --> 00:08:04,350 I can honestly say that I learned the 127 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:07,730 gospel from listening to hundreds of sermons by 128 00:08:07,730 --> 00:08:12,170 Rolf Barnard, and this biography on his mightily 129 00:08:12,170 --> 00:08:14,990 used life should be read by all preachers 130 00:08:14,990 --> 00:08:17,470 who care about the souls of man. 131 00:08:17,950 --> 00:08:21,490 Barnard saw great revival where his preaching shook 132 00:08:21,490 --> 00:08:22,630 entire communities. 133 00:08:22,630 --> 00:08:26,790 It's an interesting read and an interesting preacher. 134 00:08:28,250 --> 00:08:32,450 Number sixteen, Why God Used Stephen F. 135 00:08:32,610 --> 00:08:37,270 Olford, Union University Press, is a tribute to 136 00:08:37,270 --> 00:08:40,210 Dr. Olford's International Preaching Ministry. 137 00:08:41,070 --> 00:08:43,470 Well, I hope, friends, that you have found 138 00:08:43,470 --> 00:08:46,090 this list helpful and that the spread of 139 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:49,890 Christian literature will be accompanied by your prayers.