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The Committed Self

“Victor A. Shepherd has written a superb volume, the immense value of which lies in its deft combination of scholarly insight and pastoral wisdom. For any Christian who is interested in the vast significance of Existentialism, as it relates directly to the life and theology of the church, this book is not to be missed.”

–Marcus Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Moody Bible Institute.

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Witnesses to the Word

Fifty Profiles of Faithful Servants
Victor A. Shepherd
Clements Publishing Format: Softcover
ISBN: 189466700X

There is no better way to escape the prejudices and blindspots of the church today than to study the lives of faithful Christians who have gone before us. In Witnesses to the Word, Victor Shepherd introduces fifty faithful servants of Jesus Christ. Some, like Dietrich Bonhoeffer—executed by Adolf Hitler—have given up their very lives for the sake of the gospel. Others such as C. S. Lewis and Soren Kierkegaard have laboured for the sake of the gospel in the academic, political and literary world. Still others such as St. Francis of Assisi have much to teach us what it means to renounce our wealth and serve the poor.

REVIEW “As you get a glimpse of these real people living out their faith, you will thank God for Victor Shepherd and the years of work and prayer that make possible this valuable resource. I gladly commend it to growing Christians everywhere.” Gary R. Walsh, President, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

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Interpreting Martin Luther: An Introduction to His Life and Thought

Victor Shepherd
Regent College Publishing (September 2008)
Format: Softcover (348 pages)

In this book Victor Shepherd provides a helpful and balanced introduction to the life of Martin Luther and his theological legacy. After setting the historical stage of the Reformation, Victor Shepherd traces Luther’s theological development and explores central concepts in his thought, including both the strengths and weaknesses of this theology.

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Our Evangelical Faith

Victor Shepherd
Published by Clements Publishing (2006)
Format: Softcover (79 pages)
ISBN: 1894667840

In recent years “Evangelical Christians” have come to occupy a more prominent role in North american society. But what is an Evangelical Christian? How does the movement define itself? what is the relationship between Evangelicalism and catholicism? In this book Professor Victor Shepherd offers a concise and helpful introduction to the core ideas and beliefs that have historically defined this movement. He then explains the seven doctrinal affirmation that unite evangelicals worldwide.

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Do You Love Me?

And Other Questions Jesus Asks
Victor Shepherd
Published by Clements Publishing (2007)
Format: Softcover (132 pgs)
ISBN: 1894667697

Many of us have questions about Jesus, but did you know that Jesus has questions for us? Indeed, as Victor Shepherd points out in this book, Jesus spent much of his ministry on earth asking his disciples questions rather than answering the questions on their agenda. Instead, he used questions as a way of reshaping and redirecting his disciples towards the Truth. This is not to say that Jesus dismisses our questions as trite. Yet because our hearts are corrupt, we are often asking the wrong questions. In this book, Victor Shepherd reflects on twelve important questions that Jesus asked, challenging us to reflect on the significance of these questions for us today and bringing these truths to bear upon our everyday lives.

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Nature and Function of Faith in the Theology of John Calvin

Victor Shepherd
published by Regent Publishing (2004)
Format: Softcover (260 pgs)
ISBN: 1573833282

John Calvin insisted that all that Jesus Christ has done for us ³benefits us² only as we ³put on² Christ in faith. Union with Christ (the heart of Calvin¹s theology) occurs only as the One who has embraced us in grace finds us embracing him in faith. This book explores the nature and significance of faith at every point in the Christian life: faith¹s inception, its development, its weakness, its forever needing to be strengthened through the ministry of the church and guided by the law of God. In so doing this book also relates Calvin¹s doctrine of faith to the major doctrines that constitute the ³building blocks² of the Christian faith: justification, sanctification, predestination, the ³third use of the law,² the church, the ordained ministry (especially preaching) and the sacraments.

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Ponder and Pray

Seven Weeks of Meditations and Prayers for Personal Enrichment
Victor A. Shepherd
Published by Clements Publishing (2002)
Format: Softcover (154 pgs)
ISBN: 1894667034

It’s not enough to tell aspiring Christians they should pray, says Victor Shepherd. They need help; in a sense their prayers need rails to run on. “That’s why,” he writes, “I spent as much time preparing the prayers in this volume as I did working up the meditations.” The meditations and the prayers contained in this volume are biblical, thought-provoking and relevant. Appropriate for any season during the year, Ponder and Pray is a helpful devotional resource for those looking to deepen their prayer lives and feed on God’s Word.

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Seasons of Grace

Thirty Sermons: Pathways from Wilderness to Wonder
Victor A. Shepherd
Clements Publishing 248 pgs
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 1894667018

Everyone faces spiritual wilderness at some point in life: Transitions in life, vocational confusion, physical illness or loss of a loved one — these and many other factors can drive us to a place where God seems distant or irrelevant. Those who wander through such difficult times without clear direction often find themselves spiraling down into a mess of doubt, self accusation, or depression. In Seasons of Grace Victor Shepherd shows us how to embrace the God of the Bible, who draws near to us in the midst of our inescapable wilderness and creates paths to life where none existed before.

REVIEW “Dr. Shepherd never pretends we can explain our lives by looking inward. Rather… we are directed to look outward — to the One who keeps us. This is not a trendy pop psychology ‘wanna be’ bestseller, but rather a book that speaks a much more profound, useful and timeless truth.” — David Clarkson, M.D.

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