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Boundlessly Good: God's motive for all that He does
A refreshed version of Stephen Charnock's classic work on the character of God, Boundlessly Good explores the attribute of God's goodness. Boundlessly Good examines God's goodness manifested in Scripture and the story of redemption, creation, and daily providence.
A note from the editors on editing “How can a lay reader get the most out of Charnock?” This question governed our approach to this Boundlessly God series. How could one of the best theological works on God’s character slip into the reading diet of everyday Christians?
From an editorial point of view, tackling Charnock’s Discourses was a formidable climb, strewn with Elizabethan language landmines and complex Puritan theology. A stirring work that could ring off the walls of some grand 17th-century church as a sermon needed to be converted into a book that a college student or a secretary on her commute could pick up and read. In editing Discourses, our goal was to preserve as much of Charnock’s passion, insight, and exhaustive exposition and discussion as possible and still render him readable for an educated, twenty-first century lay audience.
We took on the role of literary polishing up the gold that was already there. We broke up giant walls of text, shortened sentences, removed passive voice, imposed chapter and section hierarchies, and mopped up complex grammar and punctuation. A lot of rhetorical questions underwent a declarative restructuring.
We worked to preserve much of Charnock’s original wording, imagery, and sequence of argument. Scripture references that were formerly in the Old King James translation were rewritten in the English Standard Version. We capitalized pronouns that referenced the Godhead, and updated words that carried now-obsolete meanings or connotations.
Even though the wording may have been modernized, the robust, deep thoughts originally produced by Charnock have been preserved. When you read this, you are essentially "reading Charnock"".
A note from the Our primary goal in this initiative is to give people a more solid foundation for genuine faith. As the original work is in the public domain, any profits from this initiative will go to missions work, preferably in remote places of the world.
A note from the editors on editing “How can a lay reader get the most out of Charnock?” This question governed our approach to this Boundlessly God series. How could one of the best theological works on God’s character slip into the reading diet of everyday Christians?
From an editorial point of view, tackling Charnock’s Discourses was a formidable climb, strewn with Elizabethan language landmines and complex Puritan theology. A stirring work that could ring off the walls of some grand 17th-century church as a sermon needed to be converted into a book that a college student or a secretary on her commute could pick up and read. In editing Discourses, our goal was to preserve as much of Charnock’s passion, insight, and exhaustive exposition and discussion as possible and still render him readable for an educated, twenty-first century lay audience.
We took on the role of literary polishing up the gold that was already there. We broke up giant walls of text, shortened sentences, removed passive voice, imposed chapter and section hierarchies, and mopped up complex grammar and punctuation. A lot of rhetorical questions underwent a declarative restructuring.
We worked to preserve much of Charnock’s original wording, imagery, and sequence of argument. Scripture references that were formerly in the Old King James translation were rewritten in the English Standard Version. We capitalized pronouns that referenced the Godhead, and updated words that carried now-obsolete meanings or connotations.
Even though the wording may have been modernized, the robust, deep thoughts originally produced by Charnock have been preserved. When you read this, you are essentially "reading Charnock"".
A note from the Our primary goal in this initiative is to give people a more solid foundation for genuine faith. As the original work is in the public domain, any profits from this initiative will go to missions work, preferably in remote places of the world.
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269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2017
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Stephen Charnock
214 books39 followersStephen Charnock (1628–1680), Puritan divine, was an English Puritan Presbyterian clergyman born at the St Katherine Cree parish of London.
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April 5, 2024
“How God values the title of Benefactor above the title of Lord! His sovereignty seems to stoop low as that His goodness might be elevated, and God is pleased to have His kindness more noticed than His authority.”
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