Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes (5 vols.)

by Horatius Bonar

Publishers:

J. Nisbet & Co.; Robert Carter & Brothers

, 1870–1883

Overview

Horatius Bonar’s Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes series follows the canonical order of the Bible and traces its thought and message of hope and redemption. Bonar selects major passages from the Bible and provides very practical and personal meditations on each passage, drawing the reader into a deeper and more personal understanding of the Word. Each meditation is immediately applicable and eminently teachable, allowing you to take Bonar’s devotional thoughts on the Bible to your small group or congregation. Study with the insight of Horatius Bonar in a thorough study of the themes and applications of the major Bible passages.

Key Features

• Personal meditations for major passages of Scripture
• Substantial and practical direction that has aided generations of believers
• Classic insight into Scottish Reformed devotional theology

Product Details

• Title: Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Volumes: 5
• Pages: 2,085
• Christian Group: Reformed
• Resource Type: Commentaries
• Topic: Biblical Studies

Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. 1

• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 422

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume one covers the Old Testament in eighty-four chapters.

. . . fresh, felicitous, vivid, all aglow with scriptural light and evangelical unction. Like the Bible they explain and apply, they are ‘profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness.’

—The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review

Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. 2

• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 381

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume two covers the Gospels in eighty-six chapters.

. . . there are in them a rich vein of spirituality and neatness of expression and arrangement which will commend them to devout hearts, which they will abundantly satisfy.

—The British Quarterly Review

Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. 3

• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 431

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume three covers Acts and the larger Epistles in eighty-three chapters.

Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. 4

• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 414

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume four covers the lesser Epistles in eighty-five chapters.

Light and Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. 5

• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1868
• Pages: 437

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The volumes in Bonar’s Light and Truth series comprise of numerous short devotional meditations on different parts of the Bible. Volume five covers Revelation in sixty-five chapters.

About Horatius Bonar

Horatius Bonar was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a family with a long history of ministry in the Church of Scotland. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1838 (where he studied under Dr. Thomas Chalmers), Bonar was ordained and became pastor of the North Parish, Kelso, where he remained for 28 years. He joined the Free Church of Scotland after “the Great Disruption” of 1843, and in 1853 he earned a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Aberdeen. In 1867 he took over ministry duties at Chalmers Memorial Church in Edinburgh, and in 1883 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. A prolific author, he wrote and edited numerous books, biographies, articles, poems, tracts, and over 600 hymns. Horatius Bonar died on May 31, 1889.