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The Meaning of PurJoy

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Better than 10 years ago, we chose to call our bookstore, "PurJoy Bookshoppe." "PurJoy" has a double meaning: 1) It's an abbreviation of "Puritan joy." We are committed to stocking our inventory with as many classic Puritan titles as possible to encourage the joy of the Lord in all Believers. 2) "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds" James 1:2 NIV 1984. We live in an age when true Christianity is under attack, and we deeply desire to help others stand firm for Christ by providing books that encourage the soul.

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Give Yourself unto Reading

Thursday, August 27, 2020

"Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read."

—Charles Spurgeon

The Importance of Meditation

Thursday, July 30, 2020

"It is not he who reads most—but he who meditates most, who will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian." Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

One Holy Passion by R.C. Sproul

Monday, May 18, 2020

"He is here with us and all that He is is with us." R.C. Sproul, One Holy Passion, (Thomas Nelson: Nashville, TN, 1987) p. 37.

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Thomas Watson's 1692 "A Body of Practical Divinity" now available

Monday, November 13, 2017

Rare 1692 First Edition of "A Body of Practical Divinity, Consisting of above One Hundred Seventy Six Sermons on the Lesser Catechism Composed by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster" is available in our inventory.

Even Ants Love to Read Books!

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Books may have become less fashionable for people, but our little neighbors underground know what's important! You rarely see them go anywhere without book in jaw.

The raison d'être for PurJoy Bookshop

Monday, May 25, 2015

I just ran across this article by Tim Keller, http://www.ccef.org/puritan-resources-biblical-counseling and realized that it embodies one of the reasons why we want to further promote our bookshop: www.purjoy.com The article is kinda long, but I hope you are blessed by it, (and better understand the raison d'être for the PurJoy Bookshop).

In Christ, Rick

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