Approaching the Throne of God: Confessions of Sin and Assurances of Pardon from Derek W. H. Thomas

by Derek W. H. Thomas

Publisher:

Christian Focus

, 2025

Overview

These prayers, written by a pastor for his beloved congregation, remind us of our need for repentance and assure us from Scripture of God’s abounding love.

Derek Thomas served First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina as Minister of Preaching and Teaching from 2011, and subsequently as Senior Minister from 2013 until his retirement in 2023. Approaching the Throne of God exemplifies how he reflected God’s love for his congregation, expressed in these prayers of confession and assurances of pardon, a crucial part of a Sunday service.

Thomas gives voice to our deepest need for forgiveness and assurance. These prayers display our need and bring a fresh taste of God’s pardoning love. Discover afresh that God’s grace is all-sufficient. Be reminded that in Jesus Christ the heavenly Father has given us a loving Savior, and by his Spirit reassures us that there is forgiveness. This new collection includes a foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson and an afterword by Dale Ralph Davis.

It will be an invaluable addition to an individual’s daily devotion, or for pastors to use with their own congregations.

Key Features

• Exemplifies how he reflected God’s love for his congregation.
• Gives voice to our deepest need for forgiveness and assurance.
• Discovers afresh that God’s grace is all–sufficient.

Praise for Approaching the Throne of God

These are beautiful prayers framed by Scripture, helping us to pray with understanding and depth, to grasp the gravity of our sin, and to marvel at the wonder and joy of forgiveness.

--Paul Levy, Minister, International Presbyterian Church, Ealing, London

Distinguished pastor–theologian Derek Thomas offers us beautiful and thoughtful expressions of confessing our sins and of being refreshed and renewed by the ever–flowing streams of God’s mercy.

--Stephen J. Nichols, President, Reformation Bible College, Sanford, Florida; author, ‘Track: A Student’s Guide to Apologetics’

Product Details

• Title: Approaching the Throne of God: Confessions of Sin and Assurances of Pardon from Derek W. H. Thomas
• Author: Derek W. H. Thomas
• Publisher: Christian Focus
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Confessions; Assurances of Pardon
• ISBNs: 9781527112865, 1527112861
• Resource ID: LLS:PPRCHNGTHRNTHMS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-11T22:43:38Z

About Derek W. H. Thomas

Derek W.H. Thomas, a native of Wales, is the Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology and also serves as Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Columbia, South Carolina. He previously served as the Chairman of the Theology Department at Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson), the Minister of Teaching at First Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Jackson, Mississippi, and the Robert Strong Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (Atlanta). He is also a Teaching Fellow with Ligonier Ministries and Dean of their D.Min. Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Wales, a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson), and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wales (Lampeter). He was ordained in the Evangelical Church of Ireland, and served Stranmillis Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Belfast for 17 years before moving to the United States. He has published more than twenty books and contributed to many others.

He and his wife, Rosemary, have two grown children and two grandchildren, two dogs named Luther and Gracie-Spangles, and a somewhat dysfunctional cat named Chloe. He is passionate about classical music and opera.