Church category: 10276 books
Elephants in the Church
Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Where Are the Truth-Tellers?
Our world is facing serious problems that pose genuine threats to our safety, our economy, our health, and our very survival. Sadly, partisanship and allegiances to special interests are preventing our nation from taking the needed action on such matters.
And where...
Holy Ground
Cathedrals in the twenty-first century
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.
Many—both...
Ancient-Future Worship (Ancient-Future)
Proclaiming and Enacting God's Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
With the many models of worship available, choosing a style to worship God can be a bit overwhelming. Is it better to go with traditional or contemporary models? Christians may find themselves asking how early believers worshiped and whether they can provide insight into how we should praise God today.
Rooted...
by Christopher A. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
Reading Scripture with the Church FathersReading Scriptue with the Church FathersNote: Because this ebook is file is large, please allow a little extra time to download after purchase.
Jesus Never Said to Plant Churches
And other things they never told me about chruch planting
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Church planting is hard. Very hard. No, extremely hard. But no one ever told that to Trinity Jordan when he and his wife set out to plant Elevation Church fifteen miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah. What started with three families and a dog named Carson meeting in a house has now grown into multiple...
American Catholics, American Culture
Tradition and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2004
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators...
Vatican II
Fifty Years of Evolution and Revolution in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Fifty years after the start of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church continues to struggle with the changes the council unleashed. Vernacular masses, dialogues with other faiths, new roles for the laity, and a revolution in how we understand Church –all of these issues continue to spark...
Opus Dei
An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant influence in the Vatican and on the politics of the Catholic Church.
Opus Dei (literally “the...
by Mary Baker Eddy
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Mary Baker Eddy (18211910) was the founder of the Christian Science religion, founding the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879. The Church drew attention by publishing periodicals, led by Eddys writing and publishing the Christian Science Journal and most famously The Christian Science Monitor,...
Christus Victor
An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Atonement
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén (May 15, 1879, Ljungby – December 16, 1977) was the Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, a theologian, and the author of Christus Victor, a work which still exerts considerable influence on contemporary theological thinking on the atonement.Aulén was born...
How to Pick Up a Stripper and Other Acts of Kindness
Serving People Just as They Are
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
The starting and ending points for all outreach have to be love. The most effective way to reach people for Jesus is through kindness outreach—showing God’s love in practical ways. This type of outreach is what Jesus modeled, is culturally relevant, and values people. The goal should be to invite...
John Paul II
The Pope Who Modernised the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of John Paul II in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Pope John Paul II. In 1978, to widespread surprise, the Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected pope of the Roman Catholic...
by W.D. Killen
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
In the interval between the days of the apostles and the conversion of Constantine, the Christian commonwealth changed its aspect. The Bishop of Rome—a personage unknown to the writers of the New Testament— meanwhile rose into prominence, and at length took precedence of all other churchmen. Rites...
Time or Too Late
Chasing the Dream of a Progressive Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
Time or Too Late charts the evolution of the thought of atheist minister, Gretta Vosper, from the launch of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity (CCPC) in 2004 through to her identification as an atheist while continuing to serve as minister for West Hill United Church in 2013. A collection...