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Voices for Good Friday
Worship Services with Dramatic Monologues Based on the Gospels
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
These interpretive, dramatic monologues give voice to selected minor characters from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Presented in a reproducible, copy-friendly format, the monologues provide a creative way to present Good Friday/Tenebrae services and to tell the gospel story of Jesus Christ.
The...
by Rebekah L. Miles
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
When a loved one dies, you don’t get over it, but you can move on.
The bad news is that we never fully “get over” the loss of those we hold most dear; we bear those scars to the grave. The good news is that God is at work in us turning our loss and pain into something beautiful. God...
And You Welcomed Me
A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This volume provides an anthology of about 40 primary source documents that describe the work of religious communities that took care of pilgrims and the sick in the late antique and early medieval world. The project identifies letters, diary accounts, instructions, sermons, travelogues, and community...
by William H. Willimon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
One of today’s greatest preacher-theologians engages one of the twentieth century's greatest teacher-theologians on the meaning of preaching.
Readers of William H. Willimon’s many books have long found there the influence of Karl Barth, probably the most significant theologian of the twentieth...
by Eberhard Busch
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
According to Eberhard Busch, Karl Barth's theology is "characterized by being...in constant movement and transformation." And a Christian's path is marked by self-correction in order to learn how to live out the same thing again and again in a better and more appropriate way. Likewise the church, like her God, is always on the move.
The Celtic Way of Evangelism, Tenth Anniversary Edition
How Christianity Can Reach the West . . .Again
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Celtic Christianity–the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages– has gained a great deal of attention lately. George G. Hunter III points out that while the attention paid to the Celtic Christians is well deserved, much of it fails to recognize...
Methodist Doctrine
The Essentials, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In this concise, accessible book, Dr. Ted Campbell provides a brief summary of the major doctrines shared in the Wesley family of denominations. Writing in concise and straightforward language, Campbell organizes the material into systematic categories: doctrine of revelation, doctrine of God, doctrine...
John Wesley
A Preaching Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
That John Wesley was not a systematic theologian is a point frequently made. Yet if that be the case, what kind of theologian was he? To look at his literary output over the course of his long life and ministry is to recognize the central role that sermons played. Thus, claims Michael Paquarello,...
Christian Ethics
An Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
In this excellent outline of Christian ethics, Robin W. Lovin achieves a balance between the questions and issues which form the core of the study of ethics and the life situations from which those questions arise.
Eschewing a sectarian approach which dismisses other understandings of the moral...
Sacred Resistance
A Practical Guide to Christian Witness and Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In the midst of polarized communities and nations, religious leaders across the theological spectrum are seeking help with how to respond and lead in troubled times. The need for courage to speak out and act is ever-present, because every generation faces a new set of fears and troubles.
Author...
Holy Nomad
The Rugged Road to Joy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
We drown ourselves with monotony, possessions, and obligations. However, from Abraham to Jesus, the essence of faith is found in the idea that we are moving, changing, progressing as a people, and if we are faithful to this process, then we will be moving the world toward the Kingdom of God—living...
A History of Christian Thought Volume III
From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
A treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the great flowering of Christianity across the world. The final volume begins with the towering theological leaders of the Protestant Reformation and traces the development of Christian...
Not a Silent Night
Mary Looks Back to Bethlehem
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Imagine Jesus from Mary’s point of view—proud of her son, in awe of his gifts and mission, guided by love for him as a person and so much more. In this book, Adam Hamilton begins at the end, with Mary at the crucifixion and resurrection; travels back in time as she witnesses his life and ministry;...
The Journey: A Season of Reflections
Walking the Road to Bethlehem
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Take a Christmas break and sit down with pastor and best-selling author Adam Hamilton as he guides you through a four-week devotional based on the most joyous event in history. Created for individual use or as a companion to the primary book, The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem, you’ll find...