Abilene Christian University Press: 54 books
Evangelicals in Public Policy
Sustaining a Respectful Political Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Six politically diverse evangelical Christians model a better way to do politics: respectful conversation about twelve public policy issues that uncover common ground and illuminate remaining disagreements. Current political discourse is broken, characterized by nasty sound bytes, demonizing the opposition,...
Renewing God's People, 2nd Ed.
A Concise History of Churches of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
From the Preface:
"Did Churches of Christ really begin as a unity movement? Why didn't I know that?"
"You mean we used to be called Disciples of Christ? I thought that was just another denomination."
"Churches of Christ today believe and practice the same...
by Jack P. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Acclaimed scholar and professor Jack Lewis narrates the lives and contributions of a number of nineteenth-century explorers of Bible lands whose work set the stage for modern biblical archaeology. Here are the stories of John Lewis Burckhardt, William Francis Lynch, James T. Barclay, Selah Merrill, and...
Reclaiming a Heritage, Updated and Expanded Edition
Reflections on the Heart, Soul, and Future of Churches of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Can Churches of Christ Be Saved?
At the turn of the millennium, Reclaiming a Heritage, a small book with a powerful message, examined the future and changing identity of Churches of Christ, exploring the rich biblical resources that once anchored this tradition and could anchor it still. However,...
After Lament
Psalms for Learning to Trust Again
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Just as the Book of Psalms provides the words we need for lament (expressing our grief and hurt to God), the Psalter also provides the guidance and language we need for negotiating the time after lament (learning to trust and give thanks). Nearly half of the psalms in the Book of Psalms are “laments,”...
by David Fleer, Dave Bland
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The context for this book is rooted in the life of the local church. We desire to integrate biblical scholarship and homiletical theory with the task of preaching Luke/Acts. Our prayer is that the responsible integration of these resources will increase the ability of the Holy Spirit to empower preachers...
by David Fleer, Dave Bland
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
In short, we hope that this volume will provide an appropriate model for the hungry preacher and hopeful congregation who search for the passionate realities found within the worlds revealed in Scripture...The worlds of the Bible are the places where we are understood for our true selves, where we...
Enter the Water, Come to the Table
Baptism and Lord’s Supper in the Bible’s Story of New Creation
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
A rich resource for renewing the practice of the sacraments in a way that encourages faithful discipleship in a hostile cultural environment.As evangelicals and other Christians continue the renewal and deepening of their practice of the sacraments, Enter the Water, Come to the Table provides an accessible...
Reviving the Ancient Faith
The Story of Churches of Christ in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
A history of the churches of Christ in America with emphasis on who they are and why. Fourteen chapters with pictures of Restoration leaders from both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Fight is on in Texas, The
A History of African American Churches of Christ in the Lone Star State, 1865-2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
This groundbreaking work draws upon congregational histories and other primary sources to chronicle for the first time the story of African American Churches of Christ in Texas. Emerging out of the nineteenth-century Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, the African American churches inherited from...
Among the Early Evangelicals
The Transatlantic Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Though many of its early leaders were immigrants, most histories of the Stone-Campbell Movement have focused on the unique, American-only message of the Movement. Typically, the story tells the efforts of Christians seeking to restore New Testament Christianity or to promote unity and cooperation...
Fanning the Flame
Reigniting Your Faith in God
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Join this pilgrimage to reignite your spiritual lamp with a fresh, empowering faith—a faith that will stand through a time of testing.
In a time of increasing wickedness in the world, believers are examining their own spiritual health and walk with God. Some of us who once burned brightly...
Re\entry
How Pain, Roots, and Rhythm Guide Us from Darkness to Light
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
How do you survive lengthy seasons of darkness?
As vital as the message of entry is to the Christian faith, many Christians are also desperate for a message of reentry after many seasons of doubt, confusion, bondage to the past, severed relationships, loss, depression, and stress. From places...
Identity Matters
Discovering Who You Are in Christ
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Experience the unshakeable certainty of your inheritance in Christ and the wonder of being a child of God.
Our understanding of our identity matters. It is the foundation of well-being, self-esteem, and self worth, which directly influences our quest for purpose and significance in life. Unfortunately,...