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Beyond Indulgences
Luther’s Reform of Late Medieval Piety, 15181520
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Between Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, prayer,...
Jesus the Rabbi Prophet
A New Light on the Gospel Message
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Restores the historical context of the gospels and the Jewish nature of the message of Christ
• Uses the latest historical findings to explore the life of Jesus in its true historical setting
• Shows that Jesus was a Jewish teacher who sought to restore dignity to the ostracized...
True Faith in the True God
An Introduction to Luther's Life and Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Most biographers of Luther are faced with a choice—focus on Luther’s life or focus on his thought. The choice, though real, is false. Luther’s thought was inextricably bound up with his life. In this short, engaging volume, Hans Schwarz succeeds in blending the two—creating a volume that introduces...
Generation Rising
A Future with Hope for The United Methodist Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Computers, mass media, consumerism, and family instability have transformed our society dramatically over the past three decades. These cultural shifts undermine the stability of real, authentic community and make it more difficult to fulfill God’s call to live in love and connection to one another....
A Patristic Treasury
Early Church Wisdom for Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
The writings of the Church Fathers constitute the "first story" of the Christian faith, built upon its apostolic foundation. Patristic scholar James Payton makes the Fathers more accessible by selecting passages that are easily applicable to the average Christian’s life. With his help, we can all find stimulation, comfort, challenge, and inspiration in the Church Fathers.
The Ministry of the Word, Vol. 2, No 6
Migration in God's Move (3) & Being Constituted with and Propagating the Divine Revelation in the Lord's Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
In this issue of The Ministry, we include the third of a series of messages which Brother Lee spoke concerning migration in Los Angeles in 1969. The purpose, goal, and aim of our migrations is to spread the Lord’s recovery in a full way with all the items and all the aspects of what Christ is to...
Saving Power
The Mission of God and the Anglican Communion
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
In this timely work, Michael Doe shows the rightful position of mission as the lifeblood of the Church, and shows how our understanding of it as Christians is crucial for what we present to the wider world. He considers the Anglican roots within the nature of mission, current tensions in the Church...
by David W Shenk
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Islam and Christianity seem to be at opposite and unbridgeable poles, both committed to world mission. Given the political tension and violent acts that sometimes surround these two major world religions, it is essential for both sides to understand the otherits history, beliefs, traditions, and vision...
by Casimir F. Durand
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This book presents the theological thought of Bishop Casimir F. Durand who has served as priest under Bishop Rene Vilatte and succeeded him as Ordinary of the Christian (Old) Catholic Church. He also knew Bishops Frederick Lloyd and Daniel Hinton when they were leaders of the American Catholic Church...
Faith in Real Life
Creating Community in the Park, Coffee Shop, and Living Room
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
An effective new voice in the contemporary church movement shares important lessons from his failures and successes in building a community that reaches out with maximum impact within an emerging culture. Over the past decade Mike Tatlock has been on a journey to examine the life of Jesus with a view...
The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque
Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some Western countries over policies toward minority Muslim communities--a historical fact has gone unnoticed: for more than four hundred years beginning in the mid-seventh century, some...
Shaping of Things to Come, The
Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In a time when the need for and the relevance of the Gospel has seldom been greater, the relevance of the church has seldom been less. The Shaping of Things to Come explores why the church needs to rebuild itself from the bottom up. Frost and Hirsch present a clear understanding of how the church...
by Karene Taylor-Thorne
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Christians are not aware that they are great consumers of material goods due to the evil influence of Satan. They are very competitive, require status symbols, and are influenced by the media also. They are not aware of their behavior because the evil influence seeks to keep them blind to spiritual things, keeping one foot in the world and one in the church.
by James L. Killen, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
An introduction to pastoral care for pastors of small membership churches.
“If you spend your whole life serving small membership churches and doing it well, yours will have been a life well spent.” Small membership churches have a real advantage when it comes to incorporating people into a...