General Christianity category: 9124 books

The office of bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States has long begged attention from historians. Yankee Bishops: Apostles in the New Republic, 1783 to 1873 is the first collective examination of the American episcopate and offers critical insight into the theory and practice of episcopal...

Do the cares of the world stifle your creative thought? Would you like to set your feet on higher ground? A collection of short meditations, Reflections on Living Water will give you something positive and uplifting to contemplate. Each meditation takes a general theme, such as FAITH, BLESSINGS, SPIRITUAL...

Religion & Spirituality - The “Covenants of the Bible” describes the partnerships between God and man. Throughout the over 6,000 years of human existence, God has been faithful to His promises; man has not! A good many practicing Christians are unfamiliar with all of the biblical covenants...

Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the development of many practical activities, including education - both general and special - agriculture,...

Although educated and trained for a career in the clergy, Samuel Butler began to harbor serious doubts about his vocation and Christian morals in general at an early age. Although he addressed these issues in earnest debate with his colleagues and family members, Butler's confusion only worsened over...

For a variety of reasons, recent literature that focuses on the rationality of belief in God and the viability of the Christian worldview fails to stimulate critical thinking in the general population of believers. Nietzsche Was Probably Right succeeds where many of these other works miss the mark....

This book reveals the spiritual meaning of the Apocalypse, or the book of Revelation, which concerns the end times of the Christian Church when there is a falling away from the true faith. All six volumes of the original edition have been combined into this single work. Highly symbolic, the book...

St. Alexander of Alexandria: Patriarch of Alexandria, date of birth uncertain; died 17 April, 326. He is, apart from his own greatness, prominent by the fact that his appointment to the patriarchial see excluded the heresiarch Arius from that post. Arius had begun to teach his heresies in 300 when...

William Perkins (1558-1602) was an extremely popular puritan in his day, a scholar, and a faithful preacher of God’s word. Have you ever wished for something more than the current job you are in? You believe that God has something more for you, but you just cannot place your finger on what that would...

One subject that is seldom discussed in churches these days is the reality of Hell. However, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ suffered agony and died for our sins in order to keep us from a literal, eternal furnace of fire called Hell (Mark 9:43-49, Luke 16:23), and its corresponding Lake of Fire...

“One in Christ” is a series of six Bible Studies prepared by Derek Thompson. The title is taken from Galatians 3:28. The studies are aimed at showing that church unity is very much the teaching of Scripture. Also included are two articles by Raymond Williamson to assist group leaders in understanding...

This volume addresses a theme of special significance for Byzantine studies. Byzantium has traditionally been deemed a civilisation which deferred to authority and set special store by orthodoxy, canon and proper order. Since 1982 when the distinguished Russian Byzantinist Alexander Kazhdan wrote...

Stepping Into Your Greatness is a book that addresses the limitations to human advancement in life and how to overcome. Every person has an individual grace ordained by God. There is greatness in every human being because God has deposited in us something unique. There are unique abilities and skills...

In 2008 a media firestorm erupted when snippets of Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr.’s sermons were picked up by media outlets around the world. At that time presidential candidate Barack Obama was a member of Wright’s church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Wright’s words were frequently...