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A History of Christian Thought Volume I
From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon
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 first volume introduces the central figures and debates culminating in the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon among which the...
To All Nations From All Nations
A History of the Christian Missionary Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Sharing the Good News might be understood as the prime directive of the Church from its earliest times, but the Church soon discovered unforeseen obstacles and its own set of temptations, including its lust for power and domination. Although the gospel might be joyfully offered, it was not always...
by Justo L. González
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Three Months with the Spirit is popular author Justo Gonzalez study of the Acts of the Apostles. Eminently readable, the study uses the see-judge-act method to bring readers closer to the text and informs and challenges the daily life of the Christian. These thirteen studies can be used for Sunday...
Púlpito
An Introduction to Hispanic Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In this, the only book available that addresses the distinctive issues and character of preaching in the Hispanic congregation, the authors discuss important historical, theoretical, and methodological issues in Hispanic homiletics. Includes ten sermons.
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The Gift of New Hope [Large Print]
Scriptures for the Church Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
The Gift of New Hope, originally published in 2015, invites readers to explore their yearning for God's presence through a study of the lectionary Bible readings for Advent and Christmas. Each week's Scriptures call us to praise God as we actively await the coming of Christ and prepare our hearts...
A Sense of the Heart
Christian Religious Experience in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
For many people, knowing about God is not enough; they also want to feel God’s presence. Whether like St. Paul’s experience on the road to Damascus or like Wesley’s “strangely warmed heart,” people believe that nothing can substitute for religious experience. Even today, people go to church...
The Sermons of John Wesley
A Collection for the Christian Journey
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
With an eye on serious Christian development, Kenneth Collins and Jason Vickers have arranged this collection of the sermons of John Wesley in terms of the way of salvation in general and the "ordo salutis" in particular. This book contains the sermons that John Wesley approved, in addition...
Way of Life Leader Guide
A Study Based on the The Great Spiritual Migration
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The study Way of Life will help groups approach and engage the spiritual, theological, and missional proposals in Brian McLaren’s book The Great Spiritual Migration. The Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the four-week study including session plans and discussion questions, scripture, prayer, opening activities as well as multiple format options.
Liberia Will Rise Again
Reflections on the Liberian Civil Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
For seven years, Liberia was involved in a civil war that cost the lives of more than 200,000 people. That war ended on January 31, 1997. Liberia Will Rise Again outlines the causes of the war, interprets the present situation, and offers suggestions for the future. KEY BENEFITS: * Provides a better...
Exclusion & Embrace
A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find...
Introduction to World Religions
Communities and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
With an emphaisis on communities of faith, this accessible book will introduce students to the classic texts, important events, key figures, defining rituals, essential creeds and symbols of world religions.
Contents:
Introduction by William Scott Green
Judaism
A....
American Dream 2.0
A Christian Way Out of the Great Recession
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The promise of America has always been creative potential: enterprise, industry, optimism, idealism, and hope. This promise, known since the beginning of the New World and named since the Great Depression as the “American Dream”, is what makes immigrants cry at the base of the Statue of Liberty....
Liberating Black Church History
Making It Plain
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
No serious scholar in biblical studies today can introduce students to his or her field without taking into account the contributions of African American scholarship. The long traditions of biblical interpretation in the Black Church, and the innovative research and writing performed by African American...
by Linda Ranson Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
To grow and remain vital, churches need to attract families. But the cultural landscape has changed and any church may have two-parent families with children, blended families, boomerang families, adult children of divorce and their families or lack of families, single adults whose family is the...