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Ancient Christian Worship
Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church
This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in...
Personal Jesus (Engaging Culture)
How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Pop music is now an ever-present force shaping citizens in the West. Even at funerals, pop music is often requested over hymns. But how does popular music work? And what roles does it play for listeners who engage it? This new addition to the critically acclaimed Engaging Culture series explores the...
by Edith Schaeffer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
All the moving, changing shapes of a family are shown in Edith Schaeffer's imaginative reflections on infancy to grandmotherhood. She gives readers great ideas on how to support their family members and make moments memorable.
Girl Defined
God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
In a Culture of Distortions, Discover God-Defined Womanhood and Beauty
In a culture where airbrushed models and career-driven women define beauty and success, it's no wonder we have a distorted view of femininity. Our impossible standards place an incredible burden of stress on the backs of...
Liturgy as a Way of Life (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
How do the arts inform and cultivate our service to God? In this addition to an award-winning series, distinguished philosopher Bruce Ellis Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic. Rather than viewing art as practiced by the few, he recovers the ancient Christian idea of presenting ourselves...
Crescendos and Diminuendos
Meditations for Musicians and Music Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
This unique devotional is written expressly with the musically inclined in mind. Each of the fifty-two devotions is titled with a musical term, such as "Allegro" or "D. S. Al Fine," using that term to form the content. After a definition of the term, author Jack Coleman offers...
The New Worship
Straight Talk on Music and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Shows pastors how to balance new worship ideas with the traditional while focusing on the purpose of praise and fellowship.
Not Who I Imagined
Surprised by a Loving God
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
From our earliest days we long for love and acceptance. First from our parents, then from peers, and eventually from romantic interests. We look into their faces, searching for a smile, a look that says, I love you exactly as you are. Don't change. We long for the same gracious acceptance from God....
Reading a Different Story (Turning South: Christian Scholars in an Age of World Christianity)
A Christian Scholar's Journey from America to Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, a noted Christian literary scholar recounts how her focus has shifted from American to African literature.
Susan VanZanten began her career working on nineteenth-century...
The Complete Works of Matthew Henry
Treatises, Sermons, and Tracts
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
This comprehensive collection of Matthew Henry's sermons, treatises, and tracts covers such wide-ranging subjects as baptism, the Lord's Supper, religion in the home, prayer, catechism, Christian love and charity, and more.
365 Moments of Peace for a Woman's Heart
Reflections on God's Gifts of Love, Hope, and Comfort
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Refresh and Restore Your Soul
365 Moments of Peace for a Woman's Heart offers inspiring psalms and meditations to calm and comfort you throughout your day. In these pages you'll . . .
· rest in the loving presence of your God
· find a haven from the pressures of daily life
· learn...
True You
Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Many of us are bent on producing and achieving, striving and hustling for our self-worth. Beneath this relentless drive churns a deep yearning to uncover our true selves and our purpose in this world. Gardeners familiar with the technique called "pruning open" know that the secret to healthy...
ReGrace
What the Shocking Beliefs of the Great Christians Can Teach Us Today
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
The church is tired of seeing Christians act ungraciously toward one another when they disagree. Social media has added to the carnage. Christians routinely block each other on Facebook because of doctrinal disagreements. The world watches the blood-letting, and the Christian witness is tarnished.
But...
Happiness Is a Choice
New Ways to Enhance Joy and Meaning in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Whether depression is felt mildly or acutely, temporarily or persistently, it strikes just about everyone at some point. Drs. Minirth and Meier believe, however, that the emotional pain of depression can be overcome and avoided. Drawing from their professional training, counseling experience, and...