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Searching Her Own Mystery
Nostra Aetate, the Jewish People, and the Identity of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Vatican II's Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) transformed the Catholic view of the Jewish people and the Jewish religious tradition. Asserting that the Church discovers her link to the "stock of Abraham" when "searching her own mystery,"...
Jesus, the New Adam
Humanity’s Steadfast Hope
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This book retells the narrative of Christ's redemptive journey by looking at some of the Gospel's underlying assumptions and showing how they are both reasonable and credible. For Christians, faith is not contrary to reason, but presupposes and even builds on it. This faith asks us to put aside whatever...
What to Expect in Reformed Worship, Second Edition
A Visitor’s Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Worship the Lord. Too many churches assume that those in their pews and those who pass through their doors know what worship is and why the Lord commands it. The purpose of this booklet, then, is to educate and acquaint members of Reformed churches but most of all those who inquire within their walls,...
The Nursery of the Holy Spirit
Welcoming Children in Worship
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Public worship is the nursery of the Holy Spirit. As you enter the sanctuary, you notice them at once. Then, as you take your seat next to a family, they are right there beside you. Throughout the ensuing service, you see them--and hear them. The presence of children in public worship is not only...
The Facilitator Era
Beyond Pioneer Church Multiplication
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Some time ago, Ralph Winter brilliantly identified three eras of modern missions: Era 1: William Carey focused on the coastlands; Era 2: Hudson Taylor focused on the inlands; Era 3: Donald McGavran and Cameron Townsend focused on unreached peoples. With all the fast and furious changes swirling around...
by Ted A. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Many Christians today do not have the confidence to state the most important, commonly held beliefs and practices of historic Christian communities. The appearance of large-scale and fundamental inconsistencies between Christian groups remains an obstacle to Christian commitment for persons outside...
by Philippe Routier
Language: French
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Juliette, une jeune femme en mal d’enfant, rencontre un petit garçon, Thomas, abandonné dans un jardin public. Il ignore qu’il vient de perdre tragiquement ses parents. Lui cachant la vérité, elle décide de le garder auprès d’elle, hors d’atteinte des recherches de police. Rapidement...
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Tome 1
John Nevin’s Writings on Ecclesiology (1844–1849)
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
The mid-nineteenth century is a gold mine for contemporary scholars interested in American Protestant ecclesiology. There one will find the extensive writings of John Nevin who came to the notice of the theological world with The Anxious Bench, a critique of the "quackery" of Protestant...
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Tome 2
John Nevin’s Writings on Ecclesiology (1851–1858)
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
John Nevin's vision of the church as "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" grew out of his critique of the revivalism and sectarianism that prevailed throughout evangelical Christianity in the nineteenth century. He deepens his perception of catholicity as an expression of Christian wholeness,...
The Mystical Presence
And The Doctrine of the Reformed Church on the Lord's Supper
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
The Mystical Presence (1846), John Williamson Nevin's magnum opus, was an attempt to combat the sectarianism and subjectivism of nineteenth-century American religion by recovering the robust sacramental and incarnational theology of the Protestant Reformation, enriched with the categories of German...
Gospel Overtures
The Message of the Christmas Stories in Matthew and Luke
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Christmas is a charming and memorable season for children, and it is perfectly reasonable for well-informed adults to enjoy cribs, candles, carols, decorated trees, presents, and family feasts. It is not possible, however, to be a well-informed adult believer without adding to the value of the Christmas...
The Stations of the Cross
Photographs and Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
With simple narrative and lovely pictures, this inspiring devotional resource follows Christ on his final journey to the cross. Through it, the ancient rite of the stations finds a post-modern expression that is both fresh and poignant. Supplemented with Scriptural texts, this accessible set of devotions...
by Owen F. Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Many people think of prayer and worship in terms that are too narrow. Sometimes they also entertain presuppositions about prayer and worship that need to be expanded and critiqued and challenged to make them more mature and informed. This book seeks to address these issues. It is an invitation to...
by Owen F. Cummings, Andrew C. Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
The last decade or so has seen many books from what might be called the new atheists. One thinks, for example, of Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens. They have captured the interest of the general reading public and have sold well. Often, however, they have loaded the dice against Christian belief...