Stock: 2588 books
by François Mauriac
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1984
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1984
Dans ce recueil, écrit vers 1910, François Mauriac jeune homme se penche sur son enfance et son adolescence pour leur dire adieu, car c’est sans doute à ce prix qu’on devient un adulte. Mais cet adieu est aussi une déchirure, car si l’enfance laisse à la mémoire des souvenirs de tendresse,...
Worship: Beyond the Hymnbook
A Communication Specialist Looks at Worship
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
What is worship? Are the things we do in worship mere ritual, or do they have meaning? Why do we do these things, anyway? Worship is one of our most important acts, and it serves several purposes. In worship, we honor the God who has done so much for us. We communicate to him that we are on his side....
by Charles H. Kraft
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The church is in the world to continue Jesus' ministry. But it has forgotten an important part--dealing with enemy spirits. And Satan runs freely in our world with few Christian leaders knowing how to stop him. Dealing With Demons presents Kraft's way of dealing with Satan's army, whose aim is to...
by Charles H. Kraft
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Acceptance of Christianity in Southern Polynesia during the eighteenth century proceeded rapidly without missionary activity. This fact attracted the attention of Alan Tippett, who served for twenty years as an Australian missionary to the Fiji Islands. What he found was that the key to their conversion...
Drama Tweens
Engaging the Bible with Younger Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Because of their ever-changing personalities, their high energy, and their emerging ability to think critically, younger adolescents present a special faith formation challenge to the congregations who love them. This book explores an educational strategy of creating biblical dramas with tweens for...
Qualitative Research
A Multi-Methods Approach to Projects for Doctor of Ministry Theses
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The Association of Theological Schools states, The purpose of the Doctor of Ministry degree is to enhance the practice of ministry for persons who hold the MDiv degree and have engaged in ministerial leadership. The goals an institution adopts for the DMin should include an advanced understanding...
Arminius Speaks
Essential Writings on Predestination, Free Will, and the Nature of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
James Arminius is one of the most maligned and misunderstood theologians in church history. In an era of major debate over predestination, free will, and related concepts, Arminius was accused of being Pelagian, Semi-Pelagian, or a heretic of all sorts. This is a trend that started in his time and...
We’ve Lost. What Now?
Practical Counsel from the Book of Daniel
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Is the church of the twenty-first century supposed to regain its former glory, or is it too late? Are the people of God in exile yet again? Have we lost our cultural footing and are now in desperate need to find a new way for the present millennium? Daniel was born into a nation of God-fearers, where...
T. F. Torrance and Eastern Orthodoxy
Theology in Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
A properly ecumenical theology, T. F. Torrance believed, points the church to Christ as the only source and reality of its own unity. Its only hope for unity must be discovered in him and unveiled to the church, rather than pieced together and manufactured through ecumenical slogans and well-meaning...
Forever and Always
The Art of Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
This book reflects a multi disciplinary, integrative approach to the theology and practice of relational intimacy. It combines biblical data on sexuality and relationships with marriage and bonding research. The reader is then guided in applying the research to his or her relationships. In essence,...
The Living Legacy
The Soul in Paraphrase, the Heart in Pilgrimage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The Living Legacy is a resource for spiritual formation that involves original Christian poetry, theological analysis, and spiritual formation exercises following the lectio divina. Following the seasons of the Church Year, Witherington and Hare provide a guide to help those of us on spiritual journeys as we seek to explore 'the living legacy,' which is our faith in the biblical God.
The Movement Makes Us Human
An Interview with Dr. Vincent Harding on Mennonites, Vietnam, and MLK
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
How is it that the person who created and defined the field of Black Studies and drafted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's prophetic Beyond Vietnam speech needs an introduction, even in movement circles today? In this provocative and poignant interview, Dr. Vincent Harding reflects on the communities that...
Memory and Hope
Forgiveness, Healing, and Interfaith Relations
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
This book tackles the core problem of how painful historical memories between diverse religious communities continue to impact--even poison--present-day relations. Its operative notion is the healing of memory, developed by John Paul II. Chapters explore how painful memories of yesteryear can be healed...
by François Taillandier
Language: French
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: March 6, 2013
VIe siècle de notre ère. L’empire romain d’Occident s’est effondré, laissant place aux instables royaumes « barbares ». Constantinople cependant ne renonce pas à l’espoir de reprendre les territoires perdus. Au coeur de cette époque troublée, déchirée par les dissensions religieuses,...