This book recounts the Roman and Jewish context of New Testament times...the lives of John and Jesus, and the history of the first two generations of the Church.
Our Lord knew the value of prayer. The Bible says at times Jesus would rise a great while before dawn and go Into the mountain to pray. In the evenings He would walk down the slope of the backside of Jerusalem across the Kidron Brook and ascend the Mount of Olives. There He communed with the Father, sometimes all night long. So when Christ said in Matthew 6:9, "After this manner, therefore, …
This is a penetrating, yet sympathetic and constructive inquiry into the gut predicaments of being a minister. It is a kind of meditation for those brave enough to step away from their own tactical problems and reflect unguardedly on their style, identity, self-image-that is, on why they are called to be ministers and on how they are fulfilling that call. Few books written for ministers are …
"To doubt is to be in two minds." "Faith is much more than the absence of doubt, but to understand doubt is to have a key to a quiet heart & a quiet mind." Doubt is everyone's problem. But it is a special problem for Christians because of the premium placed on God's truthfulness. Some doubts gnaw unconsciously at the root of faith; some so clamor for attention that they keep us awake a…
"~Success for Christian schools often depends on their ability to mount large and varied-and expensive-academic, arts, and athletic programs. Some have done this amazingly well, becoming, in places, the elite schools in their communities. Others, unable to keep up, are closing their doors, chiefly in the urban areas, where the need for their services is arguably greatest. The pressure and compe…
Each age has to rethink for itself how Christianity is to be lived here and now. Christian spirituality, while remaining essentially the same, changes in various ways to meet contemporary needs. Spirituality For Modern Man takes a theme or topic approach. Each theme is self contained; the inner unity being the Mystery of Christ itself.
"~Much has been written on the religious life and the Council has inspired further discussion. Indeed, many religious, as individuals and as communities, are engaged in an agonizing reappraisal of their roles and their relevance in terms of the New Pentecost. Can a way of life reflecting its sixth, or thirteenth, or sixteenth century origins still be meaningful in the twentieth? Father Romb add…
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Organized religion offers a symbolic integration of the varied elen1ents of American society; it infuses political institutions with religious symbolism; and by way of personal adjustment and psychological integration. But these useful services to the establishment leave out the essence of a twentieth-century response to the God who stands over against our society in judgment. Personal commi…
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, J. I. PACKER'S CLASSIC HAS REVEALED TO OVER A MILLION CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD THE WONDER, THE GLORY AND THE JOY OF KNOWING GOD. NOw MORE THAN EVER, NEXT TO SCRIPTURE, THIS COULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BOOK YOU WILL READ THIS YEAR OR NEXT. "Plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God." ELISABETH ELLIOT "Dr. Packer has the rare ability to deal wi…