A Pocket Guide To Charles Darwin: His life and Impact

How did Charles Darwin come to believe in evolution? Did his daughter's death turn him from Christianity? What is natural selection? Did humans really evolve from ape-like creatures? Has evolution been proven true? Couldn't God have used evolution? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Charles Darwin. Looking at the course of his life, Darwin was influenced by many p…

A Pocket Guide To A Young Earth: Evidence That Supports the Biblical Perspective

Is the earth billions of years old or just thousands? Are radiometric methods of dating rocks and fossils reliable? What evidences support a young age for the earth? Where did the idea of "millions of years" come from? How old is the earth? Most secular scientists believe the earth to be billions of years old. They most often use radiometric dating methods to support this assertion. But, do the…

A Pocket Guide To Astronomy: What Is the Biblical Perspective?

Did the universe start with a big bang? Does distant starlight prove the universe is old? What are black holes and how do they form? Can we see stars forming? Are ETs and UFOs real? Secular astronomers teach that the universe began to form more than 12 billion years ago by chance, through what has become known as the "big bang." However, there is strong evidence that points to a young age for t…

Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

What are creationism, evolution, and intelligent design really about? Do they have similar levels of credibility, or has materialism displaced God as the best explanation for our existence? Gonzalez and Richards serve up a guide for the perplexed that shows us the real issues at stake. Written to equip and strengthen laypeople in their defense of the faith, Christian Answers to Hard Question…

The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven

This Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems, Beethoven's professional activities when not composing and his methods as a composer. In the heart of the book, individual chapters are devoted to al…

The Cambridge Companion to Handel

Handel is recognised as one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music. In this Companion acknowledged experts on Handel make their expertise accessible to the interested general reader and music lover. All the genres in which Handel composed are considered including oratorio, chamber cantata, opera, and church music, as well as works for the keyboard and orchestra. The wide-ranging, sp…

Pioneers of Flight: Paper Airplanes That Really Fly!

Re-experience the wonders of flight with 'Paper Airplanes That Really Fly!', an exciting new series of books with papercraft kits of model airplanes that actually fly! These totally unique model airplanes are three-dimensional and have wings, stabilisers, struts, wheels and fuselages, as well as authentic colours and markings. With the simplest of tools, you can easily make graceful, gemlike…

C. S. Lewis in a Time of War

C. S. Lewis is universally recognized as one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century. Despite his sophistication, Lewis was able to reach a vast popular audience during his lifetime and continues to attract thousands of new readers every year. But when during the most desperate years of World War II he was asked by the BBC’s Home Service to give radio addresses about Christianity,…

The Hermitage

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9785938934221

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Softcover; 145 hlm.; 19 x 26 cm

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725

My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach

In the history of Western music, J. S. Bach is unsurpassed in mastery of technique and profundity of thought. He was also a devout Lutheran with a broad knowledge of Scripture and theology. Given Bach's combination of musical prowess, personal devotion, and theological depth, it is not surprising that his music stands unexcelled among artistic expressions of the Christian faith. With the passag…