The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History

The grandeur of St. Peter's, the Baroque ecstasy of the churches at Cholula in Mexico, the intimate peace of Fairford Church in Gloucestershire... The two thousand years' heritage of Christian churches is a fascinating one. For anyone interested in the evolution of architectural styles, the subject is of inescapable interest. For a far wider group of people, however, it is clear that churches a…

The Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Th…

Throughout these essays there runs a common theme: the need to place the Reformation movement in its medieval context, and to bridge the ideological gaps between late medieval Renaissance, and Reformation studies. The opening chapters consider late medieval thought and the emergence of the young Luther at the center of the Reformation movement. There follows a study of the impact upon Luther of…

Ecclesiastes

Douglas O’Donnell shows, in this redemptive-historical, biblical, practical, and expositional commentary, that Ecclesiastes answers two key questions that worry everybody in the depths of their minds. The first is “What does man gain from all the toil at which he toils under the sun?”―the answer being “nothing.” The second follows: “In light of such vanity―the fact that our work…

1-3 John

How can we know that we possess eternal life? The apostle John answered that question in the three epistles that bear his name. He wrote that we must first believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that Christ came in the flesh. Second, we must obey God’s commandments. Third, we must love others. In this illuminating and engaging commentary on John’s letters, pastor-scholar Douglas Sean O’…

A Life Full of Surprises: Patterns of New Life from the Sermon on the Mount

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

0687218470

Collation

Hardcover.; 144 hlm.; 14.2 x 20.4 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

F 248.4 O348 C1

Drumbeat of Love The Unlimited Power Of The Spirit as Revealed In The Book Of…

From Lloyd John Ogilvie... For Christians who are tired of dull, "business as usual" living.. For people everywhere who want their lives to count Here are twenty-six chapters that penetrate the secrets of some of the most exciting and significant years of the Church and give you an impelling resource for learning to receive and release the limitless energizing power of the Spirit. T…

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian C…

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that canvasses the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. Volume 2, The Patristic Age, continues Old's historical survey by focusing on preaching as it was developed and practiced by the Greek schools of Alexandria and Antioc…

Covenantal Apologetics: Principles and Practice in Defense of Our Faith

Defending the faith can be daunting, and a well-reasoned and biblically grounded apologetic is essential for the challenge. Following in the footsteps of groundbreaking apologist Cornelius Van Til, Scott Oliphint presents us with an introduction to Reformed apologetics as he sets forth the principles behind a distinctly ?covenantal? approach. This book clearly explains the theological foundatio…

Should You Believe in God?

People increasingly demonstrate a disbelief in God. In a conversational style, apologist Scott Oliphint discusses why belief is still a preferable and more coherent position than unbelief and answers common objections to Christian belief. "Should You Believe in God? by Scott Oliphint is a very capable and winsome statement of Christian theism. I commend it to you."--Douglas Wilson, Christ Ch…

Christianity and the Role of Philosophy

A philosophy, as a worldview, must have an anchor if it is to be meaningfully discussed and assessed. If God exists, then philosophy must find its anchor by being subservient to theology. So says Dr. K. Scott Oliphint, who demonstrates that only by beginning with God and his Word can we engage in true philosophy.