Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

This bestselling textbook (over 125,000 copies sold) isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience. This popular textbook is organized around 14 key moments in church history, providing contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he ha…

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…

Foundations of Christian Scholarship

"~Christian commentators have pointed to the contradictions of the modern world, and they have asserted that the answers to these contradictions can be found in the Bible. Yet whenever pastors or Christian instructors confront the congregations or each other with concrete requirements of biblical law, the instant response in that ""the churches shouldn't meddle in things that don’t concern th…

James: The NIV Application Commentary

Straight to the point, Practical, affirming, convicting-that's the book of James. In it, we see a picture of early Christians wrestling to apply the teachings of Jesus to their everyday lives. and we see a community plagued by divisiveness and hypocrisy, with an emphasis on wealth and status. James pulls no punches addressing these issues, calling for a faith that shows itself in moral actions…

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 Doorway in Time: Memoir of a Celtic Spiritual Journey

A Canadian clergyman recounts his upbringing in Ireland and how it brought him into touch with the spiritual traditions of Celtic Christianity.

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…