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Explore the history and present state of nonconformity in Birmingham with this comprehensive account. John Angell James provides a thorough overview of the various Protestant denominations that have arisen over time and highlights their contributions to...

Este libro es un estudio en profundidad de los Padres Candelarios, una orden religiosa fundada en el siglo XVI en España que desempeñó un papel importante en la colonización y evangelización de América del Sur. A través de una combinación de relatos...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

The Value of the Soul by Elder Cleopas the Romanian.

Many women have had dreams, desires, and visions that seemed impossible to pursue. Why? Some thought restricted by their age, education, family, ethnicity, social standing, or in some cases a physical impairment. This book contains the stories of women...

One of the best and most important decisions is to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. Engaging in this new life in Christ brings great joy and spiritual reward to one’s life. In the initial excitement of this new journey, we may have...

"...There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort."Growing Up With Jane offers an inspirational look at how those around us can influence our outlook on life...

Sharing her own personal experiences and those of others, Lock gives readers, both single and married, a plan grounded in the ageless wisdom of the Bible, yet geared toward the issues and pitfalls of modern-day life. Timely topics she covers...

Can the church congregation fire the pastor when appropriate?How much authority does the pastor have over the church? This is a live question for many churches today, and it raises a host of other crucial questions: how much authority the church board...

Does God still speak?  Can people still hear Him?  This author, Deborah Glover, believes that He does still speak and can be heard!  In the spring of 1996, Deborah believed the Lord wanted her to write a daily devotional that would be...

An eyewitness to the Kentucky revival of the early 1800s describes how it started and how it progressed and what the people believed and the strange manifestations that were present in their services. It was the beginning of the Second Great Awakening...

“I wish I had sat in a rocking chair on the front porch on Ben Hill Drive with Mama and Papa, drawing out from each of them memories of the life they had lived. No doubt most of us have made the same wish. It is now too late for me. Instead, I am...

After reading David Hope›s newest book, Unveiling Satan’s Plan toDestroy America, yeah, the second time, I am convinced that certainof our nation’s public leadership (and those that are clandestine) are incollusion with Satan directly...

Deep Heavy Stuff has short essays and stories on the difficult issues and aspects of life. It is intended to help you live a better life in relation to yourself, others, and your God. Deep Heavy Stuff seeks to make you rethink your world and then respond...

 In We Survived Sexual Abuse! You Can Too! Pamela K. Orgeron, the editor, a Board Certified Christian Counselor, an Advanced Christian Life Coach, and a survivor of past sexual abuse combines her educational and life experiences to...

The goal for a jigsaw puzzle solver is to be able to put all the pieces together. Life can be somewhat like a completed puzzle, with the passing of years removing some pieces. So, in the end—instead of a perfect puzzle—we discover more and...

This book was birthed out of what initially began as a Monday morning inspirational and motivational email to a few family members and friends. It eventually evolved into a weekly and then daily blog that has been blessed to reach individuals both known...

Her faithful fans have always appreciated and loved the insight of author, Jane Austen. Her novel Pride and Prejudice reveals timeless truths about human weaknesses and how they influence relationships.Over the years, author Chrisann Dawson has meditated...

A COLORING DEVOTIONAL FOR WOMEN TO FIND CALM AND FLOURISH IN FAITH! "Lord, Help Me Flourish" is the single most creative devotional I've ever seen. It will remind you that God designed you to be in a passionate love affair with Him while...

IN 1952 THE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE MADE A PROCLOMATION    THAT    THE    LAND    BETWEEN    THE TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE WOULD BE KNOWN AS THE...

Leave Your Mask Behind - Follow ChristIn our world of designer knockoffs, imitation leather and artificial sweeteners, we discover that people can be artificial too. We play one another in the game of life. We lack sincerity and depth and wear plastic...

A Concise Global History of the Stone-Campbell Movement

An analysis of the philosophical views of Thomas Aquinas as found in his Summa Contra Gentiles, exploring his use of and dependence on Aristotle, and how this shaped and constrained his philosophical and theological views, to the detriment of his...

Hold on! You're on the verge of discovering new momentum for your life. God wants you to let go of whatever makes you stop. John Mason launched an all-out attack on mediocrity in his best-selling books "An Enemy Called Average" and "You're Born an...

The present volume offers the first accessible English translation and commentary on Jerome's Epistle 106, an important work of patristic biblical interpretation. In his treatise Jerome discusses different textual and exegetical options according to...

The essays in this second edition of Paul Unbound: Other Perspectives on the Apostle serve as an introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to Paul's relationship to the Roman Empire, the economy, his opponents, ethnicity, the law,...

This volume of collected essays introduces the concept of interfigurality, interrelations and interdependence between Johannine characters where they intersect the Synoptic Gospels and the Hebrew Bible. The essays are informed by a narrative-critical...

The world of early Christians was not a world lived in texts; it was a world saturated with material reality and concerns: what, where and when to eat or drink; how to present oneself in the space of bodily life and that of death; how to move from one...

This book focuses on the way the biblical writers used allusive soundplay to construct theological discourse, that is, in service of their efforts to describe the nature of God and God’s relationship to humanity. By showing that a variety of...

Donna Laird examines Ezra and Nehemiah in the light of modern sociological theorist Pierre Bourdieu. How did this context of hardship, exile, and return change what Ezra and Nehemiah viewed as important? How did they define who was a part of their...

Who Are They? So often when we read the Old Testament, all we notice are the superheroes of faith - larger-than-life men like Abraham, Moses and David. We may have trouble relating to men of such spiritual stature. We think, "I'll never have the faith of...

How will you climb to the spiritual heights God has envisioned for YOU?Mountain climbing is not for the faint of heart. It is a grueling process. You often feel like quitting, but if you persevere until you reach the summit, you earn the satisfaction of...

Both Rome and the Orthodox Church claim to be the Church Christ founded-the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church of the Nicene Creed. How can we judge between these competing claims? This useful and accessible book helps readers to do just that. For...

These six reflections, which meditate upon the sacraments as sources of healing, reveal the wisdom, insight, and wit of Met. Kallistos Ware. He explores the human condition in light of the Orthodox Tradition from many angles: the deep meaning and mystery...

The stories of Fr Arseny and his works in the Soviet prison camps have captured the minds and hearts of readers all over the world. In this second volume readers will find additional narratives about Fr Arseny translated from the Russian edition. These...

These eighty-six sermons are among the most famous and most beautiful examples of medieval scriptural exegesis. In them the modern reader can catch a glimpse of the genius an entire generation found irresistible.This volume contains sermons 67 through 86...

This practical guide to the spiritual life, cherished by monks, beguines, and lay folk for eight centuries, can still lead men and women to God.The Golden Epistle first appeared in s1145 and has been ascribed to several different authors, among them...

This volume offers translations of the twelfth-century Latin vitae of fourmonks of the Monastery of Savigny: Abbot Vitalis, Abbot Godfrey, Peter ofAvranches, and Blessed Hamo. Founded in 1113 by Vitalis of Mortain, aninfl uential hermit-preacher, Savigny...

Gregory the Great was pope from 590 to 604, a time of great turmoil in Italy and in the western Roman Empire generally because of the barbarian invasions. Gregory's experience as prefect of the city of Rome and as apocrisarius of Pope Pelagius fitted him...

For almost half a century Trappist monk Matthew Kelty has delivered homilies to monks and retreatants in his unique style. Visitors at his monastery have been inspired, and challenged by his talks, given after Compline each evening, and monks have come...

Bl. Rafael Arnáiz Barón's life was extraordinary by any standards. Set amid the tumult of the Spanish Civil War, this spiritual biography recounts the efforts of a fervent young Spanish aristocrat to come to grips with his artistic talent, his intense...

What do you do when "Islam" does not adequately describe the Muslims you know? Margins of Islam brings together a stellar collection of experienced missionary scholar-practitioners who explain their own approaches to a diversity of Muslims across the...

Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) fue una de las figuras cristianas más notables del siglo XX. En los años posteriores a la primera guerra mundial, abandonó su carrera como teólogo universitario para vivir el espíritu radical del Sermón del monte. Con su...