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Pop worship music. Falling in love with Jesus. Mission trips. Wearing jeans and T-shirts to church. Spiritual searching and church hopping. Faith-based political activism. Seeker-sensitive outreach. These now-commonplace elements of American church life...

Insights from one of the most distinctive and eloquent scholar-preachers of our time Inviting serious theological engagement with texts from all parts of the Christian Bible, Preaching the Luminous Word is a collection of fifty-one sermons and five...

This learned book by eminent scholar Anthony Thiselton is a detailed biblical, historical, and contemporary study of the Holy Spirit. Thiselton presents an up-to-date account of biblical teaching on the topic, including exposition of passages and...

One woman's shining example of Christian social action. We, the Ordinary People of the Streets comprises the powerful reflections by Madeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964), an award-winning poet, writer, and Catholic layperson whose conviction and insight...

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most revered religious figure in Mexican Catholicism. Devotion to Guadalupe among Mexicans and Mexican Americans has evolved for nearly five centuries into a deeply rooted, multifaceted tradition. Here, religion scholar...

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS.Until the mid-20th century, the heavens were the greatest show on Earth. Ancient people recognized the same constellations we do today, though they understood the signs behind those pictures in the sky in a way that's been lost to us...

Looking Up and Looking Up Study GuideSIGNS IN THE HEAVENS.Until the mid-20th century, the heavens were the greatest show on Earth. Ancient people recognized the same constellations we do today, though they understood the signs behind those pictures in...

A world plagued with darkness is waiting for a prophetic people to arise, shine, and light the way! Days of crisis and turmoil demand a people who are plugged into Heaven's activity. Old operating systems that built empires in the name of...

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was a watershed event in the history of the Catholic Church, a critical self-examination that sought at once to rediscover the most ancient sources of Christian thought and practice and to bring these traditions...

The first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity. Sacred Ritual, Profane Space examines the Christian meeting places of the time and overturns long-held notions about the earliest Christians as...

In this ambitious and pioneering work, Catherine Foisy puts the experiences of Quebec missionaries into perspective, describing the ways in which they interweave with the socio-ecclesiastical transformations peculiar to Quebec and with those of...

An Interactive Guide to Experiencing Miraculous Answers to Every PrayerAre your prayers for breakthrough met with silence? Do you pray the "right way" only to wonder if your prayers are even being heard?Too often we approach prayer as a formula, failing...

Start moving in the gifts of the Holy Spirit today. There are supernatural gifts that God has placed inside of you just waiting to be opened and activated. So, why wait a day longer? Heavenly Secrets to Unwrapping Your Spiritual...

Partner with angelic activity and release God's breakthrough answers through prayer!Rebecca Greenwood believes that the key to effective warfare prayer is discerning what spiritual forces are at work around you. When you can sense the movement of God's...

We have only scratched the surface of what God's grace means!Perhaps no other truth has experienced more controversy and counterfeit than the grace of God. The word "grace" is frequently used in the Christian community to speak of our...

“This book will be a weapon of discovery as readers glimpse their spiritual authority and the power of their prayers to reshape every impossibility.”Our utterance activates God’s promise!The mystery of the Kingdom is that, through our...

Delving Deeply into God RevealedUnderstanding Your Revelations From God is for anyone who sincerely wants to delve into the deepness and holiness of God. Based on his best-selling books and well-received seminars and teachings, Dr. Joe Ibojie...

Break Every Barrier to Experiencing God's PresenceWhat keeps you from encountering Jesus in a greater way? Do you feel unfit to enter His presence? Perhaps you are stuck in a spiritual drought? Or maybe you worry that you simply don’t...

What to Do When Prayers for Healing Go UnansweredThe Bible is clear: God's will is to heal! And yet, believers often pray for healing and do not receive it. Why? The answer can be found in the Courts of Heaven.Robert Henderson is internationally...

Encounter God at the Altar!When we hear the word, “altar,” we often associate it with images of death and sacrifice or of surrender and yielding.Although these associations do have their place, there is a New Covenant revelation of the altar...

The Best is Yet to ComeHeaven is real—even more real than this physical earth! Heaven is so much more than a “parallel universe” or a place we go after our time on earth is done. Plants, animals, and people live there!  Heaven also...

Live Victoriously Over the Most Deadly Spiritual Threat of This HourMany will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast our demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to...

Your Guide to Living Under Open HeavensHow do I hear God’s voice? As a child of God, hearing the Father’s voice is your spiritual inheritance. The good news is that your Heavenly Father is always talking! In fact, He has a lot to say about...

Unlock a Lifestyle of Hearing God's VoiceEver felt like this: God, I’m listening…but I can’t hear You? The truth is, God is always speaking; but we aren’t always listening.Hearing God speak is a topic that sadly brings more...

Beloved, now are we the sons of God (1 Jn. 3:2)Spiritual sonship is a position of inheritance in Christ that includes male and female.My dearly beloved son, You are on a very private, very holy journey. Most do not get what is happening in your heart...

Enter into a dimension of prayer that hell doesn’t want you to know about!Are we living in the last days—the “end times?”  Yes.Should this cause us to be hopeless, give up, and just wait around for Jesus to take us off...

This book is ideal for collecting treasured memories from confirmation day. This book contains information on Confirmation as well as pages to record date, time, place, and other important information. There is also a section to paste photographs of the...

Despite studying under Harnack, Holl, and old Liberalism, Sasse became a prominent figure in confessional Lutheranism by the time of World War I. A leader in the German ecumenical movement for years, he untiringly advocated that real unity could only be...

Child Protection in the Church investigates whether, amidst publicised promises of change from church institutions and the introduction of "safe church" policies and procedures, reform is actually occurring within Christian churches towards safeguarding,...

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition...

What makes Methodist worship "Methodist" or "Wesleyan?" How do Methodists evaluate emerging forms of worship in light of their own liturgical heritage? This book considers these questions by bringing to light the work and significance of three Methodist...

Despite the fact that women are often mentioned as having played instrumental roles in the establishment of Methodism on the Continent of Europe, very little detail concerning the women has ever been provided to add texture to this historical tapestry...

Investigating the role played by religious actors in sociopolitical issues as a manifestation of the invisible politics of religion, this book concentrates on the social economy, support to migrants, the fight against social exclusion and pacifist...

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue. The volume is designed to illuminate...

Since the 1830s, Holiness and Pentecostal movements have had a significant influence on many Christian churches, and they have been a central force in producing what is known today as World Christianity. This book demonstrates the advantages of analyzing...

Vladimir S. Soloviev (1853-1900), moral philosopher, social and literary critic, theologian, and poet, is considered one of Russia's greatest philosophers. But Soloviev is relatively unknown in the West, despite his close association with Fyodor...

The Spanish Civil War was one of the most passionate idealogical conflicts of modern times. It was the greatest and last struggle between traditional Catholicism and liberal secularism. To many, religion became the most divisive issue of the war, the...

Nearly two thousand years ago 11 disciples met the risen Lord while the doors were locked. They were hiding in fear. He appeared and released the Holy Spirit to empower them. A little while later, 120 were filled with the Holy Spirit in an upper room. ...

In recent years every major institution has had to adapt to the fast-evolving technologies of the digital age or risk being left behind. Amid a global crisis of faith and declining levels of religious participation in places around the world, the...

The concept of vocation in an early modern setting calls to mind the priesthood or religious life in a monastery or cloister; to be "called" by God meant to leave the concerns of the world behind. Beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, French Catholic...

Early Pentecostal revivals swept through Canadian communities, big and small, in the early 1900s. Reports abounded of worshippers falling down at the altar, speaking in tongues, having dreams and visions, and experiencing divine healing. Tent meetings...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD.The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by the Revered James Martin, SJ (bestselling author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage) is a practical spiritual guidebook that shows you how to manage relationships,...

""Readings Upon The Liturgy And Other Divine Offices Of The Church: On The Eucharist, And Daily Offices Connected Therewith"" is a book written by John Bate Cardale and published in 1851. The book is a collection of readings that provide insights into...

""An Inquiry Into The Origin Of Episcopacy: In A Discourse Preached At The Consecration Of George Horne (1795)"" is a book written by George Berkeley. In this book, Berkeley delves into the origins of Episcopacy, which is the system of church government...

""An Inquiry Into The Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting That Freedom Of Will"" is a philosophical and theological treatise written by Jonathan Edwards in 1840. The book examines the concept of free will and challenges the prevailing notions of the...

An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion V3: With Respect to Faith and Practice Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (1773) is a book written by Thomas Boston. It is a comprehensive exploration of the Christian faith and...

""A Humble Inquiry Into The Rules Of The Word Of God"" is a religious text written by Jonathan Edwards and originally published in 1790. The book explores the principles and guidelines for interpreting the Bible, with a focus on understanding the true...