Religion: general Books

When Lesslie Newbigin returned to Britain in 1974 after years of missionary service, he observed that his homeland was as much a mission field as India, where he had spent the majority of his missionary career. He concluded that the Western world needed...

The Clarity of God's Existence examines the need for theistic proofs within historic Christianity, and the challenges to these since the Enlightenment. Historically (and scripturally), Christianity has maintained that unbelief is inexcusable. If failing...

""She was dirty and dusty. Her curly hair had seen neither a comb nor water for months. In one hand she carried a package of cigarettes and in the other a solvent rag."" Young Namusisi had no home, no family, no money for school fees, and no one to love...

A Pastoral Letter to Theo addresses some of the fundamental concerns of recent research into biblical interpretation by Adele Berlin and Kenneth Archer. It also takes into account the communicative literary and rhetorical techniques that were prominent...

Questions regarding the orthodoxy of Dale Moody and Ralph Elliott propelled the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) toward a re-evaluation of its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message (BFM). The SBC adopted this document in 1925 under the...

E.J. Bicknell's classic commentary on the Articles of Religion of the Church of England.

How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? How did she come to wield influence in the land known to her compatriots as ""the white man's grave""? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria? How...

Born in 1934 in Dresden, Germany, Theo Lehmann lived through both the Nazi era and the Communist-ruled German Democratic Republic (GDR). Ordained in the Lutheran Church of Saxony, he was called to an urban parish in Chemnitz. There he introduced a youth...

This work has special significance in the history of Protestant theology in that it was the first work written by a Protestant theologian on doctrinal theology. Hill's work seeks to bring Melanchthon out into the open where he may be seen as a...

In recent years, there has been rise in popularity and visibility of the debate about the last things. Preterists and Futurists have published books, articles, and even movies promoting their respective views. This debate has elevated the interest of the...

This study explores the theological presuppositions that have informed the major explanations of the work of Christ from the perspective of Wesleyan theology's commitment to the universality of the atonement and its provision for both justification and...

The radical message of Jesus is that there is only one alternative to the common method of confronting violence with more violence. The Only Alternative: Christian Nonviolent Peacemakers in America explores the spiritually active practice of...

Although the story of the religious life of the Mennonites may be told in few words, yet they have been the founders of the first German colony in America and have been among the pioneers in many of the frontier settlements in the westward expansion of...

Two and a half years after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, New Orleans and south Louisiana continue to struggle in an unsettled gumbo of environmental, social, and rebuilding chaos. Citizens await the fruition of four successive recovery...

C. I. Scofield was the man most responsible for the popularization of dispensational premillennialism. Influenced by the dispensationalism of J. N. Darby, Scofield was a regular on the Bible conference circuit and established a correspondence course that...

Jacobus Arminius, a Dutch minister-teacher-reformer born in 1560, called for religious tolerance, human liberty, and ""for a free church founded only upon the Holy Scriptures. Opposing certain doctrinal and ecclesiastical developments of Calvinism and...

""Descartes' attempt to ground the possibility of human knowledge in the existence of God was judged to be a complete failure by his contemporaries, and this remains the universal opinion of philosophers to this day, despite the fact that three and a...

Presented here for the first time in years is Selwyn's edition to the Greek text of the first four books of Origen's 'Contra Celsum', the culmination of the apologetic movement of the second and third centuries and one of the great works of the early...

The Parker Society was the London-based Anglican society that printed in fifty-four volumes the works of the leading English Reformers of the sixteenth century. It was formed in 1840 and disbanded in 1855 when its work was completed. Named after Matthew...

The Parker Society was the London-based Anglican society that printed in fifty-four volumes the works of the leading English Reformers of the sixteenth century. It was formed in 1840 and disbanded in 1855 when its work was completed. Named after Matthew...

The question of the Godhead is a very heated issuein Christendom. The field abounds with contrasts,antitheses, and confusion. The majority of Christiansare proponents of the Trinity. But increasingly largenumbers of them are abandoning the Trinity camp...

The major gap between the United States of America and the world parties is demonstrated between the madness of self-consciousness and wasting the awareness of the other and between the inspired symbolism and the inevitable falling. This gap has been...

Love in a Time of Hate paints an intimate portrait of Magda and André Trocmé, who transformed a small town in France into a place of safety during the Holocaust. At great risk to their own lives, the Trocmés led efforts in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to hide...

This book deals with the Cardinal Doctrines of the Bible. They are teachings given from the Bible that cannot be denied by genuine Christians. Many individuals profess faith in Christ without knowing who He is and why he died on the Cross.

This book is taking information from the Bible and showing what the Bible says about many personal and social issues of today.    

Have you ever wondered who the Holy Spirit is? Is He just some vapor or smoke that was last seen in Acts? Or can we know Him personally and meet with Him daily? Join us as we search for Him from Genesis to Revelation. Know that those who seek Him will...

"A Seed That Grew" is modern wisdom literature at its best. Poetry with rhythm, meter and impressive symmetry. Philosophy that leaves you with more questions than answers. Theology that summarizes and expounds upon scripture. Wisdom concepts that will...

Part one of this work thoroughly documents the many instances of Biblical prophecy fulfilled within Scripture as well as in history outside of the Bible. Part two contains discourses on the many miracles in Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments,...

This book presents a simple but controversial view of the creation of the universe. The Bible is the inerrant word of God, and what the Bible teaches should be the basis for any model of creation. Secular science does not agree, but all should study...

Father Theo was a member of the Capuchin Ashram of Franciscan Order, Kerala, India. Like Saint Francis of Assisi, he responded to the calling of Jesus Christ to follow the gospel as a rule of life. His austere, humble, simple, and faithful life is still...

The Dalai Lama once said that when science demonstrates something in opposition to a religious tenet, the religious belief must step back. Yet Christianity has often been resistant to such an approach, and many modern, educated Christians find themselves...

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The subject addressed in this book is without question the most horrible and terrifying of any which can be imagined. When we speak of "Hell" we are talking about separation from God and all that is good, and that for all eternity. And yet, as dreadful...

"From a deep insight of God's creation, and Angelic intervention, to Extraterrestrials visitations to our planet, Augustus Benedignus gives a lot of food for thought."

Eclectic; English monk; American physician; Almost a millennium apart. Two protagonists beginning at their birth, traveling through time to their adulthood. Not in the same location and definitely not in the same time period. Brief sketches of portions...

“Every day,” writes Rabbi Meir Kahane, “the Arabs of Israel move closer to becoming a majority. Are we [Israel] committed to national suicide? Should we allow demography, geography, and democracy to push Israel closer to the abyss?...

"There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight." With those words, the Rev. John Muhlenberg stepped from his pulpit, removed his clerical robe--revealing the uniform of a Colonial officer--and marched off to war. Many of...

With the theory of secularization increasingly contested as a plausible development at a global scale, this book focuses on the changing significance of the religious element within a context of complex diversity. This concept reflects the rationale...