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All Alan wanted at nine years old was to become a priest. His mother, a devout Catholic, played a role in that aspiration by introducing him to the alluring mysteries of the Church. Neither of them anticipated the tragedy that would turn his world upside...

THERE IS A FAMINE OF GOD'S WORD IN THE AMERICA TODAY!The State teaches rebellion to God and the false churches preach a false Christ and Gospel.This is a time of great darkness, spiritual blindness, and brainwashing in America.Therefore without the true...

Oh! Can you imagine the big cloud of people moving into their destination together? What lesson can you take from it? Why such a mass of people together moving into their destination? Is there any reason? What has happened?The children of Israel were led...

Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J.M. Judy explores the ethical and cultural implications of various forms of entertainment. The book critiques popular amusements of its time, assessing their moral and societal impact. Judy examines...

Mais um dos frutos da mente fértil de John Bunyan, bem como de seu coração convicto em Deus, A Peregrina narra a impactante história da família de Cristão, que também decide partir rumo à Cidade Celestial em busca da tão sonhada salvação. Publicada em...

Los dos primeros textos que Ernesto de Martino había reunido en 1962 en el trabajo publicado con el título Furore, simbolo, valore, junto a otros dos presentados aquí -publicados uno y otro en Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni en 1953 y en...

The book brings together the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with that of another prominent proto-existentialist thinker, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Asking the question: "What constitutes an authentic Christian life?", the book explores the answer given by both...

"I bought an El Al ticket. Destination Ben Gurion airport. Tel Aviv. Israel. 60 years ago, my mother was born a few dozen kilometers away. In Haifa, Palestine." So begins the story of the "return" of Ziyad Clot, grandson of Palestinian exiles. In...

This study, written by Dr Martin Davie in collaboration with a representative group of other Evangelical theologians, is commended by the Church of England Evangelical Council as a resource in the discussions taking place in the Church of England in...

A political, moral and spiritual battle is raging on in America and around the world over Donald J. Trump. Amid all the controversies, Christian prophets have been claiming for over a decade that Trump is a chosen one; that he is God’s man for...

Uncover the Truth: Addressing Doubts and Common Misconceptions About Islam to Strengthen Your FaithAre you struggling with doubts about Islam or hesitant to convert because of lingering questions? It's completely natural to have doubts and to question...

How can Christian men and women live faithfully in a world confused over sexuality and gender? Surely we must be reminded of what Scripture teaches. Yet as God's design for sexuality is being suppressed and denied in the modern world, we need to hear it...

Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide...

Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide...

Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide...

Through a series of intimate, feature-length conversations with Alan Clements, Burma's Voices of Freedom brings together dozens of the country's most respected and well-known politicians, pro-democracy activists, artists and religious leaders to provide...

Is morality relative? Does it depend on one’s perspective or on external circumstances?  It has become popular, even commonplace, to assert that what is moral is dependent on one’s situation. Dietrich von Hildebrand saw this trend...

The Christian faith has repeatedly been called a "religion of the book." Along with the incarnate Word and the oral word of preaching, God has chosen the medium of books to proclaim His goodness to us. The Bible is the book per se, and it sets the...

"Tomboy Chic: Embracing Your True Self" is a comprehensive guide that empowers individuals to confidently express their authentic tomboy style through fashion, behavior, and grooming, while celebrating their unique identity.

Kemdi Chino Opara was born in Nigeria, in West Africa. As a native of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Opara graduated from Government Secondary School in Owerri. To further his education, Opara came to the United States in 1979 and...

Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara was born in Nigeria, in West Africa. As a native of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Opara graduated from Government Secondary School in Owerri.To further his education, Opara came to the United States in 1979...

The book presents a theological basis for theological education based on the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-20) within the context of Asia. The first part of the book asserts that theological education that is sound and biblical fulfills the purpose of the...

How does Christ meet, engage, change, challenge, dialogue, interact with, and bridge cultures? What is the role of the gospel in transforming ethics and culture? These daunting questions guide the present investigation about Evangelical Christianity in...

The Philippines, since 1972, has lived under a repressive martial law imposed by President Marcos. In this remarkable series of letters the Bishop of Bukidnon speaks to his people about the growing violations of their political and human rights. The...

Songs of Resistance: Challenging Caesar and Empire examines New Testament hymns in light of their historical and cultural contexts. Such a reading yields new insights. Rather than finding theological truths alone, one also discovers lyrics that contest...

The Autism of Gxd: An Atheological Love Story is truly a love story--the story of Ruth Dunster's autistic search for an authentic, personal, and theological "Gxd." In this, it resembles Augustine's Confessions, as a theological autobiography. It becomes...

Man, God, Religion, and State, is a reflection on our physical, philosophical, and political, past, present, and possible future. This book may challenge the religious views of some readers, but it is not my intention to cause offence to any religious...

Given the consistent challenge of Islamist acute violence, particularly in Nigeria, this monograph attempts to respond to the question: How can Jesus's followers pattern response to violence after Jesus's model demonstrated in his triumph over death,...

The 2016 presidential election and its aftermath ushered Danielle Hensley into a political, cultural, and spiritual reawakening that also revealed deep divides within her family of origin. She embarked on a quest to educate herself about her white...

This rich collection of essays by distinguished scholars from across the globe can be read as sketching key steps on the path toward working in solidarity to build a future worthy of the human family through a new social Catholicism. These steps include...

A common cliche states that Sunday is the most racially divided day of the week. Authors have attempted to study the division in church, but it continues to be a perpetual problem for Christianity. The racial divide in Christianity demands continual...

One of the greatest crises facing the church is the crisis of racial injustice that has so long marred the body of Christ in America. Evangelicals have traditionally had a set of biblical, theological, and cultural tools we have used for dealing with...

Displacing Jesus studies the inner workings of Thomas Jefferson's editing and shortening of the Gospels of the New Testament, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. It uncovers the immanent moves of his editorial project and shows how he makes...

In 2016, Amy Hawk was a hyper-patriotic, Jesus-loving, white, evangelical, church-attending, and ministry-leading wife and mom living in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. She came into the election determined to vote Republican, but when she saw the...

What is happening to America? Just a few decades ago our nation was peaceful, prosperous, and predominately moral. Now all that has changed.The greatness of America resulted from its Christian roots that established a culture characterized by agape love...

By faith, we understand that the universe was formed at God's command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:1 niv). What has science got to do with Christianity? And what do scientists have to say about how the world...

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), co-discoverer of natural selection, was second only to Charles Darwin as the 19th century's most noted English naturalist. Yet his belief in spiritualism caused him to be ridiculed and dismissed by many, leaving him a...

God Is Here to Stay offers new insights into one of humankind's most profound questions: Does God exist? During the past ten years, theists and new atheists have argued to prove or disprove God's existence. Examining the pros and cons of each side leads...

An ethics of timing--each moment in time requires a responsible answer. New values emerge with new challenges, but we also draw from former learning experiences, values, and human qualities. How does social dialogue create a common support base for...

Ethics of Wars of Insurgency is my fifth study on "the ethics of war and peace." It spans a twenty-year period of perplexing war and peace history focusing on the theological and ethical aspects of American foreign policy analysis from Somalia to Rwanda...

Principles-based biomedical ethics has been a dominant paradigm for the teaching and practice of biomedical ethics for over three decades. Attractive in its conceptual and linguistic simplicity, it has also been criticized for its lack of moral content...

While many of the Reformers considered natural law unproblematic, many Protestants consider natural law a ""Catholic thing,"" and not persuasive. Natural law, it is thought, competes with the Gospel, overlooks the centrality of Christ, posits a domain of...

What is the purpose of animals? Didn't God give humans dominion over other creatures? Didn't Jesus eat lamb? These are the kinds of questions that Christians who advocate compassion toward other animals regularly face. Yet Christians who have a...

Virtues are values underlying human practices. We are at the dawn of a new era, an era of global ethics requiring some core virtues. These core virtues are hospitality, co-living, respect, tolerance, and communality. Book 1 treats the virtue of...

In this wide-ranging collection of essays Ronald E. Osborn explores the politically subversive and nonviolent anarchist dimensions of Christian discipleship in response to dilemmas of power, suffering, and war. Essays engage texts and thinkers from...