Turley begins by surveying the history of the interface between ritual studies and Pauline scholarship, identifying the scholarly gaps in both method and conclusions and a ritual theory adequate to address such gaps. The focus of the work is then on the two rituals that identified the Pauline communities: ritual washings and ritual meals. Turley explores Galatians and 1 Corinthians, two letters that present the richest spread of evidence pertinent to ritual theory. By exploring Paul's reference to ritual washings and meals with a heuristic use of ritual theory, Turley concludes that rituals in early Christianity were inherently revelatory, in that they revealed the dawning of the messianic age through the bodies of the ritual participants. This bodily revelation established both a distinctly Christian ethic and a distinctly Christian social space by which such an ethical identity might be identified and sustained.

This is a sequel to two highly successful collections of short songs ("Come All You People" and "There Is One Among Us") for use in worship. Here the net is thrown wider with material from AIDs-ridden communities in the developing world side by side with recent products from the Wild Goose Resource Group. It is an ideal collection for small choirs, social justice enthusiasts, multiculturalists and all who regard themselves a global Christian.

Do you sometimes wonder what to pray about? Do you long for a richer, deeper prayer life? In this pocket-sized devotional, Angus Buchan will be your prayer partner as you speak with Jesus through 365 short, powerful and faith-filled prayers. A key Scripture verse accompanies each prayer to inspire a deeper prayer life based on God’s Word while a pithy quote gives you something to ponder. Also included are short yet powerful prompts, encouraging you to live out each day’s reading.

Whatever you need – whether patience, peace, joy or God’s loving grace – Pocket Prayers for Every Day will guide you as you open up your heart to God, developing a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him. Be inspired to walk closer to your Savior as you talk to Him and experience His comfort, love and grace.

How to Fight the Good Fight As you read this book, you will gain wisdom, discernment and understanding. Bill and Pam share their life experiences that will equip you. Earth is a battle field between seen and unseen forces of good and evil. The evil supernatural is real and can only be dealt with in a spiritual way. As Hosea, the biblical writer stated, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). The Malones no longer want to see God's people losing battles with supernatural evil. This book is your guide to becoming the "overcomer" God created you to be. Discover the power available to Christians Learn to unleash the Holy Spirit's power within you Be drawn into a deeper faith Experience victorious living!

By their very nature, most newspaper columns and editorials are ephemeral. They are often written in haste to meet a deadline, and what excites interest today may elicit only yawns tomorrow or the next day. This is especially true of community newspapers, whose focus is on matters of interest to a smaller, parochial readership. This book is a collection of pieces that step outside that mold. The author's broad education (four degrees, including a Ph.D. and a J.D.) and wide range of work experiences (college professor, probation officer, prosecuting attorney, professional magician, novelist, editor, publisher, and grocery-store sackboy, to name a few) have provided him with a unusual perspective from which to observe and comment on the problems and pleasures of being a sentient being on Planet Earth in the twenty-first century-and on how we got to this point in human history. Inspired by the example and encouragement of the newspaper editor who gave him his first job in journalism, the author has inflicted upon the readers of several newspapers his reflections on a broad and eclectic range of subjects, from religious and racial intolerance to UFO "sightings" and the beauty of a toad's eye. Throughout it all, the author has been motivated by one unvarying purpose-to make his readers think. Not just about last week's school board meeting or next month's municipal elections, but about ideas and issues with a shelf-life longer than that of ripe tomatoes in your grocer's produce department. Here, then, are half a hundred of those pieces, rescued from dusty newspaper "morgues" and offered to a broader audience than the unsuspecting subscribers to whom they were originally addressed. The author will be pleased if you read them, but he will have failed in his purpose unless reading them makes you think.