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Close the Door to the Enemy and Open the Door to God Learn how to
rid your home of destructive objects and spiritual darkness to
create a fortress of love and light for your family. Too many
Christians are completely unaware of how the enemy has gained
access to their homes through what they own. This practical,
easy-to-read book shows you how to pray through your home and
property in order to lock out evil and experience a richer
spiritual life. With Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness,
you are just ten steps away from bringing freedom and security in
Christ to your home! Includes the following sections and more: "A
Step-by-Step Guide to Praying through Your Home"; "Understanding
Spiritual Darkness"; "How to Protect Your Children"; "Learning to
Overthrow Generational Curses."
Years ago, novelist Charles Martin cracked open his Bible and began wrestling with a
few fundamental questions. He asked, “What if every single word of Scripture is
absolutely true and I can trust it? How do I respond? Something in me should
change, but what? How?” This book is the result of that exploration.
With the depth, sensitivity, and emotion that has made his novels beloved to millions,
Charles ignites our imaginations as to what the life, ministry, death, and resurrection
of Jesus Christ mean to us today. Charles asks, “What if dead and crucified Jesus
came back to life by the power of the Holy Spirit and is alive today? Right now. What
if that same Jesus, the One who walked out of the tomb shining like the sun, holding
the keys of death and hades, is alive in me. I write fiction for a living, and that’s
either the craziest thing I’ve ever heard or it’s the most important word ever spoken.
You and I have a King who did the unthinkable.” And the answers that his writer’s
imagination illuminate for us will change the way that we think about the gospel and
the way that we live because of it.
Along with his Confessions, The City of God is undoubtedly St.
Augustine's most influential work. In the context of what begins as
a lengthy critique of classic Roman religion and a defence of
Christianity, Augustine touches upon numerous topics, including the
role of grace, the original state of humanity, the possibility of
waging a just war, the ideal form of government, and the nature of
heaven and hell. But his major concern is the difference between
the City of God and the City of Man - one built on love of God, the
other on love of self. One cannot but be moved and impressed by the
author's breadth of interest and penetrating intelligence. For all
those who are interested in the greatest classics of Christian
antiquity, The City of God is indispensible. This long-awaited
translation by William Babcock is published in two volumes, with an
introduction and annotation that make Augustine's monumental work
approachable.
A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way
of holiness. In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson shows how the ways of
those who came before Christ - Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, and
Isaiah - revealed and prepared the way of the Lord that became
incarnate and complete in Jesus. Further, Peterson calls into
question common ways followed by the contemporary American church,
showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on -
consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth - obliterates what
is unique in the Jesus way.
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! 2 Peter 3:18 See Your
Savior Through New Eyes No human has changed the world more than
Jesus, as demonstrated by the many great statements written about
him through the ages. In It's All About Jesus, bestselling author
Randy Alcorn has compiled some of the most powerful and inspiring
words ever said about the Son of God-words that will inspire,
instruct, and encourage you to love, trust, and follow him. You'll
find yourself spiritually enriched as you read these profound and
heartfelt observations about Jesus' character, life, names, and
more by well-known Bible scholars, teachers, and writers such as
Augustine, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, Joni Eareckson Tada,
Francis Chan, and Trillia Newbell. It's All About Jesus will...
give you a richer appreciation for who Jesus is and what he has
done for you help you discover what it means to seek Jesus above
all else increase your motivation to know Christ more intimately
Grow closer than ever to the Savior as you reflect on these
insights that are all about Jesus.
"The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can rarely have
been taken in hand with so much gentleness and grace as it is in
Professor Woodbridge's response to The Authority and Interpretation
of the Bible. A nasty job nicely done. In The Authority and
Interpretation of the Bible two young professors tried to show that
the best theology before the Reformation and the best Reformed
theology since affirms the infallibility of Scripture in matters of
faith and conduct but allows it to be incorrect on matters of
historical and scientific detail. Professor Woodbridge's learned
review makes it impossible to doubt that this paradoxical opinion
is wrong. With courtesy and restraint Professor Woodbridge
administers a series of knock-out blows to the confidently voiced
claim that factual inerrancy is no authentic element in the
historic Christian view of Scripture. Professor Woodbridge brings
scholarly integrity and a great weight of learning to the business
of setting straight the record, confused by others, as to how
Christians through the centuries have regarded the Bible. His
monograph is a model of careful analysis and cool, corrective
controversy. It advances understanding of the history of thought
about Scripture in a way that the more pretentious essay that
called it forth quite failed to do." --James I. Packer
Dynamic New Teaching from Bestselling Author Ed Silvoso It's no
secret that the church today has lost its influence in culture. But
why? With the technology, affluence, and knowledge we have today,
why are we less effective than the first-century church--which
didn't have social media, fancy buildings, professional pastors, or
even religious freedom? What are we missing? In these vital,
eye-opening pages, bestselling author Ed Silvoso digs into
Scripture, unearthing Jesus' true design for his church--his
Ekklesia. He shows how the early church was a radical,
countercultural force of people who transformed the hostile, pagan
places in which they lived. Here Dr. Silvoso shows how we, in the
midst of social, economic, political, and moral chaos, can once
again become the revolutionary, transformational, life-giving
Ekklesia Jesus called us to be.
Based on the author's popular Holy Week talks, given while he was
Archbishop, addressed to a public audience in Canterbury Cathedral
Is everything a Christian does 'mission', or does it only count
when we speak about Jesus and share the gospel? Does mission
include volunteering at the food bank, campaigning for justice and
providing aid overseas? As the needs around us multiply and
opposition to the gospel intensifies, this question 'Is everything
mission?' becomes even more important for us to wrestle with. Tim
Chester's 2018 Keswick Convention lecture helps us unpack what
mission is and the role that God wants you, your church, your
mission agency, to play.
The significance of Old French hagiography in current theoretical
debates in medieval studies and the humanities. Contending that the
study of hagiography is significant both for a consideration of
medieval literature and for current theoretical debates in medieval
studies, this book considers a range of Old French and Anglo-Norman
texts, using modern theories of kinship and community to show how
saints' lives construe social and sexual relations. Focusing on the
depiction of the gift, kinship and community, the book maintains
that social and sexual systems play a keyrole in vernacular
hagiography. Such systems, along with the desires they produce and
control, are, it is argued, central to hagiography's religious
functions, particularly its role as a vehicle of community
formation. In attempting to think beyond the limits of human
relationships, saints' lives nonetheless create an environment in
which queer desires and modes of connection become possible,
suggesting that, in this case at least, the orthodox nurtures the
queer. This book thus suggests not only that medieval hagiography
is worthy of greater attention but also that this corpus might
provide an important resource for theorizing community in its
medieval contexts and for thinking it in the present. EMMA CAMPBELL
is Associate Professor of French at the University of Warwick.
Explores the intersection of theology and the life of the church
Love, says the apostle Paul, "does not rejoice over injustice, but
rejoices in the truth" (1 Corinthians 13:6). The theological
explorations undertaken here all deal in one way or another with
the liberating promise and the perplexing problem of truth in
Christian life and witness, and with the ways that Christian
theology and theological education in their various modes struggle
both to seek the truth and to foster the aptitude to honour it.
Charles M. Wood is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and
director of the university's Graduate Program in Religious Studies.
His most recent books are 'Attentive in God: Thinking Theologically
in Ministry' (co-authored with Ellen Blue) and 'The Question of
Providence'. "This engaging collection of essays by Charles Wood
offers illuminating perspectives on critical theological issues.
Wood opens up theological questions in new ways through providing
fresh angles of vision and insightful analysis. His ability to
bring clarity to sometimes complex issues makes him a joy to read.
Whether one is interested in Wesleyan Studies, the contemporary
theological task, or the future shape of theological education,
this book will be a most welcome and valued resource." - Henry H.
Knight III, Donald and Pearl Wright Professor of Wesleyan Studies,
Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri "Making
Wesleyan theology a kind of test case, Charles Wood gracefully
shows us the delights and pitfalls of Christian doctrine. Though he
gently reminds us of the manifold ways theology can go wrong, he
majors in the joy of doing theology devoted to the truth and in
service of love. Few theologians are so attuned, as is Wood, to
theology's responsibility in a perilous world and yet so ruled by
the gospel's power to make its own way despite our theological
pretensions. Accompanying Wood in these essays is as rewarding
spiritually as it is intellectually. That's the mark of good
Wesleyan theology, indeed, of any theology." - M. Douglas Meek, Cal
Turner Chancellor Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies,
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Domestic violence is a significant threat to women's survival. But
Christian understandings of marriage often prevent women from
resisting abusive relationships. Can the Church's teaching on
marriage be reshaped so that it helps women to survive, rather than
encourage them to submit to their husband, bear their cross, or
sacrifice themselves for the sake of their marriage? Focusing on
everyday practices of marriage in two very different contexts:
Argentina and England, Reimagining Theologies of Marriage in
Contexts of Domestic Violence considers how Christian
understandings of marriage as a covenant or sacrament relate to the
lived experience of marriage. Drawing on Augustine's notion of the
goods of marriage, and on belief in the saving power of marriage,
this book suggests that only when the wellbeing of bodies is
central to a marriage can it have the power to save.
Embracing current ideas and concerns, a fresh look at a hugely
important subject
In this creative contribution to the doctrine of revelation, Clark
seeks to develop and articulate an understanding of God's
self-disclosure located in the participation of the ecclesiastical
community in the trinitarian life of God. Taking Karl Barth's
doctrine of the Word of God as his point of departure, and
expanding upon the work of Michael Polanyi, Clark demonstrates the
integral involvement of human imagination in the revelatory event.
Synoptic pericopae is a reliable indicator of literary borrowing by
the Synoptic Evangelists. In Oral Tradition and Synoptic Verbal
Agreement, T.M. Derico presents a critical assessment of that claim
through a consideration of the most recent empirical evidence
concerning the kinds and amounts of verbal agreement that can be
produced among independent performances of oral traditions.
The interest that the Epistle to the Hebrews arouses today is
testimony to its enduring message, with its focus on what Jesus
Christ did and continues to do for his people. McKelvey provides
new insight on Hebrews by demonstrating that two of its chief
images, pioneer and priest, function not just independently, but in
tandem. Christ is not pioneer without also being priest, and his
priesthood is only properly understood in terms of the pioneer
figure. This double analogy conveys the meaning of the Christian
faith, because only one who is both pioneer and priest can provide
the church with the help it needs. Pioneer and Priest will appeal
to those who want to know more about Hebrews as well as those who
believe that the emerging church must follow Christ 'outside the
camp'.
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