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Lollardy, the movement deriving from the ideas of John Wyclif at
the end of the fourteenth century, was the only heresy that
affected medieval England. The history of the movement has been
written hitherto largely from accounts and documents put together
by its enemies which, as well as being hostile, distort and
simplify the views, methods, and developments of Lollardy. This new
study represents the most complete account yet of the movement that
anticipated many of the ideas and demands of the sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century reformers and puritans. For the first time, it
brings together the evidence concerning Lollardy from all sources:
texts composed or assembled by its adherents, episcopal records,
chronicles, and tracts written against Wyclif and his followers by
polemicists. In the light of all this evidence a more coherent
picture can be drawn of the movement; the reasoning that lay behind
radical opinions put forward by Wyclif's disciples can be
discerned, and the concern shown by the ecclesiastical authorities
can be seen to have been justified.
During the 1720s, John Wesley began his quest to understand
biblical holiness theologically and to experience it personally.
Over the following decades, he preached and wrote about
sanctification, carefully refining his grasp of the subject. This
long-term investigation led him to study Scripture, reason,
experience, and the Christian tradition. Then, in 1766, he
published A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. That book went
through several revisions and expansions, and in 1777, he issued
his final edition of this work. Wesley's Plain Account of Christian
Perfection became a Christian classic that now stands in the
company of such devotional works as Thomas a Kempis's Imitation of
Christ, William Law's Serious Call to a Devout Holy Life, Richard
Baxter's The Reformed Pastor, and Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and
Holy Dying. This edition of the Plain Account is a transcription
provided by one of the leading Wesley scholars in the world.
For many Christians who've tried their hands at evangelism or have had
to defend their faith, it can feel like doing PR work for God—limiting
ourselves to a series of strategies and tactics. In The Faithful
Apologist: Rethinking the Role of Persuasion in Apologetics, Scott
Oliphint provides a cross-centered foundation for Christians to explain
their faith in a welcoming and persuasive manner that avoids any burden
to "sell" Christianity to non-Christians.
Drawing as much from the rich tradition of Western apologetics as from
the wisdom of effective communication, this book bridges the gap
between sharing the truth of our faith and the art of persuasion by:
• Laying out the biblical and theological foundations of apologetics.
• Studying the art of persuasion as it’s demonstrated in Scripture.
• Linking the discipline of apologetics to the classical art of
persuasion.
As devoted to people as he is to the intellect, Reformed theologian Dr.
Scott Oliphint has written this faithful book to explain the importance
of both devotions in apologetics and in Christian correspondence with
the world. He shows that, when our faith is grounded in the Triune God
and his sovereignty, our attempts to defend it will grow more confident
and convincing.
Accessible and thoroughly rooted in Scripture, The Faithful Apologist
takes the anxiety out of apologetics by revealing that success is not
measured in the number of minds we change, but in our faithfulness to
God, the Divine Persuader.
By examining the minister who helped inspire the founding of the
Harlem Unitarian Church Reverend Ethelred Brown, Floyd-Thomas
offers a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual
roots of Black humanist thought.
This volume describes many of the greatest and most engaging Canons
in the history of the Church of England. With a wealth of amusing
detail and anecdote, as well as a skilful marshalling of the
essential facts, he brings the Canons alive, and considers their
significance in the social and ecclesiastical history of their
times. Tracing the course of the dramatic change in the fortunes of
the English cathedrals and in turn the lives of the most
interesting and significant Canons who were in office, Trevor
Beeson provides readers with an interesting and undemanding
introduction to two centuries of Church history with these
portraits of quite remarkable men. Including characters from St
Paul's Cathedral, Westminster, Canterbury, York, Ely, Chester,
Bristol, Manchester, Winchester and Oxford there are stories to
delight readers from around the UK. About the Author Trevor Beeson
was Canon of Westminster Abbey before becoming Dean of Winchester
where he raised GBP7 million to restore the cathedral fabric and
open a visitor centre. His previous books have all been bestsellers
on the SCM list and have been serialised in the national press.
!El manto de Dios de uncion y poder te esta esperando! Inspirado
por la fidelidad y la audacia de los grandes profetas biblicos
Elias y Eliseo, el exitoso autor Samuel Rodriguez explora el poder
de perseverar con esperanza en medio de los tiempos oscuros en los
que vivimos. Si las circunstancias dolorosas o las perdidas te han
dejado cansado y desanimado, !entonces aferrate a las promesas de
Dios y preparate para completar tu asignacion! Fundamentado en la
verdad de la Palabra de Dios, el pastor Sam te ayuda a: *
permanecer fiel a Dios y experimentar Su poder y provision *
descubrir la direccion de Dios para el tiempo y la temporada en que
estas * aprender como el arado de la perseverancia siempre conduce
al manto de promocion * recuperar tu familia, recuperar tu hambre
espiritual, recuperar tu sueno No importa que estes experimentando,
no dudes ni por un segundo que Dios esta obrando en tu vida. El
infierno no puede parar la uncion profetica que Dios ha puesto
sobre ti. Determina que perseveras--!y espera una cosecha de
derramamiento del Dios ilimitado y vivo!
What's wrong with Calvinism? Since the Reformation, Calvinism has
dominated much of evangelical thought. It has been so well
established that many Christians simply assume it to be the truest
expression of Christian doctrine. But Calvinism has some serious
biblical and theological weaknesses that unsettle laypeople,
pastors and scholars alike. God is sovereign. All evangelical
Christians--whether Arminians or Calvinists--have no doubt about
this fundamental truth. But how does God express his sovereignty?
Is God a master puppeteer, pulling our strings? Or has he
graciously given his children freedom to respond to his love? In
this eminently readable book, Jerry L. Walls and Joseph R. Dongell
explore the flaws of Calvinist theology.Why I Am Not a Calvinist is
a must-read for all who struggle with the limitations of this
dominant perspective within evangelical theology.
In this classic, Augustine of Hippo describes how to interpret and
teach the Scriptures. Although written 1600 years ago, it considers
the role literal and allegorical interpreation of scripture, and is
particularly relevant today. A valuable, and readable resource for
preachers and teachers.
This book will teach you how to take hope in God because of how God restored, vindicated, and made His name great in the lives of people like Job, Joseph, and Abraham. It will give you the encouragement you need to believe that God can work the same power in your life.
You have faced challenges—financial, emotional, physical, relational, ministerial, and business. It is often in the midst of these tests, trials, and difficulties that God prepares you to move into a new season of expansion. Even though the circumstances feel uncomfortable and victory may be hard to see, you will recuperate from devastation and not a moment of it will be wasted. Take comfort in knowing God will remember and vindicate every tear you’ve cried and will restore to you more than what the enemy stole and the locust ate.
Breaking open fresh revelations from the Psalms and Proverbs and examining snapshots of the lives of Gideon, Joseph, Abraham, and Job, You Shall Recover All will encourage you to know that through the tests and trials you thought had come to diminish you, God is actually turning them around for your good and preparing you for greatness. It may be tempting to give up hope or throw in the towel, but do not give in to discouragement, hopelessness, depression, doubt, or defeat. Despite what you see, God is still on the throne.
There is hope for you and your world. What the enemy means for bad, God turns around for your good. For all that you’ve pressed through and endured, let God put a new level of honor on your life. He will take you from least to greatest, and you shall recover all!
Lutheran churches in the United States have included multiple
ethnic cultures since the colonial era and continue to wrestle with
increasing internal variety as one component of their identity. By
combining the concerns of social history with an awareness for
theological themes, this volume explores the history of this family
of Lutheran churches and traces the development from the colonial
era through the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America in 1988. An introduction details the origins of Lutheranism
in the European Reformation and the practices significant to the
group's life in the United States. Organized chronologically,
subsequent chapters follow the churches' maturation as they form
institutions, provide themselves with leaders, and expand their
membership and geographic range. Attention is given throughout to
the contributions of the laity and women within the context of the
Lutherans' continued individual and corporate effort to be both
authentically Lutheran and genuinely American. Offering a rich
portrayal of the Lutherans' lives and their churches, the social
historical approach of this study brings the Lutheran people to the
foreground. The dynamic relationship between pietist, orthodox, and
critical expressions of the tradition has remained among Lutherans
even though they have divided themselves by several factors
including ethnicity and confessional stance. Of interest to
scholars and researchers of Lutheran history and religion in
America, this engaging, multifaceted work balances narrative
history with brief biographical essays. A chronological listing of
important dates in the development of the Lutheran church is
especially helpful.
This book seeks to shed new light on the development of the
ecclesiology of Jonathan Edwards from the writings of his youth
until his Stockbridge treatises, setting this within the context of
Reformation and Puritan debates, and his experience of the revivals
during his Northampton ministry. Bezzant contends that Edwards
repristinated an ossified New England ecclesiology by acknowledging
the church's dynamic relationship with the created order, history
and the nations, and by advocating renewal in ecclesial life
through revivals, itinerancy, Concerts of Prayer, missionary
initiatives outside of the local congregation, and doctrinal
clarification. Bezzant shows that Edwards accommodated the
Christendom model of ecclesiology to the new philosophical,
political and social realities of the mid-eighteenth-century
British Atlantic world. His ecclesiology can be aptly summarized as
prophetic, in as far as the church makes identification with its
social context, while yet providing an alternative millennial
vision for human flourishing. Edwards's Gospel is preached within a
larger vision of transformed society and the glory of God, for whom
the church is an orderly but not ordinary instrument to promote
visible union between believers and Christ.
This book comprises fuller versions of the papers presented at the
second conference of the Association of Denominational Historical
Societies and Cognate Libraries. Scholars representative of a
number of Nonconformist traditions reflect thematically on Free
Church life and witness during the twentieth century. Among the
subjects reviewed are biblical studies, theology, worship,
evangelism and spirituality, and ecumenism. Over and above its
immediate interest, this collection will provide a marker to future
scholars and others who may wish to know how some of their
forebears assessed Nonconformity's contribution to a variety of
fields during the century leading up to Christianity's third
millennium.
After Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt was the most
influential figure in early Mormon history and culture. Missionary,
pamphleteer, theologian, historian, and martyr, Pratt was
perennially stalked by controversy--regarded, he said, "almost as
an Angel by thousands and counted an Imposter by tens of
thousands."
Tracing the life of this colorful figure from his hardscrabble
origins in upstate New York to his murder in 1857, Terryl Givens
and Matthew Grow explore the crucial role Pratt played in the
formation and expansion of early Mormonism. One of countless
ministers inspired by the antebellum revival movement known as the
Second Great Awakening, Pratt joined the Mormons in 1830 at the age
of twenty three and five years later became a member of the newly
formed Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which vaulted him to the
forefront of church leadership for the rest of his life. Pratt's
missionary work--reaching from Canada to England, from Chile to
California--won hundreds of followers, but even more important were
his voluminous writings. Through books, newspaper articles,
pamphlets, poetry, fiction, and autobiography, Pratt spread the
Latter-day Saint message, battled the many who reviled it, and
delineated its theology in ways that still shape Mormon thought.
Drawing on letters, journals, and other rich archival sources,
Givens and Grow examine not only Pratt's writings but also his
complex personal life. A polygamist who married a dozen times and
fathered thirty children, Pratt took immense joy in his family
circle even as his devotion to Mormonism led to long absences that
put heavy strains on those he loved. It was during one such
absence, a mission trip to the East, that the estranged husband of
his twelfth wife shot and killed him--a shocking conclusion to a
life that never lacked in drama.
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