The days when western Christians could ignore the influence of Islam are over. Today as never before, the world's second largest religion is shaping our culture, and words such as jihad, imam, Quran, and fatwa have entered our vocabulary. While all Muslims are no more alike than all Christians are alike, there are certain fundamental beliefs that all Muslims hold in common--some of which Christians would agree with, including belief in one true God. But is it the same God? How does the God of Muhammad differ from the God of Christianity? Written in a clear, passionate style that is...
The days when western Christians could ignore the influence of Islam are over. Today as never before, the world's second largest religion is shapin...
How do theology and spirituality relate to one another? How does the Christian heart connect with the Christian mind? This collection of essays from leading evangelical theologians and writers addresses these concerns through providing scholarly and personal reflections. Here you will find discussion of the integration of theology and spirituality, biblical and classical sources for spiritual formation, a critique of how evangelicals have uncritically appropriated the rhetoric of spirituality, and also the use and abuse of spiritual disciplines by evangelicals.
How do theology and spirituality relate to one another? How does the Christian heart connect with the Christian mind? This collection of essays fro...
The coherence of this volume arises from the way in which John Calvin serves as the centering focus of various disciplines and scholarly approaches that touch on the life of the church. Its five sections convey a wide range of interests among the contributors: Calvin and his times, theology, ecclesiology, interpretation of Holy Scripture, and worship and preaching.
The coherence of this volume arises from the way in which John Calvin serves as the centering focus of various disciplines and scholarly approaches...
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include: * commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION;* the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary;* sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages;* interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole;* readable and applicable exposition.
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include: * comme...
A college education becomes truly meaningful when faith affects what happens in the classroom every day. Toward that end, David Dockery and Timothy George have written this compelling case for the role of the Christian intellectual tradition in a serious liberal arts education.
Surveying the long-standing history of Christian thinkers--ranging from the Apostles to the Reformers to the 21st century's greatest theologians--this book introduces readers to the distinctive way that Christians through the years have read the Bible, formulated doctrine, provided education, and engaged the...
A college education becomes truly meaningful when faith affects what happens in the classroom every day. Toward that end, David Dockery and Timothy...
Description: A riveting story of one mans life and ministry during the explosion of Christian missions in nineteenth-century America, Against the Gates of Hell is the biography of Henry T. Perry, a missionary to Turkey from 1866 to 1913. Based heavily on previously unpublished letters and diaries from the ABCFM (American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions) archives in Harvards Houghton Library, Against the Gates of Hell provides an eyewitness account of the last years of the Ottoman Empire, years that are the foundation for the modern Middle East. Perrys diary also reveals a life...
Description: A riveting story of one mans life and ministry during the explosion of Christian missions in nineteenth-century America, Against the ...
Thomas Jet is a successful investment banker from Chicago. His life is well ordered until his father dies, and he makes a promise to go on a fateful journey to a family reunion in South Carolina. After Thomas learns his father's real identity and his involvement with an ancient African secret society, he starts a quest for truth that will change his life forever. More secrets continue to emerge that force him into the shadowy world of industrial espionage where cartels control the international diamond trade. Thomas is forced to take drastic actions to save his life. Along the way, he...
Thomas Jet is a successful investment banker from Chicago. His life is well ordered until his father dies, and he makes a promise to go on a fateful j...
Resources for preachers steadily appear, called forth by the perennial need on the part of working pastors for helpful and inspirational materials backed by tested experience, reverent scholarship, and creative insights. The essays in this book are of that cast, and each essay is the work of an experienced practitioner-scholar in the field of preaching. The chapters focus on the preaching ministry of Gardner Calvin Taylor, in whose honor the volume was prepared. They are offered, with affection and esteem, by colleagues, students, and friends, fellow preachers all, whose own attempts to speak...
Resources for preachers steadily appear, called forth by the perennial need on the part of working pastors for helpful and inspirational materials bac...
Thomas Jet is the untested new leader of the Brotherhood, an ancient African secret society. And now, he must lead his band of brothers in a race against time to solve a mystery hidden within a medieval dagger. Thomas' lover, Miss Erd is kidnapped and held for ransom for the priceless artifact. The action intensifies when Russian mercenaries embark on a ruthless search for the dagger leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. The brotherhood must scramble to stay one step ahead of danger while trying to rescue their captured colleague. The tension reaches the boiling point when...
Thomas Jet is the untested new leader of the Brotherhood, an ancient African secret society. And now, he must lead his band of brothers in a race agai...
