Baptists are not often thought of as leading theologians and practitioners of worship. But forgotten in history is one crucial fact: the Baptist tradition formed out of a desire to worship God purely. Early Baptists devoted immense energy to questions of worship and drew conclusions of even contemporary value. Through the seismic liturgical shifts of English society in the seventeenth century, worship was both their most galvanizing and disintegrating impulse. As time passed and terminology changed and Baptists shied away from this divisive topic, this emphasis was lost. No one today...

The livery collar had a pervasive presence in late-medieval England. Worn about the neck to denote service to a lord, references to the collar abound in government records, contemporary chronicles and correspondence, and many depictions of the collar can be found in illuminated manuscripts and on church monuments. From the fifteenth century the collar was regarded as a powerful symbol of royal power, the artefact associating the recipient with the king; it also played a significant function in the construction and articulation of political and other group identities during the period. This...

Discover How to Reverse Insulin Resistance In this book Matthew Ward helps you reverse Insulin Resistance by showing you strategies that'll keep you from getting your Insulin Resistance out of control. These strategies range from nutritious food intake that'll heal your body, exercising, to many other surprising strategies that'll aid you in the fight against Insulin Resistance.

Whether you're trying to, reverse insulin resistance, lose weight, repair your metabolism, or prevent diabetes, the strategies in this book will aid you, or a loved one, on the road to successful healing. The...

Discover How to Combat Inflammation In this book, Matthew Ward helps you overcome inflammation by implementing The Anti Inflammatory Diet.

In this book, you'll understand how inflammation works, what chronic inflammation is, what is causing it, and how you can help treat or prevent it through the Anti-Inflammatory Diet.

Then, you will find practical strategies on how to implement the Anti-Inflammatory Diet by following a series of concrete steps, including a wide variety of recipes.

Discover over forty recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, smoothies, salads, and soups...