Prayers and liturgical material

Black women are strong.

What does it mean to preach the gospel today?

After serving for more than thirty years as a parish minister, the author was hospitalized with major depression.

Beauchamp and Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a well-accepted approach to contemporary bioethics.

Preaching has fallen on hard times with many questioning its relevance and even its validity as a New Testament practice.

Does social justice promote Christian unity?

In Building a Community of Interpreters Walter Dickhaut argues that the practice of reading (and, by extension, listening) is no less creative than the practice of writing (and speaking); readers and hearers, just as much as writers and speakers, are producers of meaning.

We the Storytellers provides examples and techniques for expressing deeply held beliefs through the oldest form of communication--stories.

"e;Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.

Critiques of the environmental ramifications of the early Genesis narrative by environmental thinkers such as Aldo Leopold, Ian McHarg, and Lynn White underscore a long-standing tension between the environmental movement and Western Christianity.

"e;Like athletes, preachers carry inside them the voices of their most challenging coaches--people who have encouraged them to dig deeper, stretch farther, and more faithfully pursue their craft and calling.

The Eastern Christian liturgical tradition of Lent has long included the chanting of the Songs of Ascents (Pss 120-134) as "e;entrance songs"e; of not only the special penance service known as the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, but also of the season of repentance.

While it is readily admitted that we learn in order to do, we are in need of guidance.

Hermeneutical Theology and the Imperative of Public Ethics is a groundbreaking attempt to present constructive missional theology in an integrative and interdisciplinary framework as it provocatively utilizes and contextualizes Reformation theology and hermeneutics concerning ethical theology embedded within the wider horizon of World Christianity.

Cosmic Commons explores terrestrial-extraterrestrial intelligent life Contact.

In the decade after 9/11, Rev.

The ritual of eating and drinking together is one of the most important Christian events.

From Wall Street to Main Street, the moral toxicity in our country is alarming.

Preachers are often caught in a double bind--they would like to be more witty and creative, but they aren't sure whether these capacities fit with the serious business of preaching the gospel.

Dr.

Praise at home.

The Psalms are songs, written not for reading but singing.

The Psalms are songs, written not for reading but singing.

With Christ in the School of Prayer: It is under a deep impression that the place and power of prayer in the Christian life is too little understood that this book has been written.

The foundation of all true knowledge of God must be a clear mental apprehension of His perfections as revealed in Holy Scripture.

Smith Wigglesworth was a British evangelist who was important in the early history of Pentecostalism.

Arthur W.

There is the holy and most glorious God who invites us to come to him, to hold converse with him, to ask from him such things as we need, and to experience what a blessing there is in fellowship with him.

The ministry of prayer has been the peculiar distinction of all of God's saints.

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism.

Tens of thousands of Christians have gotten up and gone to bed with Charles Spurgeon's devotional Morning and Evening.

He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, saith the Lord.

Here is a delightful women's devotional that will remind you that God is faithful and His mercies are new every morning.

The Meaning of Marriage .

In the early 1970s, living in inner-city St.

Saint Paul declares, "e;Live by the Spirit"e; (Gal 5:6).

Consistently Pro-Life is a book about killing.

The Christ Letter is a conversation partner for pastors and students of the Bible who want to wrestle with the meaning of the biblical text for Christian living today.

Dance in Scripture: How Biblical Dancers Can Revolutionize Worship Today examines the dances of seven biblical figures: Miriam, Jephthah's daughter, David, the Shulamite, Judith, Salome, and Jesus.

Conservative evangelical women are least likely to be trained in the areas of teaching and preaching.

The condition of stuck is a condition well known by pastoral caregivers and leaders.

This book explores how Christian spirituality and the political ethic of Christianity's founder, Jesus of Nazareth, might contribute to the most looming emergency of our day--ending human misery while reducing the planet's woes.

Christians are not just called to be transformed into something "e;better"e; or even "e;good,"e; but to be transfigured into a "e;new creation"e;--ceasing to be what they are in order to become what they are not.

If worship is God centered,and God is the Trinity, then worship should be Trinity centered.

Therapeutic preaching is badly in need of rehabilitation.

The repeal of the government's policy on homosexual military service, known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), has caused much concern among Christian military service members, especially chaplains, and has led to much debate about the morality of homosexuality, the ideal of free speech, and the role of clergy in public service.

How can we work toward mutual understanding in our increasingly diverse and interconnected world?

African American scholar Anthony Bradley understands the growing interest in the intersections of theology and economics emerging in light of Christianity's commitment to loving the poor.

Many Pentecostal groups have forgotten their legacy of war resistance and doctrinal history opposing killing.

Why do many U.