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Intercession is an essential element of both public and private prayer.

Paul Today discusses and challenges popular interpretations of familiar Pauline texts in view of important controversies and debates.

In this newly revised and expanded edition of a contemporary classic, Edward Sellner mines the deep wisdom of many traditions-from Celtic to Minnesotan, from Joan of Arc to C.

'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe - we must rekindle our spiritual bond with the natural world.

Daniel Ramirez's history of twentieth-century Pentecostalism in the U.

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How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America?

In times of great national crisis, composers and artists have responded by producing some of the greatest works known to us.

In this work, Anderson Blanton illuminates how prayer, faith, and healing are intertwined with technologies of sound reproduction and material culture in the charismatic Christian worship of southern Appalachia.

With the sensitivity born of time and experience, Charles Hoffacker presents an unusually warm and caring approach to preaching at a pivotal transition in human life, one which goes to the very heart of the Good News of Jesus Christ.

In this path-breaking study, Fr.

This is a book about religious rhetoric, its cultural foundations, and its role in articulating sociocultural change and facilitating psychosocial adaptation to the demands of a new environment.

Here is Holy Week and Eastertide reading to which you will return time and again.

Living Scripture captures the essence of each week's Scripture readings in an easy-to-read, easy-to-use format.

In this charming biography especially for young people, Mark Bozzuti-Jones gives us a warm and caring glimpse of Barbara C.

It is October 1592.

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Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective applies the best of the Roman Catholic theological and ethical tradition to some of the most controversial and complex bioethical topics that confront contemporary society.

Southern Baptists have a unique and colorful story.

Mormonism arose in early 19th century New York and has fired the imaginations of its devotees, critics, and students ever since.

This is the first full biography of Biblical scholar and theological seminary professor James Strong (1822-1894).

Historic Protestantism and evangelicalism has always been committed to the authority of Scripture and interested in the proper interpretation of the Bible.

In an age of decreasing denominational loyalty, questions of identity have become important.

Anyone Can Be Saved articulates a biblical-theological explanation of the doctrine of salvation in light of the rise of Calvinistic theology among Southern Baptist churches in the United States.

Traditional preaching, along with the mainline churches in which it has been most prevalent over the years, is losing its appeal for growing numbers of people who are caught up in the dangers and confusion of our fragmented world.

Naomi "e;Omie"e; Wise was drowned by her lover in the waters of North Carolina's Deep River in 1807, and her murder has been remembered in ballad and story for well over two centuries.

Margaret Avison, one of Canada's premier poets, is a highly sophisticated and self-conscious writer, both charming and intimidating at the same time.

Climbing Up the Downward Spiral takes a holistic approach in looking at practical, neurological, and spiritual issues, as it walks readers through the shadows of some of the most difficult problems of our time: financial loss; drug and alcohol abuse and addiction; mental illness; and suicide.

The Living Legacy is a resource for spiritual formation that involves original Christian poetry, theological analysis, and spiritual formation exercises following the lectio divina.

Making Your Way to the Pulpit is a book for beginning preachers, for preachers who will never have a seminary course called "e;homiletics"e; (the art of preaching), for preachers who studied homiletics with William Hethcock and want a review, and for all preachers who are looking for a tested, reliable approach to sermon preparation.

Christianity may be the greatest story ever told, but in Western culture it is losing ground against the powerful forces of secularization.

This volume of essays, dedicated to Stan and Ruth Burgess, has been written by their colleagues and students to honor them as they retire after many years of distinguished service to Evangel University, Southwest Missouri State University, and Regent University.

This is a fascinating romp through the ranks of the pre-Socratic Philosophers; all seventeen of them presenting their different theories on the first principle, or starting point, of the origin of the universe (was it water or air, etc.

The greatest challenge that faces the evangelical movement is the biblical admonition to preserve the unity of the Spirit (Ephesians 4:3).

"e;A Morning Resolve,"e; an Episcopal prayer printed on the inside front cover of Forward Day by Day, is a "e;help me tend my spiritual garden"e; prayer.

Like Ripples on Water is, first of all, a book about Russian Baptists and their preaching.

Each of us will come to at least one crossroads in our lives where decisions must be made that will impact both our past and our future.

Large and successful organizations seem to emulate the trajectory of a skipping stone.

Against the individualism and abstractionism of standard modern accounts of justification and epistemic merit, Wolterstorff incorporates the ethics of belief within the full scope of a person's socio-moral accountability, an accountability that ultimately flows from the teleology of the world as intended by its creator and from the inherent value of humans as bearers of the divine image.

In order to discover inner peace and peace in our world, we will need to let go of traditional understandings of pain and suffering as God's will.

At long last here is a textbook for the basic public speaking course--one that integrates a Christian worldview with up-to-date scholarship in the field of communication.

Many towns have their murderers, but are they also members of a church, a Boy Scout leader, or president of the congregation?

Christian leaders at every level of the church are working in the crucible of multiple realities where paradoxical trends occupy the same space and time.

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To open the Book of Psalms is to enter the world of God.

"e;Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"e; says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages.

Reflections on Biblical Themes by an Octogenarian represents the journey into faith by the author of the essays over the span of sixty years in the pastoral ministry and as a professor on college, university, and theological school levels.

To Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Torrances, grace is not an abstract truth; it is reality itself.

We are in the midst of a rapidly changing sexual scene.