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Are you starting a new job, retiring, getting married, expanding your family, or making any significant change in your life?

This short book has a dual purpose and is aimed at two audiences: Through practical instruction and guidance, it equips bishops to minister effectively as the chief pastor in the diocese, while helping clergy and congregations reduce the eternal anxiety around the words, "e;The bishop is coming.

Luther's oft-recounted life made a profound impact on his contemporaries.

Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government.

The language of exile, focused with theological and biblical narratives and coupled with depictions of real-life exilic communities, can equip church leaders as agents in the creation of new communities.

Travel through the back roads and country lanes of the British Isles with a pastor and his wife celebrating their thirtieth wedding anniversary.

Heidi Barr didn't believe in Jesus.

Born to a noble family in Tournai, Marie Dentiere (1495-1561) left her convent in the 1520s to work for religious reform.

How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong?

What was originally part of an ongoing dialogue between Paul and the community at Corinth has become vital in today's Christian worship.

A Heart Like Marys is the perfect book for all Catholics wishing to begin or deepen their devotion to Mary.

Moving with the Magdalen is the first art-historical book dedicated to the cult of Mary Magdalen in the late medieval Alps.

Paul Avis charts a pathway of theological integrity through the serious challenges facing the Anglican Communion in the first quarter of the 21st century.

Presenting a robust and philosophically based account of education from the Catholic point of view, Sean Whittle engages with important debates and questions concerning the nature and purpose of Catholic education and schooling.

In January 2004 a newly founded evangelical organization called PASCH was formed.

The definitive guide to changes in congregational leadership, revised to reflect the needs of todays church Designed for the clergy and lay leadership of congregations in the midst of transitions, this volume offers a quick start guide to help clergy and lay leadership with topics from defining mission to developing effective decision-making processes.

Teaching and researching the Gospel of John for thirty years has led author Mary L.

On his second day as association minister for the United Church of Christ, David McMahill received three phone calls from lay leaders who were looking for resources on "e;how to evaluate our minister.

Come, Holy Spirit reveals a spirituality intimately connected to the daily life of Fr.

In Talking with Catholics about Jesus, author Chris Castaldo provides an easy-to-follow introduction to basic Catholic belief and practice, equipping evangelical Protestants for more fruitful spiritual conversations.

All of us are faced with the daily onslaught of sin and temptation.

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Many Christians who practice believer baptism struggle to answer basic questions about it, such as: What does it mean to be baptized?

Question your assumptions.

What do spiritual gifts have to do with our daily lives?

The legacy of Augustine of Hippo (354-430) continues to shape Western Christian language about both the Trinity and the Church, yet scholars rarely treat these two topics as related in his work.

For nearly forty years and in numerous books, Alexandra Stoddard has shared her keen eye for design and sure sense of style.

One of the jewels in the crown of Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred music is its use of astonishingly subtle and complex allegorical and representational devices.

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in faith formation 2021 Catholic Media Association Award second place award in pastoral ministry - catechetical The catechumenate is animated by trust.

 This book argues that Christians have a stake in the sustainability and success of core cultural values of the West in general and America in particular.

This unique volume collects together baptismal liturgies in use across five continents to reveal the breadth of theological understanding and diversity of practice in Anglicnaims today.

SUCCESS SECRETS FROM THE 3 MASTERS OF SUCCESSDiscover the way the world really works.

Evangelicalism, an inter-denominational religious movement that has grown to become one of the most pervasive expressions of world Christianity in the early twenty-first century, had its origins in the religious revivals led by George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards in the middle decades of the eighteenth century.

A preacher kid's at a Catholic university, Kevin Lowry settled into a "e;double major in beer and billiards"e; soon followed by uncomfortable run-ins with pious students, failing grades, increasing anxiety, a missing night-and the startling realization that some fellow students actually attended Mass the morning after a party instead of sleeping it off.

Religious traditions provide the stories and rituals that define the core values of church members.

Like falling in love, this book argues that a relationship with God begins with surprise, proceeds with discovery, and shapes a life that comes to share a story of love.