Discover the Variety and Unity of the Early ChurchThe Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa, and Europe, spoke many languages, was situated within diverse cultural settings, and had varied worship practices; yet it maintained a vital unity on core teachings at the heart of the Christian faith.
Here is a much-needed book on evangelism that demonstrates what a vital part signs and wonders play in drawing people to Christ and growing the church.
This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church.
Revised and updated for the twenty-first century: the authoritative reference for the ceremonies, traditions, and protocols of today's Catholic Church.
Around 750 BC, the Assyrians put together Papyrus, ink, and the Aramaic language and alphabet to create an empire and a technological revolution, and humanity has been recording itself ever since.
La liturgia, casa de la ternura de Dios recoge textos de José Rivera sobre el año litúrgico, agrupándolos por cada uno de los tiempos fuertes que van marcando su calendario: Adviento y Navidad, Cuaresma, Semana Santa, Pascua y Pentecostés.
Raised in a broken family and emotionally overlooked, Sherry Gore grew up without a solid foundation, a prisoner of her own poor choices, and at times without hope.
Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, invocations, ritual tools and magical practices.
In the gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus is ';Emmanuel,' God-with-us, or, as Jesus himself puts it, he is ';I-Desire,' ';Coming-I-Will-Heal,' and ';I-Am-with-You-Always.
Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting, church planters, and team members, Church-Planting Revolution serves as a resource that will guide you to think, dream, and plan as you walk through the entire process of planting and multiplying new churches.
Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting, church planters, and team members, Church-Planting Revolution serves as a resource that will guide you to think, dream, and plan as you walk through the entire process of planting and multiplying new churches.
This book explores the parameters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's dual existence as evangelical Christians and as children of Ham, and how the denomination relied on both the rhetoric of evangelicalism and heathenism.
In Grief on the Road to Emmaus, experienced bereavement author and facilitatorBeth Hewettoffers help for people interested in walking with those who grieve and supporting their mourning.
In three meditations John Claypool speaks eloquently of the wounds all of us carry through life-the wounds of grievance, guilt, and grief-and how they can be healed.
Here is a much-needed book on evangelism that demonstrates what a vital part signs and wonders play in drawing people to Christ and growing the church.
Exploring the work of William Blake within the context of Methodism - the largest 'dissenting' religious group during his lifetime - this book contributes to ongoing critical debates surrounding Blake's religious affinities by suggesting that, contrary to previous thinking, Blake held sympathies with certain aspects of Methodism.
A Living Light explores some of the major events in the life of Hildegard of Bingen: mystic, physician, composer, and one of the foremost intellectuals of the Middle Ages.
