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Rev. Jones was asked to write a paper for one of the oldest main line Protestant denominations on the phenomenon of miracles, signs, and wonders, known as pentecostal experiences. Pentecostalism is the fastest growing arm of the Christian body in the world today and is breaking into older more traditional churches, as well as touching almost every city in the world through the last three waves of the Holy Spirit, the Charismatic movement of the 1970's,...
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Abortion remains the most contested political issue in American life. Poll results have remained surprisingly constant over the years, with roughly equal numbers supporting and opposing it. A common perception is that abortion is contrary to Christian teaching and values. While some have challenged that perception, few have attempted a comprehensive critique and constructive counterargument on Christian ethical and theological grounds.Margaret Kamitsuka...
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This book examines the prayer texts in the collection of ancient documents known as the Apostolic Fathers, written during the early second century. The book begins with an overview of the Apostolic Fathers and of the prayers found therein. Appendices include every prayer passage in the nine documents. The core of the book explores the function of prayer in the letters of the collection (1 Clement, The Letter of Ignatius, Polycarp to the Philippians,...
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The internationally best-selling author of Alive explores the rise, the catastrophic fall, and the far-reaching legacy of Knights of the Temple of Solomon.
In 1099, the city of Jerusalem, a possession of the Islamic Caliphate for over four-hundred years, fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the Cross to the Holy Lands. From the ranks of these holy warriors emerged an order of monks trained in both scripture and the military...
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The churches from the whole world are joined in the effort to reach the whole world. Although it has been documented that Western missionaries serving outside their countries still comprise the majority of world missions workers, the growth rate of majority world missionaries far outpaces that of the West. In recent years, while Western missionary forces are shrinking in numbers and possibly in influence, missions from the majority world have proliferated,...
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Effective Engagement in Short-term Missions represents the single most ambitious effort to date to understand and improve upon patterns of ministry in STM. In six sections, the authors explore topics such as the links between STM and older patterns of long-term missions; engagement with people of other cultures; international partnerships; specialized ministries such as medical missions; legal and financial liabilities; and last but not least, the...
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From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction.
Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars...
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Christianity is not about rituals but changed hearts. In the prophetic tradition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas calls slumbering Christians to battle.
Picking up where he left off in his electrifying Letter to the American Church, Eric Metaxas renews and deepens his call to believers not to "practice" their faith but to live it-heroically and with joy. Invoking famous but misunderstood words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he shows that God's answer...
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The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church
In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, PhilipJenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful charactersshaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today's church could beteaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as weknow it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals...
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Booklet meant to provoke Christians and churches to take a hard and honest look at what they claim to believe as opposed to what they practice. Encourages churches to realize why young people are leaving or declining to join church.
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Dans ce livre, Z.T. Fomum expose la vanité des religions sans Christ en établissant la différence entre le cœur ancien (impur) et le cœur nouveau (pur).Deux vérités fondamentales sont démontrées dans ce livre: Le cœur pur est un don de Dieu qu'il convient de garder précieusement dès qu'on l'a reçu et seuls ceux qui ont un cœur pur verront Dieu ; car avoir un cœur pur et être saint ne sont qu'une et même chose.C'est un message de sanctification...
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Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431) était une bergère de Lorraine. Brusquement entrée dans la vie publique à l'âge de 17 ans et morte martyre deux ans plus tard, elle fait partie des figures féminines les plus connues et les plus représentées à travers le monde. Un parcours atypique, de la sorcière supposée à la véritable sainte. Les comptes-rendus de son procès puis de sa réhabilitation repris dans cet ouvrage se révèlent précieux pour approcher...
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Pourquoi la mémoire d'Antoine Chevrier (1826-1879) demeure-t-elle vivante aujourd'hui ? Point tellement à cause de l'oeuvre qu'il a pu fonder, mais bien plus à cause de l'homme authentique qu'il a été, du « véritable disciple » de Jésus Christ qu'il a su être.
C'est à Noël 1856 que le père Chevrier a ressenti l'appel spécifique que Dieu lui adressait. Il était alors vicaire depuis six ans à la paroisse Saint-André de La Guillotière,...
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Basándose en recursos sin explotar, entrevistas exclusivas y nueva investigación de archivos, La última cruzada del Papa por Peter Eisner es un emocionante relato que trae a la luz el valiente esfuerzo del Papa Pío XI para condenar el nazismo y la política del Tercer Reich -una cruzada que podría haber cambiado el curso de la segunda guerra mundial. Un escandaloso relato de intriga y suspenso, ilustrado con dieciséis páginas de fotos de archivos,...
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Depuis plus de trois siècles, il ne se passe pas une année sans qu'un ouvrage ne paraisse sur saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), sans qu'un article ne vienne apporter une insistance sur un passé connu, jeter quelque lumière nouvelle sur une vie débordante de vitalité et d'activités les plus diverses. Le secret de cette efflorescence est dans sa charité « inventive jusqu'à l'infini », comme l'amour de Dieu. Vincent, homme d'action, se présente...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
"This scrupulously elegant account of the creation of what four centuries of history has confirmed is the finest English-language work of all time, is entirely true to its subject: Adam Nicolson's lapidary prose is masterly, his measured account both as readable as the curious demand and as dignified as the story deserves." - Simon Winchester, author of Krakatoa
In God's Secretaries, Adam...
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