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Too often people's understanding of and engagement with 'church' is reduced to corporate worship, when it is so much more. George Lings identifies seven characteristic elements in Christian communities through the ages, which when held in balance enable...

The twentieth century witnessed human cruelty on a scale never before imagined. Paradoxically, in recent years the doctrine of original sin has suffered neglect and ridicule. In this philosophically sophisticated treatment of the biblical evidence for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621385233Author Michael FiedrowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In this timely work, Russell, philosopher, agnostic, mathematician, and renowned peace advocate, offers a brief yet insightful study of the conflicts between science and traditional religion during the last four centuries. Examining accounts in which...

Christian Ethics: The Basics sets out clearly and critically the different ways that Augustine, Aquinas and Luther continue to shape ethics today within and across Christian denominations. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and can be read...

Anna Rowlands offers a guide to the main time periods, key figures, documents and themes of thinking developed as Catholic Social Teaching (CST). A wealth of material has been produced by the Catholic Church during its long history which considers the...

Beauty and Meaning publishes, for the first time, the sixteenth T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures, written and delivered by The Most Reverend Metropolitan Anthony Bloom at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, on consecutive evenings from the...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599794617Author Don DickermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Realms FictionPublisher Realms Fiction

In this concise version of God Shines Forth, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves urge Christians to grow in their knowledge and enjoyment of God-as they know God more, they will be spurred on to authentic service through missions and evangelism. About the...

There are twenty-seven books in the traditional New Testament, but the early-Christian community was far more vibrant than that small number might lead you to think. In fact, many more scriptures were written and were just as important as the New...

Originally published in English in 1988, Joseph Ratzinger's Eschatology remains internationally recognized as a leading text on the ""last things""-heaven and hell, purgatory and judgment, death and the immortality of the soul. This highly anticipated...

This elegantly written biography offers the most intimate, detailed, rounded and supremely human portrait yet painted of the great Christian thinker and martyr. Draws on writings only recently made accessible - including the correspondence between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666731439Author Tony RichieFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Lossky's great work on Eastern Orthodoxy covers the whole range of its spirituality and theology. Combining careful theology with the warmth of the deep personal devotion of the author, 'The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church' is the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851607Author Gordon T. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 190gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDr. Geoffrey Simmons has studied the human body and evolutionary theory for more than 40 years. He received his M.D. in 1969 and now practices medicine in Oregon...

Many pastors today see themselves primarily as counselors, leaders, and motivators. Yet this often comes at the expense of the fundamental reality of the pastorate as a theological office. The most important role is to be a theologian mediating God to...

Although many of us long to be blessed by the anointing of the Holy Spirit, R. T. Kendall believes it is possible to abuse this anointing - and become yesterday's man or woman. This happens by trying to move outside our calling and capabilities, for...

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In what has become known as the 'new perspective' on Paul, Tom Wright has proposed a vision of the apostle's central message that does full justice to all Paul's letters. In particular, he focuses on the God-centred nature of Paul's gospel, arguing...

In The Emotional Life of Our Lord, theologian B. B. Warfield explores Christ's complex human emotions-such as anger, grief, and love-to help readers learn more about their compassionate Savior.About the AuthorB. B. Warfield (1851-1921) is known as one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802843685Author Robert E.Van VoorstFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532657016Author Oscar CullmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Since biblical times, history is replete with promises made and promises broken. Pastors and teachers know the power of the covenant, and they know that understanding the concept of covenant is crucial to understanding Scripture. They also know that...

This volume contains a critical edition and translation of the Coptic texts on Abraham of Farshut, the last Coptic orthodox archimandrite of the Pachomian federation in Upper Egypt. While past studies have focused on the origins and early years of this,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062104557Author Candida MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about God, life in the inhabited universe, the history and future of this world, and the life of Jesus. The Urantia Book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a...

Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian...

Book five of Eugene Peterson's landmark SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY series: foundational reading for the twenty-first-century church. Continuing Peterson's evaluation of contemporary Christian spirituality, PRACTISE RESURRECTION is a study of the book of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586170189Author Joseph RatzingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949737172Author Jay E AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Institute for Nouthetic StudiesPublisher Institute for Nouthetic StudiesWeight(grams)...

Some Christians distinguish the moral laws in the Old Testament (which must be obeyed) from the ceremonial and civil laws (which may be disregarded). Others prefer a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, does justice to the...

This book introduces readers to the biblical covenants, charting a middle course between dispensationalism and covenant theology. An accessible and abridged version of the influential theological work Kingdom through Covenant."Gentry and Wellum offer a...

The first-century Jewish woman Miriam of Nazareth, mother of Jesus, proclaimed in faith to be Theotokos, the God-bearer, is the most celebrated female religious figure in the Christian tradition. So varied and manifold are the traditions about Mary, both...

The crucial challenge for theology is that when it is read the reader thinks, `This is true.' Recognizing claims that are `true' enables readers to identify an honest expression of life's complexities. The trick is to show that theological claims - the...

'Based on real questions from real people in the real world. I would recommend this book to anyone investigating what Christianity is all about, and, as ever from Michael Green, it's brilliant stuff!' Andy Hawthorne, Director of The Message Trust ...

In Scripture and the Authority of God, Tom Wright argues that God is the ultimate source of all authority, and that God's authority is not primarily about providing the right answers to disputed questions, but about God's sovereign, saving purposes being...

An Akathist (Greek for "Standing Up") is a type of extended devotional hymn used both in church and at home. This first volume contains six Akathist hymns to the Lord Jesus Christ (to our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, the Divine Passion of Christ, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606083338Author John Paul IIFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...