In 17 chapters "Jesus Is Family" seeks to give twists & turns to life in Christ's Bride. Here are some chapter headings: Family Is Relational, Family Is Imperfect, Family Is Healing, Family Meats Together, Family Meets Together, Family Is Ekklesia, and Family Is 'Adam.' Frank Viola says of this book: "Another remarkable contribution from the prolific pen of Jon Zens." View More...
In 1912 Jesse Penn-Lewis noted from Genesis 3 that it was the serpent, not the woman, who was cursed: "The serpent is cursed, but, in effect, the beguiled victim [Eve] is blest, for through her will come the ‘Seed’ which will triumph over the devil and his seed; and through her will arise a new race through the promised Seed (Gen.3:15) . . . . Henceforth it is also war by Satan upon the womanhood of the world, in malignant revenge for the verdict of the garden" (War On the Saints). Church history reveals that Roman Catholicism and Protestantism taught and practiced forms of patriarchy that... View More...
Shows that by deflecting the issue to inter-racial dating, Bob Jones University spokespersons are avoiding the real matter that needs to be addressed: Has BJU ever repudiated the outrageous position espoused in Bob Jones Sr's 1960 message, "Is Segregation Scriptural?" In that booklet, the founder of BJU said, "If you are against segregation and against racial separation, then you against God Almighty . . . . God is the author of segregation." View More...
Sparce pencil marks on a few pages; yellow highlighting on p.111; pp.111-114 a bit loose. The tale of the author as a theological witness for the ACLU at the 1981 Creationist trial in Little Rock, AR. View More...
This book demonstrates that urban churches actually provide the most creative new frontier for church growth, and Schaller offers fourteen profiles of high performance urban churches to illustrate what is taking place in cities today. Each profile focuses on quality of the church's ministry, the personalities of its usually long-tenured and visionary pastors, community outreach, members, preaching, music, weekday programs, reputation, real estate, and in many cases, radio and television ministry. View More...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award and The National Book Critics Circle Award. Nineteen chapters, plus notes, bibliograpgy & index. View More...
In this hard-hitting book, the author examines the growing affinity which is developing between Christian evangelism and political and economic conservatism and he argues eloquently for the dissolution of this unequal yoke. View More...
American nationalism- is it synonymous with evangelical Protestantism? Do Christians carry a cross in one hand and wave the flag with the other? View More...
Dr. Ferm is not setting forth a basis for denominational communion and fellowship, nor for cooperation of equal and sovereign denominations upon an interdenominational basis. He simply points out how God has sometimes been pleased to bring a wide variety of churches of men into a cooperative sponsorship of uncompromising proclamation of His gospel, resulting in the salvation of many precious souls. View More...
The choice is ours...someone must rise to lead. Will the world experience increasingly ungodly forms of leadership and domination through force, manipulation and fear? Or will the church follow the lead of the Lord Jesus into the 21st century by caring for and serving the nations of the earth? View More...
Building a consistent stance on Abortion, the Family, Nuclear weapons & the Poor. To be completely pro-life means to defend human life wherever it is threatened. This book seeks to move away from a one-issue focus to a big picture look at all the issues. View More...
Essays prepared for the advisory council on Church & Society of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA & the Council on Theology & Culture of the Presbyterian church in the U.S. 14 articles, including ones by Paul Minear and George Marsden. View More...
How should Christians respond to the threat of nuclear war? Ronald Side and Richard Taylor offer a comprehensive answer. In four major sections they deal with nuclear destruction, Christian positions of just war and nonviolence, concrete ways to work for peace in the church, society and government plus nonmilitary means of national defense. View More...
This book gathers 600 quotes of wisdom from 240 ethnic groups on every continent -- along with the words of anthropologists and writers -- about the indigenous way of life. This is wisdom based in villages and tribes, built on awareness of the natural world and awareness of the basic human needs modern life often ignores. View More...
