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A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation
Craig Harline · Oxford University Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical imagination, it's... |
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Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously
David Green · Zondervan
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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David Green believes that generosity and building a legacy based on giving can lead to getting back what you really want: a family that stays together, prays together, and shares life joyfully. Green tells the story of caring for the small things and starting Hobby Lobby in their garage.... |
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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion
N T Wright · HarperOne
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion - arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding... |
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Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman's Search for Balance
IRIS GRAVILLE · Homebound Publications
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
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Knocked off her feet after twenty years in public health nursing, Iris Graville quit her job and convinced her husband and their thirteen-year-old twin son and daughter to move to Stehekin, a remote mountain village in Washington State's North Cascades. They sought adventure; she yearned... |
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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
BART EHRMAN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling authority on early Christianity, the story of how Christianity grew from a religion of twenty or so peasants in rural Galilee to the dominant religion in the West in less than four hundred years.Christianity didn't have to become the dominant religion... |
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
Lyndal Roper · Random House
Pages: 592
Format: Print book
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From a star historian, this definitive biography reveals the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, whose Ninety-five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history. |
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Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World
ALEC RYRIE · VIKING
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk in 1517. Now it covers the globe and includes almost a billion people. On the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses, a global history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world Five hundred years ago an obscure monk challenged... |
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Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century
Marcus J Borg · Harper One
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Showcasing some of his most enduring and insightful writings, including many previously unpublished works, a concise and illuminating introduction to Marcus J. Borg, the late spokesman for progressive Christianity and one of the most revered and influential theologians of our time.In his acclaimed... |
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Madison Park: A Place of Hope
Eric L. Motley · Zondervan
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Madison Park, a small community in Alabama founded by freed slaves in 1880. And meet Eric Motley, a native son who came of age in this remarkable place where constant lessons in self-determination, hope, and unceasing belief in the American dream taught him everything he needed... |
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The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
Mustafa Akyol · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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When Reza Aslan's bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn't addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that "if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic... |
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Paul: A Biography
N T Wright · HarperOne
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology - transforming a faith and changing... |
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Prayers for Victory in Spiritual Warfare
Tony Evans · Harvest House Publishers,
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Spiritual victory is a privilege to be enjoyed by every Christian. Why then do you seem to encounter so many obstacles in your daily life?One answer may be that you have not yet learned how to stand strong in the victory that is already yours in Christ. The enemy of your soul has gained... |
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The Gay Preacher's Wife: How My Gay Husband Deconstructed My Life and Reconstructed My Faith
Lydia Meredith · Karen Hunter Books-Gallery Books
Pages: 244
Format: Print book
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The deeply personal memoir of Lydia Meredith, a woman who spent almost thirty years married to a preacher - only to have her husband leave her for a MAN - and how her life becomes a testimony of tolerance and a theology of love and acceptance.After being married to Reverend Dennis A. Meredith... |
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