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An updated edition of the “magnificent” reference: “A mine of information for the beginning biblical student, the seasoned scholar, and the layperson.” — Biblical Archaeological Review The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, revised and updated edition, is the most complete, up-to-date, and accessible guide for the study of the Bible available today. With more than 4,000 lively, informative, and reader-friendly entries, this essential reference book provides all the information you need to understand the Bible. Whether you are a pastor, layperson, or a student of scripture, you will find every important name, place, and subject that makes Bible study come to life. From Aaron to Zurishaddai, here are all the people, events, and ideas of biblical times. This third edition continues in the rich tradition of its predecessors but has been thoroughly updated and revised by a new editorial team under the direction of the premier international scholarly body, the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). More than half the articles in this book are new, and several dozen charts and tables have also been added as well as updates on recent archaeological discoveries. Over 200 contributors from a diverse group of authorities represent an ecumenical and non-biased viewpoint of scripture from different positions—Roman Catholic, Jewish, mainline Protestant, and evangelical. Filled with explanations of biblical beliefs, language, and insights into the culture and customs of the people who lived in biblical times, this resource will help anyone interested in scripture to more fully appreciate the meaning and message of the Bible. |
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The story behind the creation of the King James Bible and the king who made it happen: “Engrossing and entertaining . . . a delightful read in every way.” — Publishers Weekly Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of England’s Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western history—the translation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English. David Teems’s narrative crackles with wit, using a thoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth-century king—a man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought, yet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as “the wisest fool in Christendom.” Teems’s depiction of King James has all the elements of a grand tale—conspiracy, kidnapping, witchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. Majestie offers an engaging new look at the world’s most cherished, revered, and influential translation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it. |
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This book is intended as an aid to believers in developing a daily time of morning revival with the Lord in His word. At the same time, it provides a limited review of the international Chinese-speaking blending conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 10-11, 2024. The general subject of the conference was “Fighting the Good Fight, Finishing the Course, Keeping the Faith, and Loving the Lord’s Appearing in Order to Receive the Reward of Christ as the Crown of Righteousness.” Through intimate contact with the Lord in His word, the believers can be constituted with life and truth and thereby equipped to prophesy in the meetings of the church unto the building up of the Body of Christ. |
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A collection of primary texts revealing how early Christians practiced their faith. Life and Practice in the Early Church  brings together a range of primary texts form the church’s first five centuries to demonstrate how early Christians practiced their faith. These original documents shed light on how early believers “did church,” addressing such practical questions as, How did the church administer baptism? How were sermons delivered? How did the early church carry out its mission’s endeavors? Far from being monolithic, the documents—which present the voices of the early church fathers in their own words—demonstrate variation and diversity regarding how faith was worked out during the patristic period. The texts illuminate who was eligible for baptism, what was expected of worshippers, how the Eucharist was celebrated, and how church offices and their functions were organized. Contextual introductions explain practices and their development for those with little prior knowledge of Christian history or tradition. The pieces included here, all in accessible English translation, represent such sources as Justin Martyr, Tertullian, the Cappadocians, Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, and Augustine. |
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In our current times of global crises and spiking collective anxiety, Tara Brach’s transformative practice of Radical Acceptance offers a pathway to inner freedom and a more compassionate world. This classic work now features an insightful new introduction, an exclusive bonus chapter, and additional guided meditations. “ Radical Acceptance offers us an invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear, and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion.” — Thich Nhat Hanh   “Believing that something is wrong with us is a deep and tenacious suffering,” says Tara Brach at the start of this illuminating book. This suffering emerges in crippling self-judgments and conflicts in our relationships, in addictions and perfectionism, in loneliness and overwork—all the forces that keep our lives constricted and unfulfilled. Radical Acceptance offers a path to freedom, including the day-to-day practical guidance developed over Dr. Brach’s forty years of work with therapy clients and Buddhist students.   Writing with great warmth and clarity, Tara Brach brings her teachings alive through personal stories and case histories, fresh interpretations of Buddhist tales, and guided meditations. Step by step, she shows us how we can stop being at war with ourselves and begin to live fully every precious moment of our lives. |
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The Message is a reading Bible translated from the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures by scholar, pastor, author, and poet Eugene Peterson. Thoroughly reviewed and approved by twenty biblical scholars, The Message combines the authority of God’s Word with the cadence and energy of conversational English. What makes The Message the best reading Bible? Discover for yourself. • Feel the impact of a Bible translated into conversational English. • Find passages with The Message ’s unique verse-numbered paragraphs. • See the big picture with “The Story of the Bible in Five Acts,” alongside handcrafted timelines and charts. Come and delight in the unexpected passion and personality that fill God’s Word. |
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Matthew Henry's well-known six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1708–1710) or Complete Commentary , originally published in 1706, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible, covering the whole of the Old Testament, and the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament. After the author's death, the work was finished (Romans through Revelation) by thirteen other nonconformist ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henry's hearers, and edited by George Burder and John Hughes in 1811 - Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
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The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions   Stop wondering what your dreams and visions mean—and start living the meanings!   The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions is a Bible-based guide to dream interpretation that reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. With this set of Master keys, you can unlock the unseen realm! Led by the Holy Spirit, you can manifest God’s Kingdom on earth through Jesus Christ by knowing what your dreams and visions mean.   The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions contains:    The most extensive Christian dream dictionary on the market (with Scripture support).    An important dictionary of names and places.   A critical chapter on counterfeit interpretations by the occult.   101 interpreted dreams providing credible evidence.   A fascinating metaphor dictionary. Embrace your supernatural communications with God and go deeper into the things of the Spirit —today! |
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Seven million copies of his books in print! This daily devotional from the bestselling author of such spiritual classics as The Return of the Prodigal Son and The Wounded Healer offers deep spiritual insight into human experience, intimacy, brokenness, and compassion. “Henri Nouwen’s timeless and loving words are quiet prayers that will forever live in my heart.”—Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Braving the Wilderness “We are the Beloved,” Henri Nouwen famously wrote. “We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children, and friends loved or wounded us. That’s the truth of our lives. That’s the truth I want you to claim for yourself.” You Are the Beloved empowers readers to claim their central identity as the Beloved of God and live out that truth in their daily lives. Featuring key insights from Nouwen’s previously published works, along with a selection of never-before-seen writings, this profound collection of daily readings will appeal to those who know and love Nouwen’s work as well as to new readers seeking deeper awareness of their identity as a child of God. |
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Counted among his admirers are Jonas Salk, Aldous Huxley, David Hockney, and Van Morrison, along with countless other philosophers, artist, writers and students of the spiritual path. Now the trustees of Krishnamurti’s work have gathered his very best and most illuminating writings and talks to present in one volume the truly essential ideas of this great spiritual thinker.Total Freedom includes selections from Krishnamurti’s early works, his ‘Commentaries on Living’, and his discourses on life, the self, meditation, sex and love. These writings reveal Krishnamuri’s core teachings in their full eloquence and power: the nature of personal freedom; the mysteries of life and death; and the ‘pathless land’, the personal search for truth and peace. Warning readers away from blind obedience to creeds or teachers – including himself – Krishnamurti celebrated the individual quest for truth, and thus became on of the most influential guides for independent-minded seekers of the twentieth century – and beyond. |
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From one of our most celebrated writers on religion comes this fresh, bold, and unsettling new translation of the New Testament David Bentley Hart undertook this new translation of the New Testament in the spirit of “etsi doctrina non daretur,” “as if doctrine is not given.” Reproducing the texts’ often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced a pitilessly literal translation, one that captures the texts’ impenetrability and unfinished quality while awakening readers to an uncanniness that often lies hidden beneath doctrinal layers.   The early Christians’ sometimes raw, astonished, and halting prose challenges the idea that the New Testament affirms the kind of people we are. Hart reminds us that they were a company of extremists, radical in their rejection of the values and priorities of society not only at its most degenerate, but often at its most reasonable and decent. “To live as the New Testament language requires,” he writes, “Christians would have to become strangers and sojourners on the earth, to have here no enduring city, to belong to a Kingdom truly not of this world. And we surely cannot do that, can we?” |
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VEDA explores the secrets of spirituality found in the ancient writings of the East. Probing into topics such as the soul, karma, reincarnation, and meditation, this book will help awaken within you the spiritual insights great teachers have spoken of for thousands of years. What lies beyond death, and what would you do if you had only a few days left to live? Despite an abundance of comforts and conveniences, why do many still feel dissatisfied, empty, and lacking in purpose? Are day-to-day occurrences predestined, or is life an interplay of fate and free will? In this book, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda and his followers address the most crucial questions of our existence. |
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Greg Mohr understands the headache and suffering of sickness. In Your Healing Door he shares practical wisdom keys he discovered that brought him healing from cancer and delivered his son Michael from a severe muscular/arthritic condition. Scores of others have benefited from the principles in this book…and so will you! |
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Mere Christianity is a revised and expanded version of three radio talks Lewis gave, and was written, as Lewis explains in the preface, to present the “mere” essence of Christianity; that is, to explain and defend the beliefs common to all Christian denominations. The first section, “Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe”, presents a version of the moral argument for the existence of God; the second section, “What Christians Believe”, explains the basics of Christian theology; the third, “Christian Behavior”, is a series of essays on various aspects of Christian life; and the final section, “Beyond Personality”, delves into the doctrines of the atonement and the Trinity. |
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The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. This Very Short Introduction charts the history of Quakerism and its present-day diversity, and outlines its approach to worship, belief, theology and language, and ecumenism. |
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Considered one of the classics on Systematic Theology, the book covers all the basics on the reality of God, the atonement of Christ and the final state of man and the last things. Anyone who wishes to study theology would be wise to read this book as many in the Reformed tradition hold that it is a landmark in its field. It is arguably the most important twentieth century compendium of Reformed Theology. 'The work seemed particularly important to me', writes the author, 'in view of the widespread doctrinal indifference of the present day, of the resulting superficiality and confusion in the minds of many professing Christians, of the insidious errors that are zealously propagated even from the pulpits, and of the alarming increase of all kinds of sects. |
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Nombreux sont ceux qui languissent après un leadership canonique, tandis que très peu sont en train de se qualifier pour un leadership intrinsèque. Lorsqu'on nous présente Gédéon, nous remarquons premièrement qu'il était un cultivateur de céréales craintif qui se faufilait dans un pressoir, comme un lâche dans sa cachette. Il était le candidat potentiel le moins susceptible d'être qualifié pour le leadership spirituel. Quel est le genre de personnes que Dieu choisit et dont Il se sert pour Son œuvre ? Dans les écritures, nous retrouvons des hommes et des femmes effroyablement grands, qui avaient faibli, lutté, et parfois échoué. D'après John MacArthur, Dieu s'était servi de ces hommes de manière surprenante et extraordinaire, pour accomplir Ses desseins. Les écritures dépeint leurs faiblesses, n'exagèrent pas leurs forces, et ne modifient pas leur histoire de manière à exhiber une certaine noblesse humaine. Au contraire, elles décrivent ces dirigeants du peuple de Dieu avec une honnêteté indéfectible et nous donne une fin surprenante : « c'est pourquoi Dieu n'a pas honte d'être appelé leur Dieu » (Hébreux 11:6). Dans le livre :  Le leadership spirituel selon le modèle de Gédéon , le Pasteur Théodore Andoseh, nous fait revivre l'époque, l'appel, l'ordination, le travail et les périls du leadership dans la vie de Gédéon—un homme faible rendu fort. Par ce rappel, nous comprendrons clairement dans quelle mesure son histoire s'applique à toute personne qui, de nos jours, aspire à émerger en tant que dirigeant du peuple de Dieu. •Qu'a accompli Gédéon afin de se qualifier pour le leadership ? •Qu'a-t-il réalisé en tant que dirigeant ? •Qu'est-ce qui était impliqué dans son leadership ? •Quelles sont les risques et dangers auquel il faisait face dans son leadership ? Dans ce livre, vous verrez comment Dieu a agi de manière surprenante dans ce qui a contribué à la formation de l'appel de Gédéon et les leçons propices à l'émergence d'un leadership spirituel intrinsèque. |
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Les messages contenus dans ce livre ont été prêchés du 23 au 27 décembre 2015, lors de la deuxième conférence internationale sur la croissance des églises à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Cette conférence a porté sur LE MINISTERE D’EVANGELISATION ET L’EGLISE LOCALE. Ces messages sont un cri de cœur de l’orateur celui que chaque croyant vive sous un sens de responsabilité personnelle d’évangéliser. En effet se basant sur l’exemple de Philippe l’évangéliste, Il argumente que chaque croyant doit vivre sous un sens de devoir d’évangéliser. Le devoir de rendre témoignage incombe à tous ceux qui sont des croyants. Par sa vie, ses œuvres, ses paroles, le croyant devrait atteindre ceux qui ne sont pas encore sauvés et les amener à la foi. En faisant l’œuvre d’un évangéliste, un dirigeant spirituel maintient un sens de direction et c’est en faisant l’œuvre d’un évangéliste que chaque dirigeant maintient un sens clair dans la direction intérieure. Dans la même pensée, il est aussi question de comprendre le fonctionnement de l’église locale. Comment l’œuvre de Dieu qui découle de l’église locale et l’œuvre de Dieu qui découle de l’apôtre entre en synergie à travers des relations et serve le dessein de Dieu. A travers ces conférences, c’est toute une formation donnée dans le but d’avoir de vraies églises, de vrais évangélistes et pasteurs qui rendent un culte agréable à Dieu. |
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Released on the 120th anniversary of the completion of this masterpiece of philosophy. In hist most direct prose, he brings a sledgehammer to the frail figure of Christ and his pathetic religion. Introduced and translated by one of the greatest American journalists, H.L. Mencken, and given a lengthy and deep analysis and context by Church of Satan Magister James D. Sass. The back cover features a portrait of Nietzsche by author/artist Jack Malebranch, based on the sculpture of Josef Thorak. |
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Heartfelt Prayers for All of Life’s Moments Many of us long for a more meaningful prayer life but hardly know where to begin. For all the ordinary and extraordinary situations you face each day comes a collection of 100 prayers from bestselling author Elizabeth George. Short devotions follow each prayer to help you navigate your relationships with your family, friends, and the world around you. Discover prayers that draw you close to your heavenly Father… to grow in wisdom and understanding for strength through temptation, fear, and depression that express reverence and worship for patience and contentment concerning spiritual growth and ministry God will listen for as long and as often as you desire to talk to Him. This gathering of short and intimate devotions will enrich your prayer life and provide you with words when your heart needs them most. |
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Lorsqu'une œuvre de Dieu arrive au carrefour critique de la croissance d'église, il y a un besoin indispensable d'une augmentation correspondante en nombre de dirigeants, de ministres, de disciples et d'églises. Arrivé à un tel carrefour critique, continuer à faire du progrès demande l'intervention divine – la bénédiction du Seigneur. Dans La Bénédiction: Un facteur de croissance , l'auteur Théodore Andoseh fait une exploration des bénédictions de Dieu, tirées à partir du livre de la Genèse. Il veut amener les dirigeants spirituels à comprendre que la croissance de l'Œuvre de Dieu est foncièrement liée à la bénédiction divine. Le message à retenir qui nous interpelle est que la croissance est inséparable de la bénédiction de Dieu, et ceux qui cherchent de telles bénédictions doivent ardemment s'efforcer de s'aligner à Sa volonté. Puisse le Seigneur t'accorder une révélation plus profonde de cette vérité spirituelle pendant ta lecture, et puisses-tu t'établir dans une vie qui, de façon consistante, cherche à plaire à Dieu en toutes choses.    |
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Le Seigneur Jésus-Christ est venu fonder un grand royaume composé de nombreuses nations spirituelles — la race des élus, la communauté des rois-sacrificateurs — et les apôtres en ont été les bâtisseurs. Dans un sens, chaque ministère, chaque communauté, a un fondateur et les autres sont les bâtisseurs de cette nation spirituelle. Le Seigneur a appelé notre communauté à émerger comme une grande nation spirituelle — un organe possédé par le Saint-Esprit pour l'accomplissement des desseins de Dieu à la fin des temps. Le concept général et le contexte biblique d'une nation spirituelle sont présentés dans le livre Bâtir une nation spirituelle : la fondation du même auteur. Bâtir une nation spirituelle : la stature d'homme d'État spirituel  nous fait franchir une étape supplémentaire par rapport au simple fardeau de l'organisation en vue de l'efficacité, pour nous confronter à la nécessité de devenir des hommes d'État spirituels et des bâtisseurs de nations. Il s'agit d'une étude simple avec des leçons qui changent la vie, tirées du génie du leadership du roi David. Il a forgé une nation spirituelle pour Dieu avec une vaillance septuple et l'a dirigée avec des mains habiles. Dans ce livre, tu apprendras les principes du leadership organique dans l'édification d'une communauté craignant Dieu, qui apporte la fusion et assure la coordination réglementaire à travers le travail d'équipe ; le leadership d'équipe ; et des équipes de dirigeants. Les obstacles majeurs tels que l'individualisme, l'égoïsme et l'exaltation de soi, qui sont toxiques et cancéreux pour un tel paradigme de leadership, sont identifiés et traités. |
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The world is going through a cyclone of uncertainty, and nothing resembles the normalcy we have known for so long. Nothing at all! Health and moral crises are soaring. Legislatures are enacted in open revolt against divine institutions like the family and the right to life. Armed conflicts are claiming lives at unprecedented rates. The enemy seems to point all his weapons against the Gospel and the Church. Amid this chaos, we are God’s chosen to live in a time like this. A day for the champions—when conventional battle strategies are almost useless—is upon us. The time for complacent Christianity or ritualistic religion is over. God needs heroes! Heroes of the Kingdom outlines features of ordinary people in the Bible and in church history who took up personal responsibility in the face of life-threatening crises and changed the course of history. They stood their ground, persevered by faith, experienced spiritual victory, and received divine approval as they faced dire scenarios with a level of spiritual dignity. This book is edge-of-the-seat reading for anyone burning to impact others for good and advance God's kingdom agenda on earth with boldness and courage. You will be significantly inspired through the life of the man after God's heart—David: he attained spiritual greatness through established heroism in character, leadership, worship, battle, and more. Could it be that you are the champion that God has prepared to silence the enemy today or soon? Would you choose to place Christ over culture and conviction over comfort? Arise, and become a Hero of The Kingdom! |
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The first epistle of Apostle John cites three age groups to describe Christian maturation— childhood, fatherhood, and youth —in an order contrary to the natural order of human gradation. Why does the Bible go from childhood to fatherhood before coming to the third category—youth? In this book, Pastor T. Andoseh expands on these three categories of disciples of Jesus Christ in terms of their spiritual relevance and usefulness. He gives an acute diagnosis of each group's needs and offers an ideal prescription to satisfy each need. The reader is made to see their need for maturity and potential usefulness in the advancement of God's Kingdom. The author demonstrates through contemporary examples that, the pathway to continuous and multiplied victories over temptations, the world, and the works of the enemy is open to all. It is a must-read for every disciple of Jesus Christ and leader of God's people. |
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Understanding the Sacraments of Initiation offers insightful catechesis on the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist based on the methodology presented in Sacramentum Caritatis . Examining each of the rites' Old Testament foundations, litugical history, and sacramental theology, this book explores the connection between the sacraments of initiation and daily Christian Life. |
