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Compiled with the intent to improve the preaching standards in churches at the time and to increase pastoral understanding of Christianity, Homilies is a comprehensive overview of Christian theology, the history and impact of the Reformation, and daily applications of faith and doctrine. The sermons included here dive into the issues and questions of salvation, Christian living, justification by faith, the weight of sin, and many more impactful themes...
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Explore the power and mystery of salvation. Christianity is a religion of salvation, and Christ is the Savior but what does it mean to be saved? In the New Testament and throughout history, powerful images and models have been used to describe the event of salvation. Now, in What Does It Mean to Be Saved?: The Theology of Salvation, you will systematically explore these powerful images. Through these 12 brilliantly taught lectures, you will gain a...
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Among the competitors of Roman polytheism was a religion that preached love and salvation for the poor, the meek, and the downtrodden - bringing those on the other side of history to the fore. Chart the rise of Christianity over the first few centuries, and explore the daily lives of those who resolutely held their faith in the face of Roman persecution.
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"Throughout history, most Jewish and Christian believers have understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rather in their own-in translation. In The Word, acclaimed Bible scholar John Barton explores how saints and scholars have negotiated the profound challenges of translating the Bible while remaining faithful to the original. In addition to considering questions of literal versus free translation, literary style,...
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The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ are central events in our salvation. Yet few Christians have a good grasp of the first-century historical and religious context in which the Crucifixion took place, nor of its true significance for the people of that time-and hence for our time as well. Biblical scholar and attorney Dr. Jeannie Constantinou puts modern readers in the center of the events of Christ's Passion, bringing the best of modern scholarship...
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"Nephew is a gangsta that lives by the sword and takes what he wants. Life changes for the worst when he gets knocked for robbery and ends up on lock. While sitting in a cell, he realizes that street life will only get him back in jail, or dead, so he turns to God. He returns to the streets a different man, only to discover the streets ain't so forgiving. Old enemies have new issues and want his head. Charlene is a beautiful and kind woman that gets...
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"Few things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than the thought of their children falling prey to the "menace to Christendom" known as rock and roll. The raucous sounds seemed tailor-made to destroy the faith of their young and, in the process, undermine the moral foundations of the United States. Parents and pastors launched a crusade against rock music, but they were fighting an uphill battle. Salvation...
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