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How is it that we have so lost sight of the meaning of the human person that our very biological sex is seen as just another medical problem to be solved by technique? In a society that has rejected all moral norms, that refuses to honor God as Creator, what hope do we have of stemming the tide of scientific intervention into even the most sacred dimensions of our humanity? In this prescient volume, originally published in 1984, the eminent theological ethicist Oliver O’Donovan offers a penetrating analysis of our confusion over human nature and the proper boundaries of medical science.

What do we mean by “God” in today’s world? Do we even need “God” anymore? How many names for divinity are there? Do the names for God change as we mature as individuals, evolve as a species, and face a critical “turning time” in human and planetary history? Too often, notions of God have been used as a means to control and to promote a narrow worldview.

In Final Warning, beloved pastor and best-selling author Carl Gallups explores the stunning visions of the Apostle John as found in the seven trumpets of Revelation and overlays them on major events in the 20th and 21st centuries. How do the two world wars line up with John the Revelator's visions? Could it really be that the Chernobyl meltdown was foretold in the Bible almost 2,000 years before it happened? Does the rebirth of Israel indicate the last days are upon us?

You have in your hands a prophetic book with practical and experiential keys. The keys work because they are tested. You will find deep mysteries about the spirit of man, the soul of man, and the body of a man, and how they relate to the Holy Spirit. As you read this book, the wisdom keys will transform your soul divinely because the book is full of wisdom and revelation. The Holy Spirit is a wonderful divine person within the Godhead who works mysteriously. This book will teach how to connect with the Holy Spirit and live with Him. In this book, you will explore the secret spiritual life ...

Did Anselm, in his "Ontological Argument" (first advanced around 1070), make one of the greatest intellectual discoveries of all time, or did he merely fall into an interesting blunder? In his day, Anselm was criticized by Gaunilo. Subsequent philosophers have generally considered Gaunilo's criticisms to be weighty. Descartes' attempt to resuscitate Anselm's argument led to Kant's supposed refutation, which most later philosophers have considered to be fundamentally sound.

For anyone who feels caught in the tension between the beauty of God’s story and the ugliness of human hypocrisy, Why I Still Believe by apologist and Professor Mary Jo Sharp is the hopeful story of an unlikely convert and an approachable case for believing in God when you want to walk away from Christianity.

Saint Athanasius (c. 296 - 298 - 2 May 373) was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. He was a fierce Trinitarian and a champion of orthodoxy who opposed four Roman emperors and many prominent churchmen of his time. This work begins with the creation, making it clear that the redeeming Word is also the Word which creates. Athanasius contends that the Godhead is present in every particle of creation, and especially in the person of Jesus Christ who is The Word. In his view of atonement, Jesus is the Christus Victor - the hero who defeats Satan and, thereby, destroys death.

In the world’s first formal attempt at blending Rene Girard’s scapegoating theory with open and relational theology, Jonathan J. Foster offers compelling insights into anthropology, theology, and the nature of love. Foster uses Girardian thinking to enhance his understanding of open and relational theology even as he allows open and relational ideas to challenge mimetic theory’s tendency to be regressive. Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe will give you clarity around–– Rene Girard’s mimetic theory. Key elements of open and relational theology...

Healing the Gospel challenges the assumption that the Christian understanding of justice is rooted in a demand for violent punishment, and instead offers a radically different understanding of the gospel based on God's restorative justice. Connecting our own experiences of faith with the New Testament narrative, author Derek Flood shows us an understanding of the cross that not only reveals God's heart of grace, but also models our own way of Christ-like love.

Desde centurias, es conocido el poder y la eficacia protectora de este sacramental contra maleficios, brujerías, magia negra, enfermedades del cuerpo y el alma, todo tipo de peligros y accidentes en personas o animales, etc. La medalla de San Benito es uno de los objetos sagrados más venerados por la cristiandad en general. Su aparición en Europa inicialmente data de hace más de tres siglos, los encargados de propagarla por todo el mundo han sido los monjes benedictinos. La presente traducción de la versión en francés sobre el libro que dedico el erudito Abad Prosper Guéranger al ...

Meaning is not simply discovered but created. Two exceptional thinkers who can help us with this creative meaning-making process are the French academic René Girard and the British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. Dr. Rabe demonstrates that deep, broad, and significant harmonies exist between process philosophy and mimetic theory. Girard enriches Whitehead through exemplification, and Whitehead enriches Girard through an expansion of the overall narrative and deeper ontological insights into the processes that made us human. The result is an illuminating unveiling of the biases we ...

‘Theology’ is a philosophy book written in free verse poetry. There is a panoramic description of how God creates and directs the universe through space and time to further the program of creationism. The book shows the stages of creationism from the concepts of God to the origin of life in environments across the universe. It shows how God can plan, design and program life through souls to grow into ontological life forms through transcendental creationism. The book shows how the geometry of the universe can be analysed by God to create the spatiotemporal dimensions for the living ...

The church is filled with people asking, "Is this it? Is this all the Christian life is supposed to be?" They long to experience more of God's presence - they just don't know how to get there. Some have been burned by "charismania." Others are fearful of it. Is there a way to experience the Spirit - without the weirdness? Author and pastor Alan Kraft provides a biblical pathway into the exhilaration of an everyday experience with the Holy Spirit, showing how normal it can be to hear God's voice, know his love, and walk in his power.

SOBRE TODA COSA GUARDADA, GUARDA TU CORAZÓN Guardando el Corazón ha ejercido una gran influencia en la historia de la Iglesia. Esta es la obra clásica de John Flavel sobre la unión y la comunión con Dios. De forma exhaustiva y útil, Flavel nos ayuda a comprender mejor lo que significa "guardar el corazón". Nos explica por qué debemos tomarnos en serio este encargo y habla de que hay momentos concretos en los que debemos ser especialmente cautelosos para no distraernos de nuestro objetivo. A continuación, nos muestra cómo podemos desarrollar una mayor capacidad para mantener ...

365 días orando con la Biblia es un devocionario católico diseñado para enriquecer tu vida espiritual a lo largo de todo el año. Cada día te sumergirás en la Palabra de Dios a través de inspiradoras oraciones y reflexiones basadas en pasajes bíblicos particularmente bellos y significativos, ofreciéndote una oportunidad única para meditar y orar a partir de la Biblia.

Dr. Cottrell states in the preface, "I consider the doctrine of baptism to be one of the most important Biblical doctrines for consideration by the Christian world today. This is true not just because baptism is one of the New Covenant conditions for receiving salvation from sin, but because it is almost universally misunderstood throughout Christendom in our time. The misunderstanding of the form of baptism (i.e., immersion) began as early as the mid-second century of the Christian era, in the Christian writing known as The Didache (or, The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles). The subjects of...

Unshaken: Biblical Answers to Skeptics Questions is a thoughtful and practical guide for anyone wrestling with questions about the Bible, particularly the Book of Genesis. Whether you're a skeptic, a seeker, or a believer looking to strengthen your faith, this book provides clear, honest, and Biblically grounded answers to over 400 questions, covering every chapter of Genesis from creation to Joseph's story.

The Bible is the central book in Western culture, yet extraordinarily there is no proper history of it. This exceptional work, by one of the world's leading Biblical scholars, provides a full account of how the different parts of the Bible came to be written; how some writings which were regarded as holy became canonical and were included in the Bible, and others were not; what the relationship is of the different parts of the Bible to each other; and how, once it became a stable text, the Bible has been disseminated and interpreted around the world.

God created man in His image as the most perfect of His creation on earth. He did not plan to leave the man in Paradise alone, but to embrace him as His beloved, and to grant mankind unity with Him. God used to speak with Adam for it was written, "... and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden." (Gen. 3:8). Similarly, God started a dialogue with the first patriarch, Abraham, to declare to him His divine plan, saying, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?" (Gen. 18:17). God, who is incomprehensible, reveals Himself, His nature, His mysteries, and His will to His ...

It has been said the Roman Empire was used by God in the spread of the Gospel; the well maintained roads, safe passage by sea, relative peace and order. Yet, the influence of Roman power in the land of Christianity’s origin was largely the work of one man – not a Roman, not a Jew yet a friend of the Romans and king of the Jews: Herod the Great.