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This book has become a standard text in seminary and university classrooms. The purpose of this second edition is to help listeners come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church's scripture. This book introduces the Old Testament both as a witness of ancient Israel and as a witness to the church and synagogue through the generations of those who have passed these texts on as scripture.

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stuff you wish they taught in seminary.

Sermons from an Episcopal Priest, presently Priest-in-Charge at The Church of the Resurrection, Eugene, OR.

A dialogue for all generations

The role of women in the Christian Church is the subject of heated debate. In this powerful book Julia Ogilvy interviews twelve of the most notable Christian women of our time, providing a telling and at times shocking analysis of the situation today. The women – from the Dean of York and the Presiding Bishop in America to Helena Kennedy QC and Dr Elaine Storkey – share some of the pain, disappointment and hurt they have experienced and reflect on the impact of a patriarchal Church on the suffering of women across the world.

"Riveting, inspiring, at times hard to believe but utterly true...it gives some measure of hope in these rancorous times." -- John Grisham How a bomb-making white supremacist, once called "the most dangerous man in Mississippi," met Jesus in prison and emerged a committed advocate for Christian...

A través de una serie de amenos capítulos, Andrés Birch plantea y responde preguntas acerca de la tercera persona de la Trinidad, aclarando aspectos de su naturaleza y descubriendo su sorprendente y maravillosa obra en cuanto a la Palabra de Dios, la salvación, la vida del creyente o la vida de iglesia, mediante el análisis de numerosos pasajes no solo del Nuevo Testamento sino también del Antiguo. También aborda cuestiones como su relación con las otras personas de la Trinidad, el bautismo en el Espíritu Santo, o la blasfemia contra él, entre otros.

Acts of the Apostles tells the story of a disparate group of men who, against the odds, came to spearhead an international movement. Jane Williams examines the central messages of Acts and how and why they matter to us. The How to Believe series of books explores the teachings, philosophies, and beliefs of major thinkers and religious texts. In a short, easy-to-access format, leading writers present new understandings of these perennially important ideas.

John Donne is well known as one of literature’s great love poets. But his writing is also infused with a deep-yet-playful philosophy. Satirist and cleric both, in Roz Kaveney’s engrossing ebook, John Donne is the man who thought too much - about love and death and his rejection of the choices of his family to rise up the church's ranks.