Christmas at Harrington's

Christmas at Harrington's

Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret?  This tender story about fresh starts will charm readers as all of Melody Carlson's Christmas offerings do. Full of redemption and true holiday spirit, Christmas at Harrington's will be readers' newest Christmas tradition.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

In this, his most well-known sermon, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) shows the danger of ignoring the gracious but time-limited offer of reconciliation for rebel sinners. He paints, in vivid detail, the uncertainty of our frail lives, which are ever in jeopardy of exiting into eternity through any of many available doorways to our demise. Edwards meditates on the horror of the severe and eternal punishment that awaits those who stubbornly refuse the gracious offer of Christ's propitiation, and the folly of expecting that we can postpone the present offer of salvation to a future time of our own choosing. <br><br> This Digital Puritan edition includes a biographical preface by Gerald Mick. Scripture references (in the English Standard Version) are hyperlinked and embedded into the book. No internet connection is required.

The Power of the Blood of Christ

The Power of the Blood of Christ

"The Power of the Blood of Christ" does a wonderful job of introducing the need for Christians to claim the blood of Jesus, and in confirming its biblical authenticity. In a day when the blood of Jesus is being removed from the very translation of the Bible itself, when the mention of the blood of Jesus is considered offensive even in the churches, it is more important than ever for this book by Andrew Murray to remove the misconceptions. "The Power of the Blood of Christ" is a God-send for those who are willing to accept the ways of God without cringing. Though the blood of Jesus is not in any way magical, it is nonetheless crucial and foundational to receiving any benefit whatsoever from God. In "The Power of the Blood of Christ," Andrew Murray clearly shows this truth in his books. He also mentions scores of benefits that are only available through the shed blood of Jesus.

Diventare più grandi di Dio

Diventare più grandi di Dio

Abbiamo ancora bisogno di credere in Dio? È necessaria la sua presenza per spiegare l'universo? In questo nuovo manifesto dell'ateismo, Richard Dawkins rilancia le tesi che avevano fatto dell'Illusione di Dio uno dei testi più influenti e discussi d'inizio millennio.In un'epoca ancora pervasa da suggestioni religiose di ogni tipo, l'autore, con il consueto stile arguto e provocatorio, ci consegna una guida per liberarci da antichi e odierni abbagli. E ci convince che nel XXI secolo spetta alla scienza il compito di rispondere agli interrogativi sul senso dell'esistenza, sulle leggi che governano il mondo e le azioni umane, e che la pretesa delle religioni di giustificare la realtà attraverso un Dio creatore non è razionalmente sostenibile. Le scritture, specie la Bibbia, non rappresentano un valido motivo per credere, perché i miti che le sorreggono non sono documentati e dunque non hanno carattere storico. Le prove sono l'unico presupposto di qualunque tesi, se mancano la tesi perde di validità.Smascherate queste contraddizioni, il focus si sposta sui presunti fondamenti scritturali della morale. Versetti biblici alla mano, l'ateo più famoso del mondo dimostra come Dio sia protagonista di storie raccapriccianti e poco edificanti, e non possa essere quindi fonte di norme universali. Questo, in aggiunta al fatto che l'etica si è modificata nei secoli, mostra come l'umanità progredita non dovrebbe ricavare il proprio senso del bene e del male dalla Bibbia.Ma la sfida più stimolante, per Dawkins, è sconfessare e abbattere, sulla scia delle teorie di Darwin, il presupposto ingannevole dell'esistenza di un supremo architetto della natura, che da solo ne spiegherebbe i prodigi. L'evoluzione per selezione naturale chiarisce tutti gli enigmi, dalle soluzioni improbabili adottate dagli organismi viventi per sopravvivere, alle mutazioni genetiche, ai colori degli animali. La conoscenza scientifica è in grado di decifrare la strabiliante simmetria dei fiocchi di neve, lo sviluppo dell'embrione e la trasmissione del DNA.È evidente che sappiamo dove e come cercare le risposte, Dio non ci serve. Siamo troppo grandi per seguire ancora i «consigli cattivi o inutili» delle generazioni precedenti. Pensare con la propria testa diventa la scelta più coraggiosa, urgente e semplice da adottare. Soltanto allora comprenderemo nel modo più sano e profondo i misteri della vita e la meraviglia che ci circonda.

Féminin VS masculin

Féminin VS masculin

Les rôles des hommes et des femmes sont immensément contestés dans la société et dans l'église aujourd'hui. Les chrétiens cherchent des réponses dans la Bible sur la manière dont Dieu veut que les hommes et les femmes se comportent les uns envers les autres. Dans cet ouvrage concis, John Piper et Wayne Grudem, auteurs et enseignants bibliques connus, répondent à cinquante questions souvent posées sur la masculinité et la féminité selon la Bible. Répondant aux objections soulevées à l'encontre de l'opinion selon laquelle Dieu a créé les hommes et les femmes égaux en valeur mais distincts dans leur rôle, Piper et Grudem présentent une vision biblique des rôles sexuels, qui est source de vie et d'épanouissement pour les hommes et les femmes.

Ur-Gemeinde

Ur-Gemeinde

Jesu Plan für seine Gemeinde wiederentdeckenIn seinem (zusammen mit George Barna verfassten) Bestseller Heidnisches Christentum? hat Frank Viola die oft im Heidnischen wurzelnden Hintergründe vieler unserer vermeintlich biblischen Traditionen aufgezeigt.In Ur-Gemeinde geht er nun auf Gottes ursprünglichen Plan für die Gemeinde ein: Gemeinde soll in allem das Wesen des dreieinigen Gottes verkörpern. Grundlage für unsere Vorstellung von Gemeinde muss also das sein, was Gott selbst im Herzen hat, was ihn und seine Ziele widerspiegelt, wie wir es in den Schriften des Neuen Testaments finden.Daraus entsteht ein klares und herausforderndes Bild von Gemeinde. Wollen wir unsere Vorstellung von Gemeinde an die biblische anpassen, wird ein Umdenken in vielen Bereichen unumgänglich sein.Die Themen, für die der Autor das konkretisiert, sind unter anderem: Gemeinde als Organismus und als Familie, die Treffen der Gemeinde, das praktische Leben der Gemeinde, die Einheit der Gemeinde, Gemeindeleitung und Entscheidungsfindung, geistliche Autorität, Unterordnung und apostolische Tradition.

Conscience

Conscience

This Free Grace Broadcaster is dedicated to the subject of the conscience. Arthur Pink introduces this vital subject by defining conscience and by describing it as our best friend or worst enemy. Richard Sibbes beautifully explains the nature of conscience and why God gave it to us. William Perkins helpfully lists the duties of conscience as giving testimony and judgment. Following that, William Fenner demonstrates that every person has a conscience and gives further reasons why God gave it to us. In a second article, Arthur Pink helps us understand that our conscience has been corrupted by sin, that it is only able to work according to the light that it has, and that its operations are faulty. John Flavel takes us deeply into the sin-burdened conscience, and what a journey that is! He writes of the burdensome sense of sin, the memories of our sin, and the condemnation of conscience. In his second article, William Fenner informs us that ministers must know the spiritual state of their flocks to properly minister the Word to the conscience of God’s people. Again, John Flavel reveals the misery of a conscience in hell—a damned conscience. Yes, friends, consciences will follow the lost to hell. Mercifully, in his third article, Pink takes us into the comforting realm of a good conscience: how do we obtain one, what are its characteristics, and how do we maintain it? J. C. Ryle than tells us that nothing in our gospel-war against sin is better calculated to quiet, soothe, and comfort a raging conscience than justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Finally, Charles Spurgeon warns against using outward practices and a little bit of religion to quiet our conscience: that can be eternally deadly. As always, the joy of salvation and the heaven-on-earth of a peaceful conscience are found only in the finished work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit.

Walking with Jesus

Walking with Jesus

Spiritual meditations for pilgrims in a weary land on their way to glory! • What a Boundless, Fathomless Ocean! • Lean Hard! • The Flaming Sword of Justice Quenched In the Holy, Loving Bosom of Jesus! • So Fathomless, Boundless, and Inexhaustible! • Love Suffering, and Bleeding, and Expiring! • It Is I • The Personal Attractions of Jesus! • A Father's Hand! • For You! • Life is Like a Painted Dream • For Me, a Worm! • The Tears of Jesus! • Why then, these Fears? Why this Distrust? • Christ's Sleepless Vigilance over His People! • Looking At the World through the Cross • Bring Your Sorrows to Me • This Divine Secret! • For Me, a Poor, Worthless Sinner! • The Wrath of God Let Loose Upon His Son! • Oh, Encouraging Truth! • Your Present Adversity • The Little Things of Life! • All Dropping from the Outstretched, Munificent Hand of a Loving, Gracious, And Bountiful Father! • All the Varied Dealings • That Most Excellent and Superlative Knowledge! • A Soul-Satisfying Spectacle! • The Altogether Lovely One! • The Chief Object of Your Study • The Most Accessible and Precious Spot • How Emptying, Humbling, and Abasing! • When His Beauty is Seen • Your Almighty Friend! • The Astonishing, The Marvelous Love! • Because He Loved Her! • Eternally Repose Your Weary Soul in the Bosom of Jesus • The Solitary Object of His Love! • Christ Must Be All! • That Friend! • As Though It Had Never Been! • What is Heaven?  Octavius Winslow, also known as "The Pilgrim's Companion", stood out as one of the foremost evangelical preachers of the 19th Century in England and America. A Baptist minister for most of his life and contemporary of Charles Spurgeon and J.C. Ryle, he seceded to the Anglican church in his last decade. His Christ centered works show devotion, practicality, and an experimental calvinism of the highest order. His writings are richly devotional and warm the soul and inflames the heart with sincere love, reverence, and praise to Christ.

The Christian Attitude to War

The Christian Attitude to War

Sometimes we hear it said that all war is wrong—wrong for the defenders as well as for the aggressors—and that even when waged with the sincere purpose of restraining evil, it tends to produce greater evils than those against which it is directed. Those propositions, we submit, simply are not true. We hold that there is such a thing as a just war—just on the part of those who defend their lives and their homes against unprovoked aggression, but sinful on the part of those who make the attack. To cite only a few instances: If the people of Europe had not resisted the Mohammedan invasions, Europe would have been conquered and, humanly speaking, Christianity would have been stamped out. If at the time of the Reformation the Protestants had not resisted the Roman Catholic persecutions, crimes such as were practiced so freely in the Spanish and Italian Inquisitions would have become common over all of Europe, and Protestantism would have been destroyed. If the American colonists had not fought for their rights, this country would not have gained its independence. In international affairs, as in individual affairs, it often happens that there is an innocent party and a guilty party, although in most cases the guilt is not altogether on one side. And of course there have been many senseless, stupid, inexcusable wars in which neither side was at all concerned about righteousness.We want to be neither pacifists nor militarists. We would define a pacifist as one who will not sanction or take part in any war, no matter what the occasion or the apparent justification—one who is for peace at any price. And we would define a militarist as one who favors heavy military armaments, primarily for purposes of aggression against other nations. We expect to show that the position that should be taken by anyone who is a true Christian and also a loyal citizen lies somewhere between those two extremes.It should not be necessary to say that we hate war as do all right-minded people. We hope that our country may never have to engage in another. We desire peace, but we realize there are some things worse than war. We desire peace, but not the kind that is found in the slave camp or the cemetery. It is true that Christ came as the Prince of Peace, and that His followers should strive to promote peace by all lawful means. And for that reason it may seem strange that any professed Christian should enter a protest against the modern pacifist movement. Anyone who does speak against it doubtless will be misunderstood by some. We believe, however, that that movement is dangerous, and that it has no necessary or legitimate part in the evangelical program.Since the conclusions we reach concerning these problems affect so vitally our attitude toward present-day national and international happenings, and since some people are inclined to take the view that war is always and everywhere wrong, it is important that we have a clear understanding as to what the Christian attitude toward war should be.CrossReach Publications

Il caso o la speranza?

Il caso o la speranza?

Come possono conciliarsi fede e scienza? Il bene e la dimensione etica dell’uomo sono naturali o innaturali? Cosa resta di noi e delle nostre coscienze una volta spente tutte le funzioni del cervello? E soprattutto: nell’universo è possibile rintracciare un fine capace di sottrarre le nostre vite alla casualità che pare dominarle? Su questi fondamentali interrogativi il filosofo ateo Paolo Flores D’Arcais e il teologo credente Vito Mancuso si confrontano senza esclusione di colpi in un dialogo aspro, fatto di parate e affondi, memore delle dispute medioevali. Da prospettive che appaiono inconciliabili, Il caso o la speranza? affronta i grandi temi della nostra esistenza in maniera originale e profonda: gli autori dialogano con passione, scegliendo di non eludere le profonde differenze tra i loro diversi punti di vista, ma al contrario di scandagliarle e di esporle alla critica l’uno dell’altro. Li anima un autentico rispetto personale. E li guida la ferma convinzione che – come dice Mancuso – «dialogare... è esporre se stessi alla forza e al rigore del ragionamento»; e che – nelle parole di Flores D’Arcais – «la filosofia è un dialogo, ininterrotto».

Śledztwo w sprawie Jezusa

Śledztwo w sprawie Jezusa

Kim jest Jezus?W jaki sposób dokonał największego przewrotu w dziejach ludzkości?Dlaczego fascynuje wszystkich, nawet swoich wrogów?Odpowiedzi na te pytania szuka Antonio Socci, znany włoski dziennikarz i autor wielu bestsellerowych książek. Formuła dziennikarskiego śledztwa, przenikliwość, odkrywczość, sztuka łączenia faktów, charakterystyczny dla tego autora styl narracji – znany choćby z jednej z najpopularniejszych książek w Polsce: "Tajemnic Jana Pawła II".

Prosperity

Prosperity

Spiritual discernment reveals that we are now in the dawn of a new era [over 100 years ago], that the old methods of supply and support are fast passing away, and that new methods are waiting to be brought forth. In the coming commerce man will not be a slave to money. Humanity's daily needs will be met in ways that are not now thought practical. We shall serve for the joy of serving, and prosperity will flow to us and through us in streams of plenty. The supply and support that love and zeal will set in motion are not as yet largely used by man, but those who have tested their providing power are loud in their praise.

Die Entstehung des Alten Testaments

Die Entstehung des Alten Testaments

This teaching and textbook describes the biblical writings, first by content and structure, and then follows their process of coming into being back to the respective reason for their origin. The framework for this is the canon of the Hebrew Bible, which is defined in the introductory section by the Greek and Christian Bible and the so-called Apocrypha. The four parts of the volume are introduced by overview chapters: the Pentateuch as a whole, the Deuteronomistic historical work, the phenomenon of prophecy and Hebrew poetry. The author also appropriately discusses the progress and current state of research. Comprehensive bibliographies characterise the entire work. Anyone wishing to intensively examine the Old Testament and its origins will obtain sound information here.

Die größten Klassiker des Orients

Die größten Klassiker des Orients

Die Anthologie 'Die größten Klassiker des Orients' bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die bedeutendsten literarischen Werke aus dem asiatischen Raum. Sie vereint unterschiedliche literarische Stile und Epochen, von den Lehren des Siddhartha Gautama Buddha bis hin zu den poetischen Versen von Rabindranath Tagore. Diese Sammlung unterstreicht die Bedeutung und Vielfalt von Texten, die sowohl tiefgründige philosophische Einsichten als auch ethische und spirituelle Reflexionen bieten. Ob es sich um die Dao-Lehren des Laotse oder die Sinfonie des Liebe und Mystik von Rumi handelt, dieser Band ist ein Kaleidoskop menschlicher Weisheit. Die in dieser Sammlung enthaltenen Autoren sind maßgebliche Figuren ihrer Zeit und kulturspezifischen Traditionen. Ihre Schriften sind mit bedeutenden historischen und kulturellen Bewegungen verbunden wie dem Konfuzianismus oder der buddhistischen und islamischen Philosophie. Der Prophet Mohammed und Konfuzius etwa führten Generationen mit ihren moralischen und ethischen Richtlinien. Die Kombination dieser facettenreichen Stimmen ermöglicht ein tiefgreifendes Verständnis der gemeinsamen menschlichen Werte und Herausforderungen, die diese Klassiker noch heute relevant machen. Diese Anthologie gibt den Lesern eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, die jahrhundertealte Weisheit zahlreicher Kulturen innerhalb eines einzigen Buches zu erleben. Die verknüpften Einsichten fördert den intellektuellen Dialog und sorgt sowohl für eine bereichernde als auch erhellende Lektüre. Wer sich auf 'Die größten Klassiker des Orients' einlässt, wird nicht nur durch die Bandbreite der Themen bereichert, sondern auch durch die Vielfalt der literarischen Kunstformen und den kulturellen Schatz, den diese Werke darstellen.

Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics

Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics

Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics by John Murray explores the ethical teachings of the Bible, offering a comprehensive analysis of Christian moral principles. Murray delves into various topics including marriage, truthfulness, and the sanctity of life, emphasizing the relevance of biblical commandments in contemporary life. He argues for the continuity and applicability of Old Testament laws within a New Testament framework, demonstrating their foundational role in Christian ethics. The book serves as a valuable resource for understanding the integration of faith and moral conduct, providing profound insights for theologians, pastors, and laypeople seeking to live out biblical principles in daily life.

Fiction from Tegel Prison

Fiction from Tegel Prison

This book discloses a great deal of Bonhoeffer’s family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that embodies and illuminates his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes are a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer’s participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Adolf Hitler, for which he was hanged.

The Insider and the Outcast

The Insider and the Outcast

Renowned pastor and New York Times bestselling author of The Songs of Jesus Timothy Keller continues his Encounters with Jesus eBook series with The Insider and the Outcast, a biblical exploration of life’s biggest questions through the lens of Jesus’ life-changing encounters with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, and an outcast Samaritan woman. Those who met Jesus were often profoundly affected by their conversations with him. In his Encounters with Jesus series, Timothy Keller, pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, explores these conversations to show how they can still change our lives today. By examining the biblical passages where Jesus speaks with an insider, Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council, and an outsider, a Samaritan woman, Keller sheds light on the subject of sin—the biblical concept for what is wrong with the world.