Author : Martin Luther
Publisher : Augsburg Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release :
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451414257
Martin Luther's conception of the Nativity found expression in sermon, song, and art. This beautiful gift edition of a classic collection combines all three.
Author : Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310861667
“The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer Executed by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot to assassinate Hitler, Dietrich Bonhoeffer remains with us today through his writings—far-reaching ripples of deep thought, passionate words, and unflinching character. Including biographical insights, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christmas Sermons spans Bonhoeffer’s seventeen years as a preacher. This collection of vintage sermons and writings searches out the power and mystery of the Christmas season: its joyous riches and its implications for our lives. Also available Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prison Poems Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Meditations on Psalms
Author : Good News Publishers
Publisher :
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781682162095
Bethlehem was six miles from Jerusalem, but like the religious leaders when Christ was born, many people "know about" the Messiah but fail to investigate
Author : Diana Butler Bass
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0062659561
The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives. How can you still be a Christian? This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. But while many Christians have left their churches, they cannot leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Bass challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in static, one-dimensional ways and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several capacities: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations, to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most.
Author : Ray Pritchard
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9780802431998
The Bible tells us God is good, yet how can we still believe when our lives are falling apart? Dr. Pritchard helps us search the Scriptures for hope and encouragement and invokes the comfort of our heavenly Father during hard times.
Author : David Jeremiah
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2021-09
Category :
ISBN : 1496457870
Every year, millions of people around the globe celebrate Christmas. But what does it all mean? Why did God choose a young virgin named Mary and a simple carpenter named Joseph to bring his only Son into the world? Why was the Son of God born in a lowly manger in a small town called Bethlehem? Who was this infant named Jesus, the One prophecies foretold would save the world from sin and suffering? And what does this nativity story mean for us today? Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, noted pastor and theologian David Jeremiah provides answers to 25 of the most thought-provoking questions surrounding the most pivotal moment in human history--the birth of Jesus Christ.
Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1408190389
"The addresses that Rowan Williams has given in Canterbury Cathedral for Christmas and Easter throughout the ten years of his time as Archbishop are masterpieces of the kind. Appearing for the first time together in print, these profound and thought provoking pieces form part of his essential legacy to Christian believers. With a new introduction by Dr Williams, this is perfect reading material for Advent and Christmas, or Lent and Easter."--Publisher description.
Author : Friedrich Schleiermacher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 2019-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532667418
New discoveries arise alongside memories in every Christmas sermon that Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) ever delivered. This book invites readers into an informed experience of Christmas through eleven sermons. In these pages readers watch Schleiermacher lay discovery and memory side by side, because this is how his own famed systemic theological views of Christian faith and life developed throughout his life. These sermons evoke first curiosity then wonderment at the prospects reading can open. For Schleiermacher, Christmas was always a special time to engender such experiences--a time to survey different vistas of Jesus' birth and career. Schleiermacher lived when the modern age was being born. He contributed substantially to that birth and to the health of modern times. His sermons collected here display the main theological grounds for his worldview, which is still quite timely today.
Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310113180
An in-depth look at what it means to be created in the image of God and how our bodies serve as icons that illuminate God's purposes instead of ours. The human body is an amazing gift, yet today, many people downplay its importance and fail to understand what Christianity teaches about our bodies and their God-given purposes. Many people misunderstand how the body was designed, its role in relating to others; and we lack awareness of the dangers of objectifying the body, divorcing it from its intended purpose. Timothy Tennent covers topics like marriage, family, singleness, and friendship, and he looks at how the human body has been objectified in art and media today. For the Body offers a biblical framework for discipling people today in a Christian theology of the body. Tennent—theologian and president of Asbury Theological Seminary—explores the contours of a robust Christian vision of the body, human sexuality, and the variety of different ways we are called into relationships with others. This book will reveal a theological vision that: Informs our self-understanding of our own bodies. Examines how we treat others. Reevaluates how we engage today's controversial and difficult discussions on human sexuality with grace, wisdom, and confidence. For the Body is a call to a deeper understanding of our bodies and an invitation to recapture the wonder of this amazing gift.
Author : Augustine of Hippo
Publisher : Image
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2002-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0385503113
A superb new translation brings the words of Augustine the preacher stirringly to life! When the great Saint Augustine was called from his country home to become Bishop of Hippo in the fourth century, his new responsibilities took him away from the solitude of his writing and into the glare of the public eye. The author of two of the greatest works of religious literature, Confessions and City of God, Augustine became a shepherd to the people, inspiring and enlightening them with his sermons. His skills as a speaker were as great–if not greater–than his skills as a writer. According to his friend Possidius, “Those who read what Augustine wrote on the divine topics do get something out of them. But those who saw and heard him in person–they were the ones who got heaven and Earth.” Sermons to the People collects the homilies on the liturgical seasons of the Church Saint Augustine delivered over the course of his lifetime. This Image edition includes the first sermons in that vast collection: from Advent, Christmas, New Year’s, and the Epiphany. Newly translated by William Griffin, they address timeless concerns, including the problems of materialism and the intellectual difficulties of faith. Griffin renders the sermons with such immediacy, it is as though he had been present when Augustine spoke to his flock.
