The Only True God
Author : Eric H. H. Chang
Publisher : Xlibris
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 39,89 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Eric H. H. Chang
Publisher : Xlibris
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 39,89 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Rodney Stark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2003-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691115009
Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would have been moral codes, but no Commandments. Had the Jews been polytheists, they would today be only another barely remembered people, less important, but just as extinct as the Babylonians. Had Christians presented Jesus to the Greco-Roman world as ''another'' God, their faith would long since have gone the way of Mithraism. And surely Islam would never have made it out of the desert had Muhammad not removed Allah from the context of Arab paganism and proclaimed him as the only God. The three great monotheisms changed everything. With his customary clarity and vigor, Rodney Stark explains how and why monotheism has such immense power both to unite and to divide. Why and how did Jews, Christians, and Muslims missionize, and when and why did their efforts falter? Why did both Christianity and Islam suddenly become less tolerant of Jews late in the eleventh century, prompting outbursts of mass murder? Why were the Jewish massacres by Christians concentrated in the cities along the Rhine River, and why did the pogroms by Muslims take place mainly in Granada? How could the Jews persist so long as a minority faith, able to withstand intense pressures to convert? Why did they sometimes assimilate? In the final chapter, Stark also examines the American experience to show that it is possible for committed monotheists to sustain norms of civility toward one another. A sweeping social history of religion, One True God shows how the great monotheisms shaped the past and created the modern world.
Author : James F. McGrath
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0252091892
Monotheism is a powerful religious concept shaped by competing ideas and the problems they raised. Surveying New Testament writings and Jewish sources from before and after the rise of Christianity, James F. McGrath argues that even the most developed Christologies in the New Testament fit within the context of first century Jewish monotheism. McGrath pinpoints when the parting of ways took place over the issue of God's oneness, and explores philosophical ideas such as "creation out of nothing" which caused Jews and Christians to develop differing concepts and definitions about God.
Author : Paul David Washer
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780981732107
This book is essentially bound as a Wire-O bound journal, with a hardback cover wrapping around the entire book, even the spine. This keeps the book in good shape for a long time, and also provides for optimum usablility. The One True God is a unique kind of workbook, intending not just to teach truth but to lead to an encounter with the living God. Beneath that goal the book aims to ground believers in orthodox Christian theology and the actual contents of the Bible. Students are encouraged to thoughtfully draw conclusions from the Scriptures rather than to merely absorb the principles, inferences, and illustrations set before them by theauthor. For this reason the book does not include such material and instead focuses on digesting the Scriptures directly. Through God's own words and under various systematic headings the book unfolds the nature of God. In this way the reader is set on a firm foundation and will readily perceive the centrality and high authority of biblical doctrine within the Christian life. It is the author's conviction that the study of doctrine is both an intellectual and devotional discipline. Therefore students are guided throughout the study to think through and apply the truths they learn, meditating on the demands of Scripture for their heart and mind. The book puts us squarely in the middle of the material and demands we give searching thought to how we will live before such a God. This workbook is especially suited for the following contexts: (1) doctrinal training for new converts; (2) college and adult group Bible studies; (3) private study; (4) Christian or home school curriculum; (5) Sunday school material; (6) an aid to parents in teaching the Word of God to their children.
Author : Mark S. Young
Publisher : Discovery House
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 24,79 MB
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 164070132X
One True Story, One True God shows how God has moved through history with redemptive, missional intent and gives you a glimpse of how God will use you to further accomplish His plan. From Adam’s creation to Jesus's return, the book shows where we've been, where we are, and where we are going. By seeing the historical context of God's redemption plan, you'll have a fresh understanding of God's big story and where you fit in it.
Author : J.B. Phillips
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 068482633X
Edited by J.B. Phillips Chapters indicated but no verse numbers Introduction to each book Index 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 % Font size: 10
Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433552663
God has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.
Author : Simon J. Gathercole
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,79 MB
Release : 2006-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802829015
In this challenging book, rising New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole contradicts a commonly held view among biblical scholars -- that the Gospel of John is the only Gospel to give evidence for Jesus' heavenly identity and preexistence. The Preexistent Son demonstrates that Matthew, Mark, and Luke were also well aware that the Son of God existed with the Father prior to his earthly ministry. Gathercole supports his argument by considering the "I have come" sayings of Jesus and strikingly similar angelic sayings discovered in Second Temple and Rabbinic literature. Further, he considers related topics such as Wisdom Christology and the titles applied to Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels. Gathercole's carefully researched work should spark debate among Synoptic scholars and extend the understanding of anyone interested in this New Testament question.
Author : Annie Ngana- Mundeke
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2020-05-08
Category :
ISBN : 9780999344699
A christian book for religious education purposes
Author : William Walker Atkinson
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 1909
Category :
ISBN :