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In this reflection on faith and learning, Dr. Mannoia captures the essence of what makes Christian education so impactful. When done well, faculty and their students embark on a mutual journey of discovery that draws both parties closer to God. Dr. Mannoia's admonition to think deeply about the revealed truths underlying one's discipline is a reminder that to be truly transformational, education must be more than practical or useful-it must be...

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Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a Talmud scholar as well as Jewish philosopher trained in phenomenology.In his conversations and writings, he spoke at times directly to Christians, challenging them to probe more deeply into the ethical nuances of responsibility. Levinas was constantly in search of an ideal of holiness, one that would become an "absolute value (in) the human possibilityof giving the other priority over oneself." This priority ...

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This is a book about the New Testament gifts of the Holy Spirit with an inventory list for anyone to discover what specific gifts they have.It is translated into French primarily for Francophone Africa.

Demaray presents single meditation readings that indicate causes and suggest cures of burnout. Thirteen crucial areas of cause and cure provide the text's framework.

More than 400 million persons are living in a state of permanent diaspora throughoutthe world. These dislocated persons are particularly susceptible to receptivity to the Christian message and, being scattered as transnationals outside traditional homelands, to finding their identity in the church. Most of these persons hail from the Global South and East, where an explosive growth of Christian communities is occurring within the context of re...

This work is a remarkably clear presentation and lucid discussion of the relationship between the philosophical discipline of axiology and its religious significance.Without reducing religion to morals, Edwards employs the insights of Robert S. Hartman (his late colleague at the University of Tennessee) to explain the interaction between what and how we value and what we believe, do, and worship religiously.

This book is a biography of Bishop J. Waskom Pickett and contains thorough documentation and extensive photographs. Bishop Pickett embodied the last generation of the missionaries of the great nineteenth and twentieth.century missionary movement from the West. This monumental biography highlights his conversion movement studies, his service to the poor and sick, relief work, interventions with presidents, senators, and ambassadors in behalf of...

This is an inside-out perspective of Christian perfection that attempts to integrate the inward and outward dimensions of holiness. At the same time, it seeks to place the emphasis on internal attitudes of the heart primarily demonstrated through love as foundational to holiness. However, there also exists a reciprocal relationship between the two in that external holiness serves to help validate inward holiness. The title is derived from Wes...

During the persecution of the early church, the stories of the witness of the martyrs-later known as the Acts of the Martyrs--became a critical part of the church's reading and devotional material. Why? This book argues that the reading of the Acts, and especially their visions, did more than just encourage the persecuted church, they reveal a nuanced view of God, the world, power, and powerlessness, death and life that at times subverts what ...

The author helps the reader to understand what the Old Testament festivals have to do with Christian faith. This is an area that is especially poorly understood by many Christians. So the book helps to fill a very significant gap. Beginning with the spring festivals and moving through the year, Dr. Hong concludes his discussion with the final fall festival of Tabernacles. With each festival he explains what the Bible says about it, how it was ...