Download or read book The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks written by James Durham and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever considered the seriousness of causing someone else to stumble? That is, to hinder someone’s spiritual wellbeing. Does it surprise you that the apostle Paul describes it as evil (Rom. 14:20)? In The Scandal of Stumbling Blocks , James Durham helps us to consider the matter deeply by defining the nature of stumbling as well as showing its serious consequences. He looks in considerable detail at different kinds of stumbling and identifies the ways that people can stumble and be stumbled. Durham provides practical advice for avoiding and preventing offense. Now edited in modern English, Durham’s classic treatment on considerate Christianity can be used to edify a new generation. Table of Contents: 1. Why Is Stumbling Important? 2. What Is Stumbling? 3. What Are the Different Kinds of Stumbling? 4. What Ways Do We Stumble Others? 5. To What Extent Should We Avoid Stumbling Others? 6. How Can Believers Prevent Stumbling? 7. How Can Ministers Prevent Stumbling? 8. What Are the Key Truths about Stumbling?
Download or read book The Scandal of Christianity written by Emil Brunner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical revelation, the triune God, original sin, the Mediator, resurrection--these are central to the Christian message at the same time major stumbling blocks to modern thinking. Emil Brunner examines these five doctrines in light of the deep abyss that separates man's religious aspirations however high, from Christian faith. For each doctrine the noted theologian sets the biblical teaching against the opposing philosophical argument. As a brief presentation of key elements in Dr. Brunner's theological position, this book serves as an excellent introduction to his larger works. As an orderly statement of Christian beliefs, it reveals how the scandal of Christianity is the touchstone of the gospel.--from back cover.
Download or read book The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind written by Mark A. Noll and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award (1995) “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” So begins this award-winning intellectual history and critique of the evangelical movement by one of evangelicalism’s most respected historians. Unsparing in his indictment, Mark Noll asks why the largest single group of religious Americans—who enjoy increasing wealth, status, and political influence—have contributed so little to rigorous intellectual scholarship. While nourishing believers in the simple truths of the gospel, why have so many evangelicals failed to sustain a serious intellectual life and abandoned the universities, the arts, and other realms of “high” culture? Over twenty-five years since its original publication, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind has turned out to be prescient and perennially relevant. In a new preface, Noll lays out his ongoing personal frustrations with this situation, and in a new afterword he assesses the state of the scandal—showing how white evangelicals’ embrace of Trumpism, their deepening distrust of science, and their frequent forays into conspiratorial thinking have coexisted with surprisingly robust scholarship from many with strong evangelical connections.
Download or read book The Scandal of Christianity written by Emil Brunner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical revelation, the triune God, original sin, the Mediator, resurrection--these are central to the Christian message at the same time major stumbling blocks to modern thinking. Emil Brunner examines these five doctrines in light of the deep abyss that separates man's religious aspirations however high, from Christian faith. For each doctrine the noted theologian sets the biblical teaching against the opposing philosophical argument. As a brief presentation of key elements in Dr. Brunner's theological position, this book serves as an excellent introduction to his larger works. As an orderly statement of Christian beliefs, it reveals how the scandal of Christianity is the touchstone of the gospel.--from back cover.
Download or read book The Evil and Remedy of Scandal A Practical Discourse on Psalm CXIX CLXV Edited by J Billingsley written by John BARRET (M.A., of Nottingham.) and published by . This book was released on 1711 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Practical Works of Richard Baxter with a Preface Giving Some Account of the Author and of this Edition of His Practical Works an Essay on His Genius Works and Times written by Richard Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baxter s Practical Works Volume 1 written by and published by Lettermen Associates. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The editor's preface (1707), p. xiii stated that the works of Richard Baxter are 'perhaps the best body of practical divinity that is extent in our own or any other tongue.' Richard Baxter lived from 1615-1691. The DIRECTORY was completed in 1665. Its scope was intended to cover all of practical theology, a summa of casuistry . . ." Timothy Keller calls it "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."
Download or read book The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes written by Jonathan Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of President Edwards written by Jonathan Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scandal of the Gospels written by David McCracken and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offense." The Jesus of the gospels is a scandal (skandalon, in the original Greek) and he is never more scandalous than when he is speaking in parables. Interpreters of the gospels over the centuries have consistently labored to domesticate the offense or to eliminate it entirely. David McCracken, focusing on parables, Matthew's narrative contexts, and the gospel of John, seeks to recover the gospels' sense of Jesus as skandalon. To this end, he enlists the help of Kierkegaard, the philosopher of offense, and to a lesser extent that of Bakhtin, both of whom prove to be surprisingly apt conversation partners for the evangelists.
Download or read book Signs of Life written by Rick Fabian and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glimpse into the ideals and insights that have shaped one of the Episcopal Church's most widely known parishes, St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco. Rick Fabian, well known as one of the founding priests of St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco, writes his “treatise in eleven parts” on the significant signs of communal life: the welcoming table, authority (human and biblical), baptism, mystery, marriage, children, the spirit, reconciliation, the worship year, beauty, and hospitality. This “revisionist approach to sacramental theology” offers a glimpse into the depth of thought behind the praxis that has shaped one of the Episcopal Church’s most widely known parishes.
Download or read book The Scandal of Sacramentality written by Brannon Hancock and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sacrament par excellence, the Eucharist, has been upheld as the foundational sacrament of Christ's Body called Church, yet it has confounded Christian thinking and practice throughout history. Its symbolism points to the paradox of the incarnation, death, and resurrection of God in Jesus of Nazareth, which St. Paul describes as a stumbling-block (skandalon). Yet the scandal of sacramentality, not only illustrated by but enacted in the Eucharist, has not been sufficiently accounted for in the ecclesiologies and sacramental theologies of the Christian tradition. Despite what appears to be an increasingly post-ecclesial world, sacrament remains a persistent theme in contemporary culture, often in places least expected. Drawing upon the biblical image of "the Word made flesh," this interdisciplinary study examines the scandal of sacramentality along the twofold thematic of the scandal of language (word) and the scandal of the body (flesh). While sacred theology can think through this scandal only at significant risk to its own stability, the fictional discourses of literature and the arts are free to explore this scandal in a manner that simultaneously augments and challenges traditional notions of sacrament and sacramentality, and by extension, what it means to describe the Church as a "eucharistic community."
Download or read book Joy in the Journey Through the Year written by Michael Card and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-year guide through the writings of award-winning singer-songwriter Michael Card, this collection includes lyrics that encourage the faith and stretch the imagination of contemporary Christians. Each day features a Scripture passage and a brief quote that reflects on the joy of Christ.
Download or read book Karol Wojtyla s Philosophical Legacy written by Nancy Mardas and published by CRVP. This book was released on 2008 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples written by James Durham and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mention church discipline and people often react in discomfort. But did you know that Jesus made discipline a test of whether a church meets His approval (Revelation 2–3)? In The Scandal of Undisciplined Disciples, James Durham helps us to understand the matter by defining the nature of discipline and explaining when it is necessary. He identifies practical issues related to administering church discipline and shows how we can know when a case has been satisfactorily resolved. He also explains why simply leaving a church fails to address the issue and even provides practical advice for unfortunate instances when discipline is defective. Now presented in modern English, Durham’s classic treatment on the importance of church discipline can be used to edify a new generation. Table of Contents: 1. Why Does Church Discipline Matter? 2. When Is Church Discipline Necessary? 3. How Should Church Courts Handle Disciplinary Cases? 4. When Has a Discipline Case Been Satisfactorily Resolved? 5. What Practical Issues Arise in Administering Church Discipline? 6. Why Does Separation from a Church Fail to Address the Issue? 7. What Should Church Members Do when Discipline Is Defective?
Download or read book Paulist Biblical Commentary The written by Aguilar Chiu, José Enrique and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 3632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paulist Biblical Commentary (PBC) is a one-volume commentary on the books of the Bible designed for a wide variety of Bible readers, especially those engaged in pastoral ministry. The volume consists of a commentary on each of the seventy-three books of the Catholic canon of the Bible along with twelve general articles. While based on classical approaches to Scripture, the commentaries and articles are not limited to historical-literary issues, but draw upon relevant theological and pastoral ideas found in the text. The Paulist Biblical Commentary presents: · Solid exegesis of the biblical text. · A useful tool for preaching and spiritual nourishment. · An essential aid to deepen the understanding of Scripture. · Current biblical research that is relevant to pastoral or spiritual ministry. The Commentary brings together the collaboration of more than seventy international biblical scholars, each with expertise in their area of study drawn from their experience and interest in pastoral or spiritual ministry.
Download or read book The Scandal of Pentecost written by Wolfgang Vondey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a systematic analysis of the conflicts emerging when the public church encounters the public world, The Scandal of Pentecost argues that the public advent of the church stands in continuity with the public scandal of the incarnate and crucified Christ. The book traces the contours of this scandal in the confrontation of the dominant ruling hermeneutic of authority with a Christian hermeneutic of resistance. This highlights the brokenness of the human condition manifested by the church in the drunkenness of the disciples, the speaking in other tongues, the baptism with the Spirit, the empowerment of the flesh, and its public witness to a scandalized world. The effects of the scandal transform both the disciples' individual and communal witness and their public recognition as the church. Through the lens of a symbolic hermeneutic, the public witness of the church at Pentecost reveals a Christian scandal of anthropological proportions: with the outpouring of the Spirit on all flesh the church emerges as the symbol of humanity.
