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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Church History

Author : Bill Leonard
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506405759

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Amid the ferment of dissent and the protests of heretics, the church developed most significantly. This guide introduces that history by looking at those periods. A variety of questions have preoccupied Christian communities throughout history. Christians have attempted to determine who Jesus is and whether his life and teaching have global significance. They've battled over the nature of salvation and the sources of authority for Christian belief and practice. They've argued about the nature and purpose of the Christian church and how is it to be organized. They've drawn swords over the relationship between church and state. And they've taken votes on who should be sainted and who should be expelled. Focusing on sources of unity and division within the church throughout its history, and some of the most and least savory characters in the history, this guide provides an overview of Christian responses to those and other formative questions, all with the trademark Homebrewed Christianity wit and wisdom.

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus

Author : Tripp Fuller
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506401256

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus by Tripp Fuller Pdf

Christology is crazy. ItÕs rather absurd to identify a first-century homeless Jew as God revealed, but a bunch of us do anyway. In this book, Tripp Fuller examines the historical Jesus, the development of the doctrine of Christ, the questions that drove christological innovations through church history, contemporary constructive proposals, and the predicament of belief for the church today. Recognizing that the battle over Jesus is no longer a public debate between the skeptic and believer but an internal struggle in the heart of many disciples, he argues that we continue to make christological claims about more than an ÒeventÓ or simply the ÒJesus of history.ÓÊOn the other hand, C. S. LewisÕs infamous Òliar, lunatic, and LordÓ scheme is no longer intellectually tenable. This may be a guide to Jesus, but for Christians, Fuller is guiding us toward a deeper understanding of God. He thinks itÕs good newsÑgood news about a God who is so invested in the world that God refuses to be God without us.

The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History

Author : Ed Hindson,Dan Mitchell
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736948067

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The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History by Ed Hindson,Dan Mitchell Pdf

Announcing the newest release in our well-received Popular Encyclopedia series—The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History, an ideal resource for anyone who want a clear, user-friendly guide to understanding the key people, places, and events that shaped Christianity. General editors Ed Hindson and Dan Mitchell have extensive experience with producing reference works that combine expert scholarship and popular accessibility. Together with a broad range of well-qualified contributors, they have put together what is sure to become a standard must-have for both Bible teachers and students. With nearly 300 articles across 400 pages, readers will enjoy... a comprehensive panorama of church history from Acts 2 to today a clear presentation of how the church and its teachings have developed concise biographies of major Christian figures and their contributions fascinating overviews of key turning points in church history This valuable resource will enrich believers’ appreciation for the wonderful heritage behind their Christian faith.

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit

Author : Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506401249

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit by Grace Ji-Sun Kim Pdf

It is time for the Holy Spirit to get its own street cred! There shall be no more third-wheeling the ever-present, life-sustaining, and empowering member of the Trinity. In this guide to the Spirit, Kim is putting the Holy Ghost back where it belongs; after all, the Spirit gave birth to the church and kept it rocking, rolling, revivaling, and transforming across time and culture. Throughout the book, you will get a taste of the different ways the church has understood the Spirit, partnered with the Paraclete, and imaged the Spirit in scripture. Most importantly, Kim brings together the tradition with contemporary culture, science, and the many tongues and testimonies of the global church. The compelling power of this volume comes from the creative interplay Kim orchestrates between images such as the Spirit as vibration, breath, and light and her powerful unpacking of different images such as the releaser of han, a Korean term for unjust suffering, or the concept of Chi. This isn't simply a guide to what the church is saying about the Holy Spirit--it's a guide to actually opening our theological imaginations to a Spirit that is present, active, and calling us to participate in life-giving work.

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament

Author : Rolf A. Jacobson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506406367

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament by Rolf A. Jacobson Pdf

The Old Testament bears witness to an in-your-face, holy God--a God who gets down and dirty with creation and history; a God who gets in people's face with love and law, with power and purpose. Yet Israel's in-your-face God is also "holy"--too other, too raw, too intense to be handled without oven mitts. Rolf Jacobson wrestles with this in-your-face God. The Old Testament starts at the beginning, where God digs in the dirt to create humanity and then gets in the dustlings' faces when they sin. God smiles on Abraham and Sarah, electing their descendants as the chosen people, but has to get in Pharaoh's face when he tries to enslave the people. Mostly, God gets in Israel's face: with laws about what it looks like to be God's people and through the prophets, who have to get in the faces of those who turn away from the Holy One. Jacobson also explores the psalms, poetry in which God often hides his face. He closes by exploring how the Old Testament points us ahead to Jesus, when God took on a human face and offered us the most intimate picture of God we'll ever get.

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times

Author : Jeffrey C. Pugh
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506401430

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times by Jeffrey C. Pugh Pdf

People still believe that Jesus is returning to earth . . . and soon! Like JesusÕ the first followers, millions of Christians hold fast to the idea that we are living in the last days, yet here we are, two thousand years later, still waiting. In The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times Jeffrey C. Pugh recounts his own brief sojourn in an apocalyptic cult. Looking back now, as a respected professor of theology, he tackles how Christianity in general, and the evangelical world in particular, have been captivated by the theological innovation known as Dispensationalism that emerged in the nineteenth century. The embrace of this idea has influenced millions, leading to such cultural phenomena as the Left Behind books and movies, and Christian Zionism. But Pugh argues that the belief in the imminent return of Christ has in fact been harmful to Christian engagement with the world, and he builds this argument on a thorough and occasionally sassy reading of biblical texts and church history.

Divine Self-Investment

Author : Tripp Fuller
Publisher : Sacrasage Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948609290

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In a time when muttering the word "God" doesn't come easy, what does it mean to call Jesus the Christ? In this book, Fuller investigates the possibility of a robust constructive Christology that engages three different theological registers - the historical, the existential, and the metaphysical Beginning his Christology, not from above or below, but from within the Disciple's confession of Jesus as the Christ, Fuller goes on to construct a powerful Open and Relational Christology. At the heart of the text are three generative pairings of contemporary thinkers that share a thematic center with distinct trajectories. Each figure is articulated and woven into a developing vision of God's divine self-investment in history and ultimately in the person of Jesus. The constructive proposal not only utilizes an Open and Relational vision but reshapes it in light of God's self-investment in Christ. The theological significance of Fuller's proposal is wide-reaching, engaging topics such as revelation, divine power, evil, the cross, eschatological hope, the imago dei, and the Spirit. What They're Saying... "This ambitious Christology marks Tripp Fuller as one of the most significant young systematic theologians to emerge on the scene in recent years. One can profitably read this book as an introduction to Open and Relational Theology; as a refresher on Logos Christology, Spirit Christology, and the quest for the historical Jesus; or as a primer on his six theological discussion partners. But the brilliance of the volume is actually the blending of biblical, classical, and process insights into a single moving vision of God's self-investment in creation, Israel, and Jesus. Rarely have I encountered a young theologian who writes with this level of systematic depth." -- Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology "Tripp Fuller masterfully engages the crucial Christian question: Who do we say Jesus is? Engaging history, philosophy and theology, Fuller offers a vision of Jesus that weds evangelical convictions with progressive insights. His work stands aside that of John Cobb, David Griffin and Elizabeth Johnson for required reading in Christology." -- Monica A. Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies, University of Delaware, author of Making a Way Out of No Way: a Womanist Theology

Theology Remixed

Author : Adam C. English
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830868216

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Jesus didn't give his followers a fixed set of statements defining everything they needed to know about the kingdom of God in a neat package. Rather he told stories, made comparisons, drew contrasts. He talked of a mustard seed, of yeast and of a hidden treasure to communicate some of the most important truths of the faith. Jesus didn't fall back on parables because he lacked the right words. Parables were the exact way Jesus intended to communicate. What pictures or analogies today can give us greater understanding of the Christian faith? Adam English finds fresh insight in four: Christianity as story, game, language, culture. Christianity is like a story with scenery, characters and plots. It's like a language with vocabulary, grammar and conversation. It's like a game with rules and players, goals and equipment. It's like a culture with a distinct way of living, working, playing and loving. No one analogy is complete, but all offer new windows of appreciation for the faith. English gives us a fresh representation of Christian theology that is neither modern nor postmodern, but in dialogue with both in order to articulate what we believe. Here is a book for those who want to grasp Christianity more fully and authentically in a way that illuminates our contemporary cultural context and enables us to make a compelling response.

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to God

Author : Eric E. Hall,Tripp Fuller
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506405735

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to God by Eric E. Hall,Tripp Fuller Pdf

Is God the First Cause? The Unmoved Mover? Mr. Miyagi? In this latest installment of the Homebrewed Christianity series, edited by Tripp Fuller, Eric E. Hall approaches the question of God from various perspectives, including philosophy, personal revelation, Christian tradition, and other religions. The classical conception of God is like the famously stoic-yet-lethal character in the Karate Kid. Competing versions of God include Your Hippie Aunt, St. Joan of Arc, and even the muscle-headed goons from Jersey Shore. Hall uses each of these analogies to elucidate a version of God that has held sway at one point or another. For each, he shows strengths and weaknesses, pros and cons. After proposing this nouveau-pantheon, Hall takes on atheism, religion versus science, and popular images of Jesus. At the end of this romp through history and pop culture, Hall argues that the God you need may be the very God you rejected years ago.

A Sense of the Heart

Author : Bill J. Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1630885851

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The character of America is tied to the nature of our religious experience.

Church History 101

Author : Sinclair B. Ferguson,Joel R. Beeke,Michael A. G. Haykin
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601784773

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Church History 101 by Sinclair B. Ferguson,Joel R. Beeke,Michael A. G. Haykin Pdf

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you ve been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick read of church history's high points.

Key Moments in Church History

Author : Mitch Finley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0742550737

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Key Moments in Church History by Mitch Finley Pdf

Spanning from the birth of Christianity through the Crusades and the Protestant Reformation to John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council, Key Moments in Church History is a brief and accessible guide to the origins and evolution of the Catholic Church. In this insightful and informative look at eleven of the most significant periods in church history, Finley not only helps readers understand the context and characters of the past, but sheds light on the current and future Church. The result is a hopeful and inspirational reading experience that is ideal for personal reflection or group use.

Urban Legends of Church History

Author : John Adair,Michael Svigel
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433649844

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Urban Legends of Church History by John Adair,Michael Svigel Pdf

Urban Legends of Church History surveys forty of the most commonly misunderstood events of church history from the period of the early church through the modern age. While these “urban legends” sometimes arise out of falsehood or fabrication, they are often the product of an exaggerated recounting of actual historical events. With a pastoral tone and helpful explanations, authors John Adair and Michael Svigel tackle legendary misconceptions, such as the early church worshiping on Saturday and the unbroken chain of apostolic succession. Urban Legends of Church History will correct misunderstandings of key events in church history and guide readers in applying principles that have characterized the Christian church since the first century.

Religion in the Modern World

Author : Keith Ward
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108492492

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Religion in the Modern World by Keith Ward Pdf

Proposes an original approach to religious diversity, from religious pluralism and inter-faith dialogue to new existential challenges.

Church History: The first advance, AD 29-500

Author : John Foster,W. H. C. Frend
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Church history
ISBN : 0281045615

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Church History: The first advance, AD 29-500 by John Foster,W. H. C. Frend Pdf

This introduction to early Church history emphasizes people rather than policies or polemics, and shows Christians in the first 500 years persevering under persecution and carrying their faith east and south into Asia and Africa as well as westwards into Europe. The book includes maps, charts, photographs and suggestions for further discussion and study. It also includes many quotations from original sources.