Christianity at the Crossroads

Christianity at the Crossroads
Author: Michael J. Kruger
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830887512

Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Michael Kruger's introductory survey examines how Christianity took root in the second century, how it battled to stay true to the vision of the apostles, and how it developed in ways that would shape both the church and Western culture over the next two thousand years.

Evangelicals at a Crossroads

Evangelicals at a Crossroads
Author: Benjamin Loren Hartley
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1584659297

The story of Boston revivalism and social reform

Living at the Crossroads

Living at the Crossroads
Author: Michael W. Goheen
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781441201997

How can Christians live faithfully at the crossroads of the story of Scripture and postmodern culture? In Living at the Crossroads, authors Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew explore this question as they provide a general introduction to Christian worldview. Ideal for both students and lay readers, Living at the Crossroads lays out a brief summary of the biblical story and the most fundamental beliefs of Scripture. The book tells the story of Western culture from the classical period to postmodernity. The authors then provide an analysis of how Christians live in the tension that exists at the intersection of the biblical and cultural stories, exploring the important implications in key areas of life, such as education, scholarship, economics, politics, and church.

Rescuing Ambition

Rescuing Ambition
Author: Dave Harvey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Ambition
ISBN: 9781433514913

Ambition needs to be rescued and put to work for God's glory. This book will encourage and embolden believers to pursue their dreams with a godly ambition that seeks more for God and from God.

Barbecue Crossroads

Barbecue Crossroads
Author: Robb Walsh
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0292745907

In stories, recipes, and photographs, James Beard Award–winning writer Robb Walsh and acclaimed documentary photographer O. Rufus Lovett take us on a barbecue odyssey from East Texas to the Carolinas and back. In Barbecue Crossroads, we meet the pitmasters who still use old-fashioned wood-fired pits, and we sample some of their succulent pork shoulders, whole hogs, savory beef, sausage, mutton, and even some barbecued baloney. Recipes for these and the side dishes, sauces, and desserts that come with them are painstakingly recorded and tested. But Barbecue Crossroads is more than a cookbook; it is a trip back to the roots of our oldest artisan food tradition and a look at how Southern culture is changing. Walsh and Lovett trace the lineage of Southern barbecue backwards through time as they travel across a part of the country where slow-cooked meat has long been part of everyday life. What they find is not one story, but many. They visit legendary joints that don’t live up to their reputations—and discover unknown places that deserve more attention. They tell us why the corporatizing of agriculture is making it difficult for pitmasters to afford hickory wood or find whole hogs that fit on a pit. Walsh and Lovett also remind us of myriad ways that race weaves in and out of the barbecue story, from African American cooking techniques and recipes to the tastes of migrant farmworkers who ate their barbecue in meat markets, gas stations, and convenience stores because they weren’t welcome in restaurants. The authors also expose the ways that barbecue competitions and TV shows are undermining traditional barbecue culture. And they predict that the revival of the community barbecue tradition may well be its salvation.