Why Do We Have Creeds?

Why Do We Have Creeds?
Author: Burk Parsons
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781596382022

The pluralist society is wrong! Everyone's beliefs are not equally valid - truth is not down to who is the biggest bully! Creeds give direction, unity, and fellowship - and show the world what we believe.

James MacArthur New Testament Commentary

James MacArthur New Testament Commentary
Author: John MacArthur
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1998-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1575676354

Are there different degrees of faith? Does faith always prove itself only through action? James provides powerful, practical answers to timeless questions of the Christian faith, including teaching on how to gain wisdom, prevent hypocrisy, and control the tongue.

Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart

Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
Author: J. D. Greear
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433679183

“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians. In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation? Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.

Not Hearers Only

Not Hearers Only
Author: John Blanchard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1971
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780850090321

Canon Revisited

Canon Revisited
Author: Michael J. Kruger
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433530813

Given the popular-level conversations on phenomena like the Gospel of Thomas and Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus, as well as the current gap in evangelical scholarship on the origins of the New Testament, Michael Kruger’s Canon Revisited meets a significant need for an up-to-date work on canon by addressing recent developments in the field. He presents an academically rigorous yet accessible study of the New Testament canon that looks deeper than the traditional surveys of councils and creeds, mining the text itself for direction in understanding what the original authors and audiences believed the canon to be. Canon Revisited provides an evangelical introduction to the New Testament canon that can be used in seminary and college classrooms, and read by pastors and educated lay leaders alike. In contrast to the prior volumes on canon, this volume distinguishes itself by placing a substantial focus on the theology of canon as the context within which the historical evidence is evaluated and assessed. Rather than simply discussing the history of canon—rehashing the Patristic data yet again—Kruger develops a strong theological framework for affirming and authenticating the canon as authoritative. In effect, this work successfully unites both the theology and the historical development of the canon, ultimately serving as a practical defense for the authority of the New Testament books.

Marriage & Divorce

Marriage & Divorce
Author: Spencer W. Kimball
Publisher: Salt Lake City : Desert Book Company
Total Pages: 31
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Divorce
ISBN: 9780877476351

President Spencer W. Kimball speaks to the BYU studentbody in the Marriott Center, discussing marriage (and divorce) from the eternal viewpoint.

Knowable Word

Knowable Word
Author: Peter Krol
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949253337

Knowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Through a running study Genesis 1, this new edition illustrates how to Observe, Interpret, and Apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step.

NKJV Abide Bible Red Letter Edition [Stone]

NKJV Abide Bible Red Letter Edition [Stone]
Author: Taylor University Center for Scripture E
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780785226642

"Abide in Me." John 15:4 Do you yearn for life-giving, intimate communion with God? The Abide Bible is designed to help you experience the peace, hope, and growth that comes from encountering the voice and presence of God in Scripture. Every feature in Abide is designed to teach and develop Scripture-engagement habits that help you know the power and spiritual nourishment of abiding in Christ. Created in partnership with Bible Gateway and the Taylor University Center for Scripture Engagement, The Abide Bible's features include articles, book introductions, and practical Scripture engagement prompts based on five ways of engaging deeply with the Bible: Praying Scripture Pattern your prayers after biblical texts, personalizing the prayer and gaining language for the thoughts and emotions you want to express. Picture It Place yourself in a biblical narrative as a bystander or participant in important events. Journaling Focus and reflect on Scripture and its meaning for your life, opening yourself to God's voice as you ponder. Engage Through Art Consider a classic piece of art--photograph, sculpture, painting--and let it deepen your meditations on scriptural truths. Contemplate Follow the church's longstanding practice of reading, meditating on, praying, and contemplating a passage of Scripture in order to experience God's presence through the words of the Bible. Features include: Line-matched, single-column Scripture text Thomas Nelson's exclusive NKJV Comfort Print(R) 9-point type size Smyth-sewn binding lays flat in your hand or on your desk Two satin ribbon markers

From Age to Age

From Age to Age
Author: Keith A. Mathison
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 838
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Using the narrative method of biblical theology, From Age to Age traces the eschatological themes of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation, emphasizing how each book of the Bible develops these themes that culminate in the coming of Christ and showing how individual texts fit into the over-arching picture.

Not Just Hearers But Doers

Not Just Hearers But Doers
Author: Randolph Watkins
Publisher: Randolph Watkins
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-09-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1694848086

“Sometimes there are events in life that cause you to action. Sometimes there are injustices witnessed that cannot go unanswered. And sometimes we must push correction into our society and at times into the Church. This book is one of those times. As a young believer I witnessed too many injustices in the Church as we let bureaucracy overrule the word of God. It is God’s word and Spirit that must always come first and the action those two calls us to.” A quote from Randolph Watkins in Not Just Hearers But Doers. Not Just Hearers But Doers is a book about living your faith out in action. Knowledge without action is useless and it is time to rally the Church to action, to live this faith out to the Glory of our Great God. Join the journey of stepping past the sideline and into the action in the center of the field. We can no longer be spectators, but we must step into the spot light and be men and women of action.