Experiencing Scripture in World Religions

Experiencing Scripture in World Religions
Author: Harold Coward
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625640293

An inside view of how the scriptures of world religions illuminate the lives and experience of their devotees.

Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?

Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?
Author: Gerald R. McDermott
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2000-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830822747

More than ever before, Christians need to explain why they follow Jesus and not the Buddha or Confucius or Krishna or Muhammed. This evangelical theology of religions addresses the problem of truth and revelation, and takes seriously the normative claims of other traditions. McDermott shows readers what Christians can learn from world religions without sacrificing the finality of Christ.

World Religions in a Nutshell

World Religions in a Nutshell
Author: Ray Comfort
Publisher: Bridge Logos Foundation
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780882706696

You are on CNN, live. The host leans across to you and asks, What s the major difference between Christianity and the other major religions? They are basically all the same, aren t they? Millions are awaiting your reply. Do you know how you would answer? Most of us are not as prepared as we should be for this all-important task. Discover what almost all religions have in common: By trying to earn their way to Heaven, their followers are robed in works-righteousness. Learn how to gently remove that robe, so those seeking eternal salvation can be clothed in the righteousness that comes only through faith in Jesus Christ. Each religion is discussed according to: It s basic beliefs Testimonies of its followers who turned to Christ Sample witnessing conversation.

World Religions and Cults Volume 1

World Religions and Cults Volume 1
Author: Bodie Hodge
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2015-08-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614584605

Religions in today’s culture seem to be multiplying. Have you ever wondered why certain religions believe and practice what they do? Or how they view the Bible? This volume delves into these and other engaging questions, such as: How can a Christian witness to people in these religions? Do these other religions believe in creation and a Creator? How do we deal with these religions from a biblical authority perspective? Many religions and cults discussed in this first volume openly affirm that the Bible is true, but then something gets in their way. And there is a common factor every time—man’s fallible opinions. In one way or another the Bible gets demoted, reinterpreted, or completely ignored. Man’s ideas are used to throw the Bible’s clear teaching out the window while false teachings are promoted. This book is a must for laymen, church leaders, teachers, and students to understand the trends in our culture and around the world where certain religions dominate, helping you discern truth and guard your faith. When you understand a religion’s origins and teachings, you are in a better position to know how to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as you take the good news to those in false religions.

Handbook of World Religions

Handbook of World Religions
Author: Len Woods
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 9781602600546

Confused by the varying religious views in your workplace, neighborhood, even your family? Check out the Handbook of World Religions-contrasting 50 faiths with Christianity. Christians believe Jesus' claim to be "the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6)-though dozens of other religions propose varying pathways to God, heaven, or ultimate personal fulfillment. Describing these alternate viewpoints fairly and non-judgmentally, the Handbook of World Religions features major world faiths (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism), Christian-based religions (Mormonism, the Unification Church, Christian Science), traditional religions (African, Chinese, Native American), and various hard-to-categorize beliefs (Gnosticism, Hare Krishna, New Age Spirituality, Rastafarianism, Wicca). This fully-illustrated guide is a fascinating and useful tool to help Christians understand others' beliefs.

A Tapestry of Faiths

A Tapestry of Faiths
Author: Winfried Corduan
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 172522626X

Christians find themselves in an increasingly diverse world. The new place of worship in our neighborhood might just as likely be a Hindu temple or a Muslim mosque as a church or a synagogue. How should we view other world religions, and more important, how should we engage our religiously oriented neighbors in conversation? Do all religions teach the same thing? Or are there significant differences? Do we try to minimize differences and just get along? Or do we hold out the Christian faith as the one true hope for all the world? Drawing on his wide experience and knowledge of other religions and how they are actually lived, Winfried Corduan helps us sort through the complex tapestry of faiths around the globe. He contends that there are common threads of understanding that can serve to link us in meaningful discussion. From these common threads we can go on to explore genuine differences. Through the course of the book, Corduan leads readers to explore the important issues of revelation and truth, morality and guilt, grace and redemption, eschatology and hope. Ultimately, Jesus Christ, he argues, stands unique among religious figures and Christianity unique among the world's religions. This is a book that strengthens Christians in their convictions while encouraging them to engage their neighbors with humility, loved, and discernment.

Understanding World Religions

Understanding World Religions
Author: George Braswell
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 291
Release: 1994-01-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433669129

Understanding other religions is no longer an academic, ivory tower exercise. In this timely and important book, Dr, Braswell provides an introduction to the major world religions, as well as many of the minor ones.

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth
Author: Dale C. Allison
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 276
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451405569

Dale Allison's clearly written Jesus of Nazareth will enable people who have followed recent discussions to vindicate and reclaim the central religious signficance of the historical Jesus. Allison makes a creative contribution to Jesus studies in several ways: -- He offers new suggestions for establishing the authenticity of Jesus' words -- including what he calls "the index of intertextual linkage" -- and for the process of framing a convincing picture of the central thrust and purpose of the activity of Jesus. -- Referring to fascinating cross-cultural millenarian parallels, he shows that the impetus for the pre-Easter Jesus movement was apocalyptic in nature and that the historical Jesus can best be understood as an eschatological prophet. -- He presents the first full-length treatment of the question of Jesus and asceticism and shows that Jesus, far from the image suggested by some today, was driven by an apocalyptic asceticism that extended to matters of sex, food, and social relations.

Handbook of Today's Religions

Handbook of Today's Religions
Author: Josh McDowell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-02-12
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 9780785212195

Presents an overview of the occult and describes the beliefs of numerous religions, explaining how they oppose Christianity.