The Divine Challenge

The Divine Challenge
Author: John Byl
Publisher: Banner of Truth
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780851518879

Since the Beginning of time man has challenged God's supremacy, striving to dethrone God and reinterpret the universe according to his own standards and purposes. In response God, who is determined to destroy the wisdom of the worldly wise and to unmask it for the foolishness that it really is, issues his own challenge to sinful man. Arrogantly, modern scientific man takes up that divine challenge, arming himself with scientific knowledge and technological power. Indeed, man has convinced himself that this rational wisdom has made foolish the wisdom of Scripture, with its tall tales of a personal God, of life after death, and of heaven and hell. 'Such notions', Einstein declared, 'are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls.' John byl argues that the Christian worldview provides the only foundation for logic, mathematics, science and morality. The Divine Challenge aims to substantiate this bold claim. Byl shows the failure of today's predominant philosophies to provide a coherent worldview that can yield a plausible account of the various aspects of life as we experience it.

God Over All

God Over All
Author: William Lane Craig
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198786883

The book is a defense of God's unique status as the creator of all things apart from himself in the face of the challenge of mathematical Platonism. It is based on William Lane Craig's Cadbury Lectures given at the University of Birmingham in March 2015.

Divine Challenge

Divine Challenge
Author: Keri Burnor
Publisher: Divine Challenge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-03-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780997689518

This is the story of a hermit-nun whose life and vocation was 'taken hostage' by the very institution she passionately loved and vowed to serve. This compelling story reveals what renowned author and reformed sex offender, Jake Goldenflame, identifies as a spiritual gang rape by those who promised to be fathers and spiritual guardians to her. The betrayal went so deep that her desire to take up the call of the Lord would eventually take her to a place where the very foundation of her faith would be shaken. All that she knew of God and church would be called into question. This work furnishes the reader for the very first time with the complete story of not only her early conversion and life but of the circumstances and legal case, involving an abbey in rural Massachusetts, that reshaped her life. The facts of this case will show that the trauma suffered even by adult victims of sex abuse stems not only from the act of abuse itself but even more so from the betrayal, the length of concealment, and the intentionality of the cover-up. This work like no other gives a wider perspective in that the victim/survivor here recognizes that the 'offenders' are themselves victims of a diabolically designed structure. She offers a solution to a church and its world-wide crisis. We observe how this hermit-nun was able to continue in her true vocation; she not only kept her faith but saw it grow stronger. Former Catholic hermit-nun, Sister Keri Burnor, spends most of her time in prayer and solitude. She assists many victims of sexual, spiritual, and institutional abuse in an unofficial capacity. She hopes her experience will offer insight that can help victim/ survivors become triumphant victors! May this record help church members and church officials become resolutely competent defenders of God's children, both adults and youngsters alike.

Experiencing the Trinity

Experiencing the Trinity
Author: Joe Thorn
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433541718

What do you do when you’re at the end of your rope? When you’re overwhelmed with anxiety and fear? When your whole world seems to be collapsing? For Christians, there is only one simple yet profound answer: turn to the triune God. Born out of lessons learned during one of the most spiritually challenging periods of his life, Experiencing the Trinity by pastor Joe Thorn contains 50 down-to-earth meditations on God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Overflowing with scriptural truth, pastoral wisdom, and personal honesty, this book reflects on common experiences of doubt, fear, and temptation, pointing readers to the grace that God provides and the strength that he promises.

Enduring Divine Absence

Enduring Divine Absence
Author: Joseph Minich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780999552780

Today, millions of people in the modern West identify as atheists. And even for believers, the intellectual and spiritual temptations to deny the existence of God seem greater than ever. Too often we respond to this pressure by seeking more and more rational proofs of God's existence, but what if a lack of reason to believe is not our main problem? In this volume, Joseph Minich argues that our real challenge is existential and imaginative-a felt absence of God that is more visceral in our modern world than for most generations past, and the sense that if God cannot be sensed, He cannot be there. Why are we so haunted and disoriented today by this sense of God's absence? And how can we learn to sustain and strengthen our faith in the face of it? In these pages, Minich charts a way back to a renewal of our hearts and imaginations that can enable us to embrace the challenge of finding and being found by the hidden God.

All That Is in God

All That Is in God
Author: James E. Dolezal
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2017-07-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601785550

Unknown to many, increasing numbers of conservative evangelicals are denying basic tenets of classical Christian teaching about God, with departures occurring even among those of the Calvinistic persuasion. James E. Dolezal’s All That Is in God provides an exposition of the historic Christian position while engaging with these contemporary deviations. His convincing critique of the newer position he styles “theistic mutualism” is philosophically robust, systematically nuanced, and biblically based. It demonstrates the need to maintain the traditional viewpoint, particularly on divine simplicity, and spotlights the unfortunate implications for other important Christian doctrines—such as divine eternality and the Trinity—if it were to be abandoned. Arguing carefully and cogently that “all that is in God is God Himself,” the work is sure to stimulate debate on the issue in years to come.

The Challenge of Jesus

The Challenge of Jesus
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2015-02-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830899138

With an all-new introduction by the author, N. T. Wright's classic work helps us grow in our understanding of the historical Jesus within first-century Palestine while challenging us to follow Jesus more faithfully into the postmodern world of the twenty-first century.

What is the Reformed Faith?

What is the Reformed Faith?
Author: John R. De Witt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1981
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780851513263

The Reformed faith is biblical Christianity in its truest and most consistent form.

Damsels in Distress

Damsels in Distress
Author: Martha Peace
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781596380387

Covering issues from gossip and slander to PMS and legalism, Martha Peace, best-selling author of The Excellent Wife, offers biblical insight on problems women face. This straightforward, clear-cut book offers practical solutions in an ideal format for personal reading or group study.