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, all with the trademark Homebrewed Christianity wit.
Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
In The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia, Lonnie H. Lee traces the hidden history of a Huguenot emigrant community established in eight counties along the Rappahannock River of Virginia in 1687, with the arrival of an Anglican-ordained Huguenot minister from Cozes, France named John Bertrand.
A professor of biblical interpretations uses the epithet "the son of the man" to explore not only early Christology but also the anthropology articulated in the gospels. He explores how Jesus' self-referential phrase came to be universalized as the "Human Being" or "Truly Human One".
Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources
This book examines how the identification of John the Evangelist with the Apostle John, the son of Zebedee, from around the third century, gave rise to various conflated narratives. Dean Furlong argues that this culminated in Eusebius's synthesis of the traditions, which provided the template for the traditional Johannine narrative.
How Beliefs about the Bible Affect the Way It Is Read
All over the UK, Evangelical Anglicans read and study the Bible, in churches and in homes, in groups and as individuals. They do this because they believe the Bible is God's word, a collection of texts that is authoritative, inspired, consistent, clear and sufficient. But what does this mean for the way the Bible is read? Should the Bible always ......
As Christians, each of us is called to bring people together through the Spirit of God. By developing our inner character-our heart-we can have a greater role in other peoples lives, and others can have more significance in our own growth as leaders.
"The Influential Christian reveals how spiritual practices that exercise empathy allow Christians to cultivate influence in their personal, professional, and spiritual lives.. This process builds connection and influence. Drawing upon real-life examples, the nature of influence aligns with the significance of developing identity and integrity"--
Taking inspiration from the Spanish word for retirement--jubilacion-- veteran minister Bruce Epperly challenges and empowers clergy to see retirement as a celebration of new possibilities and not an inexorable diminishment towards irrelevance.
