Creation, Power and Truth
Title | Creation, Power and Truth PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Wright |
Publisher | SPCK |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0281069883 |
In Creation, Power and Truth, Tom Wright invites readers to consider the crucial ways in which the Christian gospel challenges and subverts the intellectual, moral and political values that pervade contemporary culture. In doing so, he asks searching questions about three defining characteristics of our time: neo-gnosticism, neo-imperialism and postmodernity. Employing a robust Trinitarian framework, Wright looks afresh at key elements of the biblical story while drawing out new and unexpected connections between ancient and modern world-views. The result is a vigorous critique of common cultural assumptions and controlling narratives, past and present, and a compelling read for all who want to hear, speak and live the gospel of Christ in a world of cultural confusion.
Between Truth and Power
Title | Between Truth and Power PDF eBook |
Author | Julie E. Cohen |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0190246693 |
This work explores the relationships between legal institutions and political and economic transformation. It argues that as law is enlisted to help produce the profound economic and sociotechnical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of the informational economy, it is changing in fundamental ways.
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Title | The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World PDF eBook |
Author | John Piper |
Publisher | Crossway |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Apologetics |
ISBN | 9781581349221 |
Believers who wish to thrive in a postmodern world must cling to the joy, truth, and love that comes only from understanding Christ and his ultimate purpose in this world.
77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin
Title | 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas King |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2019-09-24 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1443459453 |
Timely, important, mischievous, powerful: in a word, exceptional Seventy-seven poems intended as a eulogy for what we have squandered, a reprimand for all we have allowed, a suggestion for what might still be salvaged, a poetic quarrel with our intolerant and greedy selves, a reflection on mortality and longing, as well as a long-running conversation with the mythological currents that flow throughout North America.
The Battle for the Beginning
Title | The Battle for the Beginning PDF eBook |
Author | John F. MacArthur |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2005-03-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1418508020 |
The battle lines have been drawn. Is the enemy winning? "Thanks to the theory of evolution," writes best-selling author John MacArthur, "naturalism is now the dominant religion of modern society. Less than a century and a half ago, Charles Darwin popularized the credo for this secular religion. Naturalism has now replaced Christianity as the main religion of the Western world, and evolution has become its principal dogma." Many Christians who claim to believe that the Bible is God's revealed truth seem willing to allow modern scientific theories to replace the Genesis account of creation. Such compromises present a conspicuous danger. Bible teacher and pastor, John MacArthur, believes that in Genesis 1-3 we find the foundation of every doctrine that is essential to the Christian faith?the vital underpinnings for everything we believe. The Battle for the Beginning draws a clear line on today's theological landscape. "Everything in Scripture that teaches about sin and redemption assumes the literal truth of the first three chapters of Genesis. If we wobble to any degree on the truth of this passage," John MacArthur insists, "we undermind the very foundations of our faith."
The Pleasures of God
Title | The Pleasures of God PDF eBook |
Author | John Piper |
Publisher | Multnomah |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2012-01-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1601422911 |
The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use. Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so it is with God! What does bring delight to the happiest Being in the universe? John Piper writes, that it’s only when we know what makes God glad that we’ll know the greatness of His glory. Therefore, we must comprehend “the pleasures of God.” Unlike so much of what is written today, this is not a book about us. It is about the One we were made for—God Himself. In this theological masterpiece—chosen by World Magazine as one of the 20th Century’s top 100 books, John Piper reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Then we will be able to drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water. What followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible. “This is a unique and precious book that everybody should read more than once.” —J.I. PACKER, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia
On First Principles
Title | On First Principles PDF eBook |
Author | Origen |
Publisher | Ave Maria Press |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 2013-12-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0870612808 |
Origen’s On First Principles is a foundational work in the development of Christian thought and doctrine: it is the first attempt in history at a systematic Christian theology. For over a decade it has been out of print with only expensive used copies available; now it is available at an affordable price and in a more accessible format. On First Principles is the most important surviving text written by third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, and contributed to the very formation of Christianity. Readers see Origen grappling with the mysteries of salvation and brainstorming how they can be understood. This edition presents G. W. Butterworth’s trusted translation in a new, more readable format, retains the introduction by Henri de Lubac, and includes a new foreword by John C. Cavadini. As St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor of the Church, wrote: “Origen is the stone on which all of us were sharpened.”