"Theologians, poets, artists, and laypeople alike have been fascinated by Saint Mary of Egypt's legend since it was first recorded in the seventh century. Mary's prominence is religious and symbolic, encompassing sin and sanctity, the excesses of nymphomania and asceticism, the charms of nubile youth and the wrinkles of old age. In Promiscuous Grace, scholar of religion Sonia Velázquez thinks with Saint Mary of Egypt about what beauty has to do with holiness. With an archive spanning medieval Spanish poetry, Baroque paintings, a seventeenth-century hagiographic drama, and Balzac's treatment of Saint Mary in Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, Velázquez argues for the relevance of the appeal to the senses and the importance of the surface in religious texts. She draws on insights from philosophy, literary history and theory, and religious, visual and gender studies, and pays close attention to the texture of the words and images that make the legend of Saint Mary of Egypt come alive and remain relevant today"--

Tchividjian is convinced our exhausted world needs a fresh encounter with God's inexhaustible grace: His one-way love.

The sixteenth century theologian John Calvin was the leading French Protestant reformer, whose landmark work ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion’ provided an interpretation of Christianity that deeply influenced Protestantism across the world. He was the principal figure in the development of a Christian theology later called Calvinism, which includes the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. This comprehensive eBook presents Calvin’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Calvin’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the major treatises, with individual contents tables * Features rare sermons * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare treatises available in no other collection * Includes a wide selection of Calvin’s letters — explore the author’s personal correspondence * Features two biographies – discover Calvin’s intriguing world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books Psychopannychia (1534) (tr. Henry Beveridge) Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) (tr. Henry Beveridge) A Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (1540) (tr. Henry Beveridge) Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Romans (1540) (tr. John Owen) Treatise on Relics (1543) (tr. Valerian Krasinki) The Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543) (tr. Henry Beveridge) Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians (1548) (tr. William Pringle) Treatise against Anabaptist Schleitheim Confession (1549) (Anonymous translation, 1549) The Secret Providence of God (1558) (tr. James Lillie) Commentary on Genesis (1578) (tr. John King) Sermons on Deuteronomy (1583) (tr. Arthur Golding) The Letters The Letters of John Calvin (tr. Jules Bonnet) The Biographies John Calvin (1911) by William Lindsay Alexander John Calvin (1913) by William Barry Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

"Bring up a child in the way he shall go and when he is older he shall not depart from it." Grace Lee believed that Bible verse fervently. She was certain her daughter, Rosemary, would be not only an active Southern Baptist but a foreign missionary as well. During the late ‘60s, changes were afoot, forcing Grace to realize things were not what they ought to have been. Though she tried to close her eyes to political and social turmoil, the glaring faults she began seeing in her church were another matter. Dorothy Blackwell, a fellow-member in the Woman’s Missionary Union, had the reputation of being a “good” Southerner but church members were often askance at her vocal championing of what was considered the “Radical Left.” Dorothy’s strong convictions prompted Grace to explore her own unspoken doubts about the new direction their church was taking. She was utterly amazed when she realized the profound influence Miss Dorothy had on Rosemary, as well. While the rumble of fundamentalism shook her church to its very foundations, Grace also struggled with her vision of service for Rosemary. Was she prepared for the consequences of what she and Dorothy championed: the commitment to conscience?