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In this book, the second in the Heart of Christian Faith series, Alister E. McGrath provides an exploration of how we can best understand God using analogies, illustrations, and stories. This short, accessible guide also provides a pastoral and spiritual consideration of the difference that our belief in God makes to the way in which we think about ourselves and our world. With future volumes to examine other core Christian principles, McGrath's new...
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En su libro Lino Fino, Limpio y Resplandeciente, el Pastor Eduardo Negrón, plantea de manera clara y fácil de entender, argumentos sumamente interesantes, para demostrar su postura sobre temas como: la seguridad de la Salvación, el Arrebatamiento de la Iglesia y, sobre todo, las condiciones divinas para quienes deseen participar de las Bodas del Cordero. Te animo a leer Lino Fino, Limpio y Resplandeciente, con una mente abierta para estudiar...
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"Insofar as the essence of this philosophical spirituality is continuous with the essence of Christian spirituality, I am able to specify how . . . we can be utterly confident that it is wholly reasonable and good to affirm, give thanks for, live, and testify to faith in God."from the preface
While it's clear that a lot of people believe in God, whether they should is a matter...
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Offering an alternative to classic Christian theodicies (justification of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil), Wendy Farley interprets the problem of evil and suffering within a tragic context, advocating compassion to describe the power of God in the struggle against evil.
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Is evil evidence against the existence of God? In this lively discussion, atheists Michael Shermer and Gary Whittenberger debate theist Brian Huffling about this question. James Sterba (atheist) and Richard Howe (theist) provide a commentary on the debate. The existence of God is the most important question that one can ask. In this work, the reader will hear arguments for and against God's existence as it relates to evil and suffering in a way that...
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Todos conocemos la historia de la creación en la Biblia. En el principio, Dios creó. Pero, ¿y si la creación no es el principio? Al menos no en la Biblia. ¿Y si el primer libro de la Biblia no tratara de la creación... sino del dolor?Los eruditos han debatido durante años sobre cuál es realmente el primer libro de la Biblia. La mayoría ha llegado a la conclusión de que el Libro de Job fue probablemente el primer libro escrito.Piénsalo:...
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Title: Debunking Lawrence Krauss: A Christian Response Are you fascinated by the cosmic mysteries that surround our existence? Have you ever pondered the clash between faith and science, particularly in the age of outspoken physicist Lawrence Krauss? If so, "Debunking Lawrence Krauss: A Christian Response" is the book you've been waiting for, offering the answers you've always wanted to know but perhaps never dared to ask.Are you curious about the...
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During his time at Oxford, a friend asked Paget Wilkes one day, "I say, Paget, do you tackle everyone who comes into your rooms about his soul?" "Yes,' answered Paget, "if he comes in alone." Wilkes was convinced that even the humblest Christian is responsible for bringing men to Christ. "If we have been forgiven and know it, if we have been made new creatures in Christ Jesus, then we…are commissioned to minister this same salvation unto men and...
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This book is written for the thinking person who is struggling to believe. It does this by presenting Christianity as a matter of relationships. Good behavior and correct belief do not build relationships, but grow from them. The Bible tells the unfolding story of a relationship given, lost, and reoffered again and again. This is more clear when we begin here, below, where we are, accentuating God's immanence over his transcendence. In such an approach,...
11) Why I Believe
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A rational, pragmatic, and heartfelt foray into Christian apologetics. Young will be a welcome addition to any theological scholar's bookshelf, yet his approachable style, popular cultural references, and interesting personal anecdotes will not drive off even the most casual seeker. "Wow. Mr. Young pulls out all the stops with a purely rational, reasonable look at the evidence for a higher lifeform/deity. If I were to write an apologetic, this would...
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World-renowned Bible translator and commentator George M. Lamsa explains nearly one thousand crucial idioms that will enrich reading of the Old and New Testaments for students and general reader alike.
Lamsa, who was raised speaking Aramaic in a community that followed customs largely unchanged since the times of Christ, offers fresh, accurate translations of important idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech found in the Scripture--and provides...
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Tsunamis, earthquakes, famines, diseases, wars – these and other devastating forces lead Christians to ask painful questions. Is God all-powerful? Is God good? How can God allow so much innocent human suffering?
These questions, taken together, have been called the "theodicy problem," and in this book Thomas Long explores what preachers can and should say in response. Long reviews the origins and history of the theodicy problem and engages the...
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