| Author | : Calvin Knox Cummings |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 1992-10-01 |
| Genre | : Christianity |
| ISBN | : 9780934688048 |
Confessing History
| Author | : John Fea |
| Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2010-11-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0268079897 |
At the end of his landmark 1994 book, The Soul of the American University, historian George Marsden asserted that religious faith does indeed have a place in today’s academia. Marsden’s contention sparked a heated debate on the role of religious faith and intellectual scholarship in academic journals and in the mainstream media. The contributors to Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation expand the discussion about religion’s role in education and culture and examine what the relationship between faith and learning means for the academy today. The contributors to Confessing History ask how the vocation of historian affects those who are also followers of Christ. What implications do Christian faith and practice have for living out one’s calling as an historian? And to what extent does one’s calling as a Christian disciple speak to the nature, quality, or goals of one’s work as scholar, teacher, adviser, writer, community member, or social commentator? Written from several different theological and professional points of view, the essays collected in this volume explore the vocation of the historian and its place in both the personal and professional lives of Christian disciples.
Confessing Jesus as Lord
| Author | : Terry Chrisope |
| Publisher | : Mentor |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781845509620 |
It is so easy to voice the words: 'Jesus is Lord' but what does it mean to be under the rule of the one we confess to be Lord? For this to be our true confession it has to be lived out in our daily lives too. This lucid book provides a Biblical survey on the theme of God's Lordship and how we can make this a living reality every day.
Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
| Author | : J. D. Greear |
| Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2013-02-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1433679183 |
“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians. In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation? Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.
Confessing Christ
| Author | : Keith S. Whitfield |
| Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2024-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1087782481 |
Edited by Baptist scholars Steven A. McKinion, Christine E. Thornton, and Keith S. Whitfield, Confessing Christ: An Introduction to Baptist Dogmatics offers a unique and comprehensive exploration of Baptist theology. Grounded in the belief that theology is both exploratory and explanatory, the book introduces a historical, covenantal, ecclesial, and confessional approach to Baptist Dogmatics. Each essay delves into a specific area of dogmatic theology, covering essential topics such as God, Scripture, anthropology, Christology, salvation, ecclesiology, the sacraments, the Christian life, and eschatology. The volume editors emphasize the importance of renewing Baptist life and mission through a rediscovery of the rich theological heritage. By understanding and engaging with this tradition, Baptist Christians can express their faith more authentically in the contemporary context and future endeavors. The book's four key elements—historical, covenantal, ecclesial, and confessional—provide a structured framework for exploring core Christian doctrines within the context of Baptist dogmatics. Each chapter incorporates biblical exegesis and dialogue with at least one historical Baptist theologian. Confessing Christ stands as a significant contribution to the field of Baptist dogmatics, serving as essential reading for Baptist scholars, pastors, and church leaders seeking a deeper understanding of the Baptist theological tradition and its contemporary relevance.
The Gates of Hell
| Author | : Concordia Publishing House |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780758659132 |
A collaboration of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's Praesidium, The Gates of Hell gives practical advice to confessional leaders, showing them how to encourage God's people to keep confessing and retain hope as society degrates and becomes even more hostile to the Gospel.
Confessing Christ in the Naga Context
| Author | : Bendangjungshi |
| Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3643900716 |
In this book, author Bendangjungshi brings into dialogue the three leading Northeast Indian tribal theologians - Renthy Keitzar, K. Thanzauva, and Wati Longchar - with the Western theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who suffered martyrdom under the Nazi dictatorship in Germany. Negotiating between Bonhoeffer's political approach and Naga cultural identity, Bendangjungshi develops a liberating ecclesiology for Naga Christians, who have been suffering under Indian military occupation since the withdrawal of the British colonizers from Nagaland. (Series: ContactZone. Explorations in Intercultural Theology - Vol. 8)
Confessing Christ in a Post-Holocaust World
| Author | : Henry F. Knight |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 215 |
| Release | : 2006-05-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1597526282 |
Proposes a new model of Christian faithfulness in a post-Holocaust world.
Confessing Christ in the Twenty-first Century
| Author | : Mark Douglas |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780742514331 |
Confessing Christ in the Twenty-First Century, written for the layperson and for those who lead and teach them, challenges the readers to think about how their confession is the basis for claiming not only a relationship to a savior, but a way of living in the world--a politics--that is countercultural in the literal sense of that term. At the same time, it comforts them by reminding that the Lord they proclaim is one who opens up a way of living in genuine freedom and equality with others. Douglas probes essential issues in philosophy, theology, worship, ethics, and politics in a way that offers understanding and a comprehensive view, even as it stimulates readers to explore the meaning of their faith in vigorous conversation.
