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The Puritans, as a body, have done more to elevate the national character than any class of Englishmen that ever lived. Ardent lovers of civil liberty, and ready to die in its defense - mighty at the council board, and no less mighty in the battlefield - feared abroad throughout Europe, and invincible at home while united - great with their pens, and no less great with their swords - fearing God very much, and fearing men very little - they were a generation of men who have never received from their country the honor that they deserve.
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Great book!
- By Daniel on 07-20-20
By: Joel R. Beeke, and others
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The Way to Heaven
- The Gospel According to John Wesley
- By: Steve Harper
- Narrated by: Maurice England
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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The heart of this book is a thoughtful and inspiring look at Wesley's theology of grace and its power to transform. Included are two new chapters. 'Vision and Means' explores Wesley's mission and methods, and 'To Serve the Present Age' considers the impact and relevance of his message today. In addition, an updated reading list facilitates further study, and questions at the end of each chapter stimulate personal reflection and small group discussion.Ideal as a textbook or for personal study and reflection, this book will advance your knowledge and piety as you travel 'the way to heaven.
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- By jride on 11-18-16
By: Steve Harper
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Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians
- Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Lewis
- By: Chris R. Armstrong
- Narrated by: Jon Gauger
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and that the faith was only later recovered by the 16th-century Reformers or even the 18th-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants.
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A splendid introduction to Medieval faith from an Evangelical perspective
- By Daniel on 03-07-20
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The Misunderstood Jew
- The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
- By: Amy Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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In The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth - telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other.
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Courageous
- By Tad Davis on 07-27-17
By: Amy Jill Levine
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Open to the Spirit
- God in Us, God with Us, God Transforming Us
- By: Scot McKnight
- Narrated by: Jeremy Richards
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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Who exactly is the Holy Spirit? What does he do in our lives? How can we know him more deeply, and is it possible to tap in to his power? Should we pray to the Holy Spirit? Is it possible to be aware of his promptings and speaking into our lives? Dr. Scot McKnight answers these questions and more in this comprehensive examination of what the Bible says about this divinely important but often confusing member of the Trinity.
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The Spirit Is Essential.
- By Adam Shields on 09-03-19
By: Scot McKnight
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The Mormon Mirage
- A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today
- By: Latayne C. Scott
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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Three decades after leaving the Mormon faith, Latayne Colvett Scott looks back to her original journey out of Mormonism and the reasons why she left. Revised and updated, this third edition of The Mormon Mirage presents both a fascinating inside look at Mormonism and new and formidable evidence against its claims and teachings.
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Keep away from it. Hate-Literature.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-13-12
By: Latayne C. Scott
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To Light a Fire on the Earth
- Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
- By: Bishop Robert Barron, John L. Allen Jr. - contributor
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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In this compelling new book - drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr. - Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron's smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations - as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago - To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground.
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Not by Bishop Barron
- By M. Waters on 05-22-18
By: Bishop Robert Barron, and others
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Building a Bridge
- How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
- By: James Martin
- Narrated by: James Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James Martin SJ posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters. "The largest mass shooting in US history took place at a gay club, and the LGBT community has been profoundly affected," he began. He then implored his fellow Catholics - and people everywhere - to "stand not only with the people of Orlando but also with their LGBT brothers and sisters."
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With Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
- By Cynthia on 09-04-17
By: James Martin
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Turning Points
- Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
- By: Mark A. Noll
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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In this popular introduction to church history, now in its third edition, Mark Noll isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience. Students in academic settings and church adult education contexts will benefit from this one-semester survey of Christian history.
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Excellent, Brief Snippet’s
- By ejb on 01-06-23
By: Mark A. Noll
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Rescuing the Gospel
- The Story and Significance of the Reformation
- By: Erwin W. Lutzer
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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The Reformation unfolded in the cathedrals and town squares of Europe - in Wittenberg, Worms, Rome, Geneva, and Zurich - and it is a stirring story of courage and cowardice, of betrayal and faith. The story begins with the Catholic Church and its desperate need for reform. The dramatic events that followed are traced from John Wycliffe in England, to the burning of John Hus at the stake in Prague, to the rampant sale of indulgences in the cities and towns of Germany.
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Great book for Protestants & Catholics
- By Michael Novak on 09-23-18
By: Erwin W. Lutzer
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Jesus on Trial
- A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel
- By: David Limbaugh
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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In Jesus on Trial, New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to a unique new undertaking: making a case for the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Limbaugh, a practicing attorney and former professor of law, approaches the canonical gospels with the same level of scrutiny he would apply to any legal document and asks all the necessary questions about the story of Jesus....
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What a disappointment
- By JB on 10-07-14
By: David Limbaugh
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- A. Krulisky
- 04-19-17
Excellent
Very in depth discussion on "Justification" which is the basic belief of Protestants in that Sola Fida or faith alone is all that is needed. Fine showing of how Protestantism is a spin off of Catholicism not the other way around and that orthodox Protestants and Catholics are closer in beliefs than not in that both believe in the trinity, faith, grace and so much more.
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- Adam Shields
- 04-26-14
Evangelical Philosopher tells of return to Rome
Over the past 18 months or so I have been reading a variety of books about Catholicism. This was partially sparked by a friend that became Catholic, but just as much it is about understanding a large segment of the church that I do not have real experience with.
If we take John 17 seriously, then Jesus was praying that the church (universal) be one. And a church that does not at least strive to understand those that are in different streams cannot be one. So I read one or two books a month outside of my Evangelical background to better understand parts of the church that are outside of my experience.
I have found that conversion stories are particularly helpful. In part because people that convert out of the evangelical world still understand it and are well placed to be able to speak in a language that Evangelicals will understand and can act as mediators between the worlds.
Francis Beckwith is a Christian philosopher, former head of the Evangelical Theological Society and current professor at Baylor University. This is a short book. I remember the small dust up his conversion caused in 2007. But I have not actually read anything by him previously and did not really know much about his work.
Beckwith grew up in a Catholic family. But he really discovered faith in a charismatic Protestant church as a teen. In and out of Protestant and Catholic churches and schools over the next twenty years, he was familiar with both the theology and people on both sides. I think because Beckwith still works in a protestant university with a host of Evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox academics he has bent over backwards to keep this a personal account and very low key. Beckwith is far from the angry convert that is railing against what he is leaving.
The end of the book is more focused on some of the theological issues and responds directly to the Evangelical Theological Society, but this conversion story is not primarily about theology as Scott Hahn’s Rome Sweet Home account was. Instead this seems to be more about a sociological issues of conversion.
Beckwith at one point comments that for him, many common Evangelical disagreements with Rome (Mary, Purgatory, the Apocrypha, etc) were not big issues because either the the Catholic church has the authority or it does not. If it has the authority it claims then those issues were decided by the appropriate authorities and if they don’t have the authority then it does not matter.
I think like many converts to that I have read authority of the church is the central issue, that seems to be true for Beckwith but if anything he seems to embrace that authority more clearly than others I have read. However, Beckwith is a philosopher, he is not a slough for theology and I think his response to the Evangelical Theological society’s statement of faith (that he agrees with) is a good illustration of the problems that many Evangelicals are unaware of with their own theology. (Essentially sola scriptura cannot be defended as a theological point except by reaching outside of scripture to defend it.)
I did find one antidote very telling and concerning. He said (without using any names, but with enough references to know who he was talking about) that after he conversion he listened to a public discussion of his conversion and one of the participants lamented about ‘how a person of Beckwith’s intellect could convert’. This is problematic for Evangelicals precisely because people say that same thing about people that convert to Christianity as a whole. It was a passing comment, but it reflects a real belief by many Evangelicals.
On the whole, this was a well written and helpful book. I do wish there was some more details in places, but it is his story to tell and he gets to tell it in his own way.
(originally posted on my blog, Bookwi.se)
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