Is contemporary art a friend or foe of Christianity? Art historian, critic, and curator Daniel Siedell, addresses this question and presents a framework for interpreting art from a Christian worldview in God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art. As such, it is an excellent companion to Francis Schaeffer's classic Art and the Bible. Divided into three parts--"Theology," "History," and "Practice"--God in the Gallery demonstrates that art is in conversa...

In The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It describes the "image" discarded by later years as "the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe." This, Lewis’s last book, has been hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a gr...

The Christian Imagination brings together in a single source the best that has been written about the relationship between literature and the Christian faith. This anthology covers all of the major topics that fall within this subject and includes essays and excerpts from fifty authors, including C.S. Lewis, Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Sayers, and Frederick Buechner.

I conceive that the origin, the growth, the decline, and the fall of those speculations respecting the existence, the powers, and the dispositions of beings analogous to men, but more or less devoid of corporeal qualities, which may be broadly included under the head of theology, are phenomena the study of which legitimately falls within the province of the anthropologist. And it is purely as a question of anthropology (a department of biology to which, at various times, I have given a good d...

* I've lowered the price because I'm not out to get rich, I just think it's important to get the work out there, it's part of my ministry.The Book Of Bob is an exciting Christian sci-fi adventure, that takes place during the tribulation/apocalypse.This seven year period of time just before Jesus comes back, is described in the last book of The Bible, The Book of Revelation.In this book, I look at the rapture, the judgements, the mark of the beast, ect. through a mod...

the author is Saint Pachomius (Greek: Παχώμιος, Coptic: ca. 292-348), also known as Pachome and Pakhomius (/pəˈkoʊmiəs/), is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Coptic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 9. In the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 15. And 'considered, with S. Anthony Abbot, his contemporary, the father of Egyptian cenobitism. He was the first who stared in writing the ru...

Do you watch movies with your eyes open?You buy your tickets and concessions, and you walk into the theater. Celluloid images flash at twenty-four frames per second, and the hypnotic sequence of moving pictures coaxes you to suspend disbelief andbe entertained by the implausible.Unfortunately, many often suspend their beliefs as well, succumbing to subtle lessons in how to behave, think and even perceive reality. Do you find yourself hoping that a sister will succeed in seducing her siblin...

In this insightful book you’ll meet Mary, the Mother of Jesus. You’ll learn about her background and thoughts as she ponders her relationship with her Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. In honor of who she is and to bring justice on her behalf, this book reveals her life and true character. Mary, the Mother of Jesus in the Bible always…•    Points people away from her to Jesus and His teachings •    Humbles herself and seeks none of the glory• &nbs...

In the Treatise on Purgatory, St. Catherine wrote about the purpose of Purgatory, the unspeakable pain endured by the souls in Purgatory, and the great hope that souls have while in Purgatory, of seeing and spending eternity with God in Heaven.Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent m...

One thing more is to be added: that such as he is here, such he is in his other pieces. So that thou hast here, reader, a specimen of the strain and spirit of this holy man, this being his familiar and ordinary way of preaching, and these sermons coming out first, not as if they were the nonsuch of what he left behind him, but because they could soonest be despatched, and to obviate the injuries might else be done by spurious treatises both to him and thee; and likewise by this little tast...

God gave 10 basic laws to mankind on how to live. Many people scoff at God’s commandments, but do you know that God gave them to ensure human happiness? Are the commandments to be observed today, or has God’s law been done away? Discover the true meaning and intent of the Ten Commandments. In this booklet: • The First and Great Commandment • Beloved—Flee Idolatry • Use God's Name Truthfully • Remember God's Sabbath Day • The First Commandment With Prom...