Master constitutional law and American history by exploring the intense legal battles over your civil liberties. Perfect for an educational daily commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms dense legal text into gripping reality. Whether you are prepping for a civics exam or seeking clarity on modern rights, this objective breakdown connects the past to your present.Step into the arena with early citizens and modern judges as they wrestle with the complex tradeoffs between...

What does it really mean for the church to have unity?When Jesus prayed for his followers to be one, he prayed that this unity would demonstrate the truth of his claims to an unbelieving world. Sadly, the world often sees a church that is divided. Some of our divisions are based on legitimate theological concerns, yet many others are simply matters of opinion. To the world, it's all another reason to doubt God.What are the differences worth dividing over? H...

Break the cycle of chronic anxiety and burnout with proven somatic healing techniques that reset your nervous system. If you feel constantly wired and tired, this restorative guide offers immediate, grounded relief. Perfect for a calming morning commute or winding down before sleep, these daily practices effortlessly shift your body out of fight-or-flight mode.Reclaim your physical and mental well-being by mastering the biological switch that controls your stress response. Through ...

Includes the following works: 95 Theses, A Treatise of Good Works, Twofold Use of Law & Gospel, The Large Catechism, The Small Catechism, Letter to Several Nuns, The Smalcald Articles, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Disputation on the Divinity and Humanity of Christ, Preface to the Letter of St. Paul of the Romans, An Open Letter on Translating, Commentary on the Galatians, Concerning Christian Liberty; Letters to Pope Leo X, The German Mass and Order of Divine Service. Marti...

If you’ve been part of a church, you have probably suffered a “church hurt”—or know someone who has. Maybe the pastor had an affair or the congregation fought over money or the leaders were disguising gossip as “prayer.” Stephen Mansfield knows how it feels. Though he is now a New York Times bestselling author, he was a pastor for more than 20 years, and he loved it—until he learned how much a church can hurt. Yet he also learned how to dig out of that hurt, break through the bitt...

Close to 60 percent of young Christians who went to church as teens drop out after high school. In You Lost Me, the bestselling coauthor of unChristian trained his researcher's eye on Christians aged 16-29, exposing why they leave the church and rethink their faith. Now small groups can study this groundbreaking book with a new DVD and discussion guide.This DVD and discussion guide will inform, equip, and empower groups and churches to understand the unique challe...

Distillation of crucial issues for the church by one of the leading voices in missional theologySince the publication of the groundbreaking volume Missional Church in 1998, there has been wide-ranging engagement with the theme of the missional church. One of the leading voices in the missional church conversation, Darrell Guder here lays out basic theological issues that must be addressed for the church to serve God faithfully as Christ's witnessing people.G...

This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not. The book also has thoughts concerning l...

This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - 'Receptive Ecumenism' - that is fitted to the challenges of the contemporary context and has already been internationally recognised as making a distinctive and important new contribution to ecumenical thought and practice. Beyond this, the volume tests and illustrates this proposal by examining what Roman Catholicism in particular might fruitfully learn from its ecumenical others. Challenging the tendency for ecumenical stu...

Do you remember what you were doing the morning of September 11? Probably so. But, what was God doing? Was He watching but not caring? Did He choose to just sit on His hands? In this fictional work of letters to an Episcopal priest, Truesdale addresses the unavoidable question - What Kind of loving Father would allow such suffering? If God Is God, Then Why? will help you come to terms with the fact that God has not revealed exactly why, but that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is t...

The Vicar’s FAQ is a clear, contemporary introduction to the Christian faith. Caroline Symcox’s lively question-and-answer format provides a fascinating and informal way of discussing all aspects of the faith, from why the Church works the way it does to the question of whether God created the universe.

Father James K. Hamrick is a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and currently serves as the founding pastor of St. John the Baptist Mission in Lewistown, Maryland. During his two decades of pastoral ministry, Father James has received numerous invitations to preach and speak at various venues. His sermons are aired each Sunday morning on The Source Christian Radio (AM 1450 and at www.wthu.org) where he had previously served as a founding member of the ...