This book was published in 2003. One of the most important but least studied of medieval chant repertories is that of the Kyrie. With their Latin texts, Kyrie melodies represented musical ambitions manifested alongside of and subsequent to Gregorian chant - ambitions which achieved stylistic and formal distinction. This study illuminates those features of the early Kyrie that give it its distinctive character and set it apart not only from Gregorian chant but also from other types of medie...

This book is a fresh, inviting text on the content of the gospel and the way it influences our understanding of important scriptural themes tied to our relationship to the rabbi from Nazareth, the Lord Jesus. Drawing from the best of recent New Testament scholarship, mission-related themes such as discipleship, atonement, the Kingdom of God, faith, the Trinity, the Church, and life guided by the Holy Spirit are discussed. Accessible, clear, thought-provoking, and very readable, this work w...

The growth of Christianity in recent decades has been remarkable, but has it been growth with depth? Are our communities of faith, our churches, creating and nurturing deeply committed followers of Jesus? This book was born out of the realization that churches throughout the world, despite their numerous evangelization and spiritual development activities, are struggling to produce true disciples of Jesus. How can we explain why so many of us in our churches are so unlike Jesus in the way ...

La croissance du christianisme ces dernières décennies a été remarquable, mais s’agit-il d’une croissance en profondeur? Est-ce que nos communautés de foi, nos églises, font et encouragent des disciples de Jésus profondément engagés ? Ce livre est né de la réalisation que les églises à travers le monde, malgré leurs nombreux programmes d’évangélisation et activités, ne produisent qu’un petit nombre de véritables disciples de Jésus. Comment expliquer le fait que beaucoup d’entre nous dans n...

This book explains why some missionaries are being led to reject the missional models and many of the methodologies which are the most widely accepted by North American evangelical missionaries working in France. The author demonstrates that the evangelical Protestant missionaries' witness for Christ in Western Europe is often ineffective because their governing missional paradigm and their ministry methods, working in conjunction, tend to project a separatist image and isolate them from t...