A major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli—the warrior preacher who shaped the early ReformationHuldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the architect of the Reformation in Switzerland, he created the Reformed tradition later inherited by John Calvin. His movement ultimately became a global religion. A visionary of a new society, Zwingli was also a divisive and fiercely radical figure.Bruce Gordon presents ...

**'Wonderful' JOHN BARTON'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE'A stunning love song to the Bible . . . this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALDThe remarkable story of the most influential book in human history.**The Bible is the world's best-known text. Yet, it is a book that never was - its original form does not exist and probably never did. What we have is the inheritance of generation after generation of Christians who have sought to hea...

SCRAMBLE! In a couple of minutes my wingman and I would be airborne on another adventure. Sometimes we intercepted an airliner, sometimes a misplaced B-52 bomber, and sometimes Russian bombers probing our defenses; Russian warships; MIG fighters; or troops in contact in Vietnam, calling for napalm only yards from their positions. Twice it was UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects! This book is a series of short stories, supported by more than 90 photographs. The first part has my own stories;...

Strength for Today, Hope for TomorrowIn this 52-week devotional, Bruce Gordon challenges the idea that youth is the best part of life. He asserts that we make too little of our opportunities in later life—we were made for more than the golf course or the rocking chair!These practical devotionals, steeped in Scripture, will help you transition to a time of life that can be rich with purpose, significance, and hope as you serve God. You'll be encouraged and em...

Als charismatischer Prediger veränderte Zwingli die Kirche und Gesellschaft in Zürich und inspirierte Anhänger in ganz Europa. Er legte das Fundament der reformierten Tradition, die Johannes Calvin später weiterentwickelte und zu einer weltweit einflussreichen Konfession formte. Doch Zwingli blieb umstritten: Viele Zeitgenossen sahen in ihm einen Aufwiegler und Ketzer, dessen kompromisslose Haltung und kriegerische Rhetorik den Frieden gefährdeten. Seine Vision führte ihn ins persönliche V...

Ein Leben zu führen, das Relevanz hat - in der Gegenwart und in der Ewigkeit -, das ist jederzeit möglich. Egal, in welcher Lebensphase man sich gerade befindet. Dieses Andachtsbuch ermutigt dazu, seine Erwartungen im fortgeschrittenen Alter nicht zurückzuschrauben und offen zu sein für das, was Gott für einen bereithält. Dabei geht es in den 52 Andachten auch um ganz praktische Lebensthemen: um den Umgang mit der Enkel-Generation, wie man zur Vergebung findet, was positive Alltagsgestaltu...

Strength for Today, Hope for TomorrowIn this 52-week devotional, Bruce Gordon challenges the idea that youth is the best part of life. He asserts that we make too little of our opportunities in later life—we were made for more than the golf course or the rocking chair!These practical devotionals, steeped in Scripture, will help you transition to a time of life that can be rich with purpose, significance, and hope as you serve God. You'll be encouraged and em...

This book is written for readers without military experience -- a hundred photos and diagrams support the text. Many photos were taken by the author from his cockpit, while stock photos show aircraft types so the reader can see the aircraft in the story. The first half is the author's personal experiences; the second half is stories that he heard from his fellow pilots. Our Ace of Aces, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, related a story to gathered fighter pilots of a victory in WW I. The author ...

An essential biography of the most important book of the Protestant ReformationJohn Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe ...

'Wonderful' JOHN BARTON'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE'A stunning love song to the Bible . . . this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALDThe remarkable story of the most influential book in human history.The Bible is the world's best-known text. Yet, it is a book that never was - its original form does not exist and probably never did. What we have is the inheritance of ...

The intellectual and cultural battles now raging over theism and atheism, conservatism and secular progressivism, dualism and monism, realism and antirealism, and transcendent reality versus material reality extend even into the scientific disciplines. This stunning new volume captures this titanic clash of worldviews among those who have thought most deeply about the nature of science and of the universe itself.Unmatched in its breadth and scope, The Nature of Nature bring...

"An exciting insider's look at Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo . . . NASA's internal politics, disasters, glitches and close calls" by a pioneering astronaut ( Publishers Weekly).Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, pilot for Apollo X, head of flight crew operations for the United States' first orbiting space station, and the last American to venture into space alone. Stretching from the dawning days of NASA to the fa...