Scholars and journalists have paid significant attention to the contemporary Fundamentalist tendencies of southern Protestantism. However, many studies neglect to consider how the Fundamentalist controversies that roiled the Baptists and Presbyterians of the North during the 1920s affected the Southern Baptist Convention schism of 1970–2000.Fundamentalism, Fundraising, and the Transformation of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1919–1925 explores the scope and character of ...

Choosing ten films that were considered "suspicious," "un-American," or even "dangerous" by the conservative media, and especially the infamous "House Un-American Affairs Committee" (HUAC) between 1947-1953, each chapter briefly outlines how progressive Christians should have supported the message of the film rather than condemned it. Each chapter explains why the film was considered controversial, and then proposes a number of arguments drawing heavily on Scripture, arguing that Christian...

The essential guide to growing any HVAC business no matter the size or location. The proven steps in this book come from hundreds of successful HVAC businesses over more than 13 years. Six Steps To Grow Your HVAC Business concepts have made many wealthy HVAC business owners across the United States regardless of service territory, average household income, or local economy. Stop struggling and start making money with these proven six steps to grow your HVAC business. This easy to read supe...

Get Rich in HVAC - The Insider Secrets takes the reader through three different areas for building wealth in HVAC. The first one is how to grow the business to get more sales and a higher profit. The second is how to run an HVAC business with the goal of selling the business at some point. The third area is how to sell the HVAC business and when to sell the HVAC business. As a bonus, Christopher also explains how to quickly and significantly increase the value of your HVAC business by usin...

Christopher Smith is a 29-year safety professional whose passion and experience for creating excellence has provided him with unique insight into the creation of excellence and the effectiveness of leadership in fostering that excellence. Chris answers the question, "if excellence is claimed to be understood by so many people, then why is true excellence so rare?" There is so much incomplete information in the infosphere about creating organizational excellence and how growing excellence r...

An incredible opportunity is becoming available due to the retirement of baby boomers who currently own HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies. As many of these owners retire the opportunity to build incredible wealth is opening up for those individuals in the know. This book puts you in the know and shows you how to take advantage of this opportunity to build wealth that will have a generational impact on your family. Get Rich Selling & Buying HVAC, Plumbing, & Electrical Companies is y...

As Rome extended its influence throughout Italy, gradually incorporating its various peoples in a process of Romanization and conquest, its religion was extensively influenced by the cults of religious practices of its new subjects and citizens. It was a period of intense religious ferment and creativity. Roman religion, controlled and determined by religious and political functionaries who mediated between humans, had centred on a select pantheon of gods with Jupiter at its head. It was a...

Many young idealists, after a few failures, burn out and return to status quo lives. Not so with the seven radicals in this book, who met in an interracial house church and intentional community on Chicago's West Side during the civil rights era. Here you will make the acquaintance of a Church of the Brethren pastoral couple who tried to bring communal life to the black ghetto; a fashionable socialite who trashed her curlers and joined the simple life; an elite Stanford graduate who cast h...

Dr. Christa K. Dixon [1935 – 2003] grew up during the time of World War 2, where her father, a German Confessing Church pastor, regularly visited American POW camps, and young Christa heard African-American soldiers singing spirituals. Her fascination grew, but Dixon's interests became quite focused on her interest in how the famous spirituals interpreted the Bible. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Dixon earned her PhD working on “Negro Spirituals” in Germany and published the text that formed from h...

Readers' Choice Award WinnerBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?The church is oftenidealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're ...

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher focuses on the life and efforts of Keir Hardie, one of the founders of the UK Labour Party and one of the foremost figureheads of trade unionism. Drawing upon the work of two contemporary and significant American theorists-Herbert Gutman's classic essay on “Working-Class Religion” and Michael Gold's call for “Proletarian Literature”-Smith-Christopher marries British and American historical and theoretical debate...

High-speed internet. Rapid rewards. Quick thinking. Fast food. Fast . . . church?Slow Church by Chris Smith and John Pattison has been eagerly received by a people who are ready to be invited out of franchise faith and back into the kingdom of God. This eleven-session study guide provides an opportunity to reflect on the message of this groundbreaking book both individually and in community. Each session featuresA guide to lectio divinaSuggested vi...