Satan is real. And so is the war he wages against the Church.Since sin corrupted the human race, a sinister drama has embattled every generation. Satan enacts his most devious strategies against and within the Church, seeking to keep believers spiritually impotent, turning believers against believers and maligning its reputation in the eyes of unbelievers. God's enemy delights in diminishing our ability to serve the Lord and in blinding us to the pure joy and love God wants in our ...

Biblical illiteracy and doctrinal ignorance are like two subtle viruses of twenty-first century America. Always only one generation away from being a pagan nation, as has been said, America needs the Christian Church to rise to the challenge of imparting true and vigorous Christian education to today's generation.Frontiers of Faith seeks to arouse the faith of young believers and to deepen the faith of veteran Christians. Theology, whichwas once called "the Queen of the sciences," ...

Biblical illiteracy and doctrinal ignorance are like two subtle viruses of twenty-first century America. Always only one generation away from being a pagan nation, as has been said, America needs the Christian Church to rise to the challenge of imparting true and vigorous Christian education to todays generation. Frontiers of Faithseeks to arouse the faith of young believers and to deepen the faith of veteran Christians. Theology, which was once called the Queen of the sciences, today is a...

Christians across the world face a real and active enemy. Satan is as real as Jesus Christ, and seeks to oppose God and destroy the work of the saints at every turn.This invisible battle is felt throughout the church, with believers called to be spiritual warriors and fight in God’s army. The enemy’s machinations are hard at work within every community of faith, seeking to divide and devour vulnerable souls and rob us of our joy found in Christ.In this book is a field manua...

There is no subject more important to contemporary Christianity than the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The old saying is still true – “Christianity is hopeless without the Holy Spirit”. Dr. David Schroeder masterfully handles the subject in a way that both informs and inspires. You will be blessed by this book! Jim Cymbala, Senior Pastor, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Whenever godly leaders point us back to the Holy Spirit, the sweet communion of spiritual intimacy along with the peaceful ...

Northern Kentucky has a unique location as the gateway between the North and the South. Many of its historic businesses, religious structures, homes and buildings were lost to time. Just after the Civil War, Daniel Henry Holmes purchased a large Victorian-Gothic house he named Holmesdale, better known as Holmes Castle. By the 1890s, the Latonia Racetrack had two hundred stables to accommodate horses and space for one hundred bookmakers. The Motordrome at the Ludlow Lagoon Amusement Park ha...

The United States is grappling with a significant drug crisis that can, in large part, be traced back to chronic pain, overprescribing, and opioid dependency. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that just over twenty percent of adults in the United States (nearly half of which is considered high impact). Chronic pain has been linked to limited mobility, anxiety, depression, reduced quality of life, and opioid dependency.Even in the face of that bleak news, there is hope. Davi...

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building on the bystander intervention work that has defined this area since the 1960s, The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior examines prosocial behavior from a multilevel perspective that explores the diverse influences that promote actions for the benefit of others and the myriad ways that prosocial actions can be manife...

The music of Tchaikovsky remains as much loved in the twenty-first century as it was a hundred years ago. But it has so much more to offer than luscious orchestration and tuneful melodies. In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer.Drawing on a select, but hig...

Just Be Love begins with a moving account of a mystical experience David Schroeder had that inspired him to write this book. Just Be Love explores the many aspects of love from both our human and spiritual perspective. He reflects on love that is familiar to us and he takes us to the hidden, mysterious and paradoxical aspects of where love is often not realized. David weaves his personal and professional experience, insights and reflections on love, as well as the wisdom and teachings of t...

Titles in the Listener’s Companion Series provide readers with a deeper understanding of key musical genres and the work of major artists and composers. Aimed at nonspecialists, each volume clearly explains how to listen to works from particular artists, composers, and genres. Examining both the context in which the music appeared and its form, authors provide the environments in which key musical works were written and performed—from a 1950s bebop concert at the Village Vanguard to a perf...

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians, Volume II: Conversations with the Creative and Inspired is a follow-up to Volume I’s celebration of contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled, and succeeded in finding their creative space. Volume II was developed through transcribing and editing selected interviews with 29 jazz artists, conducted by the author since 2011, along with a historical essay on each artist. The interviews feature musicians from a broad range of musical styles...