Some lives are lived so fully, so fiercely, and with such unshakeable purpose that they become more than biography — they become a beacon. Georg Sverdrup was such a man. Born in 1848 and shaped by the currents of Norwegian faith, intellectual rigor, and immigrant courage, Sverdrup crossed an ocean not merely to find a new home but to forge a new vision for what the church in America could become. He arrived carrying ideas that were radical, urgent, and deeply rooted in scripture, and he sp...

Learn how to build web applications efficiently using ASP.NET Core 5 with the C\# programming language and related frameworksKey FeaturesBuild web apps and services and cross-platform applications using .NET and C\#Understand different web programming concepts with the help of real-world examplesExplore the new features and APIs in ASP.NET Core 5, EF Core, Visual Studio, and BlazorBook DescriptionASP.NET Core 5 for Beginners ...

Archbishop Michael Ramsey was one of the church's most remarkable twentieth-century saints--wise and humble, humorous and compassionate. These introductory lectures on Anglicanism reveal the breadth of Ramsey's theological understanding, his ecumenism, and his vision of the church and the Christian life. Informal and conversational in style, the lectures offer an overview of Anglican theology, spirituality, and history.Ramsey begins with Anglicanism's enduring characteristics, incl...

Prepare for the future of Microsoft automation with this no-nonsense guideWindows PowerShell 2 is the scripting language that enables automation within the Windows operating system. Packed with powerful new features, this latest version is complex, and Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies is the perfect guide to help system administrators get up to speed.Written by a Microsoft MVP with direct access to the program managers and developers, this book covers every new fea...

The book that changed the American church, with new essays that "prove that one can be a dedicated Christian and a social reformer at the same time" ( The New York Times Book Review).Published at the beginning of the twentieth century, Christianity and the Social Crisis is the epoch-making book that dramatically expanded the church's vision of how it could transform the world. This 100th anniversary edition updates this classic with contemporary es...

The New "Mary" QuestionMary--Another Redeemer? explores Roman Catholic teachings about Mary from a biblical and historical perspective. Skilled and knowledgeable author James White traces how the Mary of the Bible--esteemed mother of the Lord, obedient servant and chosen vessel of God--has become the Immaculately Conceived, Bodily Assumed Queen of Heaven, viewed as Co-Mediator with Christ, and now widely recognized as Co-Redeemer by many in the Catholic Church. A calm, eve...

SQLite is the native database for iOS and Android applications. Xamarin is the development framework of choice for creating cross-platform mobile apps. Together, this powerful duo allows you to write a common, shared data persistence layer that works across OS's. This can greatly simplify your mobile development effort. However, you still need to learn to effectively use SQLite.That's where SQLite.XM steps in. 'SQLite Database Programming for Xamarin' will show you how to leverage ...

This classic work, first published in 1675, inaugurated the movement in Germany called Pietism. In it a young pastor, born and raised during the devastating Thirty Years War, voiced a plea for reform of the church which made the author and his proposals famous. A lifelong friend of the philosopher Leibnitz, Spener was an important influence in the life of the next leader of German Pietism, August Herman Francke. He was also a sponsor at the baptism of Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the Mo...

Most histories of Christian worship are written as if nothing significant in liturgical history ever happened in North America, as if cultural diversities were insignificant in the development of worship, and as if most of what mattered were words the priest or minister addressed to God. This book is a revisionist work, attempting to give new direction to liturgical history by treating the experience of worship of the people in the pews as the primary liturgical document. It means liturgic...

Athanasius. John Owen. J. Gresham Machen.Each of these men stood for the truth of God's Word in the face of opposition-all out of a deep love for Christ and a desire for people to know God in his fullness. Popularity was not a concern, and they took no joy in controversy for argument's sake. However, these men were willing to suffer for the sake of guarding the sanctity of the gospel. Many threats, years of exile, deaths of loved ones, opposition from friends and authorities, sickn...

A thorough introduction that lessens the learning curve to building sites with Drupal 7Drupal 7 is the latest version of the free, open source content management system Drupal. A powerful content management system and framework Drupal has an unfortunate reputation of having a steep learning curve. This guide to Drupal 7 methodically demystifies Drupal and shortening the learning curve.Author Jacob Redding is deeply embedded in the Drupal community, and walk...

Out of print in recent years, this newly revised edition of Charles Ryrie's The Role of Women in the Church, featuring a new foreword by Dorothy Kelley Patterson, proves its ongoing relevance in addressing what is still a divisive issue at the forefront of Christendom: What can a woman do in the church of God?With clarity and depth, Ryrie recounts the status of women in ancient Greece and Rome. He looks at the significance of Mary as Christ's mother, the attitude of Jesus ...