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The Platform Sutra records the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one of the two great figures in the founding of Chan (Zen) Buddhism. This translation is the definitive English version of the eighth-century Chan classic. Phillip B. Yampolsky has based his translation on the Tun-huang manuscript, the earliest extant version of the work. A critical edition of the Chinese text is given at the end of the volume. Dr. Yampolsky...
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In Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography Christian Scharen and several other contributors, explore empirical and theological understandings of the church. Like the first volume in the Studies in Ecclesiology and Ethnography series, this second volume seeks to bridge the great divide between theological research and ethnography (qualitative research).
The book's wide-ranging chapters cover such fascinating topics as geographic habits of American...
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In this introduction to ecclesiology, respected scholars Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger offer a solidly evangelical yet ecumenical survey of the church in mission and doctrine. Combining biblical, historical, and cultural analysis, this comprehensive text explores the church as a Trinitarian, eschatological, worshiping, sacramental, serving, ordered, cultural, and missional community. It also offers practical application, addressing contemporary...
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Your church is dying! Should you just give up and close the doors?
Dr. Robert LaRochelle thinks there are more answers and more options. In this book, he draws from a lifetime of experience as a teacher, pastor, counselor, and writer to offer ideas and strategies to make the church a caring presence in your community and to revive and sustain what many may have regarded as a dying church.
From worship to Christian education, from the elderly...
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This comprehensive textbook by a well-respected Reformed theologian brings together two perennial issues in Christian theology: the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and ecclesiology. It demonstrates the importance of the Holy Spirit in empowering the being and mission of the church and shows how the church's identity and calling are embedded in the larger covenantal purposes of the triune God. Accessibly written with pastors in training in mind, the book...
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What is the church? What does it look like? What should it look like? For answers to these questions David Alan Black looks to the first century church and our founding documents in the New Testament. What were the characteristics of a Christian assembly in the first century? In his study he finds seven things that defined the church then: Evangelistic Preaching, Christian Baptism, Apostolic Teaching, Genuine Relationships, Christ-Centered Gatherings,...
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PRISM: A Theological Forum for the United Church of Christ is sponsored by the seminaries of the United Church of Christ. As a journal for the whole church, its goals is to offer serious theological reflection from a diversity of viewpoints on issues of faith, mission, and ministry.
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The church doesn't need to be more spiritual. It needs to become more human. Since God decided becoming human was right, so must the church. Jesus' language was consistently understood by nonreligious people. Elitist in-house church language may never reach the growing number of Americans without a religious background who have given up on God.
This book views the church as a unique people-group and the reader as an anthropologist. Employing basic...
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Reformed Forum is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to assist the church in her call to discipleship. We serve the church by communicating the riches of our theological tradition and advancing it according to our confessional boundaries through in-depth research and scholarly discourse. In this collection of essays, the authors set forth the salient features of their shared Reformed identity, a distinct theological voice.
Lane G. Tipton...
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Michael Horton writes, "Some Christians so stress the 'kingdom living' of individual believers in the world that the church and its partial manifestation of the kingdom of God through the means of grace become subordinate. Others confuse the church with that kingdom in its fully realized form." In his development and delineation of a theology of both the kingdom and the church, Horton seeks to show that they are interrelated but not identical. Along...
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Many historic Protestant churches lost their way when the ground beneath their feet began to shift in the last part of the 20th century. Back then, congregations became confused about why so many Americans had become indifferent toward church-going. They became anxious about their shrinking numbers and aging membership. How would they survive? They could not see the way forward. But now, a few ordinary congregations are finding their way into the...
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La peculiar combinación de origen norteamericano entre neo-pentecostalismo y economía de mercado, ha dado pie a ideologías extremadamente peligrosas que han causado, y siguen causando, verdaderos estragos en la imagen de la Iglesia Cristiana ante la sociedad civil. Los medios de comunicación ya se han hecho eco en numerosas ocasiones de increíbles escándalos en los que autoproclamados apóstoles y superapóstoles, líderes supuestamente cristianos...
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Estructurado en ocho partes y 53 lecciones, el tomo sexto del CURSO DE FORMACIÓN TEOLÓGICA EVANGÉLICA constituye en si mismo uno de los textos de Eclesiología más completos y pedagógicos disponibles. Partiendo de un completísimo estudio obre la naturaleza y fundación de la Iglesia, entra de lleno en un análisis profundo de sus ministerios, autoridad y estructura de gobierno para terminar con una visión de sus ordenanzas y su misión en el...
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Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about the church? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions – you will find a rich study resource. The Bible Themes resource at the end is a useful alphabetical listing of key Bible themes that gives practical...
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¿Qué es la iglesia? ¿Cómo se ve? ¿Cómo debería ser?
Para obtener respuestas a estas preguntas David Alan Black mira a la iglesia del primer siglo y nuestros documentos fundacionales en el Nuevo Testamento. ¿Cuáles eran las características de una asamblea cristiana en el primer siglo? En su estudio encuentra siete marcas que definieron a la iglesia: Predicación evangelística, bautismo cristiano, ense&ntil.
17) The Way of God
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This book traces one of themes that runs throughout the different dispensations of the Bible.
CHAPTER ONE: THE WAY OF GOD IN GENESIS
CHAPTER TWO: THE WAY OF GOD IN EXODUS
CHAPTER THREE: THE WAY OF GOD IN THE LAW
CHAPTER FOUR: THE WAY OF GOD AND BAPTISMS
CHAPTER FIVE: THE WAY OF GOD IN THE NEW COVENANT
CHAPTER SIX: THE WAY OF GOD IN ISRAEL'S FUTURE
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This book comprises recent advancements in theory and practice of community diakonia. It embraces vital discussions on inclusion, personhood, and community development in a unique way from leading scholars in the field. These discussions are carried out in extensive global dialogue including voices from the Majority World.
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This volume addresses the theologies of Wealth and Prosperity putting the African Church in focus. Wealth and prosperity have become a subject of much wider interest in the Church at all level. The volume responds to the emergence of prosperity Gospel practices in both mission and African Independent Churches today. The book gives biblical perspectives on Wealth and Prosperity drawn from the Old and the New Testament. Preaching and teaching on wealth...
20) Sept marques d'une église du Nouveau Testament: Un guide pour tous les chrétiens, n'importe quel âge
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Qu'elle église?
À quoi cela ressemble-t-elle?
À quoi devrait-elle ressembler?
Pour répondre à ces questions, David Alan Black se penche sur l'église du premier siècle et sur nos documents des fondateurs dans le Nouveau Testament. Quelles étaient les caractéristiques d'une assemblée chrétienne au premier siècle?
Dans son étude, il trouve sept éléments qui définissent ensuite l'église:
Prédication évangélique
Baptême chrétien
Enseignement...
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