Christianity
166 Articles & Excerpts
Mystic Christianity by Yogi Ramacharaka Strange rumors reached the ears of the people of Jerusalem and the surrounding country. It was reported that a new prophet had appeared in the valley of the lower Jordan, and in the wilderness of Northern Judea, preaching startling doctrines.
Religion, a Dialogue
by Arthur Schopenhauer When the Church says that, in the dogmas of religion, reason is totally incompetent and blind, and its use to be reprehended, it is in reality attesting the fact that these dogmas are allegorical in their nature, and are not to be judged by the standard
The Destiny of Man
by John Fiske Now what is this message of the modern prophet but pure Christianity? - not the mass of theological doctrine ingeniously piled up by Justin Martyr and Tertullian and Clement and Athanasius and Augustine, but the real and essential Christianity which came
The Antichrist
by Friedrich Nietzsche Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, 'Ecce Homo,' 'The Antichrist' is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas in their final form.
Lord, Teach Me
The Power of Simple Prayer: How to Talk with God about Everything by Joyce Meyer Have you ever really considered what prayer is and why you pray? Do you understand just how your prayer impacts your life? Joyce unravels the mystery of talking with God by explaining and exploring the different types of prayer
A Leadership Confession
Leading with a Limp: Turning Your Struggles into Strengths by Dan B. Allender, Ph.D. Pick up most leadership books and you'll find strategies for leveraging your power and minimizing your areas of weakness. But think about the leaders whose names have gone down in history. Most of them were so messed up that, if they were looking for work
The Eternal
Driven by Eternity: Making Your Life Count Today and Forever by John Bevere Drawing on the principles in 2 Corinthians 5:9-11, bestselling author John Bevere reminds us that all believers will stand before Christ to receive what they have earned in life.
Becoming Actualized Christians
Letters to a Young Evangelical (Art of Mentoring) by Tony Campolo, Ph.D. A best-selling minister and social activist offers an uplifting vision of what it means to be an evangelical and offers loving guidance to all of those who wish to lead a genuinely Christian life in a confusing world.
Get a Grip
Becoming a Millionaire God's Way: Getting Money to You, Not from You by Dr. C. Thomas Anderson Many Christians believe that God wants them to prosper, but they have become content with sitting and waiting for God to drop money into their laps. The Bible teaches that God blesses the work of your hand, but if your hand isn't doing anything
Rumors of Another World
Finding God in Unexpected Places by Philip Yancey According to Greek mythology, people once knew in advance their exact day of death. Everyone on earth lived with a deep sense of melancholy, for mortality hung like a sword suspended above them.
Deciding on the Dream
Building Your Field of Dreams by Mary Manin Morrissey Building Your Field of Dreams is both a compelling personal story and a practical and inspiring guide for anyone who has ever hoped for a better life. Mary Morrissey's own dreams were nearly shattered at age 16, when pregnancy forced her into a reluctant
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My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life by Howard Storm Storm, an avowed atheist, was awaiting emergency surgery when he realized that he was at death's door. Storm found himself out of his own body, looking down on the hospital room scene below. Next, rather than going 'toward the light,' he found himself
The Many Reflections of Shame
Deceived by Shame, Desired by God by Cynthia Spell Humbert Rape, incest, alcoholism, addiction, divorce, bitterness, gossip, abortion. The list could go on and on with ways sin poisons our lives. Whether the sin is self-imposed or committed by someone else, it always has the potential to cause us a deep-seated
The Story of Martin Luther
Martin Luther by Martin E. Marty, Ph.D. Martin Luther is the story of Martin Luther, not a history of the Protestant Reformation, though its subject was the most prominent figure in the combined religious and political stirrings of sixteenth-century Europe.
The Old Church, 1490-1517. Seeing Salvation in Church
The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch Lurking in a little English country church, at Preston Bissett in Buckinghamshire, is an object lesson in the difficulty of understanding the religious outlook of past generations.
Who or what is a Catholic?
The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch This Greek word has become one of the chief battlegrounds in western Latin Christianity, for it is used in different ways that outside observers of Christian foibles find thoroughly confusing.
Introduction, Part 1
In Silence. Why We Pray by Donald Spoto Faith, I suggested in The Hidden Jesus, is primarily an attitude about reality - a refusal to admit that life has no meaning and that everything is doomed to extinction; faith then involves a willingness to wonder, to ask questions rather than simply
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Light from Heaven by Jan Karon 'Yessir, he said he was standin' right there when it rolled out, slick as grease.' 'You already told us that, you goofball. What was it she said?' J.C. wiped his perspiring forehead with a wadded-up paper towel. 'Get off my bumper,' he snapped at Percy.
A Winter Eden
Light from Heaven by Jan Karon The first flake landed on a blackberry bush in the creek bottom of Meadowgate Farm. In the frozen hour before dawn, others found their mark on the mossy roof of the smokehouse; in a grove of laurel by the northwest pasture
Christ Not a Christian
What Jesus Meant by Garry Wills In certain religious circles, the letters WWJD serve as a password or shibboleth. Web sites sell bracelets and T-shirts with the cryptic motto. Some politicians tell us this watchword guides them in making decisions.
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