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1	The City of God more books like this by Saint Augustine of Hippo add to wishlist Saint Augustine, who spent 14 years composing this Christian and literary classic, wrote "City of God" as a defense of Christianity in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire. "City of God" functions as a history of early Christianity, a critique of Roman polytheism, and a philosophy of history. Its central theme is the duality of good and evil. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.05! \| first editions \| SVS
2	How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture more books like this by Francis A Schaeffer add to wishlist Drawing upon forty years of study in theology, philosophy, history, sociology and the arts, Dr. Schaeffer contemplates the reasons for modern society's sorry state of affairs and argues for total affirmation of the Bible's morals, values, and meaning see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.74! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Gnostic Gospels more books like this by Elaine Pagels add to wishlist Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labelled heretical by the early church fathers. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS offers up insights from this obscure branch of Christianity, offering synopses of these documents that purport to reveal new insights into Jesus's life, his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith more books like this by Dr. Marcus J Borg add to wishlist Borg has done a great service for all of us in drawing upon contemporary research to present a fresh and imaginative picture of Jesus that has profound implications for our contemporary faith. --Praying see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices more books like this by Frank A Viola, Dr. George Barna add to wishlist Offering compelling historical evidence, the authors maintain that most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $12.97! \| SVS
6	Confessions more books like this by Saint Augustine of Hippo add to wishlist One of the earliest autobiographies, as well the paradigm for all subsequent literary "confessions," St. Augustine's 13-volume work is a classic of Christian theology and Western philosophy. In the confessions, St. Augustine addresses God, revealing the details of his life up to his conversion to Christianity and reflecting on a former life of sin ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church more books like this by Michael Scott Horton add to wishlist Is it possible that we have left Christ out of Christianity? Is the faith and practice of American Christians today more American than Christian? These are the provocative questions Michael Horton addresses in this thoughtful, insightful book. He argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are ... see all copies from $12.77! new only from $12.77! \| SVS
8	Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions more books like this by Dr. Marcus J Borg, N T Wright add to wishlist In "The Meaning of Jesus" two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting the opposing visions of Jesus that shape our faith today. In alternating chapters, Marcus Borg, the most popular revisionist voice on Jesus and a member of the Jesus Seminar, and N.T. Wright, the most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.22! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Jesus Before Christianity more books like this by Albert Nolan add to wishlist Nolan's portrait introduces readers to Jesus as He was before He became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with the real problems of His time, which are the real problems of our time as well. In a new preface, Nolan reflects on recent work in Christology and how a book written in South Africa in 1976 still has a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Tongue a Creative Force DS more books like this by Charles Capps add to wishlist Man was created in the image of God and in His likeness. Learn to speak His faith-filled words to your situation and see your life transformed. Allow God's creative power to flow from you. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.94!
11 view cover	This is My God more books like this by Herman Wouk add to wishlist In addition to being a novelist (he was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for his novel THE CAINE MUTINY), Herman Wouk was an observant Jew who attended synagogue and kept a kosher home where Hebrew was spoken. In THIS IS MY GOD, at the suggestion of a rabbi friend, Wouk, the son of Russian immigrants, wrote about his Jewish heritage and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Know Why You Believe more books like this by Paul E. Little add to wishlist With the help of scientists and archaeologists, this handbook gives solid answers to 21st-century issues, such as conflicts between science and Scripture, the possibility of miracles, the Christian experience, and God's allowance of suffering and evil. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ more books like this by Paula Fredriksen add to wishlist Paul Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. see all copies from $2.87! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
14 view cover	Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist This text introduces the reader to Jesus of Nazareth. It describes the political climate of the time, the people Jesus knew and the cultural influences, and places them in a social and religious context in order to understand more about Jesus the person. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Charismatic Chaos more books like this by Dr. John F MacArthur, Jr. add to wishlist Recognizing the importance of the charismatic movement and the need for a biblical evaluation of it, MacArthur analyzes the doctrinal differences between charismatics and non-charismatics in the light of scripture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.93! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity more books like this by Frank A Viola add to wishlist Author Frank Viola presents a compelling case for a new kind of church based on the model for fellowship found in Acts. Redefine expectations and reimagine a life-changing church. see all copies from $9.40! new only from $9.40! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Confessions of Saint Augustine more books like this by Saint Augustine of Hippo add to wishlist One of the earliest autobiographies, as well the paradigm for all subsequent literary "confessions," St. Augustine's 13-volume work is a classic of Christian theology and Western philosophy. In the confessions, St. Augustine addresses God, revealing the details of his life up to his conversion to Christianity and reflecting on a former life of sin ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God more books like this by Professor Robert Louis Wilken add to wishlist Written by a religious historian, this is an introduction to early Christian thought. Focusing on major figures such as St Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa, as well as a host of less well-known thinkers, Robert Wilken chronicles the emergence of a specifically Christian intellectual tradition. In chapters on topics including early Christian worship, ... see all copies from $6.93! new only from $6.93! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire more books like this by Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker add to wishlist "Saving Paradise" offers a fascinating new lens on the history of Christianity, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
20 view cover	America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln more books like this by Mark A Noll add to wishlist Religious life in early America is often equated with the fire-and-brimstone Puritanism best embodied by the theology of Cotton Mather. Yet, by the nineteenth century, American theology had shifted dramatically away from the severe European traditions directly descended from the Protestant Reformation, of which Puritanism was in the United States ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $17.86! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why more books like this by Phyllis Tickle add to wishlist Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, Phyllis Tickle shows readers that we live in such a time right now. She compares the Great Emergence to other 'Greats' in the history of Christianity, including: the Great Transformation (when God walked among us); the time of Gregory the Great; and, the ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $10.33! \| SVS
22 view cover	Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium more books like this by Bart D Ehrman add to wishlist Ehrman, a New Testament scholar from UNC-Chapel Hill, examines both canonical and non-canonical works to gain an understanding of Jesus Christ, concluding that his message was one of apocalyptic prophecy. see all copies from $8.72! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	Penseés more books like this by Blaise Pascal add to wishlist This unfinished work was not published until some eight years after Pascal's death, when fragments of his text were pieced together in a coherent order. A seminal contribution to religious thought, the PENSÉES argues in favor of faith over reason as the facilitator in the search for truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.65! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Engaging the Powers more books like this by Walter Wink add to wishlist Final volume in Wink's Powers trilogy. Expanding upon his hypothesis that the "principalities and powers" of the New Testament are the social systems that sustain life and maintain order, Wink says that subversion of the powers resulted in the Domination System--male supremacy, economic oppression, class distinction, and racism--which Jesus ... see all copies from $5.26! new only from $19.77! \| signed copies \| SVS
25 view cover	The Open Church more books like this by James Rutz add to wishlist The goal is to enable everyone to be a participant, not just a spectator. The chuch can quickly be restored to everyone because, contray to popular belief, laypersons are eager to share their hearts, take active roles in worship, and resume the work of God. see all copies from $1.99!

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