Best of
Christianity

1973

Holy Bible: New International Version


Anonymous - 1973
    The New International Version is the world's most popular Bible in modern English and is renowned for its combination of accuracy and clarity of language.

For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy


Alexander Schmemann - 1973
    He understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy-the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom.For over half a century For the Life of the World has challenged, illumined, and inspired readers from many backgrounds. For some it is an introduction to the Orthodox Church, while for others it is a call to plunge more deeply into the life of the Kingdom, both manifested and anticipated here and now in the liturgy of the Church. This updated edition of Schmemann's classic text includes a new foreword by Dr Edith M. Humphrey, along with new explanatory notes and an index.

Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life


Henri J.M. Nouwen - 1973
    This work reminds, that it was in solitude that Jesus found the courage to follow God's will, and shows that fruitful love and service must spring from a living relationship with God.

Knowing God


J.I. Packer - 1973
    I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the world discover the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God. In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals. This edition is updated with Americanized language and spelling and a new preface by the author. Stemming from Packer's profound theological knowledge, Knowing God brings together two important facets of the Christian faith: 1. Knowing about God and 2. Knowing God through the context of a close relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. Written in an engaging and practical tone, this thought-provoking work seeks to transform and enrich the Christian understanding of God. Explaining both who God is and how we can relate to him, Packer divides his book into three sections: The first directs our attention to how and why we know God, the second to the attributes of God and the third to the benefits enjoyed by a those who know him intimately. This guide leads readers into a greater understanding of God while providing advice to gaining a closer relationship with him as a result.

NIV Holy Bible, New Testament (Red Letter Edition)


Anonymous - 1973
    It is also the bestselling modern-English Bible eBook, and now it's available in a New Testament edition, designed for an intuitive user experience.The font is crisp and clear, and readability is great on both E-Ink screens and color screens. With quick page turns and a numbered footnoting system that allows you to easily jump from Bible text to footnote and back again, as well as a 'How to Use This Bible' page, navigating the Bible has never been easier.Read the NIV New Testament on your device just as if you were reading a physical book. Make the NIV New Testament eBook one of your favorite reads today.NIV 2011. The New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible is the world's most popular modern-English Bible---easy to understand, yet rich with the detail found in the original languages.

Let Go: To Get Peace and Real Joy


François Fénelon - 1973
    Do you struggle through family problems, battle with the tensions of raising children, or find yourself overwhelmed with pressures on the job? Are personal failures and disappointments on the increase as you face each day? What a fountain of life it would be to discover how to let go of those distresses and learn to embrace the joy and peace that God has promised! With amazing insight, Fénelon speaks firmly yet lovingly to those whose lives have been an uphill climb, and reveals just how to Let Go!

Practicing His Presence


Brother Lawrence - 1973
    If you wish to know your Lord in a deeper way, your are invited to join the numerous Christians who, over three centuries, have turned to this book in order to begin that journey to the depths of Christ.

Christ the Sum of All Spiritual Things


Watchman Nee - 1973
    His heart burden is for Christ to become real to us. Let things pass away, let life fill us. May Christ be all and in all.

Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC


Frederick Buechner - 1973
    In his often ironic and always keen-sighted reflections on such terms as agnostic, envy, love, and sin, he invited us to look at theses everyday words in new and enlightening ways. Freshly revised and expanded for this edition, Wishful Thinking is a "beguiling" [Time] adventure in language for the restless believer, the doubter, and all who love words.

The Christian Tradition 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition 100-600


Jaroslav Pelikan - 1973
    Beginning with the "Christian declaration of independence from Judaism," the years 100 to 600 were a period of Greg ferment and vitality when the fundamental affirmations of Christian dogma emerged from a welter of beliefs and teachings.The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition is the history of this critical, troubled time. Pelikan focuses upon what the faithful believed, what teachers—both orthodox and heretical—taught, and what the church confessed as dogma during its first six centuries of growth. In constructing his work, Pelikan has made use of exegetical and liturgical sources in addition to the usual polemical, apologetic, and systematic or speculative materials.

Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting


Derek Prince - 1973
    History is spotted with violent episodes of unimaginable carnage and terror. And what did people do about them? The only thing they could do--they prayed! Discover with Derek Prince how your prayers can make a difference. You can learn to touch the heart of God through effective fasting and prayer--prayer that will change the world!

Art & the Bible


Francis A. Schaeffer - 1973
    "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God." Many Christians, wary of creating graven images, have steered clear of artistic creativity. But the Bible offers a robust affirmation of the arts. The human impulse to create reflects our being created in the image of a creator God. Art and the Bible has been a foundational work for generations of Christians in the arts. In this book's classic essays, Francis Schaeffer first examines the scriptural record of the use of various art forms, and then establishes a Christian perspective on art. With clarity and vigor, Schaeffer explains why "the Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.

Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life


John R.W. Stott - 1973
    "If we do not use the mind which God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality." While Christians have had a long heritage of rigorous scholarship and careful thinking, some circles still view the intellect with suspicion or even as contradictory to Christian faith. And many non-Christians are quick to label Christians as anti-intellectual and obscurantist. But this need not be so. In this classic introduction to Christian thinking, John Stott makes a forceful appeal for Christian discipleship that engages the mind as well as the heart.

The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton


Thomas Merton - 1973
    We left the ground—I with Christian mantras and a great sense of destiny, of being at last on my true way after years of waiting and wondering..." With these words, dated October 15. 1968, the late Father Thomas Merton recorded the beginning of his fateful journey to the Orient. His travels led him from Bangkok, through India to Ceylon, and back again to Bangkok for his scheduled talk at a conference of Asian monastic orders. There he unequivocally reaffirmed his Christian vocation. His last journal entry was made on December 8, 1968, two days before his untimely, accidental death. Amply illustrated with photographs he himself took along the way and fully indexed, the book also contains a glossary of Asian religious terms, a preface by the Indian scholar Amiya Chakravarty, a foreword and postscript by Brother Patrick Hart of the Abbey of Gethsemani, as well as several appendices, among them the text of Merton's final address.

The Institutes of Biblical Law, Volume 1 of 3


Rousas John Rushdoony - 1973
    J.) Rushdoony (1916-2001) was a well-known American scholar, writer, and author of over thirty books. He held B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California and received his theological training at the Pacific School of Religion. An ordained minister, he worked as a missionary among Paiute and Shoshone Indians as well as a pastor to two California churches. He founded the Chalcedon Foundation, an educational organization devoted to research, publishing, and cogent communication of a distinctively Christian scholarship to the world-at-large. His writing in the Chalcedon Report and his numerous books spawned a generation of believers active in reconstructing the world to the glory of Jesus Christ. Until his death, he resided in Vallecito, California, where he engaged in research, lecturing, and assisting others in developing programs to put the Christian Faith into action.

Design for Discipleship: Your Life in Christ, Book 1


The Navigators - 1973
    Focus on thebasics of the Christian life including why Christ came to earth,God’s love for us, the events of Christ’s life, and the HolySpirit’s work in our lives.Includes:• step-by-step lessons • charts • illustrations• definitions• 4 lessons• for small-group or individual use

Spiritual Knowledge


Watchman Nee - 1973
    He points out the difference between mental knowledge and spiritual knowledge, shows the ways to the true knowledge of God as well as of ourselves, and explains the relationship between spiritual knowledge and the renewed mind.

The Monk of Mount Athos: Staretz Silouan 1866-1938


Sophrony Sakharov - 1973
    Staretz Silouan's disciple interprets the life, personality and teachings of his master, and the spiritual struggles which made Silouan truly a "staretz" or "elder." Companion volume to Wisdom From Mt Athos.

The Human Face of God


John A.T. Robinson - 1973
    

New Layman's Parallel Bible: The King James Version, New International Version, Revised ........


Anonymous - 1973
    Includes:The King James VersionThe New International VersionThe Living BibleThe Revised Standard Versionwith passages side by side for easy comparison

A Fresh Start


John Chapman - 1973
    The book gives a straightforward explanation of our problem before God, his solution how we can know it is all true, and what we should do about it. This rightly remains at the top of the list of books to give to non-Christian friends and colleagues.

Psalms of My Life


Joseph Bayly - 1973
    Joseph Bayly helps readers discover how they can write their own psalms of their lives.-- Inspires honest conversation with God-- Offers a fresh perspective on life and prayer-- Shares the heart of one who has suffered greatly and still rejoiced-- Beautiful, full color interior

Who Is God? Who Am I? Who Are You?


Dee Pennock - 1973
    It was widely practiced in the ancient Church, and is still used today by the few Christians who are intimately acquainted with early writings in pastoral counseling techniques. In these pages, modern man is carefully and explicitly guided, by the Holy-Scripture and by Spirit filled Christians of early times, into the simple, fresh pastures of his own inner-being,. these chapters were written as a guide to self knowledge for teenagers, and are the kind of stuff teenagers readily embrace but no adult who is searching for a way to integrate his life and fill it with meaning will want to miss this entirely Christian approach to self analysis and this easily workable system of spiritual therapy by prayer.

The End of Man


Austin Farrer - 1973
    ""Sermons no one would think of printing have saved souls; sermons much admired by posterity may have achieved nothing . . .. What is rare indeed is that the text of a genuine sermon as actually delivered should satisfy the criteria of the literary form as well. To the tiny company of such preachers of genius Austin Farrer belongs."" The sermons collected in this volume demonstrate Farrer's rare abilities as a writer and preacher. Originally delivered to members of the academic community at Keble College, Oxford, they speak intelligently on all phases of Christianity. Some of the fine points of doctrine are discussed, but so are the very practical aspects of everyday life-matters such as relationships with parents, the importance of a disciplined prayer life, the proper use of money, and how to deal with intellectual challenges to the faith. Endorsements: ""Austin Farrer was, by common consent, one of the most remarkable men of his generation, He possessed the qualities of originality, independence, imagination, and intellectual force to a degree amounting to genius . . ."" Basil Mitchell About the Contributor(s): Austin Farrer (1904-1968) was ordained an Anglican priest at Oxford where he served as chaplain and fellow of several colleges. He was warden of Keble College from 1960 until his death. Both a noted theologian and New Testament scholar, Farrer was a member of ""the Oxford Christians,"" conversing frequently with C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dorothy Sayers, and T. S. Eliot.

Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place


Spire Christian Comics - 1973
    The comic book version of Corrie ten Boom's classic story The Hiding Place.