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1928

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature


Walter Bauer - 1928
    Including entries for many more words, the new edition also lists more than 25,000 additional references to classical, intertestamental, Early Christian, and modern literature.In this edition, Frederick W. Danker's broad knowledge of Greco-Roman literature, as well as papyri and epigraphs, provides a more panoramic view of the world of Jesus and the New Testament. Danker has also introduced a more consistent mode of reference citation, and has provided a composite list of abbreviations to facilitate easy access to this wealth of information.Perhaps the single most important lexical innovation of Danker's edition is its inclusion of extended definitions for Greek terms. For instance, a key meaning of "episkopos" was defined in the second American edition as overseer; Danker defines it as "one who has the responsibility of safeguarding or seeing to it that something is done in the correct way, guardian." Such extended definitions give a fuller sense of the word in question, which will help avoid both anachronisms and confusion among users of the lexicon who may not be native speakers of English.Danker's edition of Bauer's Wörterbuch will be an indispensable guide for Biblical and classical scholars, ministers, seminarians, and translators.

The 1928 Book of Common Prayer


The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America - 1928
    This classic edition features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. The elegant burgundy hardcover binding is embossed with a simple gold cross, making it an ideal choice for both personal study and gift-giving. The 1928 Book of Common Prayer combines Oxford's reputation for quality construction and scholarship with a modest price - a beautiful prayer book and an excellent value.

Life's Extras


Archibald Rutledge - 1928
    Line drawings by Rutledge. Great for gift giving and personal inspiration, this book was once given by Henry Ford to all twenty-five thousand of his employees.

The Hope of Israel


Philip Mauro - 1928
    After coming to a saving knowledge of the Lord in 1903, at the age of forty five, Mauro, a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and one of the foremost patent lawyers of his day, began his "Testimony" of what was to him the most important event in his life.His repeated successes in courts of law, coupled with his legal briefs, could not but gain recognition, for they were "models of accuracy, conciseness, and literary finish." As such, they were "frequently used by judges in the text of their decisions." Perhaps one of the most important occasions where his legal work was requisitioned was in connection with the famous Tennessee-Scopes trial in 1925. The argument which William Jennings Bryan used, and thereby won the case, was prepared by Philip Mauro.His early twentieth century was a period of great expansion for many errors, such as Dispensationalism and Anglo Israelism. Mauro's book, "The Hope of Israel," which was written three years prior to the Scopes trial, stands as a testament to his astute mind and sharp pen, most dashing in the face of the most formidable adversaries. Rising to the forefront of Christianity's great struggle against these foes, he applied the preparation God had given him, and scored great victories for sound doctrine

Religion Without God


Fulton J. Sheen - 1928
    For the past few decades the philosophers, in the development of their philosophical systems, have been bent upon humanizing God - attempting to make Him more manlike. Many philosophical schools have gone much farther than this in that they have replaced God-worship with man-worship; they believe man to be self-sufficient and in control of his own destiny. Thus we have today the curious paradox of a religion without God' a form of modern worship that centers not on God, but man. Bishop Sheen's approach to this crisis which strikes at the very heart of the Christian religion is threefold: first he presents and unprejudiced review of the modern philosophers, and their philosophies, refraining from all criticisms; second, he traces out the origins and historical growth of the principles upon which these modern philosophies are based; and third, he gives a penetrating analysis of the contemporary philosophies and points out the brittle flaws i their structures.In this book Bishop Sheen discusses a subject of concern to all Christians. With his customary brilliance and thoroughness he has pinpointed the vital problem and has shown the way to a logical solution. (Taken from inside front cover of dust jacket.)

Doctrines of the Bible


Daniel Kauffman - 1928
    Edited by Daniel Kauffman, with contributions by twenty-one others, this book on church doctrines includes discussions on the Trinity, man, his redeemed state, death, angels, Satan, anointing with oil, marriage, and dozens of other subjects with numerous Scripture references.

The New England Pulpit and the American Revolution; When American Pastors Preached Politics, Resisted Tyranny, and Founded a Nation on the Bible


Alice M. Baldwin - 1928
    Ms. Baldwin originally wrote the book in order, to show the intimate relation between the thought life of the New England minister and its affects on the political ideology expounded from the pulpit. From the introduction we get the author's purpose: "first, to make clear the similarity, the identity, of Puritan theology and fundamental political thought; second, to show how the New England clergy preserved, extended, and popularized the essential doctrines of political philosophy, thus making familiar to every church-going New Englander long before 1763 not only to the doctrines of natural right, the social contract, and the right of resistance, but also the fundamental principle of American constitutional law, that government, like its citizens, is bounded by law and when it transcends its authority it acts illegally." However, the study deals primarily with Nonconformists or Congregationalists and Presbyterians of the time. Covering the period from 100 years prior and up through the entire revolutionary era, she concludes that the central force behind it all was the pulpit’s application of the Word of God to politics and government. She says, “It must not be forgotten, in the multiplicity of authors mentioned, that the source of greatest authority and the one most commonly used was the Bible.” And she proves that “from the law of God they derived their political theories.”This reprint by American Vision is to make available this studied work in order to encourage the Church to be aware of its historic role in the founding of our Constitutional Republic. Where the pulpits used Biblical principles of rights, and "law of God" to make the case of freedom. Something now lost in our churches today that in many cases have been brought upon by the self-censor of the clergy themselves and in part Christians as a whole. Not to mention the parallel of today's loyalists to tyranny shouting, "Don't preach politics!" Originally published under Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press in 1928. There have been other additions as late as 1965 under F. Ungar Pub. Co. in New York. Also, available in the latest formats from American Vision.Alice Mary Baldwin, Ph.D. (1879-1960)