For nearly 1600 years artists have sought to portray Christs identity, his teachings, and his ultimate sacrifice through a diversity of images and objects. This landmark art book presents a chronology of Christ-centered art as depicted by old masters such as Rembrandt, Durer, and Rubens, and contemporary painters such as Minerva Teichert. Accompanied by vivid narration that chronicles the life of Christ, this amazing book sheds light on how the Savior has been perceived and represented throughout time and across cultural and religious boundaries. Detailed art notes interpret how different imagery has been used to depict the Savior based on shifting understanding of his life and mission. Share this unique collection with your friends and family!
This text introduces the reader to the great variety of distinctive interpretations within the Christian tradition regarding theologies of salvation, distinctive interpretations expressed by a wide range of Christian theologians.
This book restores the imagination to its central role in spiritual formation by recovering key works from the Christian tradition, enabling us to experience the formative power of the imagination for ourselves. It also revives "the art of fashioning the soul" as an essential aspect of Christian spiritual formation and character development. Award-winning professor and scholar Lanta Davis explains that many of the problems at the heart of the Christian church today--such as nationalism, consumerism, and partisan politics--stem from a crisis of the imagination. She encourages us to reorient our gaze from diseased cultural imaginations and fix our eyes instead on works from the historic Christian imaginative tradition that better reflect the love, joy, and wonder of the gospel. Each chapter introduces a different work of the Christian imagination: icons, sacred architecture, imaginative prayer, bestiaries, and personifications of the virtues and vices. An insert features numerous full-color images.
Beholding His Glory, a twenty-two session course, shows us how all Scripture points us to our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. As we look at Old Testament people and events, we'll encounter problems that only Christ will solve, needs that only He will satisfy, and promises that only He can deliver. We'll learn to recognize and appreciate God's plan for our own lives, His awe-inspiring majesty, and His desire for personal intimacy with each one of us.
The Salvation of The Spirit is a profound and transformative experience that lies at the heart of the Christian faith. It is a journey of spiritual rebirth, transformation, and future hope that brings about a deep sense of fulfillment and purpose. In this article, we will explore the various aspects of the Salvation of The Spirit, delving into its significance in Christian theology.
Nothing provides the true follower of Christ with more profound and enduring satisfaction than turning from the limitations of self and this world to the unfathomable fullness of the living God. Nothing so directly affects the study of Scripture as one's understanding of what lies behind the little word "God." Nothing calls for such an entire consecration of the mind, heart, and will of the student as the study of this eternal Being, who is the cause and reason for all things. Nothing holds more practical value for the Christian than the realities of God¿s perfection. For twelve weeks, Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty guides the reader through passages that reveal God¿s perfections: His incomprehensibility, self-existence, independence, transcendence, immutability, infinity and eternity, omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, wisdom, sovereignty, righteousness, holiness, wrath, goodness, love, patience, and zeal. The aim of this study is to provide the student with a tool for vastly enlarging his or her understanding of God in a manner that enlightens the mind, captivates the heart, and re-directs the will. Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty is designed for individual or group study. This workbook may be studied alone, but is intended for use with a companion set of thirteen DVDs which reinforce the lessons of each week.God truly is a "sea without a shore, a sun without a sphere." Each of us stands before the boundless immensity of God's majesty. He commands us to know Him. He has provided all that we need to know Him through the redemptive labors of His Son, the illuminating work of the Spirit, and the Bible. A.W. Tozer wrote only the truth when he stated that God "can show a new aspect of His glory to us each day for all the days of eternity, and we have but begun to explore the depths of riches of His infinite being."
Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ-the divine Person revealed in the Bible-has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks directly to our souls and says, "Yes, this is truth." It's like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light, or tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet. The depth and complexity of Jesus shatter our simple mental frameworks. He baffled proud scribes with his wisdom but was understood and loved by children. He calmed a raging storm with a word but would not get himself down from the cross. Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Keep your eyes open, and fill them with the portrait of Jesus in God's Word. Jesus said, "If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority." Ask God for the grace to do his will, and you will see the truth of his Son. John Piper has written this book in the hope that all will see Jesus for who he really is and will come to enjoy him above all else.
This text entitled Salvation and the Spiritual Walk is a self taught, Intermediate Educational resource, designed for Bible Class and or Bible School. It is a continuation of Salvation and Spiritual Growth. Once you have completed Salvation and the Spiritual Walk, you will already know the meaning of the title of my matured Level 3 self taught text, Salvation with a Faith Walk. This three part textbook collection on Christian faith is unique for three reasons. (1) It is designed to be self taught. (2) It has the authorscomments on each subject noted. (3) Lastly, it is a book within a book, complete with answers to each question in the back with additional comments. Remember, there are no failures, only opportunities.
A Concise Guide to the Work of the Trinity and the Doctrine of Inseparable Operations It's crucial that believers understand the work of the Trinity in the world and in their everyday lives. In this concise introduction to the doctrine of inseparable operations, Matthew Emerson and Brandon Smith assert that the three persons of the Trinity are eternally the one God of Scripture and act inseparably in creation, salvation, and all other acts of God. Addressing complex questions—such as What does it mean that the Father is one with the Son, but is not the same person as the Son?—they present a refreshing, biblical view of the one triune God and his unified work in revelation, providence, creation, salvation, mission, communion, sanctification, and judgment. Concise yet Expansive: Presents a historic, classic Christian view of the doctrine of inseparable operations Hopeful: Leads readers to deeper wonder and worship through a biblical-theological understanding of the Trinity Accessible Resource for Students and Christian Laypeople: Features clear language and a glossary that defines complex theological terms
