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The Abingdon Worship Annual 2019
Worship Planning Resources for Every Sunday of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
New! Thematic Index!
The Abingdon Worship Annual 2019 (AWA 2019) offers fresh worship planning resources for all who plan and implement weekly worship. Worship leaders "need to offer prayers, prepare an order of worship, select music, and even prepare a sermon. Into that weekly task, we...
by Hayes Press
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
This book reviews what the Bible carefully and deliberately describes as "Churches of God" - both what they should be and what they should do.
CHAPTER ONE: SCRIPTURAL USE OF THE TERM “CHURCH”
CHAPTER TWO: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “OF GOD”
CHAPTER THREE: THE FIRST CHURCH OF...
With All Thy Mind
Worship That Honors the Way God Made Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
The worship terrain has changed, but a consensus has yet to emerge even about what worship is, let alone how we should worship. Increasingly, however, people are hungry not just to know about God, but to experience God with all they they are—mind, heart, body, and soul. Worship must engage all of...
Elements of Rite
A Handbook of Liturgical Style
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Keeping in mind two pastoral considerations - the liturgy itself and the assembly that worships - Father Kavanagh looks not beyond rubrics but deep into their historical and pastoral existence in order to develop rules of style which articulate this existence in current Roman liturgical usage. From this research has come a pastoral manual for clergy who preside at liturgical celebrations.
Hail Mary, Holy Bible
Sacred Scripture and the Mysteries of the Rosary
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
The rosary has been at the core of Catholic devotional life for centuries. Renewing its place in our spiritual life today can be powerfully assisted by going to Sacred Scripture to focus our minds and hearts on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary. Hail Mary, Holy Bible...
Everlasting Light
A Resource for Advent Worship
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
This collection of litanies, candlelighting services, a hanging of the greens service, and more offers worship resources for the three years of lectionary reading for Advent, including the Sunday after Christmas.
Intimacy with God
Dwelling in His presence
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
The book, Intimacy with God is a reminder of the fact that life without a close relationship with God is a losing game. God created us to have one on one relationship with Him, which is why He created us in His image and likeness. We do not own ourselves. Our life is a gift from God and we must live...
Water Baptism and Spirit Baptism
As Taught in the Scriptures
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
This is a book that clearly and comprehensively covers the topics of both water baptism and Spirit baptism from a purely biblical perspective — rather than from a particular ecclesiastical, historical, or theological perspective. Rather than using isolated Scripture verses...
by Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
What did Christians in the Early Church sing? This short but informative book gives an answer to this intriguing question by looking at different psalms and hymns that have been passed down through the life of the church. William Petersen has researched this topic and shows his work succinctly and admirably.
by Jennifer Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Whether you are rich or poor, black or white, religious or nonreligious, life is challenging. We have daily struggles, and how we deal with those struggles defines us and determines the type of people we are. Life is not meant to be dealt on our own. The Holy Spirit was given to Christians to guide,...
Bead by Bead
The Ancient Way of Praying Made New
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
A creative way to pray – across faith traditions – made new for all who seek a more intimate experience with God. Lushly illustrated. Divided into three parts, the first part of Bead by Bead takes a historical look at prayer beads across centuries and cultures. Part Two showcases opportunities...
Season of Change
Seasons of Grace, #3
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
The season of Lent challenges us to consciously enter into a process of changing, to let go of selfish attitudes . . . and to grow closer to God!
All of life is change and transition. Yet, because change entails an ending and a loss even in the most joyful events, many people find themselves...
Celebrations and Observances of the Church Year
Leading Meaningful Services from Advent to All Saints' Day
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When God established His covenant with Israel, He gave them a calendar of observances and festivals to celebrate so they would always remember their historical journey, their salvation, and, most importantly, their God. Like the Jewish calendar, the Christian year continues the celebration of God's covenant...
Did the Anglicans and Roman Catholics Agree on the Eucharist?
A Revisit of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission’s Agreed Statements of 1971 and Related Documents
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Fifty-two years ago [in 1966] Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury visited Rome and agreed with the Pope to inaugurate an Anglican-Roman Catholic theological dialogue. Three phases of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) resulted and continue to this day. ARCIC I agreed...