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Written amid Restoration persecution, No Cross, No Crown contends that the inward cross of selfdenial is the sole path to the crown of life. In a citationrich, sermonic prose, Penn braids Scripture with patristic and classical voices to indict fashion, oaths, violence, and diversion, and to commend primitive Christian simplicity, truthtelling, peace, and worship ordered by the Inward Light. Born to privilege as Admiral Sir William Penns son, educated for law and court, William Penn converted under the ministry of Thomas Loe. Imprisoned for dissentmost notably in the Tower of Londonhe drafted and later enlarged this treatise; its learning reflects wide reading, while its rigorous ethic grows from Quaker experience and from his disillusion with Restoration spectacle. This classic rewards readers of religious history and spiritual formation alike. Those interested in early modern ethics, dissenting devotion, or the roots of Quaker testimonies will find a bracing union of doctrine and practice. Read it for concise moral clarity, humane erudition, and an unembarrassed summons to disciplined holiness in private life and public conduct.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

In Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians, Charles Hodge offers a verse-by-verse exposition that weds grammatical-historical analysis to doctrinal synthesis. Attentive to the Greek text, he elucidates election and grace in chapters 12, union with Christ, the reconciliation of Jew and Gentile, the nature of the church, the household code, and spiritual warfare. His prose is sober, lucid, and pastoral, in continuity with Old Princeton Reformed exegesis and in conversation with Calvin, Meyer, and Alford. A leading nineteenth-century Presbyterian theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary, Hodge combined Scottish Common Sense realism with a careful critique of German scholarship. European study and long classroom service sharpened his commitment to the Westminster Standards and to the churchs edification. The commentary reflects convictions evident in his Systematic Theology: confidence in Scriptures clarity, suspicion of speculative criticism, and a resolve to serve pastors and educated laity. This commentary rewards preachers, students, and thoughtful laity seeking exegetical precision joined to robust theology. Use it alongside modern critical works for balance: Hodge supplies historical depth, clear argument, and doctrinal ballast without obscuring the texts devotional force. For anyone tracing Pauline thought in Ephesians, this remains a reliable and invigorating guide.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition offers a disciplined reading that sets each oracle amid the Babylonian exile. Gaebelein unpacks the prophets symbolic acts, the inaugural throne vision, the withdrawal and return of the glory, the nations oracles, and the temple vision (chs. 4048). Clear, sermonic prose joins historical-grammatical exegesis to canonical synthesis, within a distinctly premillennial, dispensational frame. Arno C. Gaebelein (18611945), German-born American evangelist and editor of Our Hope, was a leading voice in early fundamentalist and dispensational circles. His sustained work in Jewish evangelism and close study of the Hebrew Scriptures shaped his concern for Israels future and the literal fulfillment of prophecy, giving this exposition both pastoral urgency and textual care. Scholars, pastors, and serious readers will welcome this guide to one of Scriptures most demanding books. Its integration of background, structure, and theology renders Ezekiels dense visions intelligible without taming their force. Use it for preaching, classroom study, or personal reading; even non-dispensationalists will profit from its judicious exegesis and reverent attention to the text.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is both theological apology and practical handbook, written as affective, Christocentric piety was reshaping seventeenth- and eighteenthcentury Catholicism. Croiset presents the Heart of Christ as the visible sign of invisible charitygrounded in Scripture, the Fathers, and liturgythen translates this vision into concrete exercises: acts of reparation, frequent Communion (notably First Fridays), and the Holy Hour. His prose marries Jesuit methodorderly, didactic, attentive to conscienceto the tender, nuptial accents of the French School and the Visitation milieu, yielding a text at once lucid in doctrine and ardent in appeal, a measured counter to contemporary rigorism. Jean Croiset, S.J. (16561738), a Jesuit director linked to the Visitation at ParayleMonial, gathered and systematized St. Margaret Mary Alacoques testimonies. Formed by Ignatian discernment and ministering amid Jansenist polemics, he defended divine mercy while shaping a practicable, supervised path of reparative love. Scholars of early modern spirituality, pastors seeking sound devotional guidance, and contemporary devotees alike will profit from this classic. It offers a clear theological rationale and a humane discipline of prayer, inviting readers to contemplate the pierced Heart and to embody Christs merciful charity in daily life.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

On the Holy Spirit, Basil of Caesareas letter-treatise to Amphilochius (c. 375), intervenes in Arian and Pneumatomachian disputes by arguing the Spirits full divinity through Scripture and liturgical tradition. Defending the doxology that glorifies Father, Son, and Spirit, Basil shows the Spirits role in creation, sanctification, and deification. His restrained, juridical prose unites philosophical precision with pastoral tact and a deliberate care for controversial terms. Basil the Great (c. 330379), bishop, monk, and Cappadocian Father, combined classical training in Athens with rigorous ascetic formation and heavy pastoral burdens under Valens. Confronting divided congregations, he leveraged baptismal confession and common prayer as theological warrants, while his friendship with Gregory of Nazianzus and administrative acumen tempered zeal with irenic strategy. This volume rewards theologians, historians, and pastors seeking a concise, historically rooted account of Trinitarian worship and pneumatology. Read alongside the Cappadocians, it remains a dependable guide for discerning how Scripture, tradition, and liturgy converge in confessing the Spirit who perfects the faithful.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Revelations of Divine Love gathers sixteen visions from 1373 into prose that joins affective devotion to bold, carefully reasoned theology. In lucid, homely Middle English, Julian meditates on Christs passion, the motherhood of God, sin as "behovely," and creation as a hazelnut held in divine love. Existing as Short and Long Texts, it exemplifies late medieval English mysticism and the earliest known English book by a woman. An anchoress at St. Julians, Norwich, Julian likely wrote after a grave illness at about thirty brought sixteen "showings," which she pondered for decades. Amid plague memory and social unrest, she offered counsel from her cell and shaped a coherent, pastoral theology formed by Scripture and liturgy rather than the schools. Scholars of theology and medieval literature, as well as seekers of contemplative wisdom, will find this a bracing, consoling companion. Read slowly: its circling chapters return to mercy until the promise that "all shall be well" sounds both rational and radiant. For vernacular spirituality and resilient hope, Julians Revelations is indispensable.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

The Life of Trust distills George Mullers long experiment in providence into an autobiographical record that is at once ledger, sermon, and Victorian case study. In spare, exacting prose, dated entries of need and provision pair doctrinal reflection on prayer with audited detailsnames, sums, meals, rentsfor the Bristol orphan houses. Within nineteenthcentury evangelical autobiography, it converses with Augustine and Bunyan yet bears the empirical temper of its age, inviting scrutiny of method as much as devotion. Born in Prussia and converted while a theology student, Muller settled in England, where in 1834 he founded the Scriptural Knowledge Institution and soon began the Ashley Down orphan houses. Refusing debt or solicitation, he publicly tested his convictions by recording answers to prayer across decades. Pastoral work among emerging Brethren circles, a multilingual education, and later global preaching tours shaped a vocation that fused rigorous bookkeeping with an experiential doctrine of providence. For students of religious history, philanthropy, and devotional classics, this book offers both data and doxology. It rewards skeptics with method and believers with encouragement, clarifying charitys ethics amid industrial poverty. Read it to see disciplined trust reshape a citys care for childrenand to test the audacity of prayer.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Salomão é lembrado como o homem mais sábio que já existiu, mas sua história vai muito além da imagem gloriosa repetida ao longo dos séculos. Este livro conduz o leitor por uma jornada intensa e revel

No meio do caos, quando os ventos fortes da vida ameaçam nos derrubar, há uma escolha: sucumbir ao medo, ou manter o olhar fixo no que realmente importa. No Olho do Furacão é um livro que trata da co

Meditations from Psalm 119 Reveal the Multitude of Gifts God Communicates Through ScriptureDo you view the Bible as a gift to open or a burden to carry? Godthe source of every good and perfect giftoffers abundant promises in Scripture. But sometimes, studying his word feels more burdensome than rewarding. In order to delight in the Bible, believers should anticipate all of the blessings it contains, from the reassuring to the unexpected.Each of these 20 brief readings, based primarily on Psalm 119, focuses on an individual gift that God communicates through his word, such as warnings and wisdom that bring repentance. Readers will explore themes including righteousness, hope, freedom from shame, strength in affliction, and more. Author Uche Anizor pours years of ministry experience and in-depth biblical insight into a series of accessible meditations that help believers see the Bible as an extension of Gods mercy and love.20 Meditations: Each brief reading highlights a different gift that God communicates through Scripture Builds Trust for God and His Word: This book helps readers understand Gods manifold, life-shaping grace and follow the Bibles wisdom and instruction Additional Readings: Features hymns at the end of each chapter, a concluding meditation on the many ways we can respond to Gods word, and prayers at the end of the book

Há dores que paralisam, noites que parecem não ter fim e momentos em que o coração deseja apenas "dormir para esquecer". Mas é justamente nesses vales sombrios que Deus revela Sua glória. Getsêmani:

Enduring Hope: Ethnographic Insights into Long-Term Racial Justice AdvocacyMany White Christians feel convicted when they hear of racial injustice but arent sure what they can do. They often become overwhelmed by deep divisions, conflicting priorities, and historical burdens. They need a clearer vision for engagement with racial justice and reconciliation that goes beyond easy answers or simplistic optimism. Isnt there anyone who has found a way forward?Anthropologist Christine Jeske has studied precisely this question. Her one-of-a-kind research started by asking people of color about their work and experience with White advocates of racial justice. She then studied the postures, ideas, and actions of those they recommended as positive examples.In Racial Justice for the Long Haul, Jeske presents her findings on what makes for an effective, enduring approach, revealing shared threads in the lives of White Christians who have faithfully embraced the call to advocate for justice. By abandoning simplistic answers and confronting the depths of suffering and injustice, they discover a bold way of hope that perseveres. This book features a unique methodology of interviews with Christian leaders of color and White advocates makes qualitative ethnographic research accessible, and provides concrete examples of how White Christians can growand persistin working for racial justice. This book invites readers to engage deeply, reflect thoughtfully, and grow authentically as allies in the work of racial justice. White Christians must learn the nature of true hope as they encounter the depths of injustice and of lamentand of grace. Racial Justice for the Long Haul offers the clarity, inspiration, and tools needed to persevere in the pursuit of a more just world.

"Andersen offers important insights on how womens relationships with alcohol are shifting as they grapple with increased pressures at home and work, and her approach wisely utilizes faith as a recovery tool without positioning it as a cure-all... Women of faith will be empowered." Publishers Weekly Review, September 2025Get Honest about Your Relationship with Alcohol Sharing a drink with friends or a glass of wine at dinner can be a nice way to enjoy Gods good gifts. But what if these casual enjoyments turn into unhealthy habits? For many, drinking can easily become a dysfunctional coping mechanism or a dependency thats difficult to break.In Freely Sober, Ericka Andersen invites Christian women to reconsider their relationship with alcohol from a posture of honesty, curiosity, and self-compassion, offering empowering knowledge and trusted recovery principles for those curious about sobriety or seeking a way out of a habitual or destructive relationship with alcohol.Andersen vulnerably shares her own story of sobriety, reflecting on how her private drinking habits began impacting her faith and life. Through her honest account, she opens the door for sober curious women of faith to explore their drinking patterns and see clearly to choose whats best for them.Freely Sober features: Practical Tools for Growth: Includes reflection questions, action steps, and assessments designed to help readers see alcohol more clearly Faith-Based Guidance: Invites readers to draw closer to God in their sobriety journeys, leaning on the Holy Spirit and a supportive community for encouragement and accountability Accessible for a Variety of Stages: Great for those who are sober curious, questioning their habits, or who want to dig deeper into how alcohol affects their life and faith Freely Sober charts a pathway to new habits, healing, and spiritual renewal through Gods abundant grace for those looking for change. Whether youre struggling yourself with grey area drinking, are looking to support a friend or family member, or are a ministry leader looking for resources, Freely Sober offers wisdom and guidance for a way forward to freedom."You are free to decidehonestly, thoughtfullywhether your life is better with or without it. You dont have to quit. You dont have to cut back. But you can. And you can do it on your own terms, not because anyone told you to, but because youre free to choose what serves you best. You can be freely sober." Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober

Prepare-se para uma jornada que vai muito além das páginas! Em Conquistas Começam com C , o Rev. Marcelino Machado de Melo desvenda a fascinante narrativa de Daniel, capítulo 3, transformando uma historia milenar em um espelho vivido para os desafios da sua propria vida. Voce ja se sentiu pressionado a comprometer seus valores? Ja enfrentou a inveja ou a traiço daqueles ao seu redor? Acha que esta sozinho em suas fornalhas pessoais? Este livro e o seu chamado! Com uma abordagem engenhosa, cada passo da jornada e mapeado por palavras que começam com C . Este livro no e apenas um comentario biblico; e um manual de resistencia e vitoria. Descubra como a Curiosidade se transforma em Certeza e como uma fe inabalavel pode levar a Conquista mais gloriosa: a manifestaço da gloria de Deus em sua vida. O autor habilmente conecta a antiga Babilonia ao seu dia a dia, mostrando que os mesmos desafios de Compromisso e fidelidade se manifestam em cada deciso que voce toma. Mais do que um relato historico, esta obra culmina apontando para a maior de todas as vitorias: a de Jesus Cristo. Ele e o quarto homem na fornalha, o Salvador que suportou o fogo da ira divina em nosso lugar, garantindo-nos a Conquista eterna. Se voce anseia por uma fe que no vacila, por uma coragem que desafia o impossivel e por uma compreenso profunda do poder de Deus em meio as adversidades (Ele esta com voce na fornalha), ento Conquistas Começam com C e o livro que voce precisa ler agora!

Celebrate Easter with 30 Devotions from Paul David Tripp That Connect Scripture to Everyday LifeWhile the life and death of Jesus are detailed in the four Gospels, the promise of salvation resounds throughout the Old and New Testaments. In this special Easter devotional, Paul David Tripp reflects on biblical eventsfrom Genesis through Revelationthat tell of Christs crucifixion and resurrection.Adapted from Tripps 365-day devotional, Everyday Gospel, this Easter edition features 30 selected entries to read up to Easter Sunday. With engaging questions for each day, it is ideal for personal study or family devotions as you celebrate the entire story of salvation and the resurrection of our Savior.Great Easter Activity: Devotional leads individuals, families, and churches on a guided journey through the full gospel narrative Adapted from the Everyday Gospel Devotional: Written by Paul David Tripp, these 30 condensed readings are taken from his full 365-day devotional Part of the Everyday Gospel Suite: Also includes the Everyday Gospel book and the ESV Everyday Gospel BibleFosters Consistent Bible Study: Inspires readers to apply Gods word daily and experience renewal through the gospel Features Study Questions for Each Daily Reading

"Fé" é uma jornada espiritual transformadora que convida você a explorar os mistérios profundos da criação e sua relevância em nossa vida cotidiana. Jackson Schill compartilha reflexões envolventes,

Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year Every day we are confronted by challenging societal problems, from poverty and institutional racism to AIDS and homelessness. It can all seem so overwhelming. But while none of us can do everything, all of us can do something. This handbook will help you discover what you can do.Mae Elise Cannon provides a comprehensive resource for Christians like you who are committed to social justice. She presents biblical rationale for justice and explains a variety of Christian approaches to doing justice. Tracing the history of Christians in social engagement, she lifts out role models and examples from the Great Awakenings to the civil rights movement. A wide-ranging catalog of topics and issues give background info about justice issues at home and abroad, such as sex trafficking domestic violence living wage initiatives debt relief environmental stewardship bioethics and much, much more This handbook includes dozens of practical exercises for taking action, as well as profiles of key figures and movements like William Wilberforce, the Salvation Army, and Bono, highlighting how Christians and churches can make a difference. Also included are spiritual practices and resources to help us move from immobility to advocacy.God has always worked through his people to accomplish improbable tasks, and he can use you too. This handbook will be an essential companion for living justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with your God.

Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.Here for the first time Ambrosiasters commentaries on Romans and the Corinthian correspondence are made available in English translation, ably translated and edited by Gerald L. Bray.The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate Latin versions of Pauls epistles, are noteworthy in other respects as well. Ambrosiaster was a careful and thoughtful interpreter, with little use for allegory, though he employed typology judiciously. Writing during the pontificate of Damasus (366-384), he is a witness to Nicene orthodoxy and frequently comments on themes related to the Trinity, the consubstantiality of the Son, the problem of the unbelief of the Jews and the nature of human sinfulness. He had a keen eye for moral issues and often offers comments that reflect his knowledge of how the church had changed from the time of the apostles to his own day.This commentary offers a rich repository of insight into the thinking of pre-Reformation church leaders for the leaders and teachers of the church today.Ancient Christian Texts are new English translations of full-length commentaries or sermon series from ancient Christian authors that allow you to study key writings of the early church fathers in a fresh way.

Entre notas invisíveis e acordes da alma, nasce Oferta de Louvor: um convite à adoração que ultrapassa a música e se transforma em vida. Nesta obra, Edson Nascimento conduz o leitor por uma jornada d

Você foi criado com um propósito e chegou a hora de descobri-lo. Chamados ao Propósito é um convite para despertar o sentido da sua existência. A partir de experiências reais e princípios espirituais