The Myth of a Christian Nation

The Myth of a Christian Nation PDF

Author: Gregory A. Boyd

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2009-05-18

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 031056591X

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The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of the sword. Whenever the church has succeeded in gaining what most American evangelicals are now trying to get – political power – it has been disastrous both for the church and the culture. Whenever the church picks up the sword, it lays down the cross. The present activity of the religious right is destroying the heart and soul of the evangelical church and destroying its unique witness to the world. The church is to have a political voice, but we are to have it the way Jesus had it: by manifesting an alternative to the political, “power over,” way of doing life. We are to transform the world by being willing to suffer for others – exercising “power under,” not by getting our way in society – exercising “power over.”

The Outline Bible

The Outline Bible PDF

Author: Harold L. Willmington

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2000-01-24

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 9780842337014

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"The Outline Bible is a tool for making the content of the Bible easy and enjoyable to learn--and remember! This handy resource organizes every single verse of the Bible into an easy-to-remember outline format. Each of the major levels of the outlines uses a literary device--such as alliteration, rhyme, etc.--to help the point stick in your mind and heart, and the unique formatting for each level helps you easily recognizes it on the page." -- Introduction

Acts

Acts PDF

Author: J. Bradley Chance

Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Pub

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1573120804

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The Acts of the Apostles explores the story of the early church, from its inception in Jerusalem to the hub of the Roman Empire. The early church firmly believed that it was not a new religion, but the realization and fulfillment of Judaism and the Scriptures that Judaism revered. But as the church lived out its mission as “the fulfillment” of its own religious heritage, it had to learn to reach beyond the comfortable boundaries of its traditions. It had to learn that central to the fulfillment of the hopes of Scripture was the incorporation of all persons, Jews and non-Jews, into the people of God.