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The Gift to Be Simple

Andrews, Edward D.

History

Dover Publications

In the beginning of the second century C.E., false teachings had arisen to twist the Christian truth of Jesus and the apostles of the first century. Christian Publishing House has given us a look into Early Christianity, by way of Apostolic, Apologist, and Church Fathers. These men's writings and example deliver an insight into the religious environment of their day. The apologists defended the teachings and practices of orthodox Christians. Moreover, for professing true Christianity, many were put to death rather than deny Jesus Christ. Particularly striking was their love for truth and their bold witnessing in spite of the persecution. Between the delightfully illustrated covers, Christian Publishing House has presented fourteen Apostolic, Apologist and Church Fathers from Polycarp, a student of the apostle John in the late first century, to Jerome in the fourth century. It is to these eminent scholars, whose occupations covered all walks of life: shepherd, mathematician, lawyer, and bishop, that we owe, among other things, the divine compilation of our Bible canon today. We are so fortunate to have the teachings of these eminent scholars whose writings have been of interest to genuine Christians throughout the last 2,000 years, as well as in our modern age.

EARLY CHRISTIANITY 33 C. E. - 330 C.E. APOSTOLIC, APOLOGIST AND CHURCH FATHERS

World

Christian Publishing House

PLEASE SEE SECOND EDITION: amazon.com/THINK-HEART-Combining-Counseling-Behavioral/dp/1945757221/ In For As I Think in My Heart--So I Am: Combining Biblical Counseling with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Edward D. Andrews offers practical and biblical insights on a host of issues, from the challenge of forgiveness to eating disorders, anger, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, and many others. Based on Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV): "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he," Andrews' text works from the position that if we can change the way that we think, we can change the way that we behave. For As I Think in My Heart enables readers to examine the lies and half-truths they tell themselves repeatedly; lies, which as one argues, contribute to mental distress and a wide range of issues in their lives. In this text, Andrews seeks to wash those lies with biblical truth by combining biblical counseling with cognitive-behavioral therapy "in an effort to better understand our human condition" and give readers tools to face these challenges.

For As I Think in My Heart - So I Am: Combining Biblical Counseling with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK is a practical guide (for real life application) in aiding all Christians in sharing biblical beliefs, the Good News of the Kingdom, how to deal with Bible critics, overturning false beliefs, so as to make disciples, as commanded by Christ. (Matthew 28:19-20)Why do Christians desire to talk about their beliefs? Jesus said, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matt 24:14) This is the assignment, which all Christians are obligated to assist in carrying out. Jesus also said, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matt. 22:39) Jesus commanded that we "go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them" and "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:19-20) If one failed to be obedient to the great commission of Matthew 28:19-20, he or she could hardly claim that they have a genuine faith. All true Christians have a determination to imitate God, which moves us to persist in reflecting his glory through our sharing Bible beliefs with others.Within the heart of each true Christian, is the desire is that we "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matt 22:37) If this is the case, we to would be patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.' (2 Pet 3:9) For the true Christian, "for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." (Lu 6:45) The apostle Paul helps see the importance of the work that lies ahead,Romans 10:14 English Standard Version (ESV)14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

The Evangelism Handbook: How All Christians Can Effectively Share God's Word in Their Community

PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION.WHERE ARE THE DEAD?: Basic Bible Doctrines of the Christian FaithKindle Editionamazon.com/gp/product/B01A282TJO.Where Are the Dead?: Basic Bible Doctrines of the Christian FaithPaperback amazon.com/Where-Are-Dead-Doctrines-Christian/dp/0692611126/.What is the Bible's viewpoint? Without delving into an endless stream of what man has said, Andrews looks at what the Bible says about death and the like. Why do we grow old and die? What happens at death? Is there life after death, or is this all there is? Do we have an immortal soul? Are well all going to heaven? Is there really such a place as hellfire? Andrews has answered these questions and far more. "Death" in the Bible is viewed as an "enemy" of humanity. The apostle Paul offered us hope from this last enemy, death. He wrote, "Death is to be brought to nothing." "The last enemy to be abolished is death." (1 Cor. 15:26, The New English Bible) How could Paul be so sure? Even though Paul had formerly been an enemy of Christianity, the one who had been raised from the dead, Jesus Christ, taught him personally. (Acts 9:3-19) This is why Paul also wrote, "For as by a man [Adam] came death, by a man [Jesus Christ] has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive."--1 Corinthians 15:21, 22.

What Does the Bible Really Say About Death?: Why Do We Die? Is There Life After Death? Do We Have an Immortal Soul?

PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION.WHAT IS HELL?: Basic Bible Doctrines of the Christian FaithKindle Editionamazon.com/gp/product/B01A282T58.What Is Hell?: Basic Bible Doctrines of the Christian FaithPaperbackamazon.com/What-Hell-Basic-Doctrines-Christian/dp/0692610170/.Is hell a place of eternal torment? This is a very important question. It has an impact greater than one might suspect. Now, the believer can either have a mental disposition that is receptive to truth, and so in this case, he will be able to understand fully the Bible, if correctly explained. However, the believer, who is motivated by subjective bias, preunderstanding, preconceptions, presuppositions, and a world-view of tradition, way one is raised, or church doctrine, will not accept the meaning, seeing it as foolish. These things can be set aside though, if the believer prays, and then acts in behalf of that prayer by reading WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY ABOUT HELLFIRE with an open mind.

What Does the Bible Really Say About Hellfire?: Eternal Torment? Is Hellfire Just? Is Hellfire Part of Divine Justice?

Biblical criticism is an umbrella term covering various techniques for applying literary historical-critical methods in analyzing and studying the Bible and its textual content. Biblical criticism is also known as higher criticism, literary criticism, and historical criticism. Biblical criticism has done nothing more than weaken and demoralize people's assurance in the Bible as being the inspired and fully inerrant Word of God and is destructive in its very nature. Historical criticism is made up of many forms of biblical criticism that are harmful to the authoritative Word of God: historical criticism, source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, social-science criticism, canonical criticism, rhetorical criticism, structural criticism, narrative criticism, reader-response criticism, feminist criticism, and socioeconomic criticism. Not just liberal scholarship, but many moderate, even some "conservative" scholars have adopted historical criticism at some level. The authors herein show how adopting any level of biblical criticism by pastors, biblical teachers, students and scholars, will only diminish the trustworthiness of God's Word, e.g., inerrancy. Biblical criticism is extremely flawed, and its attack on the Bible has failed to demonstrate that the Bible is not the Word of God. On this Dr. Robert L. Thomas writes,Someone needs to sound the alarm when evangelical leaders mislead the body of Christ. A mass evangelical exodus from this time-honored principle of interpreting Scripture is jeopardizing the church's access to the truths taught therein. Whether interpreters have forsaken the principle intentionally or have subconsciously ignored it, the damage is the same.-Robert L. Thomas. Evangelical Hermeneutics: The New Versus the Old (p. 160).

BASICS OF BIBLICAL CRITICISM: Helpful or Harmful?

Farnell, F. David

Howe, Thomas

Marshall, Thomas

Cocar, Benjamin

Newman, Dianna

We look at our television, computers, tablets, cell phones, watching in horror as terrorist are beheading little children, dictators slaughtering tens of thousands of their own people, burying them in mass graves. We read in newspapers and on blogs of child slavery that affects millions of children, school shootings, diseases that claim tens of millions through horrific deaths. Every day a friend is telling us crimes such as murder and rape that have taken place. Then, we think of historical persons like Hitler who killed over six millions Jewish persons, as well as hundreds of thousands of Christians, we can only ask but one question. IF GOD IS GOOD, Why Does God Allow Suffering? Are we not tired of the books on this subject offering philosophical arguments, theological ramblings that would take a Ph.D. to understand them? Many have found no satisfactory answer. Therefore, they have lost faith in God. Andrews offers his readers very straightforward, biblically accurate explanations for these difficult questions. Why does God allow suffering, why is life so unfair? Does God step in and solve every problem because we are faithful? Why do we see some Christian leaders saying God miraculously saved some young girl from cancer while hundreds of thousands of others are left to die? Does God provide absolutes or guarantees in this age of imperfect humanity? Does Satan the Devil really exist? How are we to understand divine foreknowledge and human freedom? If any have had such questions, without a doubt, they will be very interested in the Bible's answers to these and far more in this easy to read publication.

IF GOD IS GOOD: Why Does God Allow Suffering?

How are we to understand the indwelling of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit? Can we Scripturally say that the Holy Spirit dwells in us in a different way from that of the Father and the Son? The author, Edward D. Andrews builds a case from the Scriptures on just how the Holy Spirit operates upon the Christian. How are we to understand the work of the Holy Spirit? How is the Holy Spirit active in our birth? How does the Holy Spirit bear witness with our spirit that we are children of God? How does the Holy Spirit make intercession for us? How does the Holy Spirit change us from glory to glory or give life to our mortal bodies? How does the Holy Spirit give us faith, enable us to enjoy a new birth, give us light, wisdom and understanding, convert us, open our eyes, save and sanctify us, set us free from sin, impart a divine nature, or preserve or give us life, i.e., quicken us? These questions and far more will be answered in THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHRISTIAN.

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHRISTIAN: How Are We to Understand the Work of and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit?

The Bible is loaded with thousands of difficult, challenging passages, many of which become obstacles in the development of our faith. These difficulties arise out of differences in culture, language, religious and political organizations, not to mention between 2,000 to 3,500 years of separation between the Bible author and the modern day reader. Calling attention to these difficulties and sifting out the misconceptions, Andrews defends the full inerrancy of the Bible, clarifies the so-called errors and what might seem like apparent contradictions. He arms the Christian with what he or she needs to defend their faith in the Bible.OVERCOMING BIBLE DIFFICULTIES will help its readersBe prepared to make a defense (1 Peter 3:15)Reasoned from the Scriptures, explaining and proving (Acts 17:3)Contend for the faith (Jude 1:3)Help those who doubt (Jude 1:22-23)Speak Boldly in the Name of Jesus (Acts 9:27-28)OVERCOMING BIBLE DIFFICULTIES will also offer ten chapters on how to effectively evangelize those within their communities, be it neighbors, friends, family, or coworkers. These evangelism chapters will enable its readers to defend their faith and the Word of God, to reason from the Scriptures, explaining and proving, overturning false reasoning, while instructing in sound doctrine.

OVERCOMING BIBLE DIFFICULTIES: Answers to the So-Called Errors and Contradictions

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