Biblical literacy is fundamental to one's religious quest or spiritual journey. Many readers with good intentions get lost or get bogged down, trying to read through the Bible on their own. If so, this is your book! For each of the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament, this book has an introduction, its historical and cultural setting, a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of its content, its eternal truths that supersede time, and golden texts that are worthy of your memorization! If you want to see the Bible in the context of its geopolitical world, this is your book! If you need to extract the eternal truths that supersede the biblical culture, this is your book! If you'd like to have a personal Bible of memorable golden texts, this is your book! If you need help as a teacher or preacher, this is your book! If you need to enhance your understanding of the Bible as the Word of God for the people of God, this is your book! This book reflects excellent scholarship, but it is designed for all ages and stages--from millennials to octogenarians!

Reading the Bible Again and Seeing It for the First Time

Haynes, Donald W.

Religion & Spirituality

Xlibris

Reading the Bible Again and Seeing It for the First Time: Volume I-The Old Testament

Hymn singing is vital to both the beliefs and emotion of worship in all religions, especially Protestant Christianity. With the rising popularity of contemporary worship, traditional hymnody is in danger of being lost to Christian memory. This book reflects the intellectual excellence, the religious devotion, and the widespread influence of over two hundred hymns. Many have very poignant life situations which prompted the writing of hymns or poems that musicians composed to enhance the singability or the majesty of the lyrics. Haynes has done careful research into the life and specific occasions when inspiration led to the gift of a hymn to posterity. These vignettes are meaningful for private devotional use and in worship bulletins to make hymn singing more meaningful.

Singing Our Faith: Hymns for Each Life Season

Worship & Devotion

Xlibris US

The Jews divided their sacred writ into three sections--the Torah and Histories; the Prophecies; and the Writings. This book is about the writings--Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel. Their content constitutes in a special way God's Word for our times. This is a companion to one's reading of the Bible. For each book there is an introduction, a section on "history and setting"; then, "Looking at the Text," "Eternal Truths in this book," and "Golden Texts. "Eternal Truths" are essential contributions made in this book to our contemporary idiom and theological situation, especially in American culture

A Companion to the Old Testament Writings: Volume 3 of Three

Don Haynes is one of those few authors who gets from me an automatic read. Whatever he lays down, I pick up. Both a “churchman” and a “scholar,” his judgment about the church and discipleship are honest, informed, incisive and judicious. Plus, he expressed his wisdom with guts and gusto. This book is now the first port-of-call for anyone who wants an introduction, a refresher “course,” or a group study book on basic Wesleyan theology. Far too few United Methodists can engage comprehensively in conversation about what John Wesley called “the scriptural way of salvation.” The more pluralistic and secular US American culture becomes, the more important this little book is.Leonard “Len” SweetBest-selling author

A Digest of Wesleyan Grace Theology: Preparing, Pardoning, Perfecting

Market Square Publishing

The “catholic spirit” has held us together through many divisive issues. “Through many dangers, toils, and snares, we have already come.” In this current context, it seems appropriate to renew laity and clergy acquaintance with “the way it was,” as we seek our “way forward.” Our hope is to fulfill Mr. Wesley’s admonition that “though we may not think alike, we can love alike.” This is not an attempt to “white-wash” the many splendored story, nor to deny the vision, energy, and spirituality of our leaders and “foot soldiers.” This version of The Methodist Story both applauds our noble past and is candid in recognizing the human frailty of our leaders in every generation. In this first of two volumes, we review John Wesley and his family, and Methodism as a movement in England within the context of the eighteenth century. Volume I includes Mr. Wesley’s eventual ordination of clergy to form a new American Church. It ends at an arbitrary date, John Wesley’s death on March 2, 1791.

The Methodist Story, Volume 1: 1703-1791

History

World

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