"The easy accessibility of the Bible in most of the world's major languages can obscure a dramatic and sometimes unexpected story. In Know How We Got Our Bible, scholars Ryan Reeves and Charles Hill trace the history of the Bible from its beginnings to the present day, highlighting key figures and demonstrating overall the reliability of Scripture.Reeves and Hill begin with the writing of the Bible's books (including authorship and datin ..."
"John R. Franke The Christian tradition has been characterized by its commitment
to the significance of the Bible for life and thought. Indeed, Christian communal
identity has largely been formed around a set of literary texts that together form
canonical scripture. As David Kelsey remarks, acknowledging the Bible as
scripture lies at the very heart of participating in the community of Jesus Christ,
and the decision to adopt the tex ..."
"Delves into the ancient debate regarding the nature and purpose of the seven sacraments What are the sacraments? For centuries, this question has elicited a lively discussion and among theologians, and a variety of answers that do anything but outline a unified belief concerning these fundamental ritual structures. In this extremely cohesive and well-crafted volume, a group of renowned scholars map the theologies of sacraments offered b ..."
KNOW Know the Heretics by Justin S. Holcomb 176 Pages, Published 2014 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-51508-1, ISBN: 0-310-51508-4
"2. Roger E. Olson, The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition
and Reform (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999), 143. 3. Ibid., 144. 4. Arius, β
Arius' Letter to Alexander of Alexandria,β in Trinitarian Controversies, Sources of
Early Christianity, ed. and trans. William G. Rusch (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1980),
25. Ibid. J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, rev. ed. (New York: Harper
Collins, 1978), 227. 7. ..."
KNOW Know the Creeds and Councils by JustinHolcomb 192 Pages, Published 2014 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-51510-4, ISBN: 0-310-51510-6
"Henri de Lubac writes, βIn the second century people spoke as a matter of course
about a 'rule of faith,' a 'rule of truth,' an 'immutable rule,' and there was a
justifiable conviction that this rule ... Berard Marthaler, The Creed: The Apostolic
Faith in Contemporary Theology, 3rd rev. ed. ... It was reported that when
Constantine greeted Paphnutios, a bishop from the Thebaid in the Nile Valley
whose eye had been gouged out during ..."
"Bottom line: the local church, institutionally speaking, is called to teach. That is its job. Lose that, you lose everything. But that institution is made up of human beings who must go and do. And where institutional resources (staff time, budget monies, etc.) are available for something more than teaching, they might be wisely and wonderfully stewarded in helping church members to pursue the good deeds that Jesus commands them to do. ..."