She reconstructs popular attitudes about such issues as original sin, free will, purgatory, the devil, the sacraments, and the magical arts.

God seeks devoted soldiers to be in His army--men and women who are "on fire" for the Lord, standing for Christ before a wicked world. This is a study for mature Christians who want to get serious about their walk with God as effective and confident soldiers in God's army. It's for those who want to equip themselves for spiritual battle and stand in the gap in a culture that is becoming increasingly hostile to God. Written in a militaristic boot-camp, army-training style, Soldiers for Christ is a how-to guide for becoming a ready and capable soldier of Jesus Christ. Sarah's scripture-saturated narrative includes lessons about trusting and obeying God in the midst of battle, identifying the enemy, leveraging the whole armor of God, waiting on the Lord, and more. Now, more than ever, we need Christian soldiers prepared for the battle. It is time to get serious about our walk with God. It is time to be on fire for God!

Dr. Brian Bailey presents this commentary on the epistle to the Ephesians, which beautifully portrays Christ as the warrior King, clothed with the armor of God. This same armor is available to us by His grace so that we too may be victorious over the enemy. It is the author’s prayer that the readers might enter into these beautiful truths that we might be raised up to “sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” (2:6)

The comparative scarcity of academic attention given Prairie Bible Institute located at Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, serves as the primary motivation behind this book. This work should therefore be regarded as an attempt to contribute to and refine the very small amount of research available regarding how Prairie Bible Institutes first half-century should be understood and interpreted by students of North American church history. Drawing on an insiders perspective of PBI, former PBI staff kid Tim W. Callaway challenges the adequacy and accuracy of Canadian scholar Dr. John G. Stackhouse, Jr.s inference that the kind of sectish evangelicalism that typified PBI in the twentieth century was substantially different from the characteristics that define the traditional understanding of American fundamentalism. The undertaking contained in these pages advances the perspective that Prairie Bible Institute during the L.E. Maxwell era did in fact reflect the influence and attributes of American fundamentalism to a far greater extent than what Stackhouse allowed for in his research.

The author examines the theological bases of just war theory and pacifism, espcially in the light of the concept of God, as that motif illuminates Chrsitian discipleship. Differences between the theory of just war and the practice of pacifism are highlighted in the overview of the history of Christian thought on the subject, and the inclusiveness of the ideal of the kingdom for pacifism is emphasized.

Written across the disciplines of law, literature, philosophy, and theology, this volume represents wide-ranging approaches to and understandings of evil and wickedness. Consisting of three sections - Grappling with Evil, Justice, Responsibility, and War and Blame, Murder, and Retributivism, - all the essays are inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary in focus.

Touching evocative imagery makes these poetic pictures appealing to all. Visualise the places captured, the feelings evoked, and let the poet hold your attention provoking unexpected responses. From the heart searching imagery of World War I to playtime on a rainy day for children jumping into puddles as the rain falls -- all hit chords whatever one''s age. Let the words lighten your darkness. Jane Dyson was lonely and drifting heedlessly through life until touched by the thirst-quenching waters of Jesus Christ. Since then she has utilized all she see around her for use in her mill of poetical word picture-pictures that can, if allowed, speak to all people whatever their beliefs.