Author: Johnnie Moore Publisher: NavPress ISBN: 1496419499 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
Be Inspired by Amazing Eyewitness Stories of Hope and Courage from the Persecuted Church We are witnessing an astonishing escalation in Christian persecution like we have rarely seen since the first century. Some estimate that every five minutes, a Christian is martyred for his or her faith. Countries like Egypt have experienced more Christian persecution in the last five years than in the previous six hundred years combined. And who could have missed the atrocities of ISIS in Syria, Boko Haram in Nigeria, and the continued persecution of Christians in North Korea? Johnnie Moore, like many American Christians, didn’t fully appreciate the extent of what was going on—until he witnessed the graduation of theology students in India. Unlike graduation ceremonies in America—where feel-good speeches made by visiting celebrities are common—this one featured a remarkable oath. It wasn’t an oath to excel or succeed. It was an oath to be willing to die, if necessary, for the cause of Christ. This was no empty promise. This was a choice, choosing the eternal over the temporal. Johnnie knew he was witnessing a raw, first-century Christianity that his comfortable American version had shielded him from. “For the first time, I really understand my faith,” says Johnnie Moore. Now, he’s on a mission to give this same experience to others. He and his team have crisscrossed the world, recorders in hand, gathering eyewitness accounts from dozens of people who survived persecution—and the stories of some who didn’t. Join Johnnie Moore on this compelling journey to the heart of the Christian faith.
Author: Josef Ton Publisher: Romanian Missionary Society ISBN: 9780761808336 Category : Martyrdom Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The first systematic study of suffering, martyrdom, and rewards in heaven, this book offers a comprehensive survey of these ideas through biblical and historical investigation from the time of the writing of the book of Job to the present. Suffering and martyrdom for the faith are always accompanied in the biblical literature with the promise of great rewards in heaven. However, the Christian theology has never presented a comprehsensive treatment of this subject. For the Protestant ideology especially, it was always difficult if not impossible to integrate logically the concept of rewards into a system of grace and faith alone. This book, for the first time, presents a biblical and reasonable interpretation of the rewards in heaven and advocates close attention to God's original purpose for the creation of man as explanation for the complex issue of suffering and martyrdom.
Author: Anna Rebecca Solevåg Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004257780 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 301
Book Description
In Birthing Salvation Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women’s childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian texts: the Pastoral Epistles, the Acts of Andrew and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. Issues of gender and class are explored through an intersectional analysis. In particular, the institution of slavery, and its implications for ideas about salvation in these texts are drawn out. Birthing Salvation offers fresh interpretations of these texts, including the peculiar statement in 1 Tim 2:15 that women “will be saved through childbearing.”
Author: Johnnie Moore
Author: Ingram Cobbin
Author: John Foxe
Author: John Foxe![Foxe's book of martyrs. With notes by rev. J. Milner. With an essay on popery and additions to the present time by I. Cobbin [Wanting pp. 337-480]. PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/Ap8HAAAAQAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: John Foxe
Author: John Foxe
Author: Josef Ton![The Book of Martyrs ... Including Every Important Relation in Fox's Book of Martyrs and Also All the Essential Parts of Every Work on the Subject which Has Appeared Since that Publication ... With Some Original Matter, Etc. [With Illustrations Including a Portrait.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/8wqzqruG7pwC?fife=w80-h100)
Author: John Foxe
Author: John Foxe
Author: Anna Rebecca Solevåg