This text begins with God's definitive intervention into human history in the Person of his Son and continues to the present day. It shows how God has acted through the Church to further his salvific mission. It examines the lives of the saints and how they - by cooperating with God's grace - helped to shape the life of the Church as well as Christian society and culture.
The book of Second Peter has long troubled biblical scholars and interpreters, who have disputed both its authorship and its claims about the imminent return of Christ. In this study, Peter Leithart offers a preterist reading of the epistle, arguing that it describe first-century events rather than the end of history. At the same time, he maintains orthodoxy, avoiding hyper-preterism and affirming both the real future return of Christ and the epistle's authenticity. Leithart's accessible style and powerful arguments make this book a valuable addition to the discussion surrounding the Bible's apocalyptic prophecies.
Peter Sterry is a Westminsterian anomaly. Some of his writings are theologically terrible dealing with mysticism (such as those dealing with Christ’s second coming), and some of his writings are incredibly powerful. In this volume Puritan Publications has compiled and selected his most biblically helpful writings. The first chapter on the Spirit’s conviction of the world of sin is mind blowing. His work on free grace is God honoring and Christ exalting. His work on the teachings of Christ in the soul is convicting, powerful and practical. His sermon on the true way of uniting the people of God will engage the reader to contemplate God’s manner of working in the church, both then and now. These seven selected sermons are the best of Sterry who was praised by Richard Baxter as an eminent divine. They will remind the people of God of the exaltation of Christ, and the power of Christ working by His Spirit in our day. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.
This college edition of Our Moral Life in Christ by Rev. Peter Armenio focuses on the Person and teachings of Christ and examines the moral life from that perspective. Christian morality is not only for "knowing," but also for "living." This is a practical manner in which the spirit of Christ is made manifest in the world, thus contributing to the improvement of society. Based on the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes, Our Moral Life in Christ presents the teachings of the Magisterium on moral issues in modern society. Inspired by recent papal documents, especially the encyclical The Splendor of Truth, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, this book provides the moral formation that will help the reader to become more Christlike in service of love and in the journey toward personal perfection as well as providing the foundation to pursue advanced theological studies.
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