Urban Apologetics examines the legitimate issues that Black communities have with Western Christianity and shows how the gospel of Jesus Christ—rather than popular, socioreligious alternatives—restores our identity.African Americans have long confronted the challenge of dignity destruction caused by white supremacy. While many have found meaning and restoration of dignity in the black church, others have found it in ethnocentric socioreligious groups and p...

The book of Nehemiah chronicles a key moment in the history of God's people: the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the return from exile.Understanding this book doesn't just mean knowing about a rebuilt wall. Nehemiah helps us think through any type of rebuilding we might do for God—from our homes and families to our local church, our communities and our world. It teaches us, ultimately, about Jesus and his mission.You can read through this accessible commentary as...

We know that Urban isn't just a place but a culture now. Followers of Jesus face many challenges to their faith, among them the rising influence of contemporary cults, alternative theologies, and ethical issues that challenge traditionally held beliefs and practices. Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies, is a follow-up to the bestselling Urban Apologetics, and it provides a guide to addressing these challenges with grace and wisdom. In addition, throughout the...

Jesus demands your entire life. In Beat God to the Punch: Because Jesus Demands Your Life, Author Eric Mason succinctly articulates God's call of discipleship on every person. In a winsome, persuasive tone, Mason calls people into a posture of submission to the gospel.Eric Mason masterfully roots out the areas of life where we try to tell God, "Do not enter." In light of Jesus' free offer of the good news, Pastor Mason challenges readers to turn our affect...

People do not trust Christianity anymore. But rather than trying to make the church look better, respected author and pastor Dr. Eric Mason calls followers of Jesus to be better.“Dr. Eric Mason has never been afraid to tell the truth, even when it hurts. In Rebranding the Church, he doesn’t just diagnose the problem; he calls us back to something deeper, older, and more powerful.”—Lecrae, artist, author, and founder of Reach Recor...

Urban Apologetics examines the legitimate issues that Black communities have with Western Christianity and shows how the gospel of Jesus Christ—rather than popular, socioreligious alternatives—restores our identity.African Americans have long confronted the challenge of dignity destruction caused by white supremacy. While many have found meaning and restoration of dignity in the black church, others have found it in ethnocentric socioreligious groups and p...

We know that Urban isn't just a place but a culture now. Followers of Jesus face many challenges to their faith, among them the rising influence of contemporary cults, alternative theologies, and ethical issues that challenge traditionally held beliefs and practices. Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies, is a follow-up to the bestselling Urban Apologetics, and it provides a guide to addressing these challenges with grace and wisdom. In addition, throughout the...

"Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference." –FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 1845The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter. They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed and unsettled their listeners. Like the Old Testament prophets, and more recent prophetic voices like Frederick Douglass, Dr. Eric Mason calls the evangelical church to a much-needed reckon...

You're a Christian, now what?God not only saved you from something, but for something. Pastor Eric Mason is passionate about helping Christians unleash the transformative power of God in their lives as they learn to be faithful disciples of Jesus. Being conformed to the image of Christ is a lifelong journey for every Christian.Mason understands that spiritual transformation doesn't occur overnight. Unleashed outlines the process of spiritual growth from th...

The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson is a quicksilver chronicle of Regency high life from the demi-monde. With a conversational yet razor-edged style, Wilson names statesmen and grandees, sketches gaming tables and drawing rooms, and anatomizes the economies of sex, money, and patronage. At once confession and social satire, it turns gossip into analysis and exposes the hypocrisies of respectability amid a thriving scandal press. Born to modest means and educated by London's pleasure districts,...

In The Essence of Christianity (1841), Feuerbach argues that theology is anthropology: the predicates of God are idealized projections of human powers. With lucid, unsentimental prose and a tactic of inverting subject and predicate, he dissects divine attributes and doctrines—Trinity, Incarnation, Eucharist—to show how love, reason, and will are alienated from their human source. Situated in post-Hegelian debates, he replaces speculative idealism with sensuous humanism grounded in feeling ...

In His Steps (1896) dramatizes the question "What Would Jesus Do?" When a destitute stranger confronts complacent parishioners in Raymond, Rev. Henry Maxwell calls them to vow for a year to test every decision by Jesus' example. Through linked episodes—from a star singer's sacrifice to a newspaper's ethical overhaul and urban mission—the novel blends didactic narrative and Social Gospel critique of Gilded Age capitalism and labor. Its episodic form, pulpit-toned narration, and stress on co...