Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I., was an exemplary pastor and heroic disciple of Christ. A native Chicagoan, he was told as a young man that he would never be a priest in Chicago because of a physical disability resulting from polio. He went on to be ordained a priest with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1963. The native son was appointed as archbishop of Chicago in 1997, created a cardinal in 1998, and served in Chicago until 2014, just months before his death in April 2015.Ca...

In Christ Existing as Community, Michael Mawson recovers and clarifies the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early and important work on ecclesiology, focusing especially on his doctoral dissertation Sanctorum Communio. Despite occasional pronouncements of the importance of this dissertation, it has still received only limited scholarly attention. Mawson demonstrates how Bonhoeffer draws upon and reworks social theory in order to develop an account of the church as ...

The Shroud of Turin has been the focus of extensive study by historians and researchers since the beginning of the twentieth century. It is possibly the world’s most studied historical artifact, generating a regular flow of new research publications. There is, however, one scientific test that overshadows all other research: the 1988 radiocarbon dating. This test dated the cloth to the period 1260–1390AD and was given such extensive publicity that most people today no longer accept the Shr...

Beyond the frail dichotomies existing among men today, all men are living souls emanating as diverse stems and branches of the Living Root of all Existences. Yet some lead their lives according to the lower scale of reality. The drama of creation will come to an end when all men come into the perfect consciousness of harmony with God. This divine drama unveiled by the LORD, began with His Christ and will be rounded up by His Christ. This treatise is written for the collective increase of d...

For centuries, the life of Jesus Christ has divided human history into two eras: the before and the after. Who He is, what He said, what He did, and what was done to Himthese are, without a doubt, among the most dissected, discussed and debated subjects ever.Jesus fielded many questions. Some were from sincere seekers of truth; others were from devious manipulators of truth: Which is the great commandment in the Law? What must I do to inherit eternal life? Why do your disciples bre...

Andrew Harvey believes we are undergoing a revelation of consciousness about who Christ really was and what his message truly meant. Harvey makes an important distinction between Christ and other prophets. Jesus came right down into the terrible suffering and agony of the real world, to work there with ever greater intensity and ever more passionate abandon to love.

The Dove Bride of Christ is a call and invitation from the Bridegroom King Jesus to the betrothed soul to return to the Garden of Intimacy. This is where she would be affectionately prepared and nurtured by the Holy Spirit to become the long-awaited Dove Bride of Christ. This Dove Bride is the reward for the suffering of the Lamb of God; she is what He gets for all His travail in His redemptive work for Man.What will you do: reject the Bridegroom King's call and invitation like Que...

The All-Encompassing Return of Christ brings fresh perspective to age-old debates surrounding Christ’s return.The return of Christ is a topic of fervent debate within the Christian Church. Although orthodox Christians agree Christ will return, the specifics are confusing and laden with controversy. These divergences can be attributed to differences in biblical presuppositions and interpretative principles.One pivotal point of contention is the inte...

"You will hear Michael Wood’s passion for souls on these pages. His challenge for believers to be witnesses for Christ will cause the newest convert and the most mature Christian to realize there’s always more to Christ's command to GO than what happens inside the local church walls. May this be a renewed call for Christ followers to GO while producing a greater harvest for Kingdom work." —Dave Divine, Lead Pastor, The Church at Chapelhill, Douglasville, GA

Are Christians required to keep the seventh-day Sabbath? No. Mike Feazell explains that the Sabbath was a temporary law, designed (like various other old covenant laws) to point to Christ. Now that he has come, we do not need the pointer when we have the real thing. Just as the old covenant days reminded the Israelites of their salvation from Egypt, new covenant worship reminds us of Christ.

The journey of faith is a transformative one, shifting us from the dominion of sin and death into the glorious liberty of the children of God. The essence of the gospel is not merely about escaping judgment; it is about stepping into the abundant life Christ has provided through His finished work. The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is more than a theological concept—it is the governing reality for every believer. This book is a revelation of the believer's new identity and autho...

This is a book about a mother and her son and their talk about God. She tells him that God is inside all of us and how we learn from him on a daily basics. The son learns about God, Jesus, and being born again. He also gets all his questions answered from his mother.