Christian Certainty

Author : Peter Enns
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062272101
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sin of Certainty written by Peter Enns and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So explains how Christians mistake “certainty” and “correct belief” for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy. With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of “once for all delivered to the saints.” Enns offers a model of vibrant faith that views skepticism not as a loss of belief, but as an opportunity to deepen religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, he contends, but a more profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide. Combining Enns’ reflections of his own spiritual journey with an examination of Scripture, The Sin of Certainty models an acceptance of mystery and paradox that all believers can follow and why God prefers this path because it is only this way by which we can become mature disciples who truly trust God. It gives Christians who have known only the demand for certainty permission to view faith on their own flawed, uncertain, yet heartfelt, terms.

Author : Richard B. Ramsay
Publisher : P & R Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781596380653
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Certainty of the Faith written by Richard B. Ramsay and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives Christians greater confidence in their own beliefs and tools to defend their faith in dialogue with postmodern man. Exposes the uncertainty of non-Christian thought, analyzes some of the best arguments of Christian apologists, and suggests answers to the most difficult questions we face.

Author : Samuel Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.HY/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Certainty written by Samuel Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward HYDE (D.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The True Catholicks Tenure, Or a Good Christian's Certainty which He Ought to Have of His Religion, and May Have His Salvation. [With an Epistle Dedicatory by R. Boreman.] written by Edward HYDE (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1662 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Stenberg
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506401147
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 51% Christian written by Mark Stenberg and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is not an idea. Christian faith is not a set of propositions you either believe or reject. According to a proper Trinitarian understanding, God is essentially relationship, a relationship of sheer, active, ecstatic, self-giving love. If we truly are encountered by this magnificent love of the Trinity, then faith becomes a living and active daily practice. Just like a healthy marriage or a close and loyal friendship, it becomes something you choose every day. Ê This Ò51% ChristianÓ moniker is a ridiculous label with a deadly serious point. You now have permission to doubt, to question, to get angry at God. But, in the end, itÕs not about you. Faith is about relationship: a living, daily relationship, based on trust, and active in concrete, daily practices. Ê With this sort of freedom in grace, Stenberg takes a fresh new look at theology, thirteen topics that, one by one, examine the best of what the Bible and the history of Christian practitioners have to say. Looking through this grace-based, radically relational lens, the author offers a lively and engaging discussion of topics such as creation, violence, love, death, heaven, and hell. You might not always agree. But you will not be bored.

Author : Lesslie Newbigin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467420832
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proper Confidence written by Lesslie Newbigin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995-03-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking to end the divisive conflict that has raged between Christians who attack each other either as "liberals" or as "fundamentalists," Newbigin here gives a historical account of the roots of this conflict in order to begin laying the foundation for a middle ground that will benefit the Christian faith as a whole. What results is a perspective that allows Christians to confidently affirm the gospel as public truth in our pluralistic world.

Author : Mark Schaefer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532653433
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Certainty of Uncertainty written by Mark Schaefer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is full of people who are very certain—in politics, in religion, in all manner of things. In addition, political, religious, and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all life’s problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty explores the question of certainty by looking at the reasons human beings crave certainty and the religious responses we frequently fashion to help meet that need. The book takes an in-depth view of religion, language, our senses, our science, and our world to explore the inescapable uncertainties they reveal. We find that the certainty we crave does not exist. As we reflect on the unavoidable uncertainties in our world, we come to understand that letting go of certainty is not only necessary, it’s beneficial. For, in embracing doubt and uncertainty, we find a more meaningful and courageous religious faith, a deeper encounter with mystery, and a way to build strong relationships across religious and philosophical lines. In The Certainty of Uncertainty, we see that embracing our belief systems with humility and uncertainty can be transformative for ourselves and for our world.

Author : Samuel Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Certainty written by Samuel Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 9781558965997
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith Without Certainty written by and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book lays out the basic characteristics of liberal theology, delving into historical and philosophical sources as well as social and intellectual roots. Ideal for readers who want a better understanding of liberal theology, a religious tradition that is rooted not in authority but in one's own experience and conscience.

Author : Michael J. Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137299665
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Erosion of Biblical Certainty written by Michael J. Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to conventional wisdom, by the late 1800s, the image of Bible as a supernatural and infallible text crumbled in the eyes of intellectuals under the assaults of secularizing forces. This book corrects the narrative by arguing that in America, the road to skepticism had already been paved by the Scriptures' most able and ardent defenders.