Religion, Christian Theology, History
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Faith without Fear
Scripture straight up, with spiritual nudges, common sense, and other good stuff (not for fundamentalists) by Richard Gist
Ever felt bitten by a fundamentalist? Or had your biblical understanding discounted by a conservative? Or the validity of your beliefs questioned by a zealous evangelical? If you have, then you will find Faith without Fear absolutely therapeutic,...
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Hell No
Not Quite What You Have Been Told by J.E.Gulbrandsen
Hell No - a provoking title, I know. May be it is time to be provoked a little. Many people struggle with the "hell" issue. They can't seem to square the belief that "God is love" with an "everlasting burning hell with physical flames." I have...
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A Beginner's Guide to the Rapture
and the History of Christ's Return by Greg Legge
The Lord himself will come down from heaven. We will hear a loud command. We will hear the voice of the leader of the angels. We will hear a blast from God’s trumpet. … We will be taken up in the clouds. We will meet the Lord in the air. And we...
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The Book of Mary
A Commentary on the Protevangelium of James by Michael P. Closs
This commentary provides a new paradigm for understanding the Protevanglium of James, an early Christian manuscript that was marginalized in the West in the late 4th century but continued to be highly valued in the East. The Protevangelium has...
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The Unfinished Conversation
by Evangeline Thiessen
Brought up in a strict fundamentalist household, Evangeline Thiessen, like many Christians, found herself at odds with complex dogma that kept her from a lucid understanding of her relationship with God. It was the death of her father, himself a...
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