Religious Studies

The New York Times bestselling author of The War on the West explains how no less than the future of the Western World is at stake in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Eldest daughter Shari Franke reveals the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing.

Discover solid answers to the provocative questions you have been asking about the supernatural world—healings, angels, demons, mystical dreams, near-death experiences, heaven, hell, and more—through the investigative work of a former spiritual skeptic.

Nine essential works by C. S. Lewis in one deluxe audio edition....

One of the most popular and beloved introductions to the concept of faith ever written, Mere Christianity has sold millions of copies worldwide....

The earth and distant extraterrestrial worlds are reeling in the wake of war and ruin. A powerful insubordinate prince, personified as the dragon, the devil, and the satan, has mounted an unsuccessful insurrection against the kingdom of heaven in a battle of unimaginable destruction.

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination....

How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East.

Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis' forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief....

For the first time ever, Jonathan Cahn opens up end-time prophecy to reveal the ancient forces at work transforming our world, the mysteries of the future, and the ancient secrets given to overcome and prevail in view of what lies ahead!

In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....

In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a memoir about an exceptional upbringing, but about a woman who, no matter the lack of tools given to her, is determined to overcome....

In The Wise Heart, Jack Kornfield offers an accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology....

In this text, you will hear the word of God through this amazing document. We will take this amazing journey together and learn why this text is not an official book of the Bible....

Transform your life with this revolutionary and accessible seven-step guide - grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics - to awaken your true health and potential through energy healing....

C. S. Lewis's dazzling allegory about Heaven and Hell is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, where we discover that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside....

In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, now expanded with new bonus content, Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, complete with friendships, investigations, and supernatural dreams along the way....

Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander recounts his own remarkable near-death experience—fans of 7 Lessons from Heaven.

From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities....

The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....

Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace"....

It took nearly two millennia for the enemies of the Catholic Church to realize they could not successfully attack the Church from the outside. Indeed, countless nemeses from Nero to Napoleon succeeded only in creating sympathy and martyrs for our Catholic Faith....

What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends?

Homicide detective J. Warner Wallace applies ten common rules of evidence to make the case for Christianity in this completely updated and expanded edition of the apologetic classic that has changed lives around the world....

In this groundbreaking book, popular apologist Melissa Dougherty helps us understand how our society got to be so toxically subjective, why endless positivity is inherently destructive, and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times.

Douglas Murray, #1 international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator, confronts arguably the most pressing question of our time: Why are Western supporters of Palestine unwittingly aligning with an evil empire? The campus left frames the violent hostilities as white colonialists committing genocide. Yet only a third of Israelis are Ashkenazi Jews of European ancestry. Murray argues that the conflict is not a simple tale of oppressor versus oppressed, but a clash between a thriving multi-racial democracy and a death cult bent on its destruction.

Few matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The issue goes to the heart of present-day religion.

In an era in which religion can be perceived as a source of division rather than peace, Heaven Help Us by former Ohio governor and congressman John Kasich explores true, inspiring stories of American faith communities becoming fresh, surprising forces for the common good. More than a collection of "feel-good" stories, Heaven Help Us reminds us of the resourcefulness and ingenuity of our fellow congregants and religious leaders that make it possible to turn our good intentions into even better outcomes.

From the moment of creation to the emergence of a planet tailor-made for life, science tells a sacred story: a superintelligent Creator used His mathematical genius to convert lifeless equations into galaxies, planets, and people. His love has been visible throughout the process. Could our journey reflect thousands of random accidents with no divine guidance? Creation delivered impulses that filled the universe with galaxies and stars. Eliminate any one of those blueprints and the universe would have been stillborn.

Known for deep dives into true crime, extremist ideologies and fringe subcultures, journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward American New Age culture. Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere—from Instagram and TikTok, to upscale boutiques and pricey wellness retreats. Sottile investigates how the recent surge of interest in New Age ideas speaks to a culture that is woven into the very fabric of America, and how self-professed gurus like Love Has Won's Mother God and the mysterious channeler Ramtha have built devout followings because of it.

The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex relationships.

"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life." When Prince spoke those words over celestial organ sounds in the opening moments of "Let's Go Crazy," he wasn't just inaugurating yet another Billboard Hot 100 hit—one of forty-seven in his career; he was also giving voice to the deep-seated and richly complex spiritual underpinning of his art.

Sorrowful Mysteries is a detailed and extraordinarily compassionate examination of the appearance of Our Lady of Fátima, an attempt to unravel and put into perspective the lives of the three children, how this life-altering event changed them and the world they knew, and how it intersected with so many of the signal moments of the twentieth century—pandemics, revolutions, world wars, assassinations, and even skyjackings.

¿CÓMO PUEDO CRECER EN LA VIDA CRISTIANA? ¿DEBE EL CREYENTE INVOLUCRARSE EN LA GUERRA ESPIRITUAL? Para los puritanos, la guerra espiritual era un sinónimo de estar en comunión con Dios. Solamente hay dos clases de personas que no están involucradas activamente en la guerra espiritual: aquellos que no son creyentes, y aquellos creyentes que están viviendo en pecado. No puede haber comunión con Cristo sin guerra espiritual, y la comunión con Cristo siempre tendrá como consecuencia la guerra espiritual. Sin embargo, esta guerra espiritual esta profundamente arraigada en el ...

Judaism has survived for 3,500 years by embracing a few, some arguably paradoxical ideas: Life is hard. It also has the potential to be joyous. Every single human has a spark of something extraordinary in them. And every one of us should try to do 1 percent better. In The Jewish Way to a Good Life, straight-shooting Rabbi Shira Stutman distills thousands of years of Jewish wisdom into practical, time-tested strategies for living a more meaningful life. She reminds us: You don't have to be Jewish to do Jewish. And she tells us how.

No, it’s not that God is tired or wants to give up trying to save all the ungrateful and disobedient masses in the world. It’s just that God’s intention, from the beginning, was to occupy a much more intimate place in our personal lives than that of a “god” that we worship and fear. What God always wanted to be will blow your mind and fill your life with new excitement. And, what about Jesus? He is an important part of this story.

This second book (How They Wrote the Gospels Volume 2) fulfils the promise of the first volume “How They Wrote the Gospels”. This book surveys the literature about how the gospels might have been written. Falling firmly on the idea that the writing of the gospels was a project in which four or more writers had copies of a source document that they were charged with editing and converting into a document about the “Life of Jesus”. The source document in question was a history of the Jewish War probably written by Marcus Agrippa Jr and appropriated by his secretary, the man we call ...

What to Expect When You're Dead chronicles the ways ancient peoples answered questions such as: How to achieve a good death and afterlife? What's the best way to dispose of a body? Do the dead face a postmortem judgement—and where do they end up? Do the dead have bodies in the afterlife—and can they eat, drink, and have sex? And what can the living do to stay on good terms with the nonliving?

WHY ALL THE FUSS OVER JERUSALEM? Find out as author DAVID HEAD takes the listener on a concise journey of Jerusalem's history to show how we've come to its present-day circumstances, followed by an in-depth look at how the ancient prophecies have Jerusalem at the epicenter of a world headed on a climactic collision course with its Creator.

Acknowledging the plight of members of the African Diaspora (especially the males) and seeking to help stop the racism and sexism that plagues America, TEARS OF GOD by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza is the author’s 33rd published work, and sixth book released in 2019. Published with assistance from BePublished.org in June, Mississippi native Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza offers listeners a series of short speeches and essays that individually and collectively address spiritual and social constructs in place to hamper and assist Black men.

LA IMAGEN DEL HOMBRE PIADOSO: UNA GUÍA ESENCIAL PARA LA VIDA CRISTIANA Thomas Watson, contemporáneo de Owen y figura clave en la transmisión del pensamiento puritano, nos ofrece una obra maestra en La imagen del hombre piadoso. Descrito por Erroll Hulse como “el más legible de los puritanos”, Watson destaca por su estilo claro y accesible, y su habilidad para integrar profundamente teología y vivencia cristiana. En esta obra, Watson utiliza el “lápiz de la Escritura” para dibujar meticulosamente las características de un cristiano auténtico, demostrando que la piedad se ...

Hemos titulado el presente libro El árbol de las religiones por ser el árbol uno de los símbolos más extendidos y con mayor trascendencia en casi todas las civilizaciones. La razón principal está en que en el árbol, de las raíces a la copa, se unen en sí los mundos subterráneo, terrestre y celeste. Todo árbol tiene sus raíces en la tierra, símbolo de la humanidad enraizada en la madre naturaleza. Por las raíces sube la sabia de vida, que es el sentimiento religioso fruto de la filiación divina. Y el tronco con sus diferentes ramas se abre hacia el cielo con la oración de ...

This message is about living by faith. Faith is not a leap in the dark. It is not living and doing selfishly irrational things and then calling them justified because of our ‘faith’. Biblical faith is concrete. It is basing one’s life on the only sure foundation. It is believing and trusting in God for both this life and the life to come. It is planting your flag on solid ground. It is holding onto your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, despite the darkness and decay you see around you. It is my hope and prayer that this message will help you, even a little, and encourage you to follow ...

Until you understand Jesus was not simply a man who died, but the sovereign Son of God who offered His life for us, you cannot completely appreciate the spectacle of Calvary. The same being that provoked the angels to hide their faces and cover their feet out of respect in Isaiah 6 is the same being who descended to earth to put on swaddling clothes, a crown of thorns, and nails through His hands. The descent of the Son from heaven’s majesty to earth’s depravity displays the boundless depth of His love. And His love calls us to commit to follow him and his example. Just before beginning...

From Genesis to Revelation, God’s grace is prominent. We have this Book only by God’s grace. The whole Bible is about God’s gracious pursuit of sinful man. In His grace, He gave us the truth to draw us to Himself and help us avoid brokenness and devastation and tragedy in our lives. God’s grace gave us this Book. God’s grace gave us this world. Look at what God has given us in His creation; the care, the detail is astonishing. He did not just give us taste; He gave us chocolate. He did not just give us sight; He gave us color. He did not just give us sound; He gave us music. God ...

“Hay libros que se leen, y hay libros que se viven. Mi pastor es Jehová: El salmo esencial pertenece a esa rara y valiosa categoría de los que se viven. En sus páginas no solo encontrarás una explicación del Salmo 23, sino una vivencia profunda, moldeada por el dolor, la fe y el amor de un hombre que aprendió —a veces a la fuerza— lo que realmente significa tener a Dios como pastor. El Salmo 23 ha sido citado millones de veces en funerales, momentos de angustia, o como simple consuelo pasajero. Pero este libro nos propone algo radicalmente diferente: no ver el salmo como un ...

Christianity believes every religion, faith and religious organization — aside from Christianity - is a cult. In actuality, by its very definition, every religion is a cult, including the religion — the cult - of Christianity. In his bold, yet controversial new book, The Cult of Christianity, Mike Williams takes on the religious dogmas, oral traditions, borrowed myths and outright lies that make up so much of what Christians believe, and from which they need to be freed.

In Behold! The Bridegroom Cometh! Paul Bibbs helps everyday believers, as well as knowledgeable eschatology students, to discover the readiness associated with the Bride of Christ. In the book of Matthew, Jesus states those who were ready went with Him into the marriage. In Revelation, John states the Lamb's wife made herself ready. Paul's goal is to define what it means to be ready and show that it takes more than just knowing Jesus as Savior to participate in the rapture.

¡UNA DE LAS OBRAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE LA TEOLOGÍA! Publicado por primera vez en 1700, El Servicio Razonable del Cristiano (5 vols.) tuvo veinte ediciones holandesas sólo en el siglo XVIII. El título se deriva de Romanos 12:1. La obra expresa lo que Dios requiere del hombre, y particularmente del cristiano, que le sirva en espíritu y en verdad, de manera inteligente, racional y en armonía y respuesta a la revelación que Dios hace de sí mismo en su Palabra. Con un sabor decididamente puritano, representa el cristianismo experiencial reformado y escolástico en su mejor momento. ...

Ethically Incognito is a short, sharp little book about why sometimes the most honest way to speak is without showing your face. It’s the opening reflection in the Elijah’s Rocks series—a collection of straight-from-the-pulpit (and sometimes straight-from-the-notebook) messages about misused scripture, overlooked verses, and how we’ve let ego creep into conversations that were supposed to be about the Word. This one isn’t about a particular verse. It’s about why the author doesn’t sign his name. Written from within ministry—but not just for Christians—Ethically Incognito ...