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In Orthodoxy, Gilbert K. Chesterton explains how and why he came to believe in Christianity, and more specifically, the Catholic Church's brand of orthodoxy. In the book, Chesterton takes the spiritually curious reader on an intellectual quest. While looking for the meaning of life, he finds truth...

The purpose of this classic text is to present a comprehensive view of the Christian conception of the moral life.

The origin of all religions, and the ignorance which is the root of the God-idea, leads to the duty to investigate the evidences of the origin and of the growth of Christianity, to examine its morality and its dogmas, to study the history of its supposed founder, to trace out its symbols and its ceremonies;...

Winner’s original Mudhouse Sabbath has sold 45,000 copies, been translated into three languages, and spawned a successful video study series. After her conversion from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Winner found that her life was indelibly marked by the rich traditions and spiritual practices...

The greatest liberating force in the world is the gospel of Jesus Christ. No other single agency can be pointed out that wrought such momentous changes. One needs but to read such books as Loring Brace’s Gesta Christi and Storr’s The Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated by its Historical...

With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially...

There are many people who are put off Christianity by the way the doctrines of atonement and redemption are communicated. People find it hard to believe in a loving God who appears at the same time to be so angry and vindictive. Many also feel that Christian teachings, publicly or privately,...

IT is scarcely necessary to apologise for a discussion of St. Paul’s relation to the Mystery-Religions of his Hellenistic environment. One of the most noteworthy features in the trend of contemporary scholarship is the interest manifested by philological experts in the phenomena of that extraordinary...

A Pure and Contrite Heart brings a refreshing change to the ideology of Christianity. Through the unique ability of the author to communicate with energies on other planes of existence, we are taken on an exploration of diverse core traditions and personalities of the Christian religion, such as Jesus...

As the title states, this is a book of reasons that validate the Christian Faith. 1 Peter 3:15 says we need to "always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have".  The purpose of this book is to present evidences for the truth of...

Lets Get Down to Basics was originally written as curriculum for a class for new Christians or people who were new to the church and to the particular viewpoint of Wesleyan-Arminiam theology. It has thirteen chapters and each chapter has review questions at the end with the answers at the end of the...

A free open access ebook is upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face, flight meant denial of...

"Most Christians are blissfully uninformed about the worldview of Humanism and therefore do not realize that secular Humanism has now largely displaced our society’s Christian foundations." —Robert WaggonerPrecise information: Secular Humanism is the major belief system that currently...

Who Shall Enter Paradise? recounts in detail the history of Christian-Muslim engagement in a core area of sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous nation, home to roughly equal numbers of Christians and Muslims. It is a region today beset by religious violence, in the course of which history has often...