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Many churches are involved in short-term mission trips. Most of these trips, however, are focused on economic or social development projects, coupled with "relational evangelism." Not many are focused on discipleship, or, more specifically, training indigenous pastors in the essential doctrines of the faith so that they can, in turn, disciple their church. In fact, reproducible models for in-depth theological education during short-term missions are rare. As a missionary presently ministering in a number of underdeveloped nations, Steve Curtis has witnessed the need for, and potential benefit of, such models. The reality is that there are countless pastors throughout the majority world who have had little to no formal training in Bible or doctrine. This book suggests a practical way that churches can use their short-term missions program--together with their adult discipleship program--to help meet this critical, global need.

This booklet takes a brief look at the Gospel of Jesus Christ from a Reformed perspective.

Everyone must respond to the Divine Imperative. Ultimately, everyone answers God with a "yes" or a "no." This book explores the ways in which we submit our response. An Absent faith is agnosticism as regards biblical Truth. Every person begins at this stage. Everyone who hears the gospel must then respond to it. And once one has been presented with the gospel, there are but two possible responses: "yes" or "no." If the response is no, there are two general options: a Belligerent opposition to God (i.e., atheism), or an acceptance of a Counterfeit religion. If the response is yes, there are likewise two variations: a poorly understood and Defeated faith that constricts more than it delivers, or, optimally, an Examined faith that exalts in the grace of God, delights in His promises, and worships Him in the beauty of His holiness. This book is intended to lead the readers to this final response through a reasonable and thoughtful consideration of the truths that challenge such a faith.

Using the framework of "faith, hope, and love," this book considers what it means to have an examined life as a Christian.

In the first volume in the Evangelical Essays series, the writings were drawn from coursework in Church History, Apologetics, Hermeneutics, and the Gospel of John. In this second installment, the courses that supplied the included work are Systematic Theology, Old and New Testament surveys, Genesis, Evangelism, and World Missions. Because the courses are essentially independent of each other, this book (like the previous one) is truly "eclectic." Nonetheless, all of the courses share broad, common themes (biblical, historical, and theological studies), and all are, of course, the product of one perspective - mine. In this respect (and for good or for ill), there is a certain sense of continuity among the writings. There may, in fact, be the occasional overlap. At any rate, it is hoped that readers will find something fresh and helpful in these works that will serve to draw them closer to Christ.

This book briefly examines premillennial thought from four perspectives: Biblical, Exegetical, Historical, and Theological. There is also a discussion of postmillennialism, as well as a glossary of end-time vocabulary.

From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation, it emerges, has had its own favourites - hoops and tops in the 1930s, clapping games more recently. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory. And some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.

This collection of essays reflects a variety of topics and considerations from an evangelical perspective.

"Waksman brings a new understanding to familiar material by treating it in an original and stimulating manner. This book tells 'the other side of the story.'"—Philip Auslander, author of Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music "While there are a number of histories of punk and metal and numerous biographies of important bands within each genre, there is no comparable book to This Ain't the Summer of Love. The ultimate contribution the book makes is to provoke the reader into rethinking the ongoing fluid relationship between punk, a music that enjoyed considerable critical support, and metal, a music that has been systematically denigrated by critics. This book is the product of superior scholarship; it truly breaks fresh ground and as such it is an important book that will be regularly cited in future work."—Rob Bowman, Professor of Music at York University and author of Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records "Debunking simplistic assumptions that punk rebelled and heavy metal conformed, Steve Waksman demonstrates with precisely chosen examples that for decades the two shared strategies and concerns. As a result, this important volume is among the first to extend to rock history the same much-needed revisionism that elsewhere has transformed our understanding of minstrelsy, blues, country music, and pop."—Eric Weisbard, author of Use Your Illusion I & II

This is a photographic novel -- humorous, dark, quirky; a mix of fiction, fantasy, and reality. (Photo book: 7×7 in, 76 Pages) -- "These are photos from an old family album we found in the attic, mostly distant relatives from Norway who moved to Wisconsin in the late 1800s. Their stories and histories are forgotten, with only a few childhood memories and these photographs to document their lives."