Historical

In Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, author Talia Lavin goes deep into the beliefs that motivate the Christian right, from its segregationist past to a future riddled with apocalyptic visions.

Twelve Extraordinary Women offers a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers at all ages....

Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the 21st century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot....

Smith Wigglesworth reveals that the key to manifesting God's power is understanding this one essential key - how to let God's anointing rest upon you....

Perhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene.

These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically conscious church traditions. In What it Means to Be Protestant, Ortlund draws from historical Protestant texts to defend Protestantism against the objections and caricatures often leveled against it....

In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives.

Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator....

Marcellino D'Ambrosio dusts off what might have been just dry theology to bring you the exciting stories of great heroes....

Tall and balding with a welcoming smile, Father Gabriele Amorth spent decades battling the Devil one-on-one, performing literally tens of thousands of exorcisms....

What Is the Bible?provides insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives....

The New Testament in Its World: Part 2 is your passageway from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and the first Christians....

The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ....

Each chapter concludes with loving, good-natured, inspiring advice on applying the Church's wisdom to everyday life.....

Rembrandt Is in the Wind is an invitation to discover some of the world's most celebrated artists and works and how each of them illuminates something about God, people, and the purpose of life....

Today in the West, many consider the church to be dead or dying. Christianity is seen as outdated, bigoted, and responsible for many of society’s problems. This leaves many believers embarrassed about their faith and many outsiders wary of religion....

The preaching of the truth, brother, and the confession of Orthodoxy is more needful for us than everything else, and we must make this confession before all mankind. For this is the foundation of all who believe.

Spurred by personal tragedy, Elaine Pagels turns to a consideration of the Gnostic Gospels, in particular, the Gospel of Thomas....

Theology matters! At last it can be understood easily, thanks to this “layman's language” approach. Authored by J. I. Packer, one of the premier theologians of Christianity, this summary of Christian teaching covers nearly 100 major Christian beliefs from a Reformed perspective....

Romano Guardini, one of the most important Catholic figures of the 20th century, analyzes modern man's conception of himself in the world, and examines the nature and use of power....

The Civil War was a major turning point in American religious thought, argues Mark A. Noll....

We admire these men for their greatness, but the truth is Augustine grappled with sexual passions, Martin Luther struggled to control his tongue, and John Calvin fought the battle of faith with worldly weapons. Yet each of these men will always be remembered for their messages....

Written between A.D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought....

In this classic of comparative religion, Manly Hall marshals his considerable familiarity with world religious traditions to argue that sound biblical interpretation requires cross-referencing all the great schools of ancient religion and considering them as one composite structure....

The story of the church is important for Christians to know, for it contains rich and uplifting stories of God’s dealings with His people. Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson takes the listener on a tour of the Christian history, featuring stories and songs....