Una Revelacion Divina del Cielo Y El Infierno
by Mary K Baxter and Dr T L Lowery
Angels (Fisherman Bible Study) (Fisherman Bible Studyguide)
by Vinita Hampton Wright
What Do We Really Know About Angels? What--or who--are angels? Where did they come from, and what is their purpose? What is their relationship to us as human beings? This studyguide explores the numerous Bible passages that reveal the services these heavenly beings perform, the part they play in spiritual warfare, and how they differ from other beings in God's created order. Most importantly, you'll learn to see angels in the fuller context of God's presence, glory, and eternal purposes.
The Quest for the Historical Satan
by Miguel A. De La Torre and Alberto Hernandez
De La Torre and Hernandez's volume probes the murky origins of the satanic legends and beliefs back to their pre-Christian roots in the Middle East. They unearth the Satan's roots in Egyptian and Babylonian understandings of evil. They also show, however, that the ancient Satan has some characteristics we would hardly recognize, especially his appearance in most ancient cultures and survival in many traditional religions as the "trickster" figure. While a minor tradition in historic Christianity...
A gorgeous new edition of the New York Times bestseller that has sold more than a million copies. "A golden conjunction of heaven and earth...reminding us that there are angels in every religion." -The Washington Post "As far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse." -Chicago Tribune When Sophy Burnham wrote A Book of Angels, she inspired a phenomenon. An instant bestseller when it was originally published in 1990,...
A richly textured history spanning a thousand years of holy relics across Europe Relics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns, coveted by Louis IX of France, were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might intercede with God on his or her behalf. In the first comprehensive history in English of the rise of relic cults, Charles Freeman takes readers on a vivid, fast-paced jour...
The supernatural world is prominent in many of today's movies, television shows, novels, and the popular imagination. But some of what is presented as grounded in a Christian worldview is in fact far from that. In Angels and Demons, Michael Patella, OSB, offers an accessible and fascinating look at supernatural realities as they really are presented in the Bible and Christian tradition. Among the topics Patella explores with a valuable combination of pastoral wisdom and academic rigor are:...
