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In The Interior Castle, Carmelite nun, mystic, and patron saint of Spain Teresa of Ávila uses the metaphor of a giant crystal castle to explain her theory of the soul and the various stages it passes through as it progresses towards God. Beginning in the outer rooms, where demons are fought and vices are purged, the soul must reach the inner chambers, where it will enter betrothal and intimate union with God. Prayer is central to the journey, as the soul is guided by its practice and each phase represents a different category of devotion.

The relationship between church and state is a powerful thread stitching the medieval era to modern history. Through this captivating course on Charlemagne, you can follow it back to its inception in the Holy Roman Empire.

Learn about Irish Catholicism, early Christianity, and Eastern religions with Thomas Merton as your teacher. Recorded in March of 1968 at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Celtic Spirituality: The Beginnings of Irish Monasticism investigates the history of Irish monasticism with special attention to St. Patrick.

Fifty years ago, over 2,000 bishops, theologians, and lay participants from 116 countries gathered in Rome. This assembly of minds was the 21st worldwide council of the church, the Second Vatican Council. Led by Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, what emerged was an intense examination of the voice and promptings of the Holy Spirit.

Worship: Life with Passion and Purpose is a comprehensive look at the role of worship in the lives of believers. In the series, Pastor Skip Heitzig looks at examples of several people in the Bible who understood what it is to worship God. These people realized that worship is not just singing, but a lifestyle. God created us to worship Him and certain qualities will be evident in your life if you are a true worshipper. As we study the lives of worshippers in Scripture, we can understand what true worship is - and use it as a template to follow in our own lives.

Prayer was essential to Jesus. Yet many Christians only know the Lord's Prayer, unaware of the rich, fertile prayer life he had while on Earth. With warmth and keen insight, Janet Holm McHenry takes you on an engaging, vivid journey through the 14 recorded prayers Jesus prayed as well as his teachings on prayer and his prayer practices.

How is that hope both expressed and experienced in contemporary worship? In this volume in the Dynamics of Christian Worship series, pastor, theologian, and songwriter Glenn Packiam explores what Christians sing about when they sing about hope and what kind of hope they experience when they worship together. Through his analysis and reflection, we find that Christian worship is crucial to both the proclamation and the formation of Christian hope. 

There are many blessings that come with age: retirement, grandchildren, travel, and life experience. Today's culture, however, marginalizes old age, often portraying it as burdensome and hopeless. Many older women can feel like an encumbrance rather than a blessing to their friends and family members. In response to these struggles, Sharon Betters and Susan Hunt encourage women to find hope through both real-life and biblical accounts of women who rediscovered gospel-rooted joy later in life. 

Join Joseph Pearce as he explores the great theological depth of the most popular work of literature in the 20th century, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Despite the absence of any direct mention of Christ or the Catholic Church, Tolkien described his work as "fundamentally religious and Catholic." He was able to infuse his fictional world with theological orthodoxy through his creation of myth and a world order. Endowing his protagonists with Christian virtues, he also incorporated themes of grace and mercy.

In the first century of its existence, Christianity was both welcomed and vilified throughout the Roman Empire. Many of Christianity's original adherents were martyred. Christians themselves practiced their religion with great diversity, linked as much to local influences as theology. Political intrigue, theological beliefs, and simple misunderstandings created a need for dialogue between the many practitioners of the growing faith.

The story of the many crusades are filled with an unremitting passion to keep or return the home of Christianity to Christians. It is also filled with death, destruction, disorder, greed, avarice, and self-interest on all sides. Much of what occurred during the Crusades has come down to us today in the form of continued suspicion among religious ideologies - not only between Christians and Muslims, but also internally among Christian sects and, to some degree, among Muslim sects.

In this compelling series of lectures, widely esteemed author and professor Thomas F. Madden illustrates how the papacy, the world's oldest institution, gave birth to the West. Since Jesus Christ instructed the foremost of his Apostles, Peter, that he would be the rock upon which Christ would build his church, the papacy has survived the rise and fall of empires while continuing to assert an undeniable influence on world events.

More than 500 years ago, 16th-century Reformer John Calvin was born—a theologian whose teachings set the stage for reformation of the church around the world. The modern world is in continual need of his Christ-exalting doctrine and vision of the Christian life. In 20 essays by leading...

Sunday morning sermons from Christian Life Fellowship in Calera, Alabama

John Calvin (1509-1564) was a theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. This collection of prayers comes from his writings on the book of Hosea.

Having a life-threatening illness can indeed be ultimately discouraging and could cause your faith to waver. We bring you a great light of hope and strength through this book, How to Pray When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness. God's will for every child of His is to have a fulfilled life in peace and good health. But you're His child! Why did this illness choose to come to you? In this book, you'll get answers to these questions and understand why God is counting on you to trust Him to get you out of this situation for His glory.

Learn to gain a stronger awareness for life and achieve more on a daily basis with continual motivation. You can! The power of motivation. The magic of thinking big. We are often pushed like the wind from one task to the next and regularly lose our ways in life. This can be all change with simple adjustments and a change in habits. Learn to create a habit of motivation. Motivation can be elusive and as unpredictable. It can be non-existent for days on end and it can also appear out of the blue. Staying motivated can be very challenging, especially on days when you need it the most.

我们必须拥有使徒们曾经有过的信仰，像他们那样信仰，因为他们的信心和信仰来自圣灵。使徒信仰耶稣基督，他的父和圣灵作为他们的神。 使徒保罗表白他与基督同死，与他同生。他因为相信自己被洗入耶稣基督而成了神的器皿(迦拉太书3:27)。在神的福音里有耶稣领受的洗礼，他在十字架上的流血，以及他赐予信仰这水和圣灵真福音的每个人的圣灵礼物。你知道和相信这原始的福音吗?这正是使徒们同样相信过的福音。因此，...

イエス・キリストはご自身の肉と血によって私たちに永遠のいのちを与えてくださった。 教会では、イエス・キリストがお命じになった二つの聖礼を守っています。一つはバプテスマ、もう一つは聖餐式です。私たちは、そのパンとぶどう酒を通して啓示された真理の福音を反芻し、この福音を思い起こすために聖餐式に参加します。 聖餐式では、イエスの肉を思い起こしてパンを食べ、イエスの血の儀式としてぶどう酒を飲みます。...

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