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The Apostolic Fathers is an important collection of writings revered by early Christians but not included in the final canon of the New Testament. Here a leading expert on these texts offers an authoritative contemporary translation, in the tradition of the magisterial Lightfoot version but thoroughly up-to-date.

In God in the Desert, Old Testament scholar and spiritual director Noel Forlini Burt explores Old Testament wilderness narratives in conversation with wise voices from throughout church history, bridging the gap between biblical studies and spiritual formation. Journeying through stories such as Hagar, Elijah, and the Israelites at Sinai, each chapter also engages with figures like the desert fathers and mothers, Parker Palmer, Henri Nouwen, Richard Rohr, and Eugene Peterson.

Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible - a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.

If you've always wanted to read the Holy Fathers but don't know how to do it or where to start, How to Read the Holy Fathers: A Guide for Orthodox Christians is the perfect audiobook for you! In this audiobook, Fr. Joseph Lucas introduces readers to the beauty and complexity of the Church Fathers' writings, and he provides guidelines and tools for reading them with wisdom and discernment. He also offers advice on how to apply their works to your own spiritual life.

In a culture that constantly challenges their beliefs, surface-level Sunday school stories aren't enough. Systematic Theology For Teens bridges the gap between childhood faith and a robust, adult relationship with God. This isn't just facts—it's a roadmap for young believers to understand what they believe, why they believe it, and how it changes everything.

In this powerful volume, noted New Testament scholar Robert M. Price engages in serious scrutiny of the beliefs and thinking of genuine Christian theologians and explains why he no longer finds that cardinal Christian claims make enough sense to believe. As he concludes, the gospel proclamation is not a timeless revelation from heaven, but merely Christianity.

The Apostles' Creed is a treasure trove of basic Christian beliefs and wisdom that helps ensure the integrity and orthodoxy of our faith. Sadly, modern churches have often hesitated to embrace the ancient creeds because of our "nothing but the Bible" tradition. In What Christians Ought to...

Erasmus of Rotterdam is usually remembered as a gentle humanist, a champion of learning, moderation, and civilized reform. This book proposes a more unsettling and far more compelling portrait. A Spy of Rotterdam: Erasmus Between Wisdom and Folly presents Erasmus not as a harmless moralist or a failed revolutionary, but as a uniquely positioned observer who survived one of Europe’s most violent intellectual ruptures by mastering the art of influence without allegiance.

What if the saints weren’t unreachable icons—but guides for the modern soul? In this provocative and poetic spiritual companion, philosopher and author George Le Savant reimagines the lives of Catholic saints as deeply modern case studies in how to live, suffer, forgive, rebel, and love in a distracted world. Blending philosophical reflection, historical biography, and deeply personal insight, How the Saints Can Change Your Life offers a fresh look at saints like Thérèse of Lisieux, Padre Pio, Joan of Arc, St. Mary, St. Dominic, St.

The modern pre-tribulation rapture promises escape before persecution—but it was never taught by Jesus, the apostles, or the early Church. In The Great Deception, Glenn Langohr examines Scripture alongside the testimony of the earliest Christian writers to test modern rapture teaching against the plain order of biblical prophecy.

Many evangelicals today are aching for theological rootedness often found in other Christian traditions. Modern evangelicalism is not known for drawing from church history to inform views on the Christian life, which can lead to a "me and my Bible" approach to theology. But this book aims to show how Protestantism offers the theological depth so many desire without the need for abandoning a distinctly evangelical identity. By focusing on particular doctrines and neglected theologians, this book shows how evangelicals can draw from the past to meet the challenges of the present.

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch): A Prophetic Examination Tested by Scripture and Fulfilled in Jesus Christ is not a work of speculation or hidden knowledge. It is a Scripture-ruled investigation that places Enoch where it belongs: under the judgment of the Bible, not above it.

For many Christians, our understanding of the history of the church universal jumps straight from what we read in the New Testament to a basic understanding of the Reformation. We're missing more than a millennium! And it was a busy, fascinating, tumultuous thousand-or-so years during which Christianity spread across three continents. In places as distant and different from each other as China, Sudan, and Britain, the gospel was spreading, the church was growing, and believers were expressing their faith in myriad ways.

Did the early Church expect to escape the final persecution—or to endure it? For more than a century, modern pre-tribulation rapture theology has promised believers a “Great Escape” from the rise of the Antichrist and the final tribulation. Yet this teaching did not originate with Jesus, the apostles, or the early Church. In The Great Escape Delusion, Bible teacher Glenn Langohr examines this doctrine in light of Scripture and the unified witness of early Christian writers.

Early Church Witness—Volume 3: Endurance, Apostasy, and the Crown of Life confronts false assurance by returning to the direct words of Jesus Christ, the apostles, and the earliest Christian witnesses. Drawing from the King James Scriptures and early Church testimony, this volume shows that endurance is required, apostasy is real, and the promised reward belongs to those who overcome.

In The Early Church on the Antichrist, Glenn Langohr brings together Scripture—especially the prophecies of Daniel—with direct quotations from early Christian writers to show that the historic Church did not expect an escape before tribulation, but endurance through it.

Take a journey through the first 400 years of Church History in only 40 days!

La Didachè est un petit livre qui fut écrit en langue grecque, sans doute en Syrie, vers la fin du premier siècle ou au début du deuxième siècle de notre ère. Son principal intérêt réside dans le tableau qu'elle nous trace des institutions chrétiennes. Elle nous apporte des renseignements souvent uniques sur la pratique des premières communautés, sur le baptême, les jeûnes, les temps de la prière, l'eucharistie, le ministère de la parole, la hiérarchie, la pénitence.

The Pinnacle of History: The Gospel According to Jesus reveals the single, unbroken story that runs from Genesis to Revelation, showing how every prophecy, covenant, and sacrifice finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ. It makes the Scriptures more accessible and easier to grasp, revealing how every part of the Bible connects with purpose and meaning. It is a call to reawaken the true narrative of God’s redemptive plan so that all would become more eager to open the Bible, understand it deeply, and see that Jesus truly is the centerpiece and purpose of all history.

The most complete Books of Enoch audiobook collection available, presenting rare ancient texts found nowhere else. Carefully curated, translated and adapted for the modern listener. Together, these texts reveal the ancient cosmological framework the Bible presupposes but never fully explains. Among biblical apocryphal texts, no collection has the same enduring spiritual authority, mystery, and theological weight as the Books of Enoch. These texts were not obscure curiosities. They were known, read, and taken seriously in the ancient world. Early Jewish communities preserved them.