Learning Religion

After the Berlin Wall fell, a group of Christian colleges in the US seized the opportunity to begin strategic faculty and student exchanges with universities inside the Soviet Union. They could not have foreseen the doors that would open next. During a 1990 visit to Russia, John Bernbaum and his colleagues received a surprising invitation from a Russian government official: come help build a faith-based university in Moscow. Thus, after 70 years of fierce religious persecution under communism, the Russian-American Christian University (RACU) was born.

All ministry leaders need to cultivate healthy and life-giving friendships with peers, and especially with Jesus. Unfortunately, the concept of friendship has been reduced to clicks and “likes” on social media sites that are neither life-giving, nor truly signs of friendship.

Enjoy this single-voice recording of the New Russian Translation. The New Russian Translation offers both a faithful rendering of Scripture’s original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible’s stories and concepts in the Russian language.

Enjoy this audio recording of the Kikuyu Bible, read by two readers. The Holy Bible in Kikuyu offers both a faithful rendering of Scripture’s original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible’s stories and concepts in the Kikuyu language.

Enjoy this audio recording of the Thai New Contemporary Version read by two readers. The Thai New Contemporary Version offers both a faithful rendering of Scripture’s original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible’s stories and concepts in the Thai language.

La conexión con el Universo es diferente de atribuirla a alguna religión o filosofía. No necesitas aprender ninguna liturgia ni principios morales, ni axioma proverbial. El Universo existe sin la declaración de nadie ni la devoción de nadie, ni el reconocimiento de nadie.

Gabriele Brenstein has stated that to feel good is to feel God. Start thinking good is a decision to be made by you. So you have to affirm how you feel. In this book she has listed ways and methods to conquer a positive you over a negative you.

Purity of action cannot be separated from one's clarity of mind in the same moment.

Part I: It may seem, at times, terrifying to see the truth about some situation, someone else, or as it concerns yourself: but, in the end, when all is said and done, what is true never fails to prove itself beautiful to behold. Part II: Real Life is a miracle unfolding in slow motion. The eyes that can see this truth are those no longer blinded by the passage of time; to see things as they are is enlightenment.

Every Child Has a Story presents foundational understandings for teaching children according to God’s design. It is written for parents, teachers, and church leaders to intentionally partner with God in raising a generation of children who can participate in the works He has prepared for them. It is inspiring, practical in its application, and will benefit anyone who is called to minister the love of God in unlocking a child’s destiny. For in the heart of God, our Heavenly Father, every child has a story.

In 1979 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith withdrew Hans Kung's missio canonica. Pope Paul VI approved the censure saying, "We are obligated to declare that in his writings he fell short of integrity and the truth of the Catholic faith." Through a 1980 agreement with the Vatican, Kung is now permitted to teach, but only under secular auspices. In this acclaimed Modern Library Chronicle, Kung examines the Catholic Church through its many reformations, focusing on the people and events...

With revealing, dynamic insight, Eugenia Price searches for God’s own answers for modern times. The familiar Gospel words breathe with new life as she cuts through the superficialities of those who attempt to deemphasize the Bible and draws up sharp guidelines that 20th-century Christians can follow. Each of Miss Price’s favorite Gospel verses is included in the book, followed by her reflections on them. Her exposition of the beloved King James passages rings with authenticity and poetic authority.

In this groundbreaking book, one of America's premier religion writers revives ancient expressions through cultural commentary, vulnerable personal narratives, and surprising biblical insights. Both provocative and liberating, Learning to Speak God from Scratch will breathe new life into your spiritual conversations and lure you into the embrace of the God who inhabits them.

This book explores both physical and metaphysical liminal spaces, providing not only an explanation from both spiritual and scientific perspectives but also suggestions on practical steps we can take to encourage us to explore the uncomfortable feelings that arise when we are in the unknown.

How do you stay open about your faith in the face of potential ridicule? A must-read for every Christian college student, How to Stay Christian in College will guide you through the maze of campus realities, including dating, sex, honesty, and more.

In Killing Jesus, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield masterfully recounts the corrupt trial and grisly execution of Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. Approaching the story at its most human level, Mansfield uses both secular sources and biblical accounts to bring fresh perspective to the human drama, political intrigue, and criminal network behind the killing of the world's most famous man.

A major depressive episode landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. In addition to exhaustion and depression, on the spiritual front she experienced a dark night of the soul. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be - with herself and with God - all over again.

Loss brings with it many layers of grief that need to be addressed. Healing from losses requires more than just talking about our pain; it involves working through the twists and turns of conflicting emotions and confronting questions that often have no satisfactory answers. It is reassembling the pieces of life that have been shattered by assumptions and expectations in order to create a new beginning. Within the process we begin to heal and recover. But as we close one chapter of life, we need tools and information to begin a new chapter.

While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized. On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics through a thorough comparison of two ethicists, Henry Sidgwick and F. D. Maurice. Where Sidgwick understood ethics as developing a method for guiding voluntary action to what is right, Maurice maintained that ethics concerns life as a whole, and that requires placing it within a metaphysical and theological realm in which the good is much more definitive than right.

Trying to lead the Christian life without the Holy Spirit’s power is like trying to function without air. It’s simply not possible. However, many Christians are attempting to follow Jesus without a close relationship with the Holy Spirit. As a result, we face a widespread spiritual crisis that is disrupting our connection to God and preventing us from becoming the people he is calling us to be.