Bruce L. Shelley examines the relationship between baptism and faith, addressing both the methods and the meaning of baptism.

Product Description: What is happening to America? Christian influence in public life is waning fast. In the dominant American culture ours is no longer "one nation under God." We have entered the Age of Self. Christians in America have confused the values our culture professes with those the Scriptures affirm...read more

Provides information on church history, and identifies important individuals, movements and organizations

Product Description: Theology is not just for theologians. In our everyday lives, says Bruce Shelley, theology is nothing more than the beliefs Christians use to describe truth. It's necessary, important and accessible to all of us. To prove his point, the popular author of Christian History in Plain Language lays out the basic beliefs of our faith in an appealing, conversational style...read more

Product Description: Based on the Dictionary of Christianity in America, this concise dictionary includes hundreds of brief, up-to-date and informative entries on people, places, events, ideas, practices, and beliefs.

Product Description: You might think that a man who has authored several books, serves on several boards, was at one time known as an intellectual and a poet, and who eventually became president of Denver Seminary, might be intimidating and high brow...read more

Product Description: Understand the big picture of church history and be more grounded in your faith. This guidebook answers questions of the faith in ways that are easy to follow.

With more than 315,000 print copies sold, this is the story of the church for today’s listeners. Dr. Bruce Shelley makes church history come alive in this classic book that has become not only the first choice of many laypeople and church leaders but the standard text in many college classrooms. What separates Dr. Shelley’s book from others is its clarity of language and organization. Church History in Plain Language treats history as the story of people—their motivations, the issues they grapple with, the decisions they make—and the result is that history reads like a story, almost as dramatic and moving as a novel. Yet there is no fiction here. Dr. Shelley was a respected scholar whose work was painstakingly researched and carefully crafted for historical accuracy.The fourth edition of Shelley’s classic one-volume history of the church brings the story of Christianity into the twenty-first century. This latest edition of the book, revised by R.L. Hatchett, contains information concerning Gnosticism and its ongoing relevance, the theology of the early church and Reformation, and most extensively the rapid global extension and transformation of Christianity since 1900.Church History in Plain Language, 4th Edition makes history easy to follow and retain by dividing the Christian story into the great ages of the church:• The Age of Jesus and the Apostles• The Age of Catholic Christianity• The Age of the Christian Roman Empire• The Christian Middle Ages• The Age of the Reformation• The Age of Reason and Revival• The Age of Progress• The Age of Ideologies• The Age of Global Expansion and RelocationThe continuing popularity of this book attests to its success in achieving its purpose—to make church history clear, memorable, and accessible to every listener.Features include:Vivid stories of major persons in the church’s storyConcise explanations of key movementsContemporary developments related to the spread of the gospelThe explosion of Christianity in the southern hemisphere

Product Description: With more than 315,000 print copies sold, this is the story of the church for today’s listeners. Dr. Bruce Shelley makes church history come alive in this classic book that has become not only the first choice of many laypeople and church leaders but the standard text in many college classrooms...read more