Cristo en el Milenio

Updated 2022 EditionThis accessible resource on the Presbyterian ruling elder is especially designed for those considering becoming ruling elders and those who have been elected to this ordered ministry. It explains the meaning of the term “ruling elder†and the qualifications and duties of this ministry. The book goes on to explore the relationship of ruling elders to other elders, the role of the ruling elder on session and in the presbytery, and the relationships to pastors and to the whole church. Fully revised based on the new Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), ...

En este escrito se abordan, desde el análisis crítico de la obra Jesús, el Cristo de Walter Kasper, dos dimensiones de la salvación ofrecida en Jesucristo: como don de Dios y tarea humana. A partir de la categoría de mediación se desarrolla el análisis crítico pretendido en tres momentos. Primero se hace un breve estudio de la noción de mediación en las tradiciones bíblicas y en la historia de la Iglesia a través de las conceptualizaciones en teólogos relevantes y escritos magisteriales. En segundo lugar, se muestra cómo esta noción es central en la obra mencionada de Kasper....

Historically, the church's ministry of grounding new believers in the essentials of the faith has been known as catechesis--systematic instruction in faith foundations, including what we believe, how we pray and worship, and how we conduct our lives. For most evangelicals today, however, this very idea is an alien concept. Packer and Parrett, concerned for the state of the church, seek to inspire a much needed evangelical course correction. This new book makes the case for a recovery of significant catechesis as a nonnegotiable practice of churches, showing the practice to be complementary...

You can always trust in the One Power that never fails. Sooner or later, all of us discover that our own strength has its limits. The best of our personal resources fall short in the face of the things life can dish out. We need ability that lies beyond ourselves -- power only God can provide. In A TOUCH OF HIS POWER, as in his other best-selling A Touch of His. . .devotional books, Dr. Charles Stanley probes the circumstances of life. With a photographer's eye for detail and design, he explores the composition of human experience: the vital, counter-balancing realities of adversity and...