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Footnotes To Disciples History, Rice Haggard, John M. Imbler, J. T. M'Vay, William A. Gerrard, Alexander Campbell, Eva Jean Wrather, Perry E. Gresham Jan 2020

Footnotes To Disciples History, Rice Haggard, John M. Imbler, J. T. M'Vay, William A. Gerrard, Alexander Campbell, Eva Jean Wrather, Perry E. Gresham

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

From the mid 1950s through the 1990s, DCHS printed short publications to remind its readers about the importance of the past. The series included reprints as well as new historical studies. Footnotes to Disciples History collects this wide-ranging series into one volume.

⁃ Rice Haggard's An Address to the Different Religious Societies, on the sacred import of the Christian Name (1804)

⁃ John M. Imbler's Beyond Buffalo: Alexander Campbell on Education for Ministry (1992)

⁃ Report of the Proceedings of a General Meeting of Messengers from Thirteen Congregations (J.T. McVay and Alexander Campbell, 1834)

⁃ William A. Gerrards's Christian Unity, …


Finding Aid For Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, (1924-1961), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Jan 2019

Finding Aid For Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, (1924-1961), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records

Finding aid for the Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records.


God’S Faithfulness To Promise: The Hortatory Use Of Commissive Language In Hebrews, David Ripley Worley Jan 2019

God’S Faithfulness To Promise: The Hortatory Use Of Commissive Language In Hebrews, David Ripley Worley

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

David Worley's 1981 Yale University dissertation--revised with foreword by James Thompson and bibliographical addendum by Lee Zachary Maxey--explores the use commissive language, promises, and hortatory literature in the book of Hebrews. The author concludes that the use of commissive language in the book of Hebrews was not prompted by criticisms within the church over a delay in God’s promise keeping; rather that our author seized upon God’s commissive activity and the behavior of promisees of scripture as a way of emboldening a people tempted to withdraw from one another and from God to endure social and financial difficulties and to …


Preaching Christ In Zambia And Congo, Chester Woodhall Jan 2019

Preaching Christ In Zambia And Congo, Chester Woodhall

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Handbook Of Christian Denominations In Zambia, A Personal Perspective, Chester Woodhall Jan 2019

Handbook Of Christian Denominations In Zambia, A Personal Perspective, Chester Woodhall

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Debating For God: Alexander Campbell's Challenge To Skepticism In Antebellum America, Richard J. Cherok Jan 2008

Debating For God: Alexander Campbell's Challenge To Skepticism In Antebellum America, Richard J. Cherok

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

Historians have recognized Alexander Campbell as the leading figure in an important American Christian reform movement, an advocate of Christian unity, and an educator, but his role as an apologist has been forgotten. This book focuses on Campbell's career as a defender of the faith, arguing that he was "the most significant Christian apologist of America's antebellum period." He contended with some of the most notable skeptics of his era, most famous among them Robert Owen, founder of New Harmony. Martin E. Marty says regarding Campbell, "No clergyman of his time exerted himself more vigorously in combat of the infidels …


100 Years Of African Missions: Essays In Honor Of Wendell Broom, Stanley E. Granberg Jan 2001

100 Years Of African Missions: Essays In Honor Of Wendell Broom, Stanley E. Granberg

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

The wide-ranging essay collection is organized into four main sections. Section I introduces Wendell Broom. Secton II is "God's Call to a Continent: People and Places." Section III is "Mission Strategies and Issues." Section IV, is entitled "Concluding Thoughts" and shares some concluding thoughts on the future of African missions and the African church. The final chapter offers a speech by Wendell Broom from 1997 to 178 Nigerian evangelists and church leaders which challenged them (and us) to fill in the unevangelized gaps of Africa with a deliberate church-planting strategy to join the churches of West and East Africa by …


Early Christians Speak: Faith And Life In The First Three Centuries, Everett Ferguson Jan 1999

Early Christians Speak: Faith And Life In The First Three Centuries, Everett Ferguson

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

These studies in early church history cover various aspects of the church life of early Christians. They focus on the second century. What did the second century Christian leaders say about faith, baptism, infant baptism, worship services, the Lord's Supper, prayer, singing, church organization, mercy and the role of women? New Testament texts bearing on the topic are listed at the beginning of each chapter. We are talking about the same community of people, the same church, as existed in the New Testament. Such writings have an important bearing on the interpretation of the Scriptures.


Has The Second Coming Occurred?, W. Terry Varner Jan 1995

Has The Second Coming Occurred?, W. Terry Varner

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


On This Rock I Will Build My Church, Royce Money Jan 1993

On This Rock I Will Build My Church, Royce Money

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


One Nation Under God Comic, One Nation Under God, Sycamore Church Of Christ, Cookeville, Tn Jan 1991

One Nation Under God Comic, One Nation Under God, Sycamore Church Of Christ, Cookeville, Tn

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


The Church In Exile: God's Counter Culture In A Non-Christian World, James Thompson Jan 1990

The Church In Exile: God's Counter Culture In A Non-Christian World, James Thompson

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

Christians have become more and more a minority group in American culture, and so now find themselves in a situation similar to the early Christians-facing the challenge of living as cultural exiles. The Church in Exile draws upon the epistle of 1 Peter, which was written to "exiles," to help us learn how to live faithfully when many around us do not share Christian values.


The Holy Spirit, Garth W. Black Jan 1990

The Holy Spirit, Garth W. Black

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


A Look At Hook's Book : A Review Of The Teaching's Of Cecil Hook, Jefferson David Tant Jan 1990

A Look At Hook's Book : A Review Of The Teaching's Of Cecil Hook, Jefferson David Tant

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


The Everlasting Kingdom: The Kingdom Of God In Scripture And In Our Lives, Everett Ferguson Jan 1989

The Everlasting Kingdom: The Kingdom Of God In Scripture And In Our Lives, Everett Ferguson

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

This is a small bible study on the use of the word "kingdom" in the Bible. It was in a series called the Way of Life Series and designed for church study. It begins in the Old Testament and moves through to Revelation offering a summary of what the Bible means by the reign of God.


Palmer Family Letters : 1866-1907, James Monroe Palmer Jan 1989

Palmer Family Letters : 1866-1907, James Monroe Palmer

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


How Christianity Grows In The City, Alvin Jennings Jan 1985

How Christianity Grows In The City, Alvin Jennings

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


If I Didn't Believe The Bible, Rubel Shelly Jan 1982

If I Didn't Believe The Bible, Rubel Shelly

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Church Directory For Ghana, World Bible School Oct 1980

Church Directory For Ghana, World Bible School

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Prayer And Fasting, Albert G. Lemmons Jan 1978

Prayer And Fasting, Albert G. Lemmons

Stone-Campbell Books

Two lectures by Dr. Albert G. Lemmons on the topics of prayer and fasting. Contains nine chapters. Each chapter ends with a list of discussion questions regarding the preceding chapter.


The Development And Use Of Learning - Skill Centers In The Bible Schools, Joe Clinger Jan 1976

The Development And Use Of Learning - Skill Centers In The Bible Schools, Joe Clinger

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Herald Of Truth International Volume 2, Highland Church Of Christ Jun 1975

Herald Of Truth International Volume 2, Highland Church Of Christ

Stone-Campbell Books

A collection of issues of Herald of Truth International, a periodical by the Highland Church of Christ. Six issues from June/July 1974 to May/June 1975. The contents of the periodicals have to do with international missionary work done by Churches of Christ, Highland's "Heartbeat" radio program, and other outreach ministries.


Two Great Questions: What Did Christ Do To Save Sinners? And What Must I Do To Be Saved?, K. C. Moser Jan 1975

Two Great Questions: What Did Christ Do To Save Sinners? And What Must I Do To Be Saved?, K. C. Moser

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Herald Of Truth International Volume 1, Highland Church Of Christ May 1974

Herald Of Truth International Volume 1, Highland Church Of Christ

Stone-Campbell Books

A collection of issues of Herald of Truth International, a periodical by the Highland Church of Christ. Six issues from July 1973 to May/June 1974. The contents of the periodicals have to do with international missionary work done by Churches of Christ, Highland's "Heartbeat" radio program, and other outreach ministries.


Sabbat Oder Sonntag?, Gottfried Reichel Jan 1974

Sabbat Oder Sonntag?, Gottfried Reichel

Stone-Campbell Books

Translation: "Sabbath or Sunday?" A Christian pamphlet discussing the topic, "Should Christians keep the Sabbath?" Published by Gottfried Reichel in "Der Herold." Part of a series of publications including, "Neither Catholic, nor Protestant, nor Sectarian," "Behold, He comes in the clouds," and "How many churches did Christ establish?"

Audio read by author at http://www.vorzeitpfade.org.


Restoration Reprint Library Catalog, College Press Publishing Company Jan 1974

Restoration Reprint Library Catalog, College Press Publishing Company

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


The Role Of New Testament Examples As Related To Biblical Authority, Milo Richard Hadwin Jan 1974

The Role Of New Testament Examples As Related To Biblical Authority, Milo Richard Hadwin

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Lexington Theological Seminary: A Brief Narrative, Richard E. Pope Jan 1973

Lexington Theological Seminary: A Brief Narrative, Richard E. Pope

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


History Of The Church Of Christ In Wichita Falls, Texas, 1908-1973, Flavis Greer Jan 1973

History Of The Church Of Christ In Wichita Falls, Texas, 1908-1973, Flavis Greer

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


Churches Of Christ 1971 World Directory, James R. Mcgill May 1971

Churches Of Christ 1971 World Directory, James R. Mcgill

Stone-Campbell Books

A directory of churches of Christ outside of the continental United States. Each entry contains a contact for that church, a phone number, and an address. Also includes a directory of Christian colleges and one of other directories. Commissioned by the Chapel Avenue Church in Nashville.