NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our lives. “Anyone who strives to put their faith into action will find encouragement and inspiration in the pages of this book.”—Melinda Gates In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet Rohr has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’s last name? Too often, Rohr writes, our understandings have been limited by culture, religious debate, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center. Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. “God loves things by becoming them,” he writes, and Jesus’s life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God—except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God, and more about learning to recognize the Creator’s presence all around us, and in everyone we meet. Thought-provoking, practical, and full of deep hope and vision, The Universal Christ is a landmark book from one of our most beloved spiritual writers, and an invitation to contemplate how God liberates and loves all that is.

Skelton leads the reader through fast-paced discussions of such striking phenomena as the influence of Christ's life on superheroes, and the similarities between the devil and comic book protagonists.

At a time when the call to imitate Jesus comes loaded with moralistic overtones, Jason Hood offers a refreshing look at imitation on the Bible's terms. Drawing our attention to the practice that Paul taught "everywhere in every church," Hood's study yields insights into Scripture, the church fathers and Christian culture.

This volume by the greatest of the Puritan theologians contains the following books: Christologia Prefatory Note Preface Chapter 1. Peter’s Confession; Matthew 16:16 — Conceits of the Papists Thereon — The Substance and Excellency of That Confession Chapter 2. Opposition Made Unto the Church as Built Upon the Person of Christ Chapter 3. The Person of Christ the Most Ineffable Effect of Divine Wisdom and Goodness — Thence the Next Cause of All True Religion — In What Sense It Is So Chapter 4. To Person of Christ the Foundation of All the Counsels of God Chapter 5. The Person of Christ the Great Representative of God and His Will Chapter 6. The Person of Christ the Great Repository of Sacred Truth — Its Relation Thereunto Chapter 7. Power and Efficacy Communicated Unto the Office of Christ, for the Salvation of the Church, From His Person Chapter 8. The Faith of the Church Under the Old Testament in and Concerning the Person of Christ Chapter 9. Honor Due to the Person of Christ — The Nature and Causes of It Chapter 10. The Principle of the Assignation of Divine Honor Unto the Person of Christ, in Both the Branches of It; With Is Faith in Him Chapter 11. Obedience Unto Christ — The Nature and Causes of It Chapter 12. The Especial Principle of Obedience Unto the Person of Christ; Which Is Love — Its Truth and Reality Vindicated Chapter 13. The Nature, Operations, and Causes of Divine Love, as It Respects the Person of Christ Chapter 14. Motives Unto the Love of Christ Chapter 15. Conformity Unto Christ, and Following His Example Chapter 16. An Humble Inquiry Into, and Prospect of, the Infinite Wisdom of God, in the Constitution of the Person of Christ, and the Way of Salvation Thereby Chapter 17. Other Evidences of Divine Wisdom in the Contrivance of the Work of Redemption in and by the Person of Christ, in Effects Evidencing a Condecency Thereunto Chapter 18. The Nature of the Person of Christ, and the Hypostatical Union of His Natures Declared Chapter 19. The Exaltation of Christ, With His Present State and Condition in Glory During the Continuance of His Mediatory Office Chapter 20. The Exercise of the Mediatory Office of Christ in Heaven Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ Prefatory Note Preface to the Reader Chapter 1. The Explication of the Text Chapter 2. The Glory of the Person of Christ, as the Only Representative of God Unto the Church Chapter 3. The Glory of Christ in the Mysterious Constitution of His Person Chapter 4. The Glory of Christ in His Susception of the Office of a Mediator — First in His Condescension Chapter 5. The Glory of Christ in This Love Chapter 6. The Glory of Christ in the Discharge of His Mediatory Office Chapter 7. The Glory of Christ in His Exaltation After the Accomplishment of the Work of Mediation in This World Chapter 8. Representations of the Glory of Christ Under the Old Testament Chapter 9. The Glory of Christ in His Intimate Conjunction With the Church Chapter 10. The Glory of Christ in the Communication of Himself Unto Believers Chapter 11. The Glory of Christ in the Recapitulation of All Things in Him Chapter 12. Differences Between Our Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in This World and by Sight in Heaven — The First of Them Explained Chapter 13. The Second Difference Between Our Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in This World and by Sight in Heaven Chapter 14. Other Differences Between Our Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in This World and by Sight in Heaven Meditations and Discourses Concerning the Glory of Christ Applied Chapter 1. Application of the Foregoing Meditations Concerning the Glory of Christ: First, in an Exhortation Unto Such as Are Not Yet Partakers of Him Chapter 2. The Way and Means of the Recovery of Spiritual Decays, and of Obtaining Fresh Springs of Grace Two Short Catechisms: Wherein the Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, Are Unfolded and Explained

The figure of Christ is at the heart of Christian faith and self-understanding, whether conservative or liberal. In this volume, widely acclaimed theologian Celia Deane-Drummond sets out to develop an understanding of Christ that is far more conscious of the evolutionary history of humanity and current evolutionary theories about the natural world. It argues that the concepts of wisdom and wonder have special roles in both theology and science and can point to an integrated, inclusive spirituality and a fuller vision of life and the universe. Book jacket.

The world needs heroes... champions of truth and justice who fight for what's right and save the day. And nobody does heroes better than comic-books. Clad in colorful capes and costumes, superheroes regularly thwart would-be world conquerors and fend off alien invasions. The only drawback is... they aren't real. They only exist in imaginary stories created by talented authors and artists. So we look for real heroes... athletes, doctors, firefighters, police, etc. But real heroes fail us often enough to remind us that they aren't very super after all. Fortunately, these heroes point beyond themselves to someone both real and super... Someone who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, and gave his life to save the world! His name is Jesus Christ!In Jesus Christ: The World's Great Hero! author and artist Scott Bayles condenses the greatest story ever told into a fast-paced, action-packed, twenty-four page graphic novel. Highlighting Christ's heroic nature, Jesus Christ: The World's Greatest Hero! is perfect for children as well as adult comic-book collectors!

Are you puzzled by the nature and system of Aidan Nichols's theological contribution? Are you looking for a way to renew your appreciation for Nichols's theological activity? Do you want to clarify your understanding of Nichols's anthropological view? Father Engoulou Paul discusses these and many others interesting matters in this book. He carefully analyzes the different layers on which Nichols posits his philosophical and theological principles of order. He explains historically each foundational step from which Nichols draws his public doctrine of man and God. He arrives at the conclusion that man arrives at a self-knowledge and the knowledge of God, to the extent that he makes use of practical, liturgical, and rational concepts and forms embedded in Philosophy, theology, and visual art. Designed to be primarily a scholarly treatment of God's evidences into personal, communal nature of man, and the meaning of his life-work, this book is also a critical treatment of secularism and its attendants: liberalism, relativism and positivism.

This work proposes the model of translation for the incarnation. According to this model, in Jesus Christ the eternal Word of God was translated into human flesh and form. Thus in Jesus Christ the invisible became visible, the inaudible became audible, the intangible became tangible, and the impalpable became palpable (cf. I John 1:1-4). This translation is brought about inasmuch as the heart of Jesus is the heart of the Word-made-flesh because it is the heart-of-the-Word made flesh. All the sentiments of the Word towards his Father, towards the Holy Spirit, and towards the whole of creation find expression in the human heart of Jesus Christ. The very being of the Word is thus expressed for us in the humanity of Jesus. That humanity is taken up into and hypostatically united to the Word of God through the medium of Word-consciousness, namely the consciousness in the human mind of Jesus of being the Word expressed in human form.