Chrissie the Wish Fairy has a very important job
- each year she comes to the human world to hide her three magical wish items
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In this devotional book Stephen Cottrell reflects on five paintings from Stanley Spencers Christ in the Wilderness series. These paintings give us startling insight into Jesus own vocation & self-understanding of his ministry. They show his great love for the earth for the whole created order & for all creatures within it. For Christians the wilderness is a place of discovery. By dwelling in the wilderness of these beautiful & provocative paintings Stephen Cottrell encourages us to refine our own discipleship & learn again what it means to follow Christ. His three previous SPCK books are all best-sellers. This book is excellent reading for Lent but can be enjoyed at any time of year. It

Includes:: full-colour illustrations making it a lovely gift book.

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In Israel in the turbulent first century a baby is born to a humble Jewish family
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A slim & simple card with silver text on a cream background that reads &8216; Christening” on the front below a silver cross. The inside has been left blank for your own message.. < BR> The card measures Approx. 8.3 x 18.4cm & comes with a matching cream envelope. ...

This beautifully decorated single card has the message ‘ Christening love joy & best wishes for your Special Day’ in silver on a white background next to an illustration of footprints in silver pink & blue with sparkles. This card is blank inside for your own message & comes with a cream envelope ready for posting

Approximate dimensions: 14 x 14cm

Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard.



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The key to the book is a set of interviews with people who fall broadly into the Christian Atheist category; some are more agnostic & less sceptical than others but what they have in common is the rejection of traditional belief in God counterbalanced by an admiration for the aesthetic genius of Christianity (leading to a sense of deeper value) the Christian moral compass & in some cases the community aspect of Christian life. As one of his interviewees points out you can?t have Christian atheism without mainstream traditional Christianity so Brian Mountford sets their comments within a broader discussion of the issues: God aesthetics orthodoxy doubt & belief ethics & communal values. His purpose is threefold: to validate & affirm the Christian atheist position within the broad spectrum of Christianity to say to the Church you ignore this phenomenon at your peril to show that the distinction between atheist & religious adherent is rarely black & white & that the ground between the two is a fertile source of meaning & value ...

Geza Vermes the author of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls" & acknowledged expert on the life & times of Jesus tells the enthralling story of early Christianity & the origins of a religion. The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the worlds history but also one of the most enigmatic & little understood shrouded in mystery & misunderstanding. With a forensic brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith & traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was
- a prophet fully recognisable as the successor to other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament
- to what he came to represent: a mysterious otherworldly being at the heart of a major new religion. As Jesus teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean hammered into place by Paul John & their successors they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralised state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. " Christian Beginnings" tells the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God & of how a revolutionary anti-conformist Jewish sub-sect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire."

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Geza Vermes translator & editor of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls" & worldwide expert on the life & times of Jesus tells the enthralling story of early Christianity & the origins of a religion. The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history yet one of the least understood. With a forensic brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith & traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was
- a prophet in the tradition of other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament
- to what he came to represent: a mysterious otherworldly being at the heart of the official state religion of the Roman Empire. " Christian Beginnings" pulls apart myths & misunderstandings to focus on the true figure of Jesus & the birth of one of the world's major religions. Reviews: "A beautiful & magisterial book". (Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury " Guardian"). " An exciting & challenging port of call sweeping aside much of the fuzzy thinking & special pleading that bedevils the study of sacred scripture.. .courteously expressed & witty". (Diarmaid Mac Culloch " The Times"). "A challenging & engaging book that sets out to retrace the route by which a Jewish preacher in 1st-century Israel came to be declared as consubstantial & co-equal with the omnipotent omniscient only God". (Stuart Kelly " Scotsman"). "A major contribution to our understanding of the historical Jesus". (" Financial Times"). "A very accessible & entertaining read". (" Scotland on Sunday" Books of the Year). "A magnum opus of early Christian history & one of the year's most significant titles". (" Bookseller")."

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Alister Mc Grath's Christian Theology: An Introduction is one of the most internationally-acclaimed & popular Christian theology textbooks in use today. This 5 th edition has been completely revised & now features new & extended material numerous additional illustrations & companion resources ensuring it retains its reputation as the ideal introduction to Christian theology. Fully updated 5 th edition of the bestselling textbook incorporating expanded material numerous student features & new illustrations Features new sections on Copernicanism & Darwinism

Includes:: extended discussions of Augustine's doctrine of creation Trinitarian theologies of religion & the relation of Christianity to other faiths May be used as a st&-alone volume or alongside the Christian Theology Reader 4 th edition for a complete overview of the subject Retains the chapter structure of the 4th edition ensuring comparability with earlier editions & courses based on these Accompanied by a revised instructor's websitefeaturing expanded resources including study questions & answers; visit www.wiley.com/go/mcgrath for more details & to register for access

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This bestselling volume is now available in a fully updated & expanded fourth edition bringing together 378 readings drawn from over 230 sources & charting 2 000 years of Christian history. Each reading is accompanied by its own introduction commentary & study questions & illustrates a key doctrine point of view intellectual development or theological landmark

Includes:: several new readings on religion & science an expanded coverage of feminist theological voices extracts from radical Protestant perspectives & more contemporary theology Features additional writers including: Pope Benedict XVI John Polkinghorne John Milbank Elizabeth A. Johnson & John Yoder May be used as a st&-alone volume or alongside Christian Theology: An Introduction 5 th edition for a complete overview of the subject Accompanied by a fully revised & expanded website available on publication featuring useful instructor & student resources including study questions & answers quizzes podcast lecturers from Alister Mc Grath & multiple choice questions; visit www.wiley.com/go/mcgrath for more details

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