Bøker av Brian Stanley Douglas

This study of the Letter of James in the New Testament is written for small groups, personal study, and family worship. It will challenge and encourage its readers, regardless of their familiarity with the Bible.Each chapter includes a brief introduction followed by a series of practical questions to help us closely examine both the text and ourselves. Readers can set their own pace: answer a few questions at a time or move quickly through the book.The Letter of James is one of the most practical books in the New Testament. It describes how to follow Jesus daily, and it challenges its readers to truly do so! Those who heed its instruction will grow in faith and works, and this study will help them get started.

A thought-provoking, question-driven study of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. Useful for individual or group study, questions focus on understanding what Jesus taught and how to apply it in our time and place.

Although Christianity is an incredibly diverse religion, with disparate beliefs and practices over the centuries, this essay outlines how the doctrine of the Trinity—the belief that the God of the Bible is one divine nature but three persons—is Christianity's defining doctrine. Since the time of the apostles, the Trinity has been at the center of Christian history, foundational for Christianity philosophically, and underlied Christian practice, especially the Christian idea of love. Thus, this essay argues, the doctrine of the Trinity has given Christianity its distinctiveness among world religions, served as the boundary between Christianity and non-Christianity, and provided a foundation for Christian thought and practice.

Most interpreters note the practical nature of the Epistle of James. Less noticed is the letter's distinct eschatological nature. This booklet uses the structure, context, and themes of James to demonstrate the "last days" emphases of this word to the first-century church.